I wasn't expecting Turner North to break yet, but one of the proposed parcels is city-owned so they will go through Act 33 review within a month or two. The city will have to publish the RFP response so there will be more details to come.
I haven't heard from Michigan Community Capital in a while, but I hope they announce plans for the 500 block E Cesar E Chavez sometime soon.
308 E Cesar and 800 block E Cesar/Case St. just went to the treasurer through foreclosure so those are some interesting infill opportunities.
I'm unsurprised by the Turner & Dodge River Dr redevelopment, I saw that little building on the corner go up for sale and seemingly sell pretty quickly. It's a fairly ugly 5-over-1 building but what are you going to do? I don't have an LSJ subscription, are there any notable details or other site plans/renderings in the article?
Great to see these new developments in Old Town, this new construction is long overdue. Now to get something special on the Brenke Fish Ladder lot. The city just has to consider parking and festival space in Old Town before making a move, maybe keep extra room for festival space in Fish Ladder Park and look elsewhere for a parking a solution. I'm very interested in seeing what's proposed next to the Temple Club, seeing that block filled in would do wonders.
Good to hear about 308 E Cesar Chavez. I half-heartedly tried to get a friend to buy that to renovate a year or two ago, probably would have over extended ourselves but it would have been fun. A $100k+ in masonry repair just to stabilize the building makes it hard for anyone who doesn't have a line on a cheap mason, margins will be tight.
I should have mentioned that unfortunately 308 E Cesar is in the latter stages of make safe or demolish and assessed as too far gone. It is a damn shame the Brewer family let it rot for so long. The more I thought about it, it seems more likely it will just be used to expand the parking, but it will be one of the many infill spaces for someone with the right vision. Honestly there is no reason for Artic Corner to not be a storefront in an awesome mixed-use building on this corner, rather than the standalone building it is today.
The City submitted permits for the Fish Ladder improvements. Lots of seating and lighting upgrades, with a public fire pit.
Report detailing all of the State Representatives' pork requests, per new House rules. I didn't think there was anything as flashy as last year for the Lansing-area, but touching on a few things - renovating the Lansing Center, renovating Eastern High's Don Johnson Fieldhouse, partially funding City Rescue Mission's downtown move, updating BWL's Downtown Lansing steam system, and funding the City's plan for a "pod community" as homeless-transitional housing. The first little insert in the article opens up into a spreadsheet detailing everything. you can search by word if you want to look at requests by location or rep.
To be fair, I think someone could renovate 308 Cesar Chavez and break even, it'd have been done if values in this area were a little higher. I certainly don't mind it being razed to make room for a development that someday includes the artic corner property, I'd just like to ensure that it isn't used for parking. We don't need to incentivize property owners that want parking to simply buy buildings and let them rot.
@MichMatters I pulled this site plan from Capitol Region Community Foundation's site awhile ago:
It is interesting to see the year-built stone with the Preuss name on the building. I wondered why that building had been left behind in the Old Town revival, it is a good location.
It's great to see an abandoned building be renovated and occupied, but I do agree that it'd be a lot better if the whole site were reworked. It sucks that the mechanic shop on the corner doesn't appear to be a part of this plan, that will continue to be a detriment to the area as long as it remains.
It is kind of funny that Granger is inviting people to view the demolition, after all these years of being forced to look at this mess owned by the Grangers, now they want to celebrate finally tearing it down. If this was my company, I would not want to draw attention that I owned this building in the center of our downtown and let it fall into disrepair so long that there were trees growing inside. It would be nice if at this demolition they would announce some great new project they are planning for this space. If could happen!:}
I drive by this pretty regularly. It did move fast after several stalls. I figured it was a design build project based on how it it was progressing and how unprofessional/sporatic the whole renovation was. I've got to admit, it turned out better than I'd have expected for the use and area. I'm sure it will be plastered with signs and ads plastered on the windows like most of these corner stores once it opens.
One bit of particularly good news from the article is that the renovations shouldn't take long, they'll be done by September in time for the Dam Jam.
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There's also a new Brownfield plan out for the Rescue Mission properties on Michigan Ave: Gillespie Group will be renovating the old Mission, along with the two storefronts to the west, into 15 apartments and "one commercial storefront". The singular storefront I find interesting given that there's over a half block of frontage here, I tend to think they have a tenant in mind. It says they'll be spending $8.2 million on the project, which is more than what I would have guessed. I expect that it should turn out nice.
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I haven't heard from Michigan Community Capital in a while, but I hope they announce plans for the 500 block E Cesar E Chavez sometime soon.
308 E Cesar and 800 block E Cesar/Case St. just went to the treasurer through foreclosure so those are some interesting infill opportunities.
Great to see these new developments in Old Town, this new construction is long overdue. Now to get something special on the Brenke Fish Ladder lot. The city just has to consider parking and festival space in Old Town before making a move, maybe keep extra room for festival space in Fish Ladder Park and look elsewhere for a parking a solution. I'm very interested in seeing what's proposed next to the Temple Club, seeing that block filled in would do wonders.
Good to hear about 308 E Cesar Chavez. I half-heartedly tried to get a friend to buy that to renovate a year or two ago, probably would have over extended ourselves but it would have been fun. A $100k+ in masonry repair just to stabilize the building makes it hard for anyone who doesn't have a line on a cheap mason, margins will be tight.
The City submitted permits for the Fish Ladder improvements. Lots of seating and lighting upgrades, with a public fire pit.
Report detailing all of the State Representatives' pork requests, per new House rules. I didn't think there was anything as flashy as last year for the Lansing-area, but touching on a few things - renovating the Lansing Center, renovating Eastern High's Don Johnson Fieldhouse, partially funding City Rescue Mission's downtown move, updating BWL's Downtown Lansing steam system, and funding the City's plan for a "pod community" as homeless-transitional housing. The first little insert in the article opens up into a spreadsheet detailing everything. you can search by word if you want to look at requests by location or rep.
@MichMatters I pulled this site plan from Capitol Region Community Foundation's site awhile ago:
https://www.lansingcitypulse.com/stories/major-renovations-underway-at-old-towns-burchard-park,141576
One bit of particularly good news from the article is that the renovations shouldn't take long, they'll be done by September in time for the Dam Jam.
EDIT:
There's also a new Brownfield plan out for the Rescue Mission properties on Michigan Ave: Gillespie Group will be renovating the old Mission, along with the two storefronts to the west, into 15 apartments and "one commercial storefront". The singular storefront I find interesting given that there's over a half block of frontage here, I tend to think they have a tenant in mind. It says they'll be spending $8.2 million on the project, which is more than what I would have guessed. I expect that it should turn out nice.