11/13/2025
What a tremendous value add for our great city!
Downtown Grand Rapids is getting a new private club to serve as a hub for executives and community leaders to socialize, network and do business together.
Modeled after exclusive, membership-based social clubs like the Detroit Athletic Club and The Chicago Club, the Commerce Club aims to fill a void that founders say has emerged with Grand Rapids’ growth.
Planned for the five-story building at 61 Commerce Ave. SW downtown, the club will feature a cafe, restaurant, an event venue, concierge services for members, offices, conference and coworking space, an executive gym and wellness center, a speakeasy and cigar lounge, and 18 fourth- and fifth-floor suites that members can lease or buy for overnight stays.
Longtime communications executive Jeff Lambert and partners are leading the $4 million project that has attracted a diverse group of investors and aims for diverse membership.
After years of what he sees as unprecedented growth and development, and with the coming Acrisure Amphitheater and Amway Stadium downtown, Lambert believes Grand Rapids is ready for a private business club similar to those in large and mid-sized cities across the U.S.
Read more here: https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/hospitality-tourism/new-private-business-club-aims-to-connect-grand-rapids-executives/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=soc-own
