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According to the property information page at the link; 100, 124, 128, 130, 136, and 140 W Grand River along with 341 Evergreen are owned by the same entity, which is listed as City Center Two Project LLC. Property records aren't always totally up t…
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I've always thought Krogers should take over the EDS building as it's a better location, it would also allow them to renovate it while staying open in their current building which is getting pretty rundown. I would think it will be some kind of reta…
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I found the real estate listing for that building and posted in on the last page of this thread, that was back in August, I'm surprised it's just now up for rezoning. Here's a site plan from CPIX: Site plan (pdf) As for the building you're talksi…
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Not surprising to see this. The move should have very little effect on downtown in the short term, but it would seem that this would make an expansion of the building a little more likely at some point in the future. BTW, I doubt the City has for…
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A drive through with space for six vehicles could mean a Sonic, it would be a vastly better location than Penn and 96. The article is very vague about everything else, just saying that they plan multiple new out buildings.
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They sorta work as an elevator for ships/boats: Locks - Wikipedia
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I think it's wishful thinking for the foreseeable future. The dams stand in the way, and if they weren't dams they'd be rapids, either of which would require locks to get around. I used to think it would be cool if the Grand River were made navigabl…
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I haven't seen a site plan. When they mentioned that they were planning a larger development later on I kinda figured they'd do something shoddy in the meantime. Hopefully they at least make the parking lot look nice and their office/hotel developme…
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It serves the developer well also as those meetings essentially act as brainstorming sessions and marketing focus groups in one. If I were a developer I'd want all the ideas and opinions I could get, even if I choose to ignore all of them in the end.
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As difficult as a might be to reuse, I have a feeling it won't be empty for too long. Seeing who ends up reusing it and how should be interesting though.
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I've never been in there, but it sounds like the interior is unique throughout the building. I hope that someone can make use of it as is, I can't imagine who would though. Maybe a large law firm?
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It would certainly make sense to to build the apartment building in conjunction with or after completion of the renovations. Everything I've heard so far says that the apartments will be ready by the Lugnuts opening day in 2016, but maybe they'll ju…
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I was under the impression that the apartment building was going to be built after next season. Is that not the case?
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To get a four floor building, spanning an entire block and built out the the street is great, the fact that it's going in a relatively off the beaten path area of downtown makes it better. My only gripe is with the vinyl siding and cinder block-like…
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The central city could use few hotels and one near Sparrow wouldn't be a bad idea at all. I know the subjects been beat to death, but I still can't understand for the life of me how downtown or even Michigan Ave hasn't got even a moderately sized ho…
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A driveway is the assumption I'd make, but I don't know. It's also odd because the documents also mention that the buildings will be buffered from the neighborhood and that the office building will step down to two floors at the south end. Maybe thi…
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Some items from the December 8th City Council packet: -Rezoning of Walter French to F-1 commercial for the purpose of converting "the building at 1900 S. Cedar Street into a mix of commercial, office and multiple family residential uses..." It g…
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In looking for renderings of Sparrows new cancer building I found a couple renderings by c2ae labeled as "Hospital Cafeteria": I'm not sure if this is just a concept or something actually in the works but it would make for a nice addition…
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I think some domino effect projects have already happened, the Accident Fund headquarters and Knapps are a huge one-two punch landed for downtown, eliminating the last two large empty and outdated buildings downtown. In REO Town the new power plant …
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The problem is that it's not really the tall buildings that bring the people, it's all sorts of positive things that go into creating a market where tall buildings are feasible. Lansing doesn't seem to be at that point yet, but I think it's getting …