I am surprised that Gillespie Group emailed me back. They've never even responded to my inquiries about their own projects, but they respond when I ask about a project that's not even theirs. Go figure.
Rum Runners was hit by a car on one of the snowy nights a couple of weeks back. It wasn't reported in the paper, but I saw it late at night as I was driving down Michigan Ave.
Wasn't a restaurant supposed to remodel that building a few years ago?
Wenco properties has done a couple other projects in REO Town, I think. If there the ones I'm thinking they're some of the nicer buildings on that stretch.
This is about past development but the LSJ has an interesting interactive map showing old homes and neighborhoods that were cleared to make way for 496 along with comparable census data then and now.
The NEO Center is in an odd place for a commercial building, but it looks like it will end up looking pretty nice. I'm especially glad to see that little gas station renovated in Old Town, it's great to see that it wont be getting tore down.
Davenport is closing a few of it's campuses to the benefit of others. Luckily Lansing will be one of the campuses that will see an expansion. I would love to see Davenport build a new building downtown.
The figures are unsurprising to me. The Census was being too pessimistic on the figures for the Lansing area. In the next census I wouldn't be surprised to see Lansing hold steady or even gain population. Clinton county growing faster than predicted should be expected also. The north side of the city has been underdeveloped and as development sprawls too far to the south, east and west we'll probably see Clinton county grow a lot.
BTW, did you see how much Detroit's population fell? A 25% fall in 10 years is just amazing. Hopefully they're nearing the bottom.
I suspect that the Detroit count is way off. Many people in Detroit are distrustful of the governments motives, plus there is a huge homeless population (over fifty thousand would not be too many).
A new program is beginning in Lansing that will include free bus rides along with discounts and promotions at area businesses, the program is called First Fridays: First Fridays
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I am surprised that Gillespie Group emailed me back. They've never even responded to my inquiries about their own projects, but they respond when I ask about a project that's not even theirs. Go figure.
Wenco properties has done a couple other projects in REO Town, I think. If there the ones I'm thinking they're some of the nicer buildings on that stretch.
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/NEWS01/90219004&odyssey=mod|dnmiss|umbrella|3&template=artinteractive
I didn't know that Lansing had a Division Street once upon a time.
8,600 square foot NEO Center set to open by June
Old Town resident invests more than $140,000 restoring historic gas station and home
The NEO Center is in an odd place for a commercial building, but it looks like it will end up looking pretty nice. I'm especially glad to see that little gas station renovated in Old Town, it's great to see that it wont be getting tore down.
Davenport is closing a few of it's campuses to the benefit of others. Luckily Lansing will be one of the campuses that will see an expansion. I would love to see Davenport build a new building downtown.
BTW, did you see how much Detroit's population fell? A 25% fall in 10 years is just amazing. Hopefully they're nearing the bottom.