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Grand Rapids Showcase Co. factory at 1340 Monroe Ave. NWThe Grand Rapids Showcase Company factory is a historic furniture factory located at 1340 Monroe Ave. NW in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The factory was built in 1919 by the Grand Rapids Showcase Co.1 The company merged with a competitor in 1926 to form the Grand Rapids Store Equipment Co., which added additional buildings to the facility before going out of business in 1955. The factory was purchased in 1979 by Display Pack, which operated there until 2015, when it sold the building to Franklin Partners for potential redevelopment.2 In 2023, Franklin Partners announced it would demolish the building and replace it with two new apartment buildings.3

References

  1. Harger, Jim (April 15, 2018). "Historic factory near downtown for sale". Grand Rapids Press, p. A20.
  2. Display Pack announces move to Cedar Springs, MI" (February 23, 2015). Packaging World. Archived from the original.
  3. Carlson, Kate (May 4, 2023). "Developer plans 526 apartments at massive Grand Rapids factory redevelopment". Crain's Grand Rapids Business.

Further reading

  1. Smith, Sydney (April 8, 2019). "Developers seek tax credits to transform Grand Rapids industrial building". MiBiz. Archived from the original on May 10, 2020.
  2. "Local Industries Plan New Plants On Large Scale". Grand Rapids Press. July 25, 1919. p. 1. Retrieved via NewsBank.

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