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They just put that siding on recently, maybe 2 or 3 months ago. That house is certainly weird and has always caught my eye, it's never been nice looking but the vinyl siding makes it look horrible. BTW, I saw a Google Streetview car around so exp…
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Yeah the Olds HQ would make a decent spot for a new RE Olds museum also, although I'd personally like to see them move into a space with more vertical room to accommodate larger items/exhibits. I've always wanted to see them expand their focus beyon…
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@gbinlansing I'd agree with you that the best possible reuse for Eckert or the property is as some sort of attraction because of its isolated location. I was thinking it would make a great location for a new R E Olds museum if only they could fund s…
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The cost of razing the building, the smokestacks and environmental cleanup necessary after razing will probably mean the property either gets reused or sits empty a very long time before demolition. I also don't expect GM to save the day by buying u…
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It serves as a reminder of how soon the decommissioning of Eckert is. I still can't imagine what can be done with that building after its life as a power plant.
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All that construction stuff has been sitting on that property for three of four weeks, maybe more. My first impression was also that it was related to the Skyvue project, but it could just as well be for the Michigan Ave underpass work.
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I'm going to hold off on judging the Oliver Towers redevelopment until I see what the facade will look like and how the retail space will be situated. It's just nice to finally see some real progress on this property.
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They removed the stairs on the north side of Michigan also? That would be a little surprising as they seemed to be well built. The riverfront in this area will inevitably see redevelopment so I don't expect them to do some full scale rebuilding o…
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I haven't been on the River Trail by there in quite a while, I'm guessing this was done fairly recently? I'm glad to see them doing something with the dilapidated sections at least. Allowing unusable sections of the trail remain there abandoned w…
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That location at Cedar and Mt Hope could be really good for someone. I wonder what the timeline is on the Walter French redevelopment, that could make the corner much more valuable.
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Regarding Clinton County/Dewitt, I've never had anything other than poor experiences with the people and police up that way. I used to have a friend that lived in Dewitt Township and I dreaded going up there. I don't like to generalize, but my disli…
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It certainly couldn't be very large, the entire market is only 11,000 square feet.
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Yeah, it's a homeless shelter. I think it's the largest one in the City.
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This is good, the west side was getting pretty embarrassing hotel-wise.
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It sounds like they're taking the right steps and that's very good to hear.
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I'm pretty sure he's talking about the hill in Oak Park, the same one they shoot the City's fireworks display off of. I haven't ventured into Oak Park before, but now I kinda want to. I've always thought the best view of downtown was from 496 above …
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Hopefully they're selecting the homes they demolish wisely, avoiding the ones worth saving whenever possible. In many of those targeted areas there's certainly some houses that were trash to begin with, often they're the houses built decades after t…
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What was proposed at the Leaseway site initially? I also wasn't aware that Ottawa/Butler was under construction, I'll have to make a point to drive by there sometime.
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I noticed the fencing a couple weeks ago driving by, I was wondering how long it'd been there. I hope to see this project move forward, it would add quite a few people downtown. I didn't notice that they were working on gutting the building, but it'…
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I wouldn't be at all surprised if the figure has increased, I think the original estimate was $150 million and it's climbed since.