GRAND RAPIDS, MI — A Brazilian-style steakhouse is expected to open at 111 Lyon Street NW in downtown Grand Rapids in spring or summer of 2021 as part of a redevelopment of the Fifth Third Center by CWD Real Estate Investment.

Texas de Brazil, a chain with 57 locations across the U.S., features a variety of grilled meats, a 50-item salad area, an a la carte desert selection and an award-winning wine list. It will occupy over 6,700-square-feet of the 15,000-square-feet of retail space available at the Lyon Street location.

“We have always been confident there was a huge opportunity to activate Lyon Street with restaurants and retail to serve all the businesses, employees, and visitors in downtown,” said Scott Wierda, managing partner of CWD Real Estate Investment. “We expect Texas de Brazil to be well received by our community as well as drawing other restaurants/retail to this site.”

CWD’s $6 million redevelopment of the Fifth Third Center includes the demolition of a granite wall on the north side of Lyon Street NW, between Ottawa and Monroe avenues, and the addition of three to five storefronts. Texas de Brazil “will anchor this new retail corridor, occupying the western corner,” CWD said in a news release.

Construction on the new storefronts will being this month.

The restaurant features a variety of meats that, in a style modeled after Brazilian cowboys, are slow-roasted over open flames and brought to a group’s table and carved for patrons. The Grand Rapids location will be the chain’s second location in Michigan. The other is in Detroit.

Doug Small, president and CEO of Experience Grand Rapids, the county’s convention and visitors marketing agency, said the steakhouse will provide “another unique addition to the city’s restaurant scene.”

“Grand Rapids’ diverse selection of dining options in the city’s core is a valuable asset to visitors, residents and other businesses,” he said. “Restaurants with a recognizable, national brand such as this, offer a strong complement to the Convention Center, hotels, and various community events that take place downtown.”