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I'm hearing that the old City Club could come down today. Don't have details, but will update if it happens (if one of you doesn't beat me to it).
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The pro-sale side has done a pretty good job getting out a simple, easy-to-understand message as to why a sale was a good idea (ie, it's an old ramp facing increasing maintenance costs and competition from LCC's proposed ramp). The council members w…
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I wouldn't call Lewless a shoe-in. He's certainly a top contender because he's a hard campaigner. But Yorko has Kaltenbach's support and strong ties from her environmental, biking and Saginaw corridor/Northwest Initiative work. And Truscott has stro…
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The LSJ reports this morning that Auto-Owners is buying the Blue Cross Blue Shield property across I-96 from its Delta Township headquarters. It's a significant chunk of land. I wonder if it's another sign that a new headquarters in DeWitt Township …
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It's officially the Lansing Regional SmartZone. It was created in a joint effort.\, by state legislation, including four geographic areas in Lansing and East Lansing. The idea was to encourage growth of high-tech companies in clusters in the two cit…
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MSU Technologies in the MBI building, which is in the Lansing part of the regional SmartZone. Remember that the East Lansing and Lansing SmartZones are linked. There would be a loss of some Lansing income taxes by the move to East Lansing, but it op…
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I think calling the Denver facility unsustainable is a stretch. Jackson is keeping 650 people in Denver who probably have higher paid jobs in sales, marketing and investment advising services. Just something to keep in mind: The Denver metropolit…
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LSJ columnist John Schneider shares a reader's thoughts about whether Lansing's southwest side is being neglected by the city (and businesses) on his blog today. Figured it would make some interested fodder for you all, in case you haven't seen it.
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I can't imagine the $1 million request for the redevelopment of the unknown Washington Square Building is the entire project cost. For the city to do a mixed-use project by itself, without a private developer taking on a pretty big share of the cost…
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Greenstone has an office in that area now - right along U.S. 127, on the east side north of Lake Lansing. Actually a good size financial institution - but with a niche group of clients. Essentially, they do financing for farmers, ag businesses and l…
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Townsend had a partnership that did the Printer's Row project. That partnership dissolved - and it's rare that a business partnership (like a divorce) ends without some disputes (although I'm not sure exactly what those are in this case). Regardless…
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On the subject of the trees being cut at Delta Dental ... I could be totally wrong about this, but I'm almost certain that a significant number of trees along the front drive up to the HQ were ash trees (I'm no horticulturalist, mind you. But I have…
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Those railings have been up longer than that. That's actually the floor that Boji Group where has its offices.
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Since the LSJ didn't publish the rendering online (it was in the print edition), here's a look at the proposed new Troppo.
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I hadn't noticed that. It's a neat rendering - 3D vs. the 2D drawing. It's possible that Studio Intrigue didn't make the 3D version, since I've never seen that kind of rendering from them before.
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For some context, the Ottawa station RFP was to seek developers for the building. The performing arts center RFP is to find a firm that can figure out if it's needed and how it might be paid for.
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Pot, meet kettle.
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GR's proposed downtown electric streetcar system is estimated to cost $79 million, or $24.8 million a mile, for the first 1.6 mile segment, according to the GR Press. Officials there say they don't yet know how they'd pay for it. Their market study …
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Pro and con pieces in today's City Pulse on the proposal for a new market. I don't know that either sheds any new light, since both could be accused of being somewhat biased. John Hooper, on the pro side, runs the City Market, so he's a city employe…
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That rendering, FYI, is the view from the river trail.