The Lofts Apartments
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| Location | 26 Sheldon Blvd. SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 42°57′44″N 85°39′58″W / 42.96222°N 85.66611°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1926 |
| Built by | Owen Ames Kimball |
| Architect | Bayard Kendall Gibson, Henry H. Turner |
| Architectural style | Early Commercial |
| NRHP reference No. | 00000506[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 18, 2000 |
The Lofts Apartments, formerly known as the Medical Arts Building or the Becker Building, is an apartment building at 26 Sheldon Boulevard SE in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The building was constructed as an office building in 1926, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]
In the early 1920s, a group of local doctors and businessmen formed the "Professional Building Company" for the purpose of constructing an office building dedicated to medical professionals. In 1923, the group hired architect B.K. Gibson of Chicago to design a building. Construction was started in 1926, with developer and auto dealer Ray E. Becker spearheading the project. The firm of Owen Ames Kimball did the construction, completing the lower two floors of the building that year. In 1927, the upper four floors were added. By 1928, there were over 30 physicians with offices in the building, and Becker opened a Hudson-Essex auto dealership on the ground floor.[2]
In 1931, an addition, designed by local architect Henry H. Turner, was constructed on the building. The building continued to be a prominent center for medical professionals well into the 1980s. In 1996, Grand Pointe Limited Partnership purchased the building and rehabilitated it into fifty-five apartments, with commercial space and common areas on the first floor.[2]
