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It is also very striking when approaching downtown EL from Grand River from the east or west, or Mich Ave. from the west. Those tall new buildings really mark the downtown from a distance! In other EL/Meridian twp news, I took a trip down Grand …
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This is great news!
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On a somewhat different note, I am pleased to see a lot more development in Lansing out of the Downtown/REOtown/Mich Ave./East Lansing/Meridian twp. Grand River corridor... like knocking down the old Golf house, whatever is going on at Grand River a…
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"Gillespie mentioned in an article in the LSJ that Sears still has 10 years left on their lease. They may try to sublet or find someone to take over the lease. I hope we don't have to wait 10 years for a new building here. " Jared - Considering h…
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Whoa! I am actually surprised about this. I've been there many times, and it was my understanding that the frandor location was one of sears' better performers. I read somewhere in this thread or others that Gillespie owns that land, so there cou…
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After driving through the area recently, I noticed there are quite a few interesting little developments going on in and around Trowbridge. It looks like the old Asian market/restaurant building is getting close to occupancy after sitting vacant fo…
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Any updates on this?
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If I was building a house and the contractor tried to pull this, I'd fire them on the spot and take my chances in court if they tried to sue me. I don't find it remotely admirable that the developer is "working" with the city on this conflict. Ju…
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Not to be too negative, but that color scheme looks like barf. For the life of me I don't understand why, since the 1970s, developers/designers get stuck in decades-long ugly neutral color fads. Right now it is grey, grey, grey, which looks dingy …
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As much as I hate EL's administrative micromanaging, I think this move by the developer is major BS!!! Those are two different buildings with the same footprint, and the second is CLEARLY lower quality (read cheaper...) and has poorer aesthetics tha…
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Mich - I was also thinking of Red Cedar...
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MJ - yes there was. As far as I know, that project is still in limbo...
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I did see that. I really hope they have a good cheese selection. A nice fromagerie would fill a notable gap in the local food scene IMO.
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That would be nice. And more upsizing East of Bogue St. too.
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Yes to wine and tapas!
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The only projects that seem to move quickly from the planning phase around here seem to be the ones that involve little or no municipal infrastructure work...
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Now that the 10ish story buildings are up downtown, I think it is becoming obvious that they are not the overpowering monoliths that the EL NIMBY's feared. So why not go higher!
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Well its official, shovels are in the ground they are moving dirt as of yesterday!
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So I drove by the site yesterday, and there are some small signs of progress - construction machines are on site and the temporary fencing is getting shuffled around!
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My bad... I did mean to the west! Very good points about the narrowness of this plot in regards to drive-throughs. I still think a high rise with well thought out first floor drive-throughs could work. I'm pretty sure I've seen considerably worse …