Traverse City, MI Commercial Real Estate Information

Grand Traverse Commerce Center is a highly visible office and retail center located across South Airport Road from Grand Traverse Mall and four miles south of downtown. This office and retail center is easily accessed with two entrances off South Airport Road. Division St/US 37, a primary north-south road runs just west of the center allowing quick access from downtown Traverse City and north, as well as southern and western bedroom communities.

The presence of a credit union, financial planner, two dentists, hair salon, massage therapist, and a medical testing laboratory, in the midst of retail business, is convenient for customers of both the professional offices and retail establishments. Both local and national specialty retail stores are found in the center. Running apparel and shoes, cards and gifts, printing, packaging, and shipping, cell phone, dry cleaning, batteries, and light bulbs businesses, as well as a men's clothing store round out the retail establishments.

Garfield Heidbreder Industrial Park on Hughes Drive is an 80-acre park located in Garfield Township with entries off North Garfield Road and Hammond Road. Downtown Traverse City is 5.5 miles north and west. Heading south on North Garfield Road; 611, leads to the bedroom communities of Buckley, Kingsley and Fife Lake. Hammond Road provides an easy east-west connection on the south side of Traverse City.

All utilities are available in Garfield Heidbreder Industrial Park. It is occupied by a mix of manufacturing, industrial and home suppliers and services including newspaper printing and distribution center, water softening equipment supplier, waste removal service, window company, metal forming service (stamping, rolling, welding, etc.), packaging company, home health care service, medical supplier, cooling assemble design and manufacturing company, industrial uniform emblems manufacturer, air pollution control equipment manufacturer, fasteners supplier, and a carpet cleaning service. Additionally, an indoor soccer field is housed in a converted warehouse.

Logan Place West is an expansive commercial office complex located on South Airport Road, one of the main east-west traffic arteries in Traverse City. It is less than three miles or 10 minutes from the center of downtown and less than two miles to Grand Traverse Mall and surrounding retail shops. Additionally, the Boardman Lake Trail, a leg of the non-motorized TART is just across the road with a convenient traffic light at the exit of the complex. The Grand Traverse Bay YMCA south facility is located on the south side of the complex.

Logan Place West occupants include financial professionals; CPAs, attorneys, financial planners, bookkeepers, as well as medical professionals; physicians, counselors, psychologists, psychiatrists, and audiologists. Additionally, engineering, computer, training, and college planning companies join non-profit and governmental offices in the complex. Space is currently available in an existing building that had previously housed a medical clinic.

Peninsula Business Park is a mix of commercial and industrial space located off Three Mile Road east of Cherry Capital Airport. The complex provides easy access to downtown as well as the south and east and is located within East Bay Township. A variety of restaurants and amenities are located nearby on US 31.

Professional offices include physicians, ophthalmologists, opticians, insurance agents, and environmental engineers. Manufacturing and production facilities for electronics and automation, heat exchanger/chillers, awards, oil and gas equipment, packaging, and sails are found throughout the complex. Additionally, a scientific testing analysis laboratory is located here.

Several sites are available to be developed to suit. Existing sites have been developed with sufficient space for commercial or industrial buildings as well as ample parking. Several office buildings are currently for sale within the complex.

Located in Traverse City, Slabtown is an in-town, mixed-use neighborhood of residential, professional offices, retail, restaurants, schools, churches, and parks. The proximity of Slabtown to Downtown, the West Grand Traverse Bay waterfront, and Munson Medical Center make this area appealing to those who live and work there. Residents enjoy sidewalks, nearby beaches, several parks, and the Traverse Area Recreation Trail. West End Beach on West Bay is within walking distance on the north end of Slabtown; it offers a sandy beach, restroom facilities, and small parking area.

Neighborhood parks in Slabtown include Veterans Park with a dog park and tennis courts, wooded Ashton Park, and Darrow Park with a water view and play structure. Darrow Park is a frequent start location for road bike clubs and groups as it is adjacent to Traverse Area Recreation Trail leading east toward Traverse City and Acme and west to the Leelanau Trail toward Suttons Bay. Additionally, Hickory Hills offers a downhill ski hill, cross country ski and hiking trails, and disc (Frisbee) golf course.

