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I hope that this council doesn't do too much to interfere with development in the city. I'm less optimistic about Lansing's future than I was back in 2008, so much of what has been proposed in the past 10 years hasn't materialized and I don't think …
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Thanks for the update. I haven't been up that way in a long time and it's good to hear that construction is well under way. I'll have to make it point to drive by there soon.
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I can think of two possible reasons contributing to CATA's ridership loss although I wouldn't doubt that there are management and/or company culture issues as well. One obvious issue is that ridership peaked during the recession, the bad economy …
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@ratchetwrench If it's true that the owners aren't interested in using property as a parking lot then I'd think that that is pretty promising, I just wonder how soon "relatively soon" will be.
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The YMCA is a sorta cool old building and if someone wanted to properly restore and reuse it I'd be all for it but it would be a really difficult building to do anything with. It has short ceilings and small floors, the U-shaped main section is prob…
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I was very disappointed to hear the R E Olds Transportation museum was going to be bound to their building as a condition of the city's sale. I had really hoped, and continue to hope, that the R E Olds Museum would be able to move into a much larger…
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If anything it's a negative sign as they're putting up a more permanent fence, it will be telling to see how good of quality it is. If it looks really well built with nice gates or anything it may be a sign they don't expect much to happen for awhil…
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@The_Lansing_Magnate I wouldn't consider Demmer a GM supplier, they do list automotive as an industry they're involved in but they primarily do defense and aerospace work. There are tons of suppliers in the area, here's a (probably incomplete) list …
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GM is much bigger than you think in Lansing when you factor in all the suppliers, they're scattered everywhere around the area, many with hundreds of employees themselves. I think it's fairly safe to say that of the four major economic legs of the L…
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@The_Lansing_Magnate On the subject of where Lansing will be in 10 years, it's a fun thing to think about for me so I'll take some guesses... I think that at this point the Michigan Ave corridor and downtown East Lansing are essentially sure bets to…
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Whether or not a hotel faces the Capitol is simply not going to affect the number of visitors that come here. Practically giving away one of the most prominent pieces of land in the infancy of what could be a major revitalization of the city is a ba…
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I'm assuming you mean the traffic lights? They did bury the utilities that ran along the west side of Harrison. I remember looking at all the telephone poles and wires during construction thinking about how ugly they were then one day they were gone.
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@gbdinlansing That's interesting about the rendering at Studio Intrigue, I'll have to try to take a peek. I agree that the city needs to do something about the parking in the Stadium District area. I think that rental lot is a little far north to…
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@The_Lansing_Magnate Well having more varied opinions is a great thing, echo chambers are boring and unproductive. We all need to be exposed to different ideas and for our own ideas to be critiqued. I understand the desire to put a hotel at that …
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I hope that those three votes don't change their mind. While I'm still not 100% against a new city hall either, I've grown to like the idea of properly renovating/restoring the current city hall building. The more I think about it, any location for …
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It's disappointing to hear that the city vacated Washtenaw, it seems somewhat unlikely that Eyde would reopen the street as any part of redevelopment plan. And you're right about development shifting east. Washington really does need some major deve…
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Do you know if the city vacated that last block of Washtenaw? I'd really like to see that street reopened and the area developed as two separate blocks. I'd agree that I wouldn't expect anything very tall here but I wouldn't be completely shocked at…
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This one seems like kind of a wild card as to how much they get hassled by the EL City Council. I could see this project moving fairly quickly. I don't remember reading anything about them requesting incentives (are they?) and this doesn't involve p…
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I'm glad to see that building go. It looks like a big enough lot to actually be useful to someone so I'd hope that something gets built there sooner rather than later. Thinking about that stretch of MLKreminds me of the 7 block area, I still wond…
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That's good to hear about the soccer field. I haven't been down there recently but Simken was in pretty rough shape even after they tore the worst stuff down, this should do a lot to help that out.