Housing for Boyne City

Michigan Community Capital (MCC) is excited to be exploring project opportunities in Boyne City. Thank you to the 75+ community members that participated in our Community Listening sessions. We have taken community feedback into consideration and have made significant changes to the design of the project. The most recent project proposal can be found here. http://tinyurl.com/BoyneMCC

Summary of Frequently Asked Questions can be found here.

Additional questions can be emailed to info@housingforboyne.com.

Current Proposal

Michigan Community Capital is currently proposing to redevelop two sites in Downtown Boyne. Lofts on Lake, located at 110 North Lake Street, as proposed would create 57 apartments and approximately 6,800 commercial square feet.

Ray and Park is the redevelopment of 211 South Park Street and 214 Ray Street into 24 apartments, approximately 3,600 commercial square feet, and a new community room for the Boyne District Library.

We hope to attract an impactful commercial tenant such as a high-quality childcare provider, a healthy food tenant, small business or another commercial tenant that positively serves year-round Boyne Residents.

Michigan Community Capital is a Non-Profit, Mission-Driven Developer. We focus on creating housing for working residents of the community. We own properties long-term and manage our properties with professional, onsite staff.

The new apartments will be year-round, 12-month minimum rentals. Short-term rentals or subleases would not be allowed in these properties. The apartments will be made up of studios, 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom, and 3-bedroom apartments.

MCC will seek approvals from the Boyne City Planning Commission and the Boyne City Commission in Spring of 2024.

If supported, the project will then seek funding from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and Michigan State Housing Development Authority.

Project History

MCC acquired 110 and 120 North Lake street and 114 State Street in 2019 and received approvals from the Boyne Mainstreet Design Committee, Planning Commission and City Commission for a three story, 46,000 square foot building that would house 40 apartments and 9,380 square feet of commercial.

MCC applied for necessary funding from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) in February 2020. COVID shortly delayed normal business operations across the state and the project was stalled.

In May 2020, the project received grant funding from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) to redevelop contamination and blight on the property.

In April 2022, The city of Boyne City in partnership with the Boyne District Library released a Request for proposals (RFP) to seek ideas from Developers to redevelop 211 South Park Street and 214 Ray Street. The RFP can be found here. MCC responded to the RFP, proposing 23 apartments, 4 live-work units and a community room for the library. MCC’s Response to the RFP can be found here. No action was taken by the city in response to this proposal.

In May 2022, MCC received site plan approval for an amended site plan for Lofts on Lake which added apartments to the first floor of the property. This site plan can be found here. In addition, the project applied for funding from the MEDC again. The project was not selected for funding.

In late 2023, MCC began exploring the viability of an expanded project scope, which would look at the Lake and State site and the Ray and Park site as one project and add additional apartments and impact commercial tenants. If supported by the community, the project will apply for funding from the MEDC and Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) in Spring of 2024.