The hotel that is planned for Trowbridge Rd may be a Hilton franchise. This will be East Lansing's seventh hotel, and East Lansing would like to see another hotel built within the East Village development.
I think its a great place for a hotel, but it seems like a strange location for a "Hilton". I realize the brand has languished in the last few years, but Trowbridge isn't at all what I would picture as a location for a Hilton hotel.
What Trowbridge really needs is a quality gas station. I'm pretty sure that Marathon closed up because they were consistently more expensive than most of the other gast stations in the area (I think it's a trend among Marathon stations). As a commuter student, I'd love to have a decent gas station put back at that corner. If for no reason other than there isn't one anywhere near that location really.
A gas station would be nice to have back at the corner, especially since the one that is there looks so bad boarded up. A while back there was a proposal to build more student housing on Trowbridge, but that was thrown out by the permanent residents in the area. The location is really ideal for students, and a much better location than the northern tier of East Lansing.
I suppose that's true about freeway exist gas stations. But I still have never understood Marathons consistent overpricing. The one over by me in Delta township is 1/4 mile from a Shell, and a Speedway, and is consistently 5 to 10 cents more per gallon. And yet people still shop there... doesn't make sense.
Melting Moments on Grand River has been undergoing remodeling lately on the interior, but today when I was walking by they have replaced the whole front of the building with 4'x8' pieces of wood. I'm not sure why the building is boarded up, but my only assumption is that they are doing something major to the entranceway of the building (the facade is not covered by the wood).
I took a picture with my cellphone (terrible quality), but I will try to upload the picture tonight.
I got some photos of the bridge reconstruction on Hagadorn Road over the Red Cedar River. These photos are taken from the pedestrian bridge, which is untouched by the construction.
The Dollar nightclub/bar has some potential bids now. Last year it was repossessed due to back taxes and is in the ownership now of Ingham County. There are two potential projects that are being talked about. One is by Paul Vlahakis, who wants to create a martini bar, and another is by an unnamed entity that would like to create student housing and condominiums.
The Dollar is located across the street from the Campus Village 2 development, on Michigan Ave, about two blocks east of Frandor.
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I took a picture with my cellphone (terrible quality), but I will try to upload the picture tonight.
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The Dollar is located across the street from the Campus Village 2 development, on Michigan Ave, about two blocks east of Frandor.
The LSJ is covering the story: http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070426/NEWS01/704260367/1001/news