"In consideration of the establishment of a new Neighborhood Enterprise Zone (NEZ) entitled "The River North" District #20, approximate boundaries; East Grand River Ave. to the north, Burchard Park to the south, the Grand River to the west and Factory St. to the east"
With any luck, Mr Karp will be there to give some sort of details about the project.
"Grant Application; Economic Development Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce (EDA) for public infrastructure improvements to Regional SmartZone (Lansing's portion)"
"Setting a Public Hearing for December 4, 2006 In consideration of the Tax Increment Financing and Development Plan for the Lansing Regional SmartZone"
Couple of things regarding the Smart Zone, it looks like they are planning some sort of physical improvements. It ought to be interesting to hear what they are.
"Application for Exemption of a New Personal Property Tax Exemption filed by the Michigan Dental Association and MDA Insurance and Financial Group, Inc. for property located at 201 Townsend St., the Capitol View Building"
It looks like the MDA will be moving to Capitol View, instead of the law firm.
That seems pretty small, but the important thing is that it looks good from the street, if it doesn't go deep thats fine. I just can't wait to see the renderings.
I think 4 floors is good infill for Old Town, and nothing over 6 floors should go up. I think I seen in one of the articles on the Temple Club closing that the River North project would be like 22,000 sq ft total. So I would guess average unit size to be about 2000 sq ft, assuming the ground floor will be retail.
Also, they have part of the foundation done for the University Center (the side along Capitol), I'll have to get out to take some pictures this weekend.
Thats what I was wondering, I was through Scott woods in mid-June and it was still the same old trail, I really don't know how they would have connected it to the main Rivertrail. It has me sort of intrigued to see exactly what they did. I do know that I would like to see the rivertrail brought through that park at the NE corner of Aurelius & Mt. Hope and into Fenner. I would also like to see that park reopened, I heard it used be nice.
Also, FYI, one of my teachers have me a second confirmation that the MSP headquarters is moving forward. He said his brother works with leases and they are beginning to terminate them. He said that while nothing official has been announced, but it sounds like MSP wants to be in there within a couple years. To sum it up, look for a sudden announcement with a quick start date and fast-track construction, think Grand Tower kind of timeline.
Yeah, Crego's the one I was talking about, it was a contaminated site (I think a gravel pit turned park, that was found to be contaminated later). It has been clean for years now, I'm not sure how long, maybe even before I was born. Reopening the park has been the plan for many tears alos, I'm not quite sure why it hasn't been yet, I thought they had even gone through and preped it for opening a few years back. As for Fenner, it is actually pretty busy sometimes, I wish they could bring back the buffalos though.
The city has a long way to go before replacing all the traffic lights on wires, most intersections have them, and most other (older) cities do to, as soon as you get away from the most major of throughfares. The ones on poles to look MUCH better though.I also like the look of the new, brighter LED lights they have been putting in them, like at Michigan & Penn.
They said that the CSO was supposed to be done before Thanksgiving, its looking like they will easily beat that date.
Seems to me that people are a little to paranoid about the pollution in this park. There are other sites more polluted that people live near or work at, I see no practical reason why the park shouldn't be reopened, unless laws are really that strict.
I haven't seen it, but I'm actually a bit dissapointed that it was rennovated. I would of rather seen the building remain empty until redevelopment was possible. I would really like to see as many of the one story downtown buildings done away with as possible.
My dad said that he heard the State is in talks with the Boji's about adding those extra floors to Capitol View. He said he doesn't know which department would use the space, he assumes that the state may want to move the remainder of the dept of community health there (not from the Prudden building, but from the Cass building), but that the additional 30-45k sq ft from adding the floors on only the office portion wouldn't be enough. So I would guess that if thats the case any addition would include adding floors to the ramp. It's all just speculation though, besides the the state being in talks to "add floors to Capitol View," there are no more specifics.
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"In consideration of the establishment of a new Neighborhood Enterprise Zone (NEZ) entitled "The River North" District #20, approximate boundaries; East Grand River Ave. to the north, Burchard Park to the south, the Grand River to the west and Factory St. to the east"
With any luck, Mr Karp will be there to give some sort of details about the project.
"Grant Application; Economic Development Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce (EDA) for public infrastructure improvements to Regional SmartZone (Lansing's portion)"
"Setting a Public Hearing for December 4, 2006 In consideration of the Tax Increment Financing and Development Plan for the Lansing Regional SmartZone"
Couple of things regarding the Smart Zone, it looks like they are planning some sort of physical improvements. It ought to be interesting to hear what they are.
"Application for Exemption of a New Personal Property Tax Exemption filed by the Michigan Dental Association and MDA Insurance and Financial Group, Inc. for property located at 201 Townsend St., the Capitol View Building"
It looks like the MDA will be moving to Capitol View, instead of the law firm.
Lansing EDC, Principal Shopping District move to new site, I really wasn't expecting them to move in so quick, I thought their move was still a month or so away.
City opens new section of river trailI had completely forgottten about this, I probably won't get to check it out until next spring or summer.
Also, they have part of the foundation done for the University Center (the side along Capitol), I'll have to get out to take some pictures this weekend.
Also, FYI, one of my teachers have me a second confirmation that the MSP headquarters is moving forward. He said his brother works with leases and they are beginning to terminate them. He said that while nothing official has been announced, but it sounds like MSP wants to be in there within a couple years. To sum it up, look for a sudden announcement with a quick start date and fast-track construction, think Grand Tower kind of timeline.
The city has a long way to go before replacing all the traffic lights on wires, most intersections have them, and most other (older) cities do to, as soon as you get away from the most major of throughfares. The ones on poles to look MUCH better though.I also like the look of the new, brighter LED lights they have been putting in them, like at Michigan & Penn.
They said that the CSO was supposed to be done before Thanksgiving, its looking like they will easily beat that date.
Seems to me that people are a little to paranoid about the pollution in this park. There are other sites more polluted that people live near or work at, I see no practical reason why the park shouldn't be reopened, unless laws are really that strict.