The sidewalk and lighting project at the Capitol building is finished and looks really really nice. The security pillars in the sidewalk seem to stand out, I guess I will get use to them. My only question would be why just the sidewalks? I would think a bad guy could just drive around the pillars.
Nice but, how do you publish an article in August 2016, which says construction (on the Red Cedar Renaissance) is expected to begin in June 2016, and it hasn't?
I was wondering the same thing. Looks like they were reporting on some old data. The Red Cedar Renaissance thread said that construction should start in August, so maybe it will start in the next week or two?
There's one thing worth noting in this weeks (August 29th) council packet. In the "Letter from the Mayor" section, there are two letters regarding what I think is the same project. One letter is regarding a PILOT for "Shiawassee Senior Lofts" and the other is regarding a PILOT for "The Crossing." Both letters reference 627 E Shiwassee and 77 units, so they could be the same thing or they could be related halves of the same project for a total of 144 units. 627 E Shiawassee is the vacant land on the north side of Shiawassee west of the railroad tracks, stretching behind the VOA.
Even at 77 units this would be a decent sized project, being senior/low income housing it will be interesting to see how it turns out and who's behind it.
The PILOT for the project in Old Town got rejected and the lawsuit over its rejection is related to the income levels of the tenants. The counter argument from the Council was that it was only related to income levels in that neighborhood, or something like that. I think these proposals for PILOT projects by the VOA are just being presented to catch the council members up in a tight spot.
I seriously doubt these proposals are related to the Old Town PILOT conflict. I looked these parcels up, they're owned by Eyde. Given that it's likely Eyde behind this my money's on this being a serious proposal and it being good all-around quality.
Cool, that's good news. 77 or 144 units would be great, and having an active developer with money on the line will probably help the VOA around the corner to provide sitting areas or some other additions to give people a place to hang out that's not a parking lot or sidewalk.
So parcel at the corner of Larch and Shiawassee was listed as part of one of these projects? That would certainly add to the potential impact of this project.
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Also, Lansing wins NEA grant to plan improvements to Adado Riverfront Park: http://www.secondwavemedia.com/capitalgains/innovationnews/INN20150615_Arts%20Council%20Adado_1012.aspx
Even at 77 units this would be a decent sized project, being senior/low income housing it will be interesting to see how it turns out and who's behind it.