Professional offices in Slabtown include a logistics company, fruit grower/processor/marketer, and a bank, as well as legal, financial, insurance, and medical professionals. A few of the most popular Traverse City restaurants can be found within the perimeter of Slabtown such as historic Sleder's Family Tavern, award-winning Slabtown Burger, Frenchie's Famous (recommended by Mario Batali), Bay Bread, and Dairy Lodge. Retail stores such as Ace Hardware, Sheffield furniture store, party stores, a gas station, and two consignment shops, as well as several hair salons and a barber, are convenient for residents and visitors.

Slabtown schools include the public Willow Hill Elementary & parochial Immaculate Conception Elementary. Three churches Bayview Wesleyan, Immaculate Conception Catholic, and Traverse Bay United Methodist are also located here. Adding to the sense of a small community within Traverse City, the Slabtown Neighborhood Association activities include alley parties and the construction and placement of a Little Free Library- Cherry Tree Children's Library.

Garfield Oaks and Garfield Park are situated along a primary traffic artery just south of Old Mission Peninsula and about 1 1/2 miles southeast of downtown Traverse City. Occupants of both office buildings include multiple medical professionals, as well as technology and engineering firms. The individual condominium units offer multiple offices, conference rooms, and reception areas.

Adjacent to these offices is the Traverse City headquarters for Chemical Bank. Across S. Garfield Avenue, Trailside 45, a new apartment complex is under construction in response to the increased housing demand close to downtown Traverse City. The Traverse Area Recreation Trail (TART) is just a couple hundred yards from Garfield Oaks and Garfield Park allowing for an easy walking or biking commute. Additionally, grocery stores and a variety of retail shops are conveniently located. Garfield Oaks and Garfield Park offer great values in commercial real estate and investment properties.

Hammond Commerce Centre is a large industrial park located south of Traverse City prime for growth with many level building sites available for development. The companies currently located in the center vary in size, products, and services. There are numerous building supply, construction, tool, and repair companies. This allows for easy accessibility. Additionally, a cable and communications company, sign and printing, and office product companies are also found.

Easy access to one of Traverse City's main east-west roads, Hammond Road, is a perk for Centre businesses. A traffic light at the exit of the complex at the corner of Hammond and LaFranier Roads provide safe ingress and egress, especially for large vehicles with heavy loads during the winter. Roads within the Centre are wide and well designed.

The south side location and ample parking are convenient for employees commuting from outlying communities as well as Traverse City.

Traverse City Airport Industrial Park is bordered by Cherry Capital Airport to the west and south, Parsons Road to the north, and 3 Mile Road to the east. Entry to the Park is available by Aero-Park Drive from both Parsons and 3 Mile Roads. This industrial park is also accessible to TART. This non-motorized trail continues east toward Acme and west toward downtown Traverse City and then becomes the Leelanau Trail as it heads toward Suttons Bay. Close proximity to other manufacturing companies, downtown, and East Bay beaches are pluses for this location.

The Park includes primarily small to mid-sized manufacturing companies, as well as television station offices, non-profits, and a marketing consulting and printing company. Northwestern Michigan College's trade and technology programs are located in several buildings within the park. The intermediate school district's Career Tech Center is located just northeast.

Three Mile Industrial Park is a small development that is host to an eclectic mix of companies including a garage door repair and installation company, an oil and gas measurement, analysis, and reporting firm, an environmental testing firm, a martial arts school, and a distillery with a tasting room. Additionally a Metro Fire Station is located at the back of the Park.

Level building sites are available that are zoned industrial by East Bay Township. Utilities are underground, and water and sewer are at the front of the lots. Architectural controls are in place for the development. Roads within the Park are county roads.

The location is convenient for owners and staff with four schools, a grocery, gas stations and a public library branch within a short distance. Located just north of Hammond Road, a major east-west artery on the south side of Traverse City, and on 3 Mile Road. This Park is easy to access.

Traverse Field Enterprise Park is located near major roads on the south side of Traverse City providing for easy access to customers in outlying areas in all directions, as well as to downtown. The park is a single dead-end road with a large cul-de-sac allowing large vehicles to turn. The layout eliminates through traffic.

This commercial park is home to automotive, injection molding, packaging, shipping, vending and commissary, and oil and gas inspection instrument and software companies.

Properties in Traverse Field include buildings with front office space and warehouse and/or manufacturing facilities. Ample parking is available at each property.

The south side location allows for easy commutes for employees from Traverse City's bedroom communities of Buckley, Kingsley, Fife Lake, and Interlochen.