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Challenge: Provide a convention and exhibit facility that increases the ability of the Grand Center to attract new and larger groups, maintain the current growing businesses, and more readily serve multiple events. -1.037.905 square foot, state-of-the-art convention and exhibition facility that will meet the needs of major users, now and into the future - Function spaces are enlarged and reorganized to increase convenience and ease of use for both the public and the exhibitor - Major components of the expansion and renovation include 150,000 square feet of column free exhibit space, a 40,000 square foot sub divisible ballroom, 35,000 square feet of flexible meeting rooms, and a parking garage - A Grand Gallery will link the Grand River through the convention center to a main downtown plaza - each end will be a front door