MM, the way I read the article about Capitol Club, they are waiting to mass market this project until they actually break ground. That they are holding off until they're closer so people they pull in from marketing don't get tired of waiting and pull out.
I totally agree with MM's idea about connecting Detroit and Toledo. That would really heighten the value of the project for the Detroit area, and, as you said MM, open Detroit up to places like New York and D.C. It would seem as if that couldn't cost too much more, but I have a feeling we'll have to use some state money if we want to get that done. Anyone think it's feasible?
There is some fairly extensive rennovations going on to the Ruetter Park fountain. Today I see the entire fountain is fenced off, all the hedges are removed, some of the concrete path is tore up and construction equipment is in place. And the really exciting part is a brand new ornate metal fence is already in place encircling the fountain. The new fence matches the original iron fence (which is in really bad shape). The new fence is ~2 feet inside the old fence which is still in place. Since the new fence matches the old, I'm not sure if they're planning on leaving the old fence and fixing it up some, but that doesn't seem likely.
Downtown Dog House (Allegan and Washington) has a nice permanent sign up and when I walked by tonight there were people moving around inside and it looks like they will be opening soon.
They have had a sign up that said "Grill & Bar Coming Soon" since Famous Taco closed, the owners of the Famous Taco were supposed to run the new place. I haven't heard anything about this place, so any news or details would be new to me.
This isn't the "Grill & Bar Coming Soon" sign...it's the actual permanent sign for "Downtown Dog House." It also looked like they had "Downtown Dog House" labeled equipment set up inside.
This sucks for the City, LCC and especially for nearby residents. Oh well though, we'll see a nice new parking ramp and more than likely the N Capitol Ramp will not be replaced or rehabbed when the time comes to tear it down.
This does suck...I think this has been a giant game of chicken and trying to call eachother's bluff. I wonder how possible it is that one of the sides will give in once it appears dead? I wonder how much this kills the new parking ramp proposal for the east side of the Grand river by the Lansing Center. Wasn't that funded in part by the profits from this sale?
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