I think I mentioned before that MSP was moving to the General Office Building out at secondary, their move hasn't exactly been a secret around the State. The rumor at first was that the Feds wanted the building, which makes more sense. MSP's building would be nonwhere near large enough for police, city hall and courts, it'd have to about double in size. BTW, I'm not sure MSP ever intended to stay there, the building was too small for them at the start.
This also all but confirms the Senates interest in City Hall, and if the senate wants it they'll likely get it. I first heard they were interested in City Hall a year or two ago, apparently an in-the-know Senator was talking about it with a business owner I know downtown. As I said, I think the whole City Hall move revolves around the Senate buying the building.
Seeing these two things that heard as rumors awhile ago will certainly make me take more notice of some of the things I hear in the future though.
Guess there is no CATA thread - but I heard yesterday that there is going to be a new CATA route providing hourly service between LCC's Main and West Campus. I've wanted this for basically the whole time I've lived here - and apparently so have many, many students. Will run from about 7AM until 10PM. Don't know any other details.
You know, I was thinking the same thing the other day - CATA when I first moved to Lansing three years ago, and CATA today, are pretty much the same CATA. The line connecting LCC's two main campuses is a no brainer. This is a bit selfish of me since I live there, but I think there ought to be some service on Saginaw between Coolidge and Collingwood - probably I would try a long line running from downtown Lansing all the way out to Lake Lansing - I would call the lake a major amenity, but there is no way to get there from downtown without transferring in East Lansing.
A bus down Saginaw would be immensely useful. Although due to the speed of traffic, CATA would have to do cut-outs for the bus to stop in. There are sections where the right-of-way may be too small for cut-outs. I'm not sure what should be recommended there, besides stopping in traffic and creating a minor backup.
I heard about the CATA route from another faculty member at the meeting of an LCC committee I'm on - I got the impression it was announced at a meeting at West Campus (they need the shuttle much more than the downtown campus, obviously), but I have no idea when it will be officially announced. Looking back at my notes - will run from 7:10 to 10:45 starting in the Fall, once an hour. It is a one-year pilot program.
Sorry, the Capitol Club thread was getting a bit off topic. So I'll repost part of it here...
Considering that the Stadium District, Marketplace, Midtown, and proposed Outfield are 4-5 stories, it would be nice to see a 6-8 story residential/mixed use development in Lansing as a next step. There are not a lot of examples of this happening yet in Greater Lansing, but the HopCat building is East Lansing is 8 stories, and the Capital View tower in Lansing -- though not residential -- is 9 stories. Then perhaps a decade from now, 6-8 story developments in/near downtown Lansing can grow to something 10-14 stories? That may be wishful thinking...
This talk as got me thinking of the most likely project to be announced next and the only one I can think of on the horizon is Gillespie's property at Larch and Michigan. I know the proposal was last known to be 3-4 floors, but that was preliminary. I think a 6-8 floor building would work well there, it would certainly encourage development going further east.
Speaking of this area, I keep forgetting to mention that it looks like they're working on the three floor apartment building on Hosmer just south of Michigan that a had a fire a few years ago. It'd be great if whatever they're doing is more than just to stabilize it or protect whats there.
Thanks, I was biking along the River Trail last weekend - of course I got slightly detoured by it - and was wondering what it was about. I assume this is related to the larger combined sewer overflow project that seemed too have stalled a couple years ago?
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This also all but confirms the Senates interest in City Hall, and if the senate wants it they'll likely get it. I first heard they were interested in City Hall a year or two ago, apparently an in-the-know Senator was talking about it with a business owner I know downtown. As I said, I think the whole City Hall move revolves around the Senate buying the building.
Seeing these two things that heard as rumors awhile ago will certainly make me take more notice of some of the things I hear in the future though.
I can't really make out exactly what they're doing from the description in the article, anyone been by there recently?
Found a picture of the building as-is:
Considering that the Stadium District, Marketplace, Midtown, and proposed Outfield are 4-5 stories, it would be nice to see a 6-8 story residential/mixed use development in Lansing as a next step. There are not a lot of examples of this happening yet in Greater Lansing, but the HopCat building is East Lansing is 8 stories, and the Capital View tower in Lansing -- though not residential -- is 9 stories. Then perhaps a decade from now, 6-8 story developments in/near downtown Lansing can grow to something 10-14 stories? That may be wishful thinking...
Speaking of this area, I keep forgetting to mention that it looks like they're working on the three floor apartment building on Hosmer just south of Michigan that a had a fire a few years ago. It'd be great if whatever they're doing is more than just to stabilize it or protect whats there.
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