It's officially the Lansing Regional SmartZone. It was created in a joint effort.\, by state legislation, including four geographic areas in Lansing and East Lansing. The idea was to encourage growth of high-tech companies in clusters in the two cities, with links to MSU. Lansing and East Lansing officials coordinate with other economic development groups and MSU on the local SmartZone.
MBI is controlled by the university (it's owned by the MSU Foundation, which controls the University Corporate Research Park). If the move by MSU Technologies creates space in MBI for other companies to grow or move in and have access to its lab space, then a move of a purely office user into the East Lansing section of the SmartZone could be a good thing. Hopefully it's not a game of musical offices - time will tell.
Not sure if this was a possible April Fools joke, but it was leaked that Mateen Cleaves, on "The Herd" with Colin Cowherd on ESPN Radio, along with Chris Webber are going to be opening a sports bar somewhere near campus called "Mateen Cleaves' Center Court."
Again, not sure if this is a for sure thing, or where it would go, but it could be pretty decent if done right.
NOTE: It's the first thing mentioned, so you don't have to listen to a long clip.
At Tuesday's City Council meeting, Lingg Brewer will be asking for approval to add a third story to the house located at 500 Albert Ave. The planning commission already gave approval. Previously, he had asked for a five-story building on this site but the City Council denied it.
Not huge news, but it's nice to see some more construction coming in East Lansing. One other construction project that will happen just down the road will be renovation of the south east corner of University Place. The city is paying to have the plaza rebuilt.
At tomorrows City Council meeting, CRMC is proposing redevelopment of two properties along Louis St. They plan to tear down two houses and construct a 4 story / 44 foot tall residential building with 12 units and four bedrooms per unit. It will have two floors of underground parking and will mirror much of the design of the other apartment buildings that have just been built on Louis St.
This is the first development to come out of the large rezoning that took place back in January and turned a number of properties to RM-54 (meaning 54 two-bedroom units per acre). This is the densest zoning that the city allows for residential.
Here is an image of the front of the building (note how it looks sideways, this was done for setback reasons): http://screencast.com/t/nrixBVxSHlY
The City of East Lansing will be holding a non-motorized transportation public workshop tomorrow at the Hannah Center.
The Non-motorized Transportation Plan will reflect a consensus vision of how the City of East Lansing will over time transform its streets, its development patterns, its government and its community outreach to establish an environment that makes walking and bicycling an obvious, safe and attractive option.
I think I'm going to try to make my way there and give some input. It runs from 7pm to 9pm. Anybody else planning on going? I hope to get to meet some of the other people in person.
National Coney Island will be moving in to downtown East Lansing. They will be located across the street from Taco Bell in the old Spartan Gyro/E.L. Moes Firehouse. They plan on opening in a month.
It will be really nice to get the Detroit chain in the East Lansing area. Last time I went to Detroit I ate at a National Coney Island in downtown Detroit and it was really good. I had my first coney dog there.
Whats going on with Ling Brewer's property? Is he still adding a 3rd floor to it? That whole side of Division street could be redone really nicely. It has his old apartment building, campus corner party store, a shoe store, and a random house squeezed between.
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MBI is controlled by the university (it's owned by the MSU Foundation, which controls the University Corporate Research Park). If the move by MSU Technologies creates space in MBI for other companies to grow or move in and have access to its lab space, then a move of a purely office user into the East Lansing section of the SmartZone could be a good thing. Hopefully it's not a game of musical offices - time will tell.
Again, not sure if this is a for sure thing, or where it would go, but it could be pretty decent if done right.
NOTE: It's the first thing mentioned, so you don't have to listen to a long clip.
Not huge news, but it's nice to see some more construction coming in East Lansing. One other construction project that will happen just down the road will be renovation of the south east corner of University Place. The city is paying to have the plaza rebuilt.
This is the first development to come out of the large rezoning that took place back in January and turned a number of properties to RM-54 (meaning 54 two-bedroom units per acre). This is the densest zoning that the city allows for residential.
Here is an image of the front of the building (note how it looks sideways, this was done for setback reasons): http://screencast.com/t/nrixBVxSHlY
I think I'm going to try to make my way there and give some input. It runs from 7pm to 9pm. Anybody else planning on going? I hope to get to meet some of the other people in person.
It will be really nice to get the Detroit chain in the East Lansing area. Last time I went to Detroit I ate at a National Coney Island in downtown Detroit and it was really good. I had my first coney dog there.