there's an updated PDF for the PESB portion of the BOT meeting. I really don't like this design. It's brick heavy and very brown looking. A building like this should emphasize the color green IMO or anything but red brick. Wilson road will be a road way of red brick fortress-like buildings w/ 1 or 2 exceptions.
MSU has been known to change things up at the end so I'm hoping that happens here.
@P2005 Thanks for posting the updated pdf, it's nice to see the rendering of the Farm Ln facade. I still like this design myself, although the Farm Ln frontage is more bland than I expected. I'm generally fine with red brick, it's timeless and reasonably affordable. Thankfully MSU has been good about having a variety of architecture without getting too eclectic, it looks though you'll get something more to your taste with the new medical building and possibly the digital innovation building. Not to mention the recent football building along with the currently under construction student wellness center and multicultural center.
@hood - no problem. BTW, thanks for your posts/pics on here and the skyscraper page. Your posts keep me updated so I hope you continue to spread the economic development joy! I live in downtown Chicago so i never get to see Lansing/MSU in person that much anymore. You take a lot of great pics from good angles - appreciate it!
Oh wow, sorry. I just looked back and somehow glanced over that project in the original post. My apologies. I'd been focused on the child development lab, with it being in Lansing, and must've just honed in on that.
I would say the red brick looks like many of the buildings built in the '60s like Erickson Hall, with some modern touches. It's OK. I wonder about the ornate Academic Gothic designs of the central campus and what they would cost in today's dollars, vs. how much they cost when they were built. For instance, how much was spent on design and "fancy stonework" etc. against how much is being spent today on design and the materials used.
The old Ag. Hall has been painted around the corneous[top] of the building, looks great!
They're calling it an "innovation center", an official was quoted: “Our vision is to create an innovation center in the Greater Lansing area that acts as a hub for research, innovation, and commercialization,”. That in and of itself is promising for the effects such a facility could have on the area.
The press release says that the building will have "an open-access ground floor for showcases, events, co-working, and other communal activities." which seems to imply a sizable multi floor building which is always a plus for me. This could be a fairly notable project.
This sort of thing is not a small deal if it's not literally small. It's impact will be proportional to the size of the project. MSU is closing in on $1 billion in research funding annually, I feel there's still a lot of untapped potential to capture the startup companies that arise from the resulting knowledge & technologies. This is the kind of stuff that pays long-term dividends and brings the new residents & higher paying jobs that make all the shiny projects we care about possible.
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MSU has been known to change things up at the end so I'm hoping that happens here.
https://trustees.msu.edu/meetings/documents/2024/BF5-PROCEED-Plant and Environmental Science Building3.pdf
https://www.crainsdetroit.com/economic-development/michigan-state-university-plans-new-sports-arena-and-hotel
https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/campus/2024/09/06/michigan-state-university-trustees-new-sports-arena/75099819007/
The old Ag. Hall has been painted around the corneous[top] of the building, looks great!
https://www.msufoundation.org/msuresearchfoundation-news/msu-trustees-authorize-long-term-lease-negotiation-with-msu-research-foundation
They're calling it an "innovation center", an official was quoted: “Our vision is to create an innovation center in the Greater Lansing area that acts as a hub for research, innovation, and commercialization,”. That in and of itself is promising for the effects such a facility could have on the area.
The press release says that the building will have "an open-access ground floor for showcases, events, co-working, and other communal activities." which seems to imply a sizable multi floor building which is always a plus for me. This could be a fairly notable project.
https://www.msufoundation.org/buildings
https://www.msufoundation.org/locations
This sort of thing is not a small deal if it's not literally small. It's impact will be proportional to the size of the project. MSU is closing in on $1 billion in research funding annually, I feel there's still a lot of untapped potential to capture the startup companies that arise from the resulting knowledge & technologies. This is the kind of stuff that pays long-term dividends and brings the new residents & higher paying jobs that make all the shiny projects we care about possible.
MSU also has requested another $70m from the state for the $340m building.
https://statenews.com/article/2024/10/msu-board-approves-leadership-infrastructure-changes-pressured-by-students-faculty?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_featured