Oh wow, sorry. I just looked back and somehow glanced over that project in the original post. My apologies. I'd been focused on the child development lab, with it being in Lansing, and must've just honed in on that.
I would say the red brick looks like many of the buildings built in the '60s like Erickson Hall, with some modern touches. It's OK. I wonder about the ornate Academic Gothic designs of the central campus and what they would cost in today's dollars, vs. how much they cost when they were built. For instance, how much was spent on design and "fancy stonework" etc. against how much is being spent today on design and the materials used.
The old Ag. Hall has been painted around the corneous[top] of the building, looks great!
They're calling it an "innovation center", an official was quoted: “Our vision is to create an innovation center in the Greater Lansing area that acts as a hub for research, innovation, and commercialization,”. That in and of itself is promising for the effects such a facility could have on the area.
The press release says that the building will have "an open-access ground floor for showcases, events, co-working, and other communal activities." which seems to imply a sizable multi floor building which is always a plus for me. This could be a fairly notable project.
To be honest, this simply sounds like an expansion of the their exsiting University Corporate Research Park concept. They already have the small East Lansing Technology Innovation Center located in downtown East Lansing. So I suspect this is just an expansion of the concept.
This sort of thing is not a small deal if it's not literally small. It's impact will be proportional to the size of the project. MSU is closing in on $1 billion in research funding annually, I feel there's still a lot of untapped potential to capture the startup companies that arise from the resulting knowledge & technologies. This is the kind of stuff that pays long-term dividends and brings the new residents & higher paying jobs that make all the shiny projects we care about possible.
Happy Election Day! We made it! It is my hope that we can all turn our attention to many other subjects at least that is what I plan on doing, may good prevail!
Yesterday I walked by the new International Student Center and saw some of the very interesting and cool looking landscaping being installed with huge boulders in front of multi-leveled stairs ramps and landings. It can be more easily seen that the front of the building is on the Shaw Hall side, I thought it was strange there seemed to be no windows on the Farm Lane side, now I can see that is the backside of the building. Check it out it is really nice.
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https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/campus/2024/09/06/michigan-state-university-trustees-new-sports-arena/75099819007/
The old Ag. Hall has been painted around the corneous[top] of the building, looks great!
https://www.msufoundation.org/msuresearchfoundation-news/msu-trustees-authorize-long-term-lease-negotiation-with-msu-research-foundation
They're calling it an "innovation center", an official was quoted: “Our vision is to create an innovation center in the Greater Lansing area that acts as a hub for research, innovation, and commercialization,”. That in and of itself is promising for the effects such a facility could have on the area.
The press release says that the building will have "an open-access ground floor for showcases, events, co-working, and other communal activities." which seems to imply a sizable multi floor building which is always a plus for me. This could be a fairly notable project.
https://www.msufoundation.org/buildings
https://www.msufoundation.org/locations
This sort of thing is not a small deal if it's not literally small. It's impact will be proportional to the size of the project. MSU is closing in on $1 billion in research funding annually, I feel there's still a lot of untapped potential to capture the startup companies that arise from the resulting knowledge & technologies. This is the kind of stuff that pays long-term dividends and brings the new residents & higher paying jobs that make all the shiny projects we care about possible.
MSU also has requested another $70m from the state for the $340m building.
https://statenews.com/article/2024/10/msu-board-approves-leadership-infrastructure-changes-pressured-by-students-faculty?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_featured
Yesterday I walked by the new International Student Center and saw some of the very interesting and cool looking landscaping being installed with huge boulders in front of multi-leveled stairs ramps and landings. It can be more easily seen that the front of the building is on the Shaw Hall side, I thought it was strange there seemed to be no windows on the Farm Lane side, now I can see that is the backside of the building. Check it out it is really nice.