After 50 years, landmark Grand Rapids restaurant to be demolished

Johnny Brann’s set to be demolished, replaced with development

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Johnny Brann’s Steakhouse & Grille on Grand Rapids’ West Side is set to be demolished. The restaurant, located at 401 Leonard St. near US-131, will close Friday at 10 p.m., it said in a Thursday release. A mixed-use development is set to take its place, with 60 to 102 residential units and retail space. The building will be four or five stories high and will cost between $25 million and $45 million. Inside WOODT…

Owners to raze Johnny Brann’s Steakhouse for new $30M mixed-use development

Grand Rapids staple Johnny Brann’s Steakhouse & Grille is closing tomorrow to clear the way for a “bold” new mixed-use development that will serve as a new gateway to the west side, Crain’s Grand Rapids Business has learned.  Plans for the site at 401 Leonard St. NW, at the northwest corner with Turner Avenue near U.S. 131, call for a new mixed-use housing development with up to 102 apartments, retail space and a new 4,000-square-foot restaurant…