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The city council is also operating on a skeleton crew with only three regular attendees and they need votes of at least three in the affirmative to pass anything so each member has a veto now. If Ruth Beier manages to attend (she's taking night clas…
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Looks like a basketball court except they put a cutout of the state on the wall instead of a backboard. The high fences also lead to the basketball court. But the other circles could get confusing. The court reminds me of the Pigalle court in Par…
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Demolition of the YMCA should start in a few weeks according to a new article from the LSJ. Demolition is expected to take 8 weeks. They said that a new sanitary sewer line must be built before demolition but that the developers sent out a two-we…
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I didn't expect the east side of the building to have those angled wedges. I wonder why they did this as I would assume it costs more and definitely reduces square footage.
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Thanks for the screenshots. Yeah the building will be much larger than what is currently there as the power plant portion is only about 1/3 or less of the final building.
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Wow thanks for the detailed research! I hadn't seen the Urban Design Guidelines before. Is there an "existing blockface" for a development like Park District where it encompasses the entire block?
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Yeah growing up in East Lansing I just assumed all cities were like that but over time I've found out the hard way (through blank stares mainly) that other cities will approve most projects administratively.
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Yeah that's looking north west along Evergreen. The sky bridge would connect to Park Place I. The old post office building which is now Dublin Square is pretty nice. It might not be realistic but it would be great to move it across the street a…
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He's calling his development Park Place. Close enough to be confusing I agree. I think the idea is that this part of downtown would be called the Park District though.
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Also, if they really want to break ground by March 2019, then I can't imagine them asking for any public money. The hold up might be the city wanting more money for the Evergreen properties than Vlahakis is willing to pay.
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This is major news. The city desperately needs a movie theater and more "anchor" tenants downtown that will attract people. This also adds some much needed new office space to the downtown as well as more residential. I think this will hit a coup…
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This is awesome and will make it very easy for office workers to also run errands during their lunch break. I know the fares are already pretty reasonable, but removing them really will make hopping on and off seamless, especially if people have mul…
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Any idea when construction can start? Is there anything else that needs to be done first?
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It's possible city staff want the frontage to be more uniform. But I bet the developers of Center City would have liked a couple more feet themselves.
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Do they really need to make an amendment to the zoning rules? I would rather them propose a variance for them instead.
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Yeah, we could at least save the facade, or make this the "top" of a new building.
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@ratchetwrench, as I understand it, the STEM building is actually part of the College of Education so it's not that far from their main buliding (at the corner of Shaw and Farm Lane, opposite side of the International Center).
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Yes, these are great ideas! Thanks for sharing them
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The parkland proposals seem directly related to the sale of the Farmer's Market. Isn't that on parkland? I think this is a defensive maneuver after the mayor said that he wanted to sell it.
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Wow that is awesome to hear! Great way to increase usage of the buses and get people to leave their cars at home.