Lousma Drive Condominium

Golden hour light hits the brick differently here—that's when you notice how the four acres breathe a little easier than the surrounding blocks. Lousma Drive sits in the Hales Plat Area, where condo living means enough land that you're not staring directly into your neighbor's kitchen, yet close enough to downtown Grand Rapids that the drive takes just over eleven minutes when you need the city. A grocery store lies under a mile away, and thirty-six restaurants within walking distance means dinner plans don't require much plotting; the nearest coffee shop is about a mile down the road, with Phillips Memorial Park a fifteen-minute walk if you want grass and air without leaving the immediate neighborhood. Homes here run around $272,800, and Godwin Heights Public Schools serves the area. The practical bones of the place—five parks within a mile, forty-two grocers within two miles, a transit stop eight minutes on foot—suggest someone designed this to let people live without constantly reaching. It's not showy. It's a place where the ordinary infrastructure actually works.