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I've seen a definite turn for the worse on the trail in the past month or so. The Kalamazoo bridge is back to being a problem spot, more tents in open park area, trash, etc... That's also true along the eastern and Moores Park stretches of the trail…
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Some pictures from today... Grand Vista Place: City Hall ] Riverview 220 Tower on Grand Walter Neller site cleared with no signs of imminent new construction (surprising, I know) Houses cleared for Capitol Tower A s…
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I guess agree to disagree. I believe the ordinance does create a not-insignificant barrier to development, look no further than the City Center/The Abbot saga where they still have not complied with the requirement, or Landmark which did market rate…
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The YouTube video from my May 20th post ends with a pretty cool 3d visualization of the entire construction process, definitely worth checking out. It does show a basement in that animation. They had started tearing down the houses for Capitol …
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The owners of The Student Bookstore want to build a 14 floor 325 unit apartment building on the site of their building, they're asking the city to revise it's requirement for low and lower income housing. Apparently the city is at least being mildly…
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All signs seem to point to MSU announcing something major with the football stadium in the relatively near future, this building's demolition is a part of that. I'm betting that whenever they build the second tower on that side of stadium they will …
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I don't know what's actually going on but I don't like the sound of all this: https://www.wkar.org/wkar-news/2025-08-01/lansing-mayor-says-tariffs-could-threaten-construction-of-ovation-performing-arts-center?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAYnJpZBExUEJWZ3…
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Just FYI I was speaking more in big picture terms, not specific to The Mission, I know very little about what they do good/bad/in-between besides that they're a faith-based homeless shelter. I hate to get off topic too far but I do have a sort of…
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IMO arguing that the Rescue Mission shouldn't get government funding because of their policies is reasonable and logical, but I believe in the right of organizations and individuals offering help to choose whom they offer help based on any criteria …
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Yeah, I didn't want to mention the house on Walnut as I'm trying to not be too negative and there's not much to be nice about on this. It just goes to show how far this city has to go if saving a house like that isn't economically viable nor is ther…
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Agreeing to disagree I can do. Gillespie has given plenty of reason to be pessimistic but imo he's been trending in a positive direction, perhaps because of the divisiveness of his multicolor buildings. I will agree that years of independent renovat…
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Thanks. It really is great to see. Once the Tower on Grand gets to 10+ floors and Capitol Tower and Ovation are vertical it'll really feel like something is happening. To see major concrete work underway and the crane up at Tower on Grand is truly a…
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I couldn't disagree more. The buildings are currently ~20ft wide individual storefronts and it appears that same trait will remain after the renovation, at least externally. I like most of the storefronts staying essentially the same, I like that he…
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A photo update from yesterday evening: Tower on Grand Walter Neller Building demolition continuing First new stuff installed at the Fish Ladder Music Park (These might be the instruments intended to be played by parkgoers) There …
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MSU Pavilion has been renamed the Farm Bureau Pavilion, the sponsorship will help fund the new arena they had been fundraising for along with other improvements. There's no word on the timeline for the addition or improvements. The old expansion pro…
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They have been really good about sharing videos and stuff on Facebook, it's kind of nice to see. I hope they keep updates going on more than just Tower on Grand as the projects progress. They've also reminded me that the south Grand ramp offers good…
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The new rendering is better than the last, but not as good as the original one with the light gold color IMO. I like the sharp angles better than the faceted curves, at least in this case. I'm disappointed that the garage over the street seems to ug…
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It was briefly discussed above by me and @MichMatters on June 6th. Gillespie Group is redeveloping the buildings, along with the two storefronts to the west, into retail and 15 apartments.
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They now have some more serious equipment on site here and they are tearing up the parking lot/leveling the site. Hopefully it's not another false start, it doesn't appear that way.
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