Wow I had not seen this. About 14 stories, it would be the tallest in East Lansing. It looks like a nicer version of The Hub. I understand that the market for student housing is higher than apartments for the general public, but I do hope they include mixed housing. Having year-round residents is a real help for local businesses, providing foot traffic, sales, and just people in the neighborhood when the students "tourist" are not here. This year our neighbors the student and their non-student young friends who come to EL's entrainment district have seemed louder [way more modified load mufflers] more drunk and more aggressive with a lot fights EL puts up spot lights for crowd control, "great for business". That coupled with the group of street people, [I don't know their housing statice] who show up every day, while not all, many seem to be mentally ill, or alcoholics, often drugged sleeping on the benches, and around the "fireplace", guys soliciting money and shop lifting, all this hurts local business. The students and the street people piss and throw up anywhere they like. The sidewalks are filthy and unsanitary. They litter and vandalize, brake windows and tagging buildings while they wait in line for the clubs. I am sure these problems are common in urban environments, but I think adding even more students to the downtown population would not really help attract non-student patrons to the area.
@gbdinlansing , by the way, per your comment there, I did actually talk to the director of the Downtown Development Authority about the problem of vagrancy in downtown East Lansing. He seemed to be quite sympathetic and desirous to do something, was not sure what the city could do (sort of "it's a public square" issue). I've seen some behaviors that certainly break the law, and I suspect aggressively enforcing relatively minor infractions would help.
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Maybe y'all already knew that. News to me.
More good news for EL: it appears the DDA's Evergreen property has sold. It doesn't look like there's a specific plan at the moment, at least not publicly available, but I'd be surprised if this lingers too long without a more solid plan.
https://eastlansinginfo.news/dda-announces-sale-of-long-held-evergreen-properties/