Generic Kendo MVC Grid Used with Different Models

I am trying to use a Kendo Grid generically as a partial view. Kendo requires either a type defined or a datatable to instantiate the grid in a razor view

@(Html.Kendo().Grid<object>() or @(Html.Kendo().Grid(dataTable)

My issue is i want to use the Grid for whatever object, not a specific one.

@(Html.Kendo().Grid<object>()
    .Name(Model.MetricName)
    .Resizable(resizing => resizing.Columns(true))
    .Reorderable(reorder => reorder.Columns(true))
    .Sortable(sorting => sorting.Enabled(true))
    .Pageable(pager => pager.PageSizes(new int[] { 10, 15, 20, 50 }))
    .ColumnMenu()
    .DataSource(dataSource => dataSource
            .Ajax()
            .Read(read => read.Action(Model.MetricName, "AdHocReport", new { metricId = Model.MetricId }))
    )

)

by using Object i am able to dynamically load the data returned from the ajax .read method. However the issue is with dates. They are returned in JSON format.

Ive tried this method and I still get JSON string representation of the date

Kendo ASP.NET MVC helper Grid generic class

Is there a way to define the type of grid from a string representation of the type? So lets say i have a string property on the viewModel that is the type of the grid. How can i say Grid ?

ive tried using reflection to instantiate the type but i get the infamous "you are using a variable like a type"

This is driving me nuts... any and all help would be greatly appreciated