That's too bad that they are planning for the whole block. Maybe the fact that the city is only considering the Oliver Towers site shows that they are not willing to give it up to another proposal (whatever that may be....). I try and spin it to good news.
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Really, this whole idea of homeless apartments, it doesn't seem to work for me. I thought so many of the problems with projects (see Cabrini Green) is that the poverty spurs more poverty and crime. So making a whole building have strictly homeless apartments doesn't seem like great social planning. I know Oliver Towers is not Cabrini Green, but I feel there needs to be less dense housing for homeless apartments and more locations.
I wonder if he means it will occupy the whole block or just the Oliver Towers site? I assume he means just the Oliver Towers Site, and they would leave the Parking lot as is until there becomes a greater need to develop it, maybe into that new city hall...
Still though, there are some museums and many libraries that rise to respectable heights, for instance there is a "discovery center" museum (or something like that) on the East coast thats like 12 or 13 floors/ ~250' tall, its ultramodern, all glass and has lots of tall open space including a full height atrium.
Also, on the City councils meeting agenda:
"Introduction of Z-17-06; Part of 715 W. Willow, Petition for
Rezoning “B” Residential to “DM-1” Residential District filed by
LHC Nonprofit Development Corporation to allow for up to fifty
(50) units of senior citizen housing (former Michigan School for
the Blind property), and setting Public Hearing for March 12,
2007"
"Adoption of Z-16-2006; 200 Block of E. Grand River Ave.,
Petition for rezoning from ”F-1” Commercial to “G-1" Business
District filed by Richard Karp for the purpose of constructing a
new building containing a mix of commercial and residential
uses"
My first instinct was to think that this was the CSO work, but it doesn't really sound like it, maybe something to with one of the mystery projects???
"Electronic mail from Kathryn Meninga of Mishler & Meninga,
PLC regarding the proposed construction project at the corner
of Michigan Ave. and Washington Ave."
Just an update from the new CBRE market report, the downtown class A office vacancy is just 8%, so it continues to look better for the possibility of new office space downtown.
Class A rates are always lower than the overall rates, but in Lansing's downtown it has still stayed above 10%. As for any new buildings, the possible Capitol View expansion, the Association project and whatever else may be in the works
Well, the best thing about the building taking up the entire lot, is that it will rid the city of another surface parking lot. The less we have in the downtown, the better, IMO.
Since the scope of this is pretty well set now, I wonder where they will go with architecture and the size of the museum and library individually. I hope that Impression 5 will become a state of the art science museum at least on the level of the one in Grand Rapids. I also hope that they go towards a modern/ultra modern architecure with lots of glass and open space.
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Really, this whole idea of homeless apartments, it doesn't seem to work for me. I thought so many of the problems with projects (see Cabrini Green) is that the poverty spurs more poverty and crime. So making a whole building have strictly homeless apartments doesn't seem like great social planning. I know Oliver Towers is not Cabrini Green, but I feel there needs to be less dense housing for homeless apartments and more locations.
Still though, there are some museums and many libraries that rise to respectable heights, for instance there is a "discovery center" museum (or something like that) on the East coast thats like 12 or 13 floors/ ~250' tall, its ultramodern, all glass and has lots of tall open space including a full height atrium.
Also, on the City councils meeting agenda:
"Introduction of Z-17-06; Part of 715 W. Willow, Petition for
Rezoning “B” Residential to “DM-1” Residential District filed by
LHC Nonprofit Development Corporation to allow for up to fifty
(50) units of senior citizen housing (former Michigan School for
the Blind property), and setting Public Hearing for March 12,
2007"
"Adoption of Z-16-2006; 200 Block of E. Grand River Ave.,
Petition for rezoning from ”F-1” Commercial to “G-1" Business
District filed by Richard Karp for the purpose of constructing a
new building containing a mix of commercial and residential
uses"
My first instinct was to think that this was the CSO work, but it doesn't really sound like it, maybe something to with one of the mystery projects???
"Electronic mail from Kathryn Meninga of Mishler & Meninga,
PLC regarding the proposed construction project at the corner
of Michigan Ave. and Washington Ave."