Light on details, could be interesting to follow tomorrow...
Developer to announce Lansing project
Evening update
Jeremy W. Steele
Lansing State Journal
Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero is expected to join developer Gene Townsend at noon Tuesday to announce "a major new downtown development."
The event is to be held in a city-owned parking lot along Kalamazoo Street, between Cedar and Larch streets, according to an announcement from the mayor's office.
Townsend was a partner in developing Printer's Row condominiums at Grand Avenue and St. Joseph Street, in the Cherry Hill neighborhood. All 17 of those units have been sold.
The new project, details of which were not outlined in the announcement, would be the third significant downtown development announced this month.
On Oct. 8, Accident Fund Insurance Co. of America unveiled plan to move its headquarters into the riverfront Ottawa Power Station, redeveloping a 7-acre riverfront site.
A week later, developer Pat Gillespie announces plans to develop Market Place and Ball Park North at the site of the Lansing City Market and property north of Oldsmobile Park.
A proposal to build a riverfront condominium high-rise on South Grand Avenue also is moving forward. Developers are negotiating with the city to buy an adjacent city-owned parking structure.
I might try to go to the event since it's between my classes. If I go I will try and bring a camera. Anybody else planning on going, or might be able to get renderings?
I don't think any of these are the "Association Project," the one thing we did know about that project is that it's an office building for state assocations, hence it's name.
As for this new project, I'm assuming it will be for the site their making the announcement at. Probably something 2-4 floors, maybe rowhouses in part or full, or maybe something more like Stadium District. I'll be waiting to see.
Four story building with residential and ground floor commercial.
"It's the first thing people are going to see when they're coming north on Larch," said Townsend, who developed the 17-unit Printer's Row condominium project at Grand Avenue and St. Joseph Street.
"You want something that's very proud. It's like the gate to the city."
Nice, it appears to be on the larger end of what I expected to see for this site. Also will be LEED certified. What I would really like would be for it to not be postmodern, I'd really like to see some modern or ultra-modern architecture.
Wow. Sounds like the good news keeps on coming. And yet John Pollard and a few others are already complaining. I mean there are a few valid points to some stuff they say about tax abatements and etc but the good has always been outweighing the bad from what I believe in much of these developments. Its like some people would rather have nothing new ever come about to the city unless its completely on their own terms (which is never). Plus, it sounds like there would still be the same amount of city parking afterwards, which is nice.
I thought I just read that about the Hunters Ridge development last night. I'm still not sure how I feel about it other than to say that much of the complaints/problems were likely entirely solvable such as the traffic congestion and etc. Like you said LMich, its mostly just a cop out. But at least its not like the land is really going anywhere. There are always people that will oppose development. I'm not saying that there aren't perfectly justifiable reasons to sometimes, but as you said yourself, there were times when Lansing didn't seem like it could compete and Lansing was lucky when it rarely got a big project. This quote may seem off topic or non-applicable because of where it comes from, but I when I look at Lansing's future and what it is and will take to get there, I reminded of it: "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -Ghandi
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Developer to announce Lansing project
Evening update
Jeremy W. Steele
Lansing State Journal
Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero is expected to join developer Gene Townsend at noon Tuesday to announce "a major new downtown development."
The event is to be held in a city-owned parking lot along Kalamazoo Street, between Cedar and Larch streets, according to an announcement from the mayor's office.
Townsend was a partner in developing Printer's Row condominiums at Grand Avenue and St. Joseph Street, in the Cherry Hill neighborhood. All 17 of those units have been sold.
The new project, details of which were not outlined in the announcement, would be the third significant downtown development announced this month.
On Oct. 8, Accident Fund Insurance Co. of America unveiled plan to move its headquarters into the riverfront Ottawa Power Station, redeveloping a 7-acre riverfront site.
A week later, developer Pat Gillespie announces plans to develop Market Place and Ball Park North at the site of the Lansing City Market and property north of Oldsmobile Park.
A proposal to build a riverfront condominium high-rise on South Grand Avenue also is moving forward. Developers are negotiating with the city to buy an adjacent city-owned parking structure.
http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071022/NEWS03/710220383
As for this new project, I'm assuming it will be for the site their making the announcement at. Probably something 2-4 floors, maybe rowhouses in part or full, or maybe something more like Stadium District. I'll be waiting to see.
I measured the width of the parking lot with Google Maps and the Kalamazoo lot is ~200 ft, while the Stadium District lot is ~400 ft.
Four story building with residential and ground floor commercial.
"It's the first thing people are going to see when they're coming north on Larch," said Townsend, who developed the 17-unit Printer's Row condominium project at Grand Avenue and St. Joseph Street.
"You want something that's very proud. It's like the gate to the city."
I thought I just read that about the Hunters Ridge development last night. I'm still not sure how I feel about it other than to say that much of the complaints/problems were likely entirely solvable such as the traffic congestion and etc. Like you said LMich, its mostly just a cop out. But at least its not like the land is really going anywhere. There are always people that will oppose development. I'm not saying that there aren't perfectly justifiable reasons to sometimes, but as you said yourself, there were times when Lansing didn't seem like it could compete and Lansing was lucky when it rarely got a big project. This quote may seem off topic or non-applicable because of where it comes from, but I when I look at Lansing's future and what it is and will take to get there, I reminded of it: "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -Ghandi