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285 Capital Ave SW Battle Creek, MI 49037

FOR SALE
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Property ID
US43-2206292
4,509 SF 0.85 ac lot Built 1940
Last sale Feb 2012 · $20,000
Entity Owned Owner of record is a legal entity (LLC / corporation). 4-yr Hold Held for 4 years. Free & Clear No active or open recorded mortgage detected.
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285 Capital Ave SW, Battle Creek, MI 49037 For Sale
$199,000 4,509 SF
285 Capital Ave SW, Battle Creek, MI 49037
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Property summary

AI-generated overview

This former church building features a cathedral-type seating layout that creates a built-in arrangement suitable for event and performance-oriented uses. The property includes substantial off-street parking, supporting visitor access for gatherings and other public or semi-public activities. The building is located at 285 Capital Avenue SW in Battle Creek, near Downtown Battle Creek, and its configuration and parking capacity provide a basis for adaptive reuse, including potential uses such as entertainment, restaurant, or office space.

Ownership intelligence

Who controls the opportunity?

Owner of record from public deeds, plus portfolio, hold profile and investor signals where the data supports them. In the full report.

Owner contacts

Can we reach the decision maker?

Skip-traced phones and e-mails of the owner. Included with the full report.

Mortgages

What is owed, to whom, and when it comes due

Recorded lenders, amounts and estimated maturities of the owner's loan book — in the full report.

Property tax

What does the county charge?
Assessed value · 2024$62k

Value estimate

· Sep 2026No data for this section
What is it worth?

No value estimate could be modeled: the record carries too little market input for this parcel.

Recently sold

No data for this section
What actually traded nearby?

No cleaned sale $/SF benchmark exists for this use type in this ZIP, submarket or county yet.

Cap rate analysis

How does the asset earn?

No income signal is modeled for this parcel yet — the Cap Rates tab runs the workflow.

Zoning insight

What can be built here?
T3
MILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. 1240.09 R-3 MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. 1240.10 MFR HIGH DENSITY MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT. 1240.11 B...
General categoryCOMMERCIAL
JurisdictionCALHOUN

Location intelligence

Which uses thrive at this corner?
Best fit: Furniture Store
Demand heat for this use is drawn on the map · LocInt grid
Demand index
Furniture Store9.0
Storage Facility8.8
Dry Cleaner8.8

Location

285 Capital Ave SW Battle Creek, MI 49037
County assessor Recorded deeds · 4 transfers Qualifying comp sales · not on file Zoning catalog

Every figure names its source: public record, benchmark, or modeled. Coverage varies by property — thin data is stated as missing, never invented.

Comparables

4 recorded sales · 10 properties nearby
Recent sales nearby
4 recorded sales in this ZIP, last 8 years
Address Sale price Sold Size
18 Angell, Battle Creek, MI 49037-2302 $95,000 Feb 2025 5,561 SF
41 Bedford N, Battle Creek, MI 49037-1839 $175,000 Aug 2024 5,600 SF
281 Upton, Battle Creek, MI 49037-8466 $82,591 Jun 2024 7,360 SF
40 12th N, Springfield, MI 49037-8231 $20,000 May 2021 3,030 SF
Sale prices and dates as our records hold them, one row per building. A deed can cover more of a building than the size shown, so read the price against the size rather than dividing one by the other.
Comparable nearby
6 properties of the same type nearby
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