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I forget which one, but one of them has 2,000 sq ft of office space on the ground floor. I think it may be Grand Vista Place. I'm not concerned with the tenancy; I feel like that's an old trope. It's not that they are low-income that the design i…
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Okay, I was able to dig back through some packets so we can have these on the record. Riverview 220 Grand Vista Place I'd seen the Riverview 220 rendering. Had not seen Grand Vista Place. I don't want to belabor the point much more …
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Well, some level of "downtown," anyway. DT-1 and DT-2 have what I'd consider pretty stringent height restrictions, 4 stories and 6 stories, respectively, which is honestly basically the same as the lesser commercial districts. The big difference is …
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My baseline for success of the FBC is that a property owner should at least be able to redevelop or develop land to the same densities as in the 1920's or 1930's. I'll accept or tolerate sensible regulations that acknowledge how much more popular au…
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The thing a significantly larger metro population does help is with things that are funded at the county level and those things that factor in potential revenue. I'd say that's why you see something like the Schuster Center in Dayton.
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City council meeting packet for new week: 1. Setting public hearings for the PILOTS (payment in lieu of taxes) for Riverview 220 and Grand Vista Place. Still no attached renderings or site plans. 2. Introduction of ordinance and setting of publi…
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I don't see the actual building changed from the rendering your posted awhile back.
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Okay, aside from the stickies still not working correctly, I'm having everything marked as read even when I just click into one thread.
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The only big change is that this one doesn't have a parking garage and the main building is expanded into its footprint.
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Hobbs+Black, BKV Group...I'm sure even Christman - who is the construction manager - got in on the design. Anyway, hood had posted the main rendering some time ago: https://develop.metrolansing.com/discussions/discussion/231/lansing-area-development…
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Public Safety HQ (& Fire Station #9) update is in next week's committee of the whole packet. Everything's coming in on budget. These aren't new, I don't think, but they haven't been posted here: The design of Fire Station #9 looks…
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To be honest, this simply sounds like an expansion of the their exsiting University Corporate Research Park concept. They already have the small East Lansing Technology Innovation Center located in downtown East Lansing. So I suspect this is just an…
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Okay, I went and looked at the floorplans, and this area I thought was the mainstage and backstage is actually the small black box theater on the third floor. Still don't see the need for the projected panelling, but whatever. lol I was wondering wh…
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Yeah, saw that, today. I agree with the one advocate who says that the parking minimum on them is probably not necessary given who these are targeted for. If they get any complaints, they can always amend it, is my working idea. They also got someth…
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See, my concern was that it was grooved concrete. So I'm very happy if it turns out to be some kind of legit metal. lol Of course, you'd rather have it be nice stone or some higher quality metal. But if it turns out to be some mid-grade aluminium or…
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@citykid, Do you happen to know if New Vision has done any lot combinations, yet, for their Tower on Grand site? I noticed that the city put out a "new" parcel shapefile a few weeks/months ago, but also noticed that it didn't show some lot combin…
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I'm curious what the material is around the large openings, but other than that, I'm so glad to see a professional and mature design befitting a serious performing arts space in a capital city. The massing's a little clunky on the exterior where you…
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Ahh, I see it now on page 12 of the pdf file.
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Okay, what I saw was a trailhead laid east of the cemetery's driveway entrance on Mt. Hope. It looks like it was aligned to accept cycle and pedestrian traffic across the street on Fidelity Road going to Crego Park. But it currently goes a few yards…
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Speaking of trails, I noticed a trailhead had been freshly laid at the road entrance to Evergreen Cemetery the other day. Anyone know anything aout this? Are they going to lay a trail through the cemetery? I'm there quite often, and a lot of folks w…