The new buildings going up on the north side of the Capitol Complex are progressing nicely. They both look large in their spots on the street. They are being built close to the sidewalks and it looks like parking will be in the back. It is great to see this development on the northwest side of downtown and hopefully, it will lead to the other side of the complex being developed. The streets in this northside neighborhood are an incredible mess. The city really needs to do something about that for the people who live there and if they want to see more development in the area. This neighborhood has a large number of notable vintage homes, brick paving for the streets and sidewalks, some vintage-looking signs and street lamps, we could have a nice "Historic North Lansing/ Butler Boulevard District".
I noticed a renovation going on in one of the old one-story brick buildings on Hosmer across from Art's Pub. I would think it would be for some sort of industrial use the same as it's neighbors. I think it is too small to be another grow house.
I hope my project updates are interesting if not a bit vague! I don't know the details but I have time to take construction site tours, so I'm thinking most people who read this page have jobs and may not have the time to check out the progress of these many projects that are going up right now and "may" find my observations interesting. It is very cool that I have so many to check out.
I always appreciate hearing about little things also. I always liked the furthest south building on that block of Hosmer, I think it could make for a cool space.
@Jared Does this forum software have a "like" function at all? I always found that function useful on forums.
Yes, across and just up the street to the north, one building in from the corner. Right now it is the only one that has ugly vinyl I think the brick building on the corner would make a great spot for a restaurant, there would be a skyline view from the back.
Sorry, I meant to say it is the second building in the row of buildings which I believe is 324 S. Hosmer to the north of the first brick building and the surface lot at the corner.
I looked to see if the forum software supports "likes" and the closest I could find was a plugin that was created for the forum software but it hasn't been updated in over a year so I'm hesitant to add it. I do wish there was something like that built in.
I like this design, even if it is just basically a box. If the exterior of the upper floors is a stone or masonry tile treatment not some sort of composite paneling I will like it a lot more. It does fit in well with the other low-rise office buildings in that area.
@Jared Thanks for looking into that, sucks it doesn't have anything built in.
@gbinlansing I agree on the design, and it really doesn't take more than a box with good quality windows and authentic facade materials to make a nice building. If this building ends up looking like it did in the photorealistic renderings then it should be a really nice little building.
I figured they would and sure enough, they are blocking up the windows on the new MJ grow house at Hosmer and Hazel. I do not know if all the windows will be covered or just the first floor but I fear that this building will end up looking like the storage warehouse up the street, a big wall of bricked-up windows. I did like the idea of creating a courtyard of container apartments inside the building and the idea of people living there, and this sort destroys an example of an early 20th-century factory building that would have looked pretty good with all new windows landscaping and full of human activity. They are just growing weed in there I don't know why it has to be like Fort Knox.
So in the Summer 2020 issue of Lansing Living I got in the mail yesterday it talked about Emterra's new Recycling Material Recovery Facility that they are building. This is the first thing I've seen where any sort of location is mentioned. The article says "The new facility, owned and operated by Emterra Environmental, will be located at an old, industrial site on South Pennsylvania Avenue in Lansing. There will be a significant investment made by Emterra to refurbish the property, which has been vacant for years." I've looked online and can't find where this will actually be. Any ideas?
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I hope my project updates are interesting if not a bit vague! I don't know the details but I have time to take construction site tours, so I'm thinking most people who read this page have jobs and may not have the time to check out the progress of these many projects that are going up right now and "may" find my observations interesting. It is very cool that I have so many to check out.
@Jared Does this forum software have a "like" function at all? I always found that function useful on forums.
@gbinlansing I agree on the design, and it really doesn't take more than a box with good quality windows and authentic facade materials to make a nice building. If this building ends up looking like it did in the photorealistic renderings then it should be a really nice little building.