The Haslett Village development appears to be moving forward, it will have 290 units and over 20k sq ft of commercial space, they'd like to begin demolition this year and complete the first phase by the end of 2024. I believe there was also a four floor senior apartment building approved just to the west of this site. While deep in suburbs on the edge of the metro area, I like what they're doing here. The development is relatively dense and looks to do well at hiding its parking, along with only having half the parking as required by code.
Love that Haslett and Okemos's old town centers are densifying.
And, yep, Meridian Township changed its zoning code some years back to loosen parking requirements in its centers. I believe there is one drawn around Meridian Mall, too.
In today's LSJ.com [pay] there is an artical about the Okemos downtown development, including several depictions of the project and the changes that the developers want to make. An above ground parking ramp is one of the big changes. The drawings are OK but not remarkable, kind of blocky with a common design of the day, not bad but nothing new or exciting imo!
I somehow missed the LSJ subscriber story on "5 Meridian Township developments to watch this year" from a couple weeks ago. There's a few items of note in there: The four floor independent living facility at Haslett Village Square is already under construction, there's a 239 unit residential development starting at the SE corner of Saginaw & Newton that will include a 4 floor mixed use building and the most important one to me: the first two phases of MSU to Lake Lansing Trail (Hagadorn Rd to Okemos Rd) are expected to be completed by July-September.
A group is attempting to raise $5 million to build a museum for the Bath School Disaster by its 100th anniversary: May 18, 2027. They are looking to build it on or near the site of the disaster which is now a park that houses the cuppola from the old school. I hope they pull it off but that's quite a bit of money to raise in a relatively short time for such a niche cause.
The four floor building out there will be of the standard 5 over 1 design with balconies, it shows it being light grey and pale yellow on the upper floors with darker grey brick on the first floor. I'm generally not a fan but I think these sorts of designs are acceptable in these denser suburban developments. We could easily get a bunch of 12-24 unit 2 1/2 floor standard apartment buildings or another strip mall and nobody would bat an eye, I'm glad to see some thought go into these developments at least.
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https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/money/business/2022/04/28/haslett-village-new-apartments-marsh-road-haslett-road/9537545002/?fbclid=IwAR0MtjAysJ-C7VqIJqgK7P1bP81jE7Re7qufU_wfpinSA7Jacghec0HQdjY
Love that Haslett and Okemos's old town centers are densifying.
And, yep, Meridian Township changed its zoning code some years back to loosen parking requirements in its centers. I believe there is one drawn around Meridian Mall, too.
https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2023/01/09/meridian-township-development-housing-apartments-assisted-living-trail-system-michigan-state/69711406007/
https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2023/02/20/new-museum-planned-to-honor-bath-school-bombings-100th-anniversary/69889917007/
https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2023/10/11/turkish-manufacturer-first-factory-in-us-employ-200-bath-township/71141128007/