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		<title>Regional news sources</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Lansing area has quite a few good news sources that you can look to for information about development projects and other happenings around town.
My favorite places to look are:

The Lansing City Pulse
The Lansing State Journal
The State News
Capital Gains Media

Also, the newspapers tend to trail project updates by a day or two, so if you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://develop.metrolansing.com/?p=148</link>
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		<title>Develop featured in the City Pulse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lansing development stars: Where are they now? is an article that was just published this week in the Lansing City Pulse. The article covers some of the projects that have been announced in the past year or so and what has become of them. Here&#8217;s the quote from the article:
For the moment, announcements are pretty [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://develop.metrolansing.com/?p=129</link>
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		<title>Albert Place Condominiums</title>
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Height - 5 Floors / 54 feet
Size (Sq. Ft.) &#8211; Unknown
Developer - Cron Management
Units &#8211; 36 condominiums
Construction - Completed September 2008
Cost - $4.4 million
Parking Places - 122

Albert Place Condominiums is a condominium development on the old Lot #7, at the Southeast corner of Albert &#38; Bailey streets.Â This was developed byÂ Cron Management, the developers of Stonehouse [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://develop.metrolansing.com/?p=40</link>
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		<title>FRIB is coming to our Crib!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today was a great day for MSU and the state of Michigan. The Department of Energy has decided on Michigan State University for the $550 million Facility for Rare Isotope Beams. This project will bring $1 billion of economic growth to the area along with 400 research jobs and 5800 construction jobs. MSU was chosen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://develop.metrolansing.com/?p=110</link>
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		<title>Call for guest blogs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
I&#8217;m going to try something again here. Develop has sustained a long period of low blog posts, yet high activity in the forum. If you have some input about a topic that faces Lansing, send it to me in an email. If the content is deemed suitable for Develop, I&#8217;ll post it. 
I&#8217;m looking for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://develop.metrolansing.com/?p=96</link>
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		<title>A Busy Summer Ahead for Lansing</title>
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There could be quite a busy summer ahead for Lansing and it&#8217;s surrounding areas.
In Lansing there are a few projects already underway, and probably many more that will face hearings and public input as they move along with the planning process. Some of the projects include:

The new Accident Fund headquarters
Market Place
Stadium District (finishing completion, with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://develop.metrolansing.com/?p=95</link>
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		<title>City Center Studios</title>
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Height &#8211; 1-2 floors / 58&#8242;
Size &#8211; 71,000 sq ft +
Developers &#8211; The Gillespie Group &#38; Ahptic Studios
Cost - $9 million +
Construction &#8211; Tentative 2009 Completion

City Center Studios was proposed as a joint venture between local developer Pat Gillespie and Ahptic Studios, with other partners potentiallyÂ coming on board also. TheÂ building will go on the land [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://develop.metrolansing.com/?p=94</link>
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		<title>The Lenawee</title>
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Height - 12 Floors / 170&#8242;
Size &#8211; 180,000 sq ft
Developer &#8211; The Lawton Group
Parking Spaces &#8211; 750
Cost &#8211; $60 million
Construction &#8211; Unknown Start / Mid 2010 Completion

The Lenawee is proposed mixed use structure to be constructed on the site of the Old YMCA on Lenawee St. The building was proposed in the Spring of 2008 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://develop.metrolansing.com/?p=93</link>
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		<title>Sobi Square (formerly Ottawa &amp; Butler)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

Height &#8211; 2-3 floors
Size - Unknown
Developer &#8211; Gene Townsend
Units &#8211; 52+
Parking Spaces &#8211; 138
Cost &#8211; Unknown
Construction &#8211; Spring 2008 start/2011 completion (phased)

Gene Townsend proposes this development for a block of state owned land bounded by Ottawa, Ionia, Butler and Sycamore. The blockÂ has been mostly vacant for many years, exceptÂ 9 houses, 4 of which are currently state-owned and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://develop.metrolansing.com/?p=91</link>
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		<title>Lansing Gateway</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

Height &#8211; 4 floors
Size (sq ft) &#8211; ~60,000
Developer &#8211; Lenawee Group (Gene Townsend)
Units &#8211; 43
Parking Spaces &#8211; Underground/Unknown
Cost - $13 million
Construction &#8211; mid 2008 start/mid 2009 finish

Â Â Â Â  The Lansing Gateway is a mixed-use project proposed by Gene Townsend. The building will be built on the city owned parking lot on the north side of Kalamazoo [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://develop.metrolansing.com/?p=90</link>
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