Yeah, I've been happy with Stonehouses stuff in the past. It's not fantastic but it's a notch above the other new apartments on Grand River, I'd say about on par with or slightly exceeding Stadium District in quality. I read that this new building will even be incorporating scrap steel from the Broad Museum in it's facade. This may end up actually being a really nice building.
I do enjoy digging things like this up, sometimes I wonder if the LSJ or Pulse looks at this site. We have become a pretty good aggregator of Lansing area development information.
Seeing the color rendering, this looks like a pretty nice project. It's a little disappointing that it wont break ground for about a year, but I think it's a great sign to see things like this already going up this far east on Grand River.
Yes it is, this is exactly the type of infill that we need to build a dense urban core. In fact, the building where Tasty Twist moved to would also be a good block for redevelopment in the same fashion that this project is proposed in.
Also, that was actually an accidental pun there lol. Will be good to see orange cones out there ;-)
I'm pretty sure it'd be a simple majority. I'm glad to see them making this common sense change as requiring a supermajority for something so unimportant seems silly.
The development by Jolly and Okemos is supposed to be apartments for young professionals. I remember it was talked about recently, I'll have to find the link.
Edit, here's a snippet,
An Ohio-based real estate market research firm wrote an economic impact study for a developer planning to build an upscale apartment complex in an old industrial yard in Meridian Township. The $50 million development, Okemos Pointe, would include 450 one- to three-bedroom apartments and townhomes near Okemos and Jolly roads.
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They mention that if approved, construction could start this summer and be complete in 12 months.
Seeing the color rendering, this looks like a pretty nice project. It's a little disappointing that it wont break ground for about a year, but I think it's a great sign to see things like this already going up this far east on Grand River.
Also, that was actually an accidental pun there lol. Will be good to see orange cones out there ;-)
Edit, here's a snippet,
An Ohio-based real estate market research firm wrote an economic impact study for a developer planning to build an upscale apartment complex in an old industrial yard in Meridian Township. The $50 million development, Okemos Pointe, would include 450 one- to three-bedroom apartments and townhomes near Okemos and Jolly roads.
From http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/money/business/2015/05/18/apartment-building-boom-tied-jobs-economy/27529189/