That corner is pretty close to Old Town and the new housing at MSB site so maybe these new developments will spur more activity on the north side of the city. There was an announcement of a new development going up across the river from the Olympic Broil last summer, it seems like almost every neighborhood in Lansing is seeing some kind of redevelopment. The next step for the city is to get those streets like N. Grand River paved, the bridge there looks like it is in a war zone. It also seems like Lansing will have a good supply of cannabis! Now they have to get some of these recreational shops open, right now Ann Arbor is getting all the tax money! Lansing could use those taxes to pave the streets!
Parking structure! This is disappointing, maybe they will design a people occupied ground floor level. I wonder if the ugly block-long parking ramp across the street is ever at capacity? I think that corner would be great for almost anything so it does seem kind of a shame that another parking ramp is going up on Capitol Avenue. Here we are it's 2020 and they still crown the car king of our downtown, and space must be made for more cars.
I'm not surprised by a parking structure on that lot and if it's designed well and has ground floor retail I wouldn't even be horribly disappointed. I had forgot that the deal for LCC to buy the N Capitol ramp had fallen through, I'd imagine the life of that ramp has to be nearing an end. The one thing I don't get is why LCC doesn't replace the Gannon Ramp with a taller ramp in a smaller footprint to leave room for another classroom building.
It would be great if the city tore down that N Capitol Ave ramp, it is about the last structure with the rope imprint cement walls that someone thought were really beautiful? back in the urban renewal days of the '70s. It was ugly the day they built it and still is. I can not remember what was located on that block on Capitol, it seems like the old Kewpee Burger was around there somewhere.
Possibly for an elevator. Last I knew they had no passenger elevator in that building, just a freight elevator that's only unlocked certain hours. Kind of ridiculous for the people who live on the upper floors.
Thanks for the info. That is interesting that a multi-story residential/office building would not have a full-time elevator. I guess it was all escalators in that store. I remember Knapp's had both and in the ye olde days Knapp's had an elevator operator who would announce the departments on each floor as you came to them. I guess we went to Knapp's more than Arbaugh's I can remember Knapp's much better.
I think it would be a pretty cool apartment up there, it may be high enough to have a good view and be above the street noise a bit.
I have noticed the 600 Block filling spaces of the skyline in certain areas like when turning down Hosmer to the south. It is a big building! On Hosmer, the BWL was installing underground cables to the new MJ grow house on Kalamazoo by that nicely kept R.R track I wonder who keeps up that space, there is even a little flag pole with a fresh flag flying, and down the street, they have been installing a new roof on the MJ grow house at the "Wing" building. That build seems to be about ten times bigger than the complex of small buildings on Kalamazoo, the BWL is going to be selling a lot of power to these facilities. The "Wing" building seems like a good place to install solar panels on the roof. I am hoping that soon they will be able to go MJ outside under the sun!
They were doing some sort of excavation yesterday in front of the newly vacated office building on the 600 blocks of S Washington. Is that building part of the Lake Trust development on that corner?
@gbinlansing There was an elevator in that building, it was "out of order" for at least a few years, then several years ago they removed the old shaft. I think a new elevator shaft has been sort of in progress since then. I can only assume that building is horribly managed.
The folks in that building must be in good shape after climbing stairs for so long! My building is circa 1964 and the elevators due go out from time to time, but the management always calls for repairs right away.
The penthouse on the "Rum Runners" building at Michigan and Larch is looking kind of cool. There will be a lot of windows and an interesting roofline up there, what a great apartment that will be.
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I think it would be a pretty cool apartment up there, it may be high enough to have a good view and be above the street noise a bit.
I have noticed the 600 Block filling spaces of the skyline in certain areas like when turning down Hosmer to the south. It is a big building! On Hosmer, the BWL was installing underground cables to the new MJ grow house on Kalamazoo by that nicely kept R.R track I wonder who keeps up that space, there is even a little flag pole with a fresh flag flying, and down the street, they have been installing a new roof on the MJ grow house at the "Wing" building. That build seems to be about ten times bigger than the complex of small buildings on Kalamazoo, the BWL is going to be selling a lot of power to these facilities. The "Wing" building seems like a good place to install solar panels on the roof. I am hoping that soon they will be able to go MJ outside under the sun!
They were doing some sort of excavation yesterday in front of the newly vacated office building on the 600 blocks of S Washington. Is that building part of the Lake Trust development on that corner?