I saw the listing for the building on CPIX a couple weeks ago but didn't think much of it. I'd never been there, but they always looked pretty busy to me so it's a little surprising to see that they closed.
The LSJ published an update on the addition of a non-motorized pathway along Moores River Drive.
The $1.65 million project along Moores River Drive near Mt. Hope Avenue, east of Waverly Road, involves tearing down a seawall and replacing it with a natural embankment that will include a nonmotorized pathway. ... The project is part of a larger, ongoing effort to link more parts of the Lansing region via bicycle and walking paths, Gamble said. This project will connect directly to a separate pathway on Waverly to the south that was built in 2012. ... A separate $1.8 million project to build nearly 6 miles of nonmotorized pathway on the city's south side is on target to be mostly finished by December, Gamble said.
I noticed a few days ago when I was by the Penfil Apartments that they had finished rebuilding the collapsed wall and had started putting in windows. I was a bit worried that they weren't going to follow through on the renovation or that they would drag their feet, I'm really glad to see it coming along.
The Michigan Flyer is trying to move forward with building a terminal on their lot that they own at the corner of Michigan Ave and US-127 (the old Bud Kouts used car lot). They ideally would want to put a hotel and/or coffee shop there to go along with the terminal.
I'm sad to see their operations move away from downtown East Lansing, but this new location has a few nice benefits:
- It's centrally located between Lansing and East Lansing
- It's serviced by CATA Route 1 which has frequent service and reaches multiple cities
- Located right next to the freeway so easy on/off for the bus
- The addition of a hotel and/or coffee shop will provide a warm place for people to sit white waiting for the bus or their pick-up.
This is some more good news for Michigan Ave. I wonder what their plan is exactly though, it says that they will spend $1.6 million to redevelop the site and build a temporary terminal, then they will seek a development partner to build a hotel/office building. I wonder how temporary this "temporary" terminal will be?
Yeah, it's hard for me to see $1.6 million creating a "temporary" terminal. Seems like enough money to put in a building that can maybe be part of the large plan? What makes this terminal different than most is that Michigan Flyer usually only has one bus waiting at a time with only the one route. They may be planning on using this for all Indian Trails buses (which currently go to the main CATA station in Lansing). I'd love to see something like the Rosa Parks Transit Center that Detroit has.
I've always really wanted to see that warehouse on Shiawassee turned into lofts, but it's still great to see it get some attention.
I'm really interested to see what this Lake Trust redevelopment is. I can't really imagine any situation in which they'd tear down the current building, it's not that old, has a concrete or steel structure and looks to be in good shape. I do think that they would be very smart to put a new facade on it though, and it seems somewhat likely that they would. In the article it says that those new buildings will be built "with the help of local developers," I wonder whether those developers are already lined up or if this is all just conceptual. I'll be a little disappointed if this announcement is only for some vague, unfunded concept.
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I'm sad to see their operations move away from downtown East Lansing, but this new location has a few nice benefits:
- It's centrally located between Lansing and East Lansing
- It's serviced by CATA Route 1 which has frequent service and reaches multiple cities
- Located right next to the freeway so easy on/off for the bus
- The addition of a hotel and/or coffee shop will provide a warm place for people to sit white waiting for the bus or their pick-up.
I'm really interested to see what this Lake Trust redevelopment is. I can't really imagine any situation in which they'd tear down the current building, it's not that old, has a concrete or steel structure and looks to be in good shape. I do think that they would be very smart to put a new facade on it though, and it seems somewhat likely that they would. In the article it says that those new buildings will be built "with the help of local developers," I wonder whether those developers are already lined up or if this is all just conceptual. I'll be a little disappointed if this announcement is only for some vague, unfunded concept.