https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/campus/2025/02/25/memorial-plans-michigan-state-shooting-mass-shooting/80237382007/
The Feb. 13 Permanent Memorial Committee, made up of students, faculty, staff and community members, narrowed down the plans for the memorial to three artist-submitted designs and two campus locations: Sleepy Hollow between Beaumont Tower and the Music Practice Building and the Old Horticulture Garden located near the Student Services Building. The university has been calling for community input through a survey available through March 31.
If you would like to take in an unusual sight on campus, take a look at Spartan Stadium. They have removed most of the scoreboards that ringed the north side of the stadium except for the frames which gives a good view of the original curved wall of the stadium. I don't know if they are going to use the framing. Maybe there will be holographic images projected over the field!:}
The upcoming MSU BoT meeting has an authorization to proceed for the new Olympic sports arena and surrounding development, this project is moving much faster than I anticipated. I attached a pdf with renderings and more info. Fairly impressive.
It says that the developer (who apparently has already been selected), is responsible for financing the hotel, market rate housing, retail/office, and parking. So in the site plan that'd be the buildings labeled "Hotel", "Residential + Retail", "Office + Retail", and "Parking Garage". MSU will finance the $150 million area. I have no idea the logic behind this particular land lease agreement. I'm not surprised that MSU doesn't want direct involvement in the two mixed use buildings, I'm a little surprised that they're not going to own the hotel. I wonder if they'll operate it?
The arena is slated for a late 2027 completion, the hotel and parking garage in 2028, the two office/retail/residential buildings in 2030, and the rest TBD. I'd expect to see arena construction start this year.
This project is very impressive. If I could wish, I'd wish this was being planned for downtown Lansing. This is the kind of big project we need downtown; however, I am sure it will benefit the whole Lansing community. This weekend there were several events happening on campus and there were tons of people downtown EL shopping and dining [a line outside of Cain's] with this development I could see Greater Lansing/MSU hosting major events like they have in Indianapolis that would bring people here filling all the hotels.
IMO this is kinda something you'd see in a suburb vs what I'd label an appealing gateway into campus. I think these are just initial renderings and not final, but right now they're adding 600+ parking spaces and two of the lots are surface parking. I personally hate those parking lots they put right in front of buildings like they did w/ 1855. This rendering also shows a completely new road added, along with extending Birch road into Trowbridge Road. this doesn't look like it aligns w/ the Master plan and hopefully they reign in the surface parking a bit.
@MichMatters - the master plan calls for a much more human/pedestrian friendly environment and this area is part of campus still. This doesn't do it for me. It could include more space where you can't see cars or roads. I think it would be much more compelling if they didn't include that add'l road where the arena and hotel split and just consolidate the parking to a structure in the SE corner where that large surface lot is. I know that costs money but their budget is large. I don't think this is final so I look forward to the realization of this.
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MSU launches most ambitious comprehensive fundraising campaign to date University’s $4 billion “Uncommon Will, Far Better World” campaign to activate talent, catalyze synergies, build futures
Rounding out the multibillion-dollar campaign is a focus on creating places and spaces that address the needs of students today while preparing them for the opportunities not yet imagined. The ambition Futures Built will catalyze this effort through strategic support for capital projects and new programs.
https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/campus/2025/03/09/michigan-state-university-fundraising-campaign-4-billion/81915687007/
The Feb. 13 Permanent Memorial Committee, made up of students, faculty, staff and community members, narrowed down the plans for the memorial to three artist-submitted designs and two campus locations: Sleepy Hollow between Beaumont Tower and the Music Practice Building and the Old Horticulture Garden located near the Student Services Building. The university has been calling for community input through a survey available through March 31.
https://spartanfund.net/ways-to-give/facility-projects/
https://trustees.msu.edu/meetings/documents/2025/BF2-PROCEED - Spartan Gateway District.pdf
The arena is slated for a late 2027 completion, the hotel and parking garage in 2028, the two office/retail/residential buildings in 2030, and the rest TBD. I'd expect to see arena construction start this year.