Mela Via

On 27 acres in the honey-creek-ave-2-mile-rd-area, Mela Via anchors itself with farmhouse-style homes built for people who want land to breathe—each lot stretching toward three acres, the kind of space where your property doesn't start where your neighbor's ends. The development sits about 17 or 18 minutes from downtown Grand Rapids, close enough to the city's rhythm but far enough that you're not living in its pulse. Water access runs through the neighborhood's veins: the Knapp Street Bridge Boating Access Site sits just over a mile away, so launching a boat or taking a kayak out doesn't require a morning's drive. Schools fall under Forest Hills Public Schools, and when you need groceries, the nearest store is about three miles down the road. Homes here trade around $1.4M, landing you in a place where the architecture remembers the farmhouse while the lots themselves—with an average size of 3.19 acres—remember what open space feels like.