Build it in West Michigan.
Third Coast Development designs, builds, and operates industrial build-to-suits and multifamily projects across Grand Rapids and the broader region. Twenty-plus years. $500M+ developed. The complicated deals others walk away from.
$500M+ developed ~$1B in real estate transactions $80M+ in incentives secured 600,000 sf industrial delivered Grand Rapids, MI since 2004
Industrial Build-to-Suit
From 50,000 to 600,000+ square feet, we deliver purpose-built industrial facilities on time and on budget. Site selection, entitlements, incentives, and construction — handled end to end so your operations team can focus on operations.
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Multifamily & Urban Infill
We bring overlooked buildings and underused sites back to life as places people want to live. Historic redevelopment, adaptive reuse, and new construction — grounded in the neighborhoods where we invest.
See our multifamily work →Selected projects
Recent work
Industrial · Build-to-Suit
4175 60th Street SE
Kentwood, MI
600,000-square-foot industrial build-to-suit in Kentwood, Michigan — fully leased to Proper Beverage Co. and Trane on long-term commitments.
Industrial · Build-to-Suit
Hart & Cooley Headquarters
Grand Rapids, MI
60,000-square-foot corporate headquarters and lab campus build-to-suit for HVAC products manufacturer Hart & Cooley.
Multifamily
Firestone Lofts
Grand Rapids, MI
21 high-end loft apartments in a historic adaptive reuse of the former Firestone Tire building in downtown Grand Rapids' Arts and Entertainment District.
Industrial · Build-to-Suit
4444 52nd Street SE
Kentwood, MI
307,000-square-foot industrial redevelopment on 22 acres in Kentwood — repositioned as the U.S. headquarters of European snack co-packer SnackCraft.
How we work
Complex deals, structured cleanly.
Twenty years of layering federal, state, and local incentives — historic tax credits, brownfield TIF, OPRA, MEDC programs, and more. We know the capital stack inside out, which means projects pencil that wouldn't otherwise.
Relationships, not transactions.
Public partners, neighborhood stakeholders, brokers, tenants, lenders. The work is fundamentally about earning trust over decades, not closing a single deal. Ask anyone who's worked with us twice.
Grounded in the work.
We don't outsource the hard parts. Our principals are on every site, in every council meeting, on every call with the lender. When something goes sideways at 6 PM on a Friday, you're talking to a partner.
As seen in
- MLive
- Grand Rapids Business Journal
- Crain's Detroit Business
- MiBiz
- Rapid Growth Media
- WOODTV
“Third Coast gave us more than a building. They delivered a facility designed around how our business actually operates, with the speed, flexibility, and ownership mindset we needed from a true build-to-suit partner.”
Have a project? Let's talk.
Industrial users, brokers, investors, and municipal partners — we'd like to hear what you're working on.