Yeah I was wondering the same too. Looking at the rendering from March 21st, it's possible that is the view from Abbot and this new rendering is the view from Grand River, or vice versa.
Yes you are right... puzzling. I like both of them, so it is promising, but it seems that much can change between now and when/if they get shovels in the ground.
Looking at them I'm pretty sure the they're both from roughly the same angle, the second one having a wider view and a slightly different design. The first rendering seemed a little unrefined, I didn't really like it too much, I think the newer one looks much better.
The City Council approved the proposal from Convexity, along with a $19.6 million brownfield plan. The city has yet to agree on a development agreement. Convexity hopes to start construction by May 2018.
Well, I imagine much of the coordination and project management couldn't start until the City Council was on board with it. However the lack of tenants should allow this project to start sooner than most.
"East Lansing’s City Planning staff failed to promptly take care of critically-important paperwork in the Park District redevelopment deal, and the consequence of their mistake is that the demolition of the blighted buildings downtown will be further delayed. The mistake also means the entire $150 million redevelopment project could now fail because of the significant delays caused by the mistake."
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"At Tuesday’s meeting, Council repeatedly agreed to follow City staff’s wishes to let staff, the City attorney, and Mayor Mark Meadows take care of remaining key details in that deal—even after a citizen pointed out a mistake in the development agreement that would have cost the City millions of dollars in lost income that wasn’t caught by staff or the City attorney."
Why is this so difficult? Maybe there is some sort of curse on that building and it does not want to be torn down! Every time they get close to actually to doing it some kind of problem pops up. I really hope they can figure out how to get this development started, it is not really a sign of competent people in charge.
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Yeah I was wondering the same too. Looking at the rendering from March 21st, it's possible that is the view from Abbot and this new rendering is the view from Grand River, or vice versa.
Yes you are right... puzzling. I like both of them, so it is promising, but it seems that much can change between now and when/if they get shovels in the ground.
Looking at them I'm pretty sure the they're both from roughly the same angle, the second one having a wider view and a slightly different design. The first rendering seemed a little unrefined, I didn't really like it too much, I think the newer one looks much better.
I like this one better too. It seems to fit the space.
The City Council approved the proposal from Convexity, along with a $19.6 million brownfield plan. The city has yet to agree on a development agreement. Convexity hopes to start construction by May 2018.
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2017/04/26/east-lansing-oks-154m-park-district-project/100910632/
Well, I imagine much of the coordination and project management couldn't start until the City Council was on board with it. However the lack of tenants should allow this project to start sooner than most.
Looks great let's build it!
All that can be said is - eeeeeeek: http://eastlansinginfo.org/content/city-planning-staff-mistake-delays-blight-demolition-could-jeopardize-park-district-plans
"East Lansing’s City Planning staff failed to promptly take care of critically-important paperwork in the Park District redevelopment deal, and the consequence of their mistake is that the demolition of the blighted buildings downtown will be further delayed. The mistake also means the entire $150 million redevelopment project could now fail because of the significant delays caused by the mistake."
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"At Tuesday’s meeting, Council repeatedly agreed to follow City staff’s wishes to let staff, the City attorney, and Mayor Mark Meadows take care of remaining key details in that deal—even after a citizen pointed out a mistake in the development agreement that would have cost the City millions of dollars in lost income that wasn’t caught by staff or the City attorney."
Why is this so difficult? Maybe there is some sort of curse on that building and it does not want to be torn down! Every time they get close to actually to doing it some kind of problem pops up. I really hope they can figure out how to get this development started, it is not really a sign of competent people in charge.