The James Avenue Condominium Project

Living at The James Avenue Condominium Project means stepping outside your door and finding yourself steps away from a transit stop—the kind of proximity that makes car-optional living genuinely possible, not just theoretically nice. You're wedged into East Hills, a neighborhood where the dining scene is legitimately hard to ignore: 469 restaurants within a mile, and the nearest one is a two-minute walk away. That's not hyperbole—it's the reason you'll find yourself trying somewhere new most weeks without ever planning ahead. Cherry Park lands a four-minute walk from your door, and if you want more green space, there are 26 parks within a mile. Downtown Grand Rapids is just 3.4 minutes away by car, close enough that you can grab dinner, catch something, and be home before the evening really gets going. Grand Rapids Public Schools serves the area, and homes here run around $599K, clustering tightly with each unit averaging about a fifth of an acre—small enough to feel intimate, large enough to breathe. The nearest grocery is an 11-minute walk, coffee shows up five minutes away, and if you're into water access, Butterworth Park Launch sits 1.9 miles out for boat launches. It's the kind of place where you've got real neighborhood density—walkable, transit-rich—without feeling suffocating. The dining proximity alone makes it stick in your memory after the first month.