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I looked up info about some of the people involved in this: The only thing I could find outside of social media on the "Branoff" in "Branoff-Randle" was this Capital Gains article on the ENSO restaurant he was part owner of. The article gives thi…
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The House was the student housing development mentioned in the story above. I was asking about a previous proposal for condos that I vaguely remember, but can't find anything on.
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I found this news story from the student housing proposal in 2013: Student Housing Development Proposed for Old Lansing Hotel. I was surprised to see that even then the property had been empty for 14 years. I remember a proposal to turn it into a co…
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From the October 24th council packet: Someone is applying for an OPRA certificate for one of (IMO " the") nicest building in Old Town. It sounds like a fairly extensive renovation also: The project is a property owned by Looney Moon, LLC loca…
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I was by Grand River & MLK and noticed someone (I assume Peckam) is building a two floor building near the southwest corner. It's not a large building but it's being built fairly close to the street, it seemed prominent when driving north down G…
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I think it's safe to assume the Holmes Street School project is completely dead, nothing has happened there in two or three years. I remember the building sitting dormant for a long time when I was surprised to see them putting up steel for the new …
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Thanks. The property has at least four owners; QD owns the building at Mt Hope & Washington, Atmosphere Annealing owns their own building, the two floor warehouse that faces Washington is owned by Vlahakis and the railroad tracks are owned by th…
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After seeing them painting the old factory at Mt Hope & Washington it reminded me of my imagined redevelopment of it, I decided I'd share my progress. I haven't done much with my model in awhile but I think it's far enough along to get my idea a…
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I'm glad to see that building continuing to get attention. I've always though it was a really good example of tastefully reusing an old church.
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I was wondering the same thing about the zoning, I have no idea why they wouldn't just rezone. I'm also glad to see development crossing Shiawassee. I do hope that they incorporate at least some retail at Larch & Shiawassee though, it'd be di…
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I view the annexation of the section of Lansing Township south of Michigan near 127 as an absolute necessity for Lansing. Virtually that entire portion of the township, including infrastructure, is run down and will have an increasingly negative eff…
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I'm content to just see patchwork for now, though it should have been done a year or two ago. Of course if the BRT falls through then the street/sidewalk/streetscaping will still need a full reconstruction. The City Pulse has notices for public h…
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I can't get over how squat it looks even at 8-9 floors. The more I think about it the more I wish that the units in this building could have been spread out over multiple buildings of varying sizes and heights, but I guess we'll have to take what we…
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@cliffordzang Thanks for the correction. I agree that the plan to eliminate N Shaw doesn't look like a very well thought out idea. I think the newly designated greenspace would be just as beneficial if they allow Shaw to remain as is, no need to …
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It looks like they'r going to make that section of South Shaw a two way road as far as I can tell. It seems as though they're doing this in an effort to make a more contiguous greenspace out of the Shaw parking lots.
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Just adding an image of the map showing the future street changes I was referencing: ...And some changes to south campus I didn't notice. They're going to connect Crescent Rd and Recycling Dr plus add an access rd off of Mt Hope. They will also…
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I agree with your criteria for buildings on Grand River. I'd love to see an eventual Wharton replacement on Grand River, but that would likely be decades off. Besides that I can't imagine many buildings that would fit the bill, maybe a new planetari…
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I'd be a little surprised if they ended up tearing down the Computer Center building, it's fairly nice architecturally and it's about the only old building in that immediate area. It'd be sad to see it go. I think Crescent Rd is a perfectly accep…
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All the actions of the City seem to indicate that they do not want students downtown, or much of anywhere besides the norther tier. There's a quote in that article from a former EL planning commission member stating: "Everyone doesn't remember becau…
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Cheesy is the right term for this. I'll give them credit for the effort though.