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This is a great project from everything I can see. It will take away the largest surface lot in downtown EL, add more non-student housing and more high quality retail, I'm happy with the scale of the project and I'm ok with the buildings it will be …
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As always, just about any incremental step towards regionalism is a good thing. BTW, I think a thread dedicated to regionalism news and discussion might be a good idea.
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A grocery store of any size downtown is not a mutually exclusive prospect, it can happen or not happen with or without a casino or anything else being built. Regarding the Lansing Center, I've grown to feel that seeing it replaced entirely would be …
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This is worse than what I was worrying about, not even the commercial building faces Trowbridge. I wouldn't be so sure about EL allowing this to go through, it depends on how the neighborhood feels about it as they were able to successfully fight fo…
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It may not being sold as such but I think it will do quite a bit to revitalize downtown should it be built. A casino would do wonders to attract more events at the Lansing Center, it would increase attendance at Lugnuts games, it would greatly incre…
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I think the primary motivation behind the small casino at the corner is just to get a casino open ASAP following approval while the larger casino is designed and constructed, the boutique casino was probably only conceived of because they had to fin…
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I don't think we'll have to worry about a parking ramp along Michigan with this proposal. In their initial plan, which they haven't publicly updated as far as I know, they were going to build a small temporary casino at the corner of Cedar & Mic…
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@MichMatters I think he's trying to wait as long as he can to do the part on Cedar to see how the casino thing plays out, whether that gets built would have a huge effect on what goes there. The Marketplace expansion itself is unexciting, but I g…
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@gbinlansing My dad's family lived on Clemens, at one point they were going to take out one side of the street to expand it but apparently the neighborhood fought hard against it. I believe it was their intention to expand Clemens and join it up wit…
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I'm not at all familiar with the pre-496 configuration of Clemens/Aurelius, but I have wondered that myself. Looking at Google Streetview it looks like the bridge over 496 did get some pretty extensive work, the whole topside of the bridge looks …
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I remember them doing some pretty significant work on the Clemens bridge over 496/CSX tracks within the past few years, it was closed for a whole summer. The bridge over the CN tracks is separate and does look to be in pretty rough shape. It's good …
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It looks like it'd be the 8/18/2008 meeting (that's when the development agreement was passed), but as far as I can tell meeting packets are only available back to 2011.
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Regarding Marketplace, it's odd having something so close to construction and having no idea what the size or design of the building will be. I'm guessing the first rendering we'll see will either be posted onsite or on their social media. Regard…
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@MichMatters Regarding the telephone poles by Marketplace, I was there today and saw a note posted on the door of the building. It was advising residents to keep their cars clear of certain areas because of construction, it was outlining the whole U…
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I wonder if he's looking to sell the building, find a partner for the development or just to gauge interest from possible tenants? As for Clara's I think a performance venue would be a realistic possibility, almost as likely as seeing another restau…
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That rendering looks pretty detailed, I wonder if it was concept he intended to build or may still build? Of all his colorful buildings this would probably be my favorite if it were built, the multicolored look isn't so bad with the old brick facade…
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I'd just hate to see the hotel end up tucked away behind the commercial building. I don't ever expect this area to become truly downtown-like or walkable in any meaningful sense, but it is an important entrance to MSU for out of towners and in my mi…
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It's good to see the Howard Johnson being replaced, I'd agree that it's a pretty good spot for a new hotel. The new EL council and planning board meeting packets haven't been posted yet, but I'll be curious to see how the buildings are situated in t…
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They really are a good resource, I never check their site on my own but every time I'm reminded it exists I wander over there and find out something new. I wish there were an equivalent publication for Lansing.
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This could certainly change things: MSU Making Play for Blighted Corner No concrete information is given, but apparently some time ago MSU sent out an RFP for housing the university's 300-350 visiting scholars and there were no viable options, no…