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  • They have a decent amount of the Treasury Building, about 1 & 1/2 floors, but their main office is in a building out at Secondary Complex. I don't know how much space they're looking for now, but about ten years ago they needed a minimum of like…
  • I'm so glad to this coming to MSU! Its says the the office expansion is supposed to start in 2009 if I'm reading it right and the accelorator will begin construction in 2012 with a 2017 completion. The only thing that sucks is that this was original…
  • I heard today that the State has some preliminary plans to build $100 million Secretary of State building, it is supposed to be State-built also. When I learn more I'll post it here.
  • I was hoping to see all of Town Center come down, now it may be preserved for awhile when/if remodeled.
  • Yeah, they're starting from the northwest corner of the building.
  • Just FYI they have begun razing the Town Center building.
  • This was discussed on here before, the Michigan police memorial thats supposed to go along Allegan, by the Vietnam Memorial. I emailed for an update and said that they are waiting on a commitment from some "large corps," for funding. She also specif…
  • City Council drafts new LCC ramp deal Now the Council comes back with a proposal that will add $100k to the sale price and save them about $160k on their lease. I can't beleive they held this up for only $260k out of the $3.7 million original sal…
  • This is the old Taco Bell building, right? If so, I'm suprised another resturaunt is going to give it a try, I wish the market wasn't so bad, otherwise we would likely be seeing a new building soon.
  • It doesn't suprise me that the developers are trying to do this. I am suprised that the condominium by-laws don't stop this from happening. I know that if I had already bought one of these condos, I'd be angry that they decided to just start renting…
  • I do like the quality of work on this. I can't wait to see the exterior completed, it should be a nice building, I just wish they didn't build it on the river...
  • I never remember seeing any other plans for East Village, I wish I had. Really? Another Tim Hortons? The ones they already built don't seem to be doing that great if business, and that location isn't even very good.
  • Does anyone know what kind of tax breaks East Village got to begin with? It's still my opinion that East Village is a very poor design, in both site plan and architecture, it's especially bad considering the location and target market it. I think it…
  • The only Grand Rapids forum I know of is on a site called Urban Planet, GR just has a section for themselves on there, it's pretty active though. Lansing also has a section, but there are rarely posts. Grand Rapids Forum
  • Council approves relocation of Troppo This is from today's LSJ. It just says that council approved the $440k loan from the EDC and that construction should start in 2009. Also, the new chiller plant on Walnut is coming along, I think they are …
  • I think the only projects moving forward soon will be Accident Fund, City Market and possibly Ottawa @ Butler. All the news has been slow, I just wonder whether it has more to do with the global credit markets or the local economy. I think most if n…
  • This was real disappointing, I hope they can do something positive with the airport. I'd like to see that new terminal.
  • Council considers $440k Troppo loan I'm glad to see this moving forward. In the article they say that the bottom floors of One Michigan Ave have already been boarded up in preperation for this. Has anyone noticed that themselves?
  • I would have voted for Ron Paul if he had gotten the Republican nomination. I wonder if he'll go back to being a Libertarian again. This reminds me, I almost wrote in Stephen Colbert, I honestly think he would make a good president, I think he may a…
  • In your scenario I would probably still vote against them. To me cultural issues are among the most important to me, though I don't agree with either side consistently. I haven't seen anyone that I really feel strongly about since I've been old enou…