EAST LANSING, MI – A popular Grand Rapids bar has signed a lease for a new space in East Lansing.

"It's official! We have signed a lease for the entire first floor of 300 Grove Street, corner of Grove and Albert [Streets]," company officials announced Thursday via the HopCat – East Lansing Facebook page.

Owner Mark Sellers, who also owns and operates several other Grand Rapids-area bars, announced his plan for the East Lansing branch in October.

HopCat – East Lansing will occupy the entire first floor of a new building, The Residences, near the campus of Michigan State University.

The eight-story building, located at 300 Grove Street in East Lansing, is under construction.

On its Facebook page, HopCat – East Lansing said the build-out of the first floor should begin in late March; the bar should be open in August, and plans to offer 100 craft beers on tap.

Sellers has plans for a new brew pub in Lansing, too.

In an earlier interview with MLive, Sellers said he planned to open the Lansing Brewing Co. on the first floor of The Stadium District, located at 500 E. Michigan Ave. in Lansing.

The Lansing Brewing Co., a 10-barrel system brewpub, is expected to open later this summer.

HopCat is also celebrating its fifth anniversary in Grand Rapids Saturday, Jan. 12.

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