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RezoneTabled36th Street SE, Kentwood, MI

First Companies Rezoning and Preliminary Site Plan Review of an Industrial PUD (Case No. 11-26 / Ordinance No. 8-26)

Kentwood

Description

A 7.47-acre rezoning from single-family residential to industrial PUD for a 76,050-square-foot spec building was tabled 4-1 to the second meeting of November after a failed denial motion and emotional testimony from neighbors still raw about Weiss Technic.

Impact summary

Residents within roughly 30 feet of the property line fear repeated lighting and late-night traffic problems; the developer has offered a taller berm, denser evergreens and lease-enforcement promises but no physical gate yet.

Applicant

Name
First Companies
Address
36th Street SE, Kentwood, MI

At a glance

Hearings
1
Public comments
5
Total mentions
1

Last vote · City Commission

Tabled4–1

Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 20, 2026.

Meeting timeline (1)

Oct 20, 2026Tabled 4–1

City Commission — October 20, 2026

A 7.47-acre rezoning from single-family residential to industrial PUD for a 76,050-square-foot spec building was tabled 4-1 to the second meeting of November after a failed denial motion and emotional testimony from neighbors still raw about Weiss Technic.

Related issues (1)

First Companies industrial project on 36th Street

The city created a district on part of the old Steelcase property, the first step toward tax abatements for two companies interested in locating there. No abatement is guaranteed — applications would come back to the commission later.

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