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Lots of new the past week or so of the Granger's old Walter Neller Building at Allegan and Grand facing the wrecking ball, again. The Grangers are mad the city didn't take their city hall proposal and wrote some ridiculous letter to the city. And th…
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Finally, the old one-story, mid-century brick building immediately south of the Holy Cross homeless shelter on Larch north of Shiawassee has been demolished. For some reason, I thought this building belonged to them, but apparently it's the Eyde's w…
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The city finally has up some formal drawings for the MLK redo. Despite moving the northbound lanes adjacent to the southbound lanes, the new roadway only goes from 55.5 feet wide curb-to-curb to 62 feet wide because the left turn lanes get consolida…
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We already know the general outline of what CATA/Boji is planning here. A bit over 50 apartments and 4-5 floors; it's going to be similar in scale to what's going to go next door. I'm curious to see the massing. I remember CMs Brown (against) and…
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The property is still in possession of the land bank, so I've long suspected after the initial splash that this wasn't a serious project. Next week's council agenda includes: - Sale of Parking Lot #1 on South Grand for $760,000 to the Bojis. T…
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Oh, interesting. The rendering does a good job of hiding the ridiculous amount of parking out back. lol
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he public safety complex does have their aesthetic Have you seen a rendering, or are you just talking about the site plan?
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Like you said, it's inside the freeway loop and it's a huge up-zoning of the area from the lowest-density single-family home district to the highest residential density district, so I don't have much complaints. Only stuff I've been really disappoin…
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Ah, yes, now I can kind of recall. It was a zoning issue. And the thing is that this is solved now with the new form-based code; the zoning for that district allows some of the most diverse range of uses for any district. Unrelated, but does anyo…
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Nope. The thing was that there was a lot less state money, then, for those kind of projects. I do wonder if they are seeing Stadium North and want to get in on PILOTS since so much money is going toward building affordable housing, now.
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It gets warm outside, and everyone decideds to start their projects on the same day/week. lol Anyway, what I saw today... They have started removing the trees on the north side of Michigan to prepare for the street reconfiguration; it's kind of v…
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From the LSJ: Despite saying OK to accepting $40 million for a city government campus, council members rejected a plan to buy the Masonic Temple for a new City Hall. Council member Trini Pehlivanoglu said residents don't understand how the Ma…
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The city finally accepted the grant for New Vision, last night, and are very keen that the skyscraper happens and is given priority. While more discussion has to happen for a new or renovated city government campus, the $40 million for the $228 …
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Honestly, that was the crazy thing to me. Like, even the "enhanced" Ovation proposal is kind of dumpy, if we're being honest. I've become more sensitive to issues of costs and such over time, but that definitely needs to be weighed against needs to …
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I'm glad to hear all of those things. Though, I'm a bit taken aback - having not watched council in YEARS - to see that apparently Councilman Kost is a "no" on nearly anything development related. I was really unsettled by his argument around the Ov…
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Council voted down the brownfield amendment for The Ovation on a 4-4 vote. Not sure this stops it, but it rejects the plan to enhance it.
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I'm catching the tail end of this, so I'm not even 100% sure if they were on this item, but it sounds like the purchase agreement for the Masonic Temple failed, tonight, on a 4-4 vote? If I'm following the agenda correctly, this was the item they we…
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Congress is close to passing funding bills, here's what that could mean for the Lansing area LANSING — Capital Region International Airport could receive more than $8 million to help build a new terminal as part of nearly $20 million in federal …
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@citykid, the City Pulse had a story on updates to zoning this week (https://www.lansingcitypulse.com/stories/fixing-our-housing-shortage-lansing-to-consider-shared-use-zoning-changes-urbanism-planning-development-crisis-cooperatives,88926). Any upd…
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Lots of stuff in next week's council agenda: 1. Grant acceptance resolution for New Vision Lansing. 2. Grand acceptance resolution for new city hall. 3. Purchase agreement for new city hall. 4. Ovation brownfield plan amendment. 5. Acceptance o…