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The Rocks were already complete at the time that comment was made. The Cottages are supposed to be on the east side of Abbott just north of Lake Lansing on that site being cleared of trees (I noticed the trees being cleared around a month ago). I…
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It says the boat club land in question is west of Waverly and across the river from Woldemar. On the satellite photos I see a driveway leading from the end of Hunters Ridge to a small greenish building near the river. If I had to guess, this is the …
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One of the projects applying for the PILOT program, the "Walnut Park Apartments," is back in this weeks council agenda. It is the new apartment building that's part of The Abigail project (The Abigail's PILOT is also up for approval). This makes me …
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Gillespie owns the Sears building and I assume his intentions are to redevelop the site, so it'd seem any renovation of the building would be unlikely. I'd also assume whoever owns the Staples building would be thinking more about building something…
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While I'm not the most enthusiastic person when it comes to social events, if you can get at least a few people on board I'll show up as long as the date/time works for me.
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I think all of these towers are at 7 or 8 floors. @Michmatters I think the architect is Niles Bolton.
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That's sorta the same attitude I've had all along regarding these colorful buildings. I'm not a great fan of the designs or the colors, but I'd like the buildings a lot more if they simply used better materials. That dark blue paneling on the Out…
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Maybe some progress on the horizon?: Some abandoned buildings in E.L. Park District to be torn down this spring, others to have fate decided in court - State News The article says the city will tear down the building it owns at Abbot and Albert,…
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Yeah, from what I can gather the wood essentially takes the place of steel beams, concrete is still used for the building cores, foundation and sometimes the floors. I'm sure in taller CLT buildings concrete and steel may play a larger structural ro…
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Public perception on the fire risks is sure to be a major limiting factor, but these buildings have fire suppression and concrete cores, I've read claims that with this cross laminated timber the charring on the outside can prevent the rest from bur…
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Yeah, it was always my thinking that concrete is preferred in residential buildings, but sometimes they do use steel for whatever reasons. The price of steel and all metals went up quite a bit from around 2000 until ~2010, prices are way off thei…
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I drive by there quite a bit and have also been eyeing those elevator towers as they rise. I'm a little surprised it looks like they wont be using a tower crane here, given the size of the floor plates I would've almost expected them to. I'm also wo…
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This would of been on the north side of the street, I'm pretty sure at the northeast corner of Washtenaw & Townsend.
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Lost Lansing has an article and pictures on the original Scott House, the namesake of Scott Park where the new substation is proposed for: The Scott House - Lost Lansing I also came across a story about a proposal from the 1930's for a seven floo…
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A couple of stories from Greater Lansing Business Monthly... First, a short article giving a status update on the Red Cedar Renaissance and Kewadin Casino projects: Lansing developments move slowly towards completion. The second is a feel-good st…
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The consolidation of some area fire departments is already being seriously considered, while a police consolidation is less likely I think it would be fairly realistic. I doubt schools will be consolidated any time soon, but the parks and roads are …
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I've been checking in on the webcam from time to time and work on the cancer center continued as the parking ramp was being completed, construction has just been slow. I can't imagine it'll be that much longer before the building goes above ground.
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I totally agree that regionalism is necessary to make Lansing more competitive, I think it's going to be awhile before the suburbanites warm up to the idea though. in the meantime some less visible services can continue to be consolidated between co…
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My last couple of negative rants about Lansing have been largely in relation to seeing the multitude of positive things happening in Ann Arbor. I'm to the point know where I accept and understand Grand Rapids' success, it's notably larger than Lansi…
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@gbinlansing I like the idea of a zipline off of Eckert's smokestacks, it almost seems like a very likely use of the smokestacks as part of a larger reuse, maybe there could be a skyswing between two of them also. I've thought before that turning th…