Celadon New Town, Grand Rapids

This 22-acre greenfield development, one of the first New Urban projects in West Michigan, is a village center nestled within a township that is primarily composed of suburban development patterns and cul-de-sac subdivisions. The new neighborhood's design includes a compact and coherent block structure, integrated mixed-use, and a diversity of building types that all assist in creating a walkable place. 

 

These building types include many of the missing middle housing types like townhouses, live-works, and residences above commercial in mixed-use buildings.  The live-work structures and townhouses are integrated into the neighborhood structure along with single-family homes, courtyards, and parks.

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A narrow street network provides pedestrian-scale connections throughout the neighborhood with a variety of residential frontages like porches, stoops, and dooryards giving definition to the street-facing buildings.  Parking is handled either on-street or in residential garages located in the rear of the buildings so that there are no gaps or dead spaces within the public realm. ​

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Celadon was developed by Mosaic Properties with Nederveld Inc. supporting the urban design effort and providing engineering services.