Developer Jon Rooks says downtown Muskegon's
HighPoint Flats is halfway to opening the project's condominium model – a model with a view of Muskegon Lake and distant views of Lake Michigan.
Clifford Buck Construction Co. is building the model on the sixth level of the circa 1916 Hackley Bank building, 285 W. Western. Each of the model's two bedrooms includes an en suite bathroom with double sinks and a large walk-in shower. A surprise twist: each shower has a showerhead with built-in colored lights that illuminate the shower spray in a variety of hues.
The living area includes a future window wall overlooking the two lakes and downtown Muskegon.
"The window opening will be the size of a two-stall garage door and will open out to a balcony," says Rooks. "That will be added when we do the full rehab of the entire building. We'll rip off sections of the exterior wall and replace them with glass and sliders to each of the balconies."
The model will be open by October.
The project proposes construction of 70 condos, split between the nine-floor main building and a two-story addition yet to be constructed.
The main building will have a shared rooftop deck and hot tub; optional rooftop decks with hot tubs are available to residents of both buildings.
"Benefits from the Michigan tax package allow residents 13 years, if they move in in 2010, to pay no city income taxes, no property taxes and no Michigan income taxes," Rooks says. "There will be a lot of people who live (at High Point Flats) who will pay their mortgage payment with the taxes they save and will live there for free."
Rooks estimates that the completed development will have a gross value of $11 million.
Serve Studio is the architect.
Tylor Devereaux is the interior designer.
Source: Jon Rooks,
Parkland PropertiesRelated ArticlesMuskegon’s $11M HighPoint Flats to open condo model, offer extended tax-free livingDeborah Johnson Wood is development news editor for Rapid Growth Media. She can be contacted at [email protected].
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