Capitol Club Tower (Proposed high rise condos!!!)

hoodhood
edited May 2007 in Lansing
I'll let the LSJ article speak for itself: Riverfront may get $30 million tower

We have all been waiting for something like this, 12-20 floors of condos on the river. Now I'll just be biting my tongue for next year or two until construction (hopefully) begins. However, the good thing is that Council is required to act on selling the S Grand Ramp within two weeks to get it on the August ballot. So IF this project comes together I expect it to happen very quickly.
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  • JaredJared
    Hood you beat me to the punch!
  • JaredJared
    Here is the artists rendering from the printed LSJ story:

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    The photo page on Flickr
  • hoodhood
    The rendering looks pretty good, although I'd rather see them leave the S Grand Ramp as-is, so that it can be tore down for another development in the near future.
  • mindbendermindbender
    The rendering looks great, I'll be curious to see what (if anything) they put on the riverside of the development. Almost certainly whatever is there will be restricted to the residents use.
  • hoodhood
    Jared, I created a project page for this, so if you can add it to the list that would be great.
  • mindbendermindbender
    Good call, my mistake: (From the article)

    "The developers also said they would open up the riverfront of the property for a public trail and access to the Grand River.

    "We want to bring the river into downtown," Elliott said. "We want to build a community down here.""

    Speaking of the area behind the triangle lot, I wonder if a large scale condo development like this will impact any current redesigns going on for the MSP headquarters. My limited knowledge/experience says it won't, but it would be nice.
  • JaredJared
    Thanks hood, I've added the link to it on the Project Pages. For anybody who would like to see some general information about the project, click on Project Pages at the top of the site, and you should see links to different projects happening in the MetroLansing area (now including the South Grand Condos).
  • JaredJared
    The city council will vote Monday night to decide to sell the parking ramp.
  • hoodhood
    I just wanted to quote this paragraph from this weeks City Pulse regarding the developers intentions on this project:
    "They say they hope to start revamping the parking garage and putting in the foundations for the condo tower by the end of this year. After that, they’ll probably have to wait until they’ve sold about 50 percent of the condos before they can get the financing to actually put the tower up."

    It appears they plan to move a lot quicker than I thought on this. This is one advantage of keeping projects "secret" for awhile, by the time their announced they are nearly ready to begin. WIth that being said I still expect considerable delays on the start date.

    Lansing's Riverfront: What's the plan?
  • AdieozAdieoz
    Hi everyone. I just joined the discussion and also think that this would be a great project for Downtown Lansing. Its nice to see the momentum continue. I think the Mr. Elliot puts a lot of thought into his project and this looks like a very attractive building. You can tell from projects like the Ranney Building that cheapest options is not always the best option for Dimonds in the Rough. It creates some much needed character Downtown (not that the State of Michigan Buildings aren't architectural wonders....)

    I think that having the parking structure on the same side of the road as the high rise is critical. Who is going to pay to live in a high rise and have to park across the street? Not me! And Lansing is certainly not a Chicago or New York were one does not need a car to get around.
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