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[url=http://www.WLNS.com/global/video/popup/pop_playerLaunch.asp?vt1=v&clipFormat=flv&clipId1=4660029&at1=News&h1=Historic Landmark Getting Makeover&flvUri=&partnerclipid=]Here[/url] is the WLNS video report.
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Gosh. I didn't post that to discourage all of us. Let's remember that Grand Rapids has a few billionaires to push these kinds of things along and be able to finance bigger, bolder things all at once. It's also a bigger city with a downtown that's…
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Interesting news out of Grand Rapids today on their efforts to build an urban market downtown. GRAND RAPIDS -- A dilapidated produce distribution center at the southern end of downtown could become a hub of commerce for local farmers, food maker…
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Here's the LSJ's story.
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Two quick points: Given Grooters recent problems with RiverHouse in GR (inability to close deals, filing lots of lawsuits against individuals who hadn't closed on units they signed agreements for, etc.), I'm not sure how much benefit having them …
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Wow. Williamston's RiverHouse Inn will open a restaurant in the new Lansing City Market, according to the LSJ. But the market's opening is being delayed until Dec. 31. Does anybody remember when the city has to vacate the current market building …
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It's not the most architecturally stunning of buildings, but the Royal Oak farmer's market got some press today in the Freep for renovating its kitchen. It's an open floor plan building that's packed on market days - everything I think we'd love the…
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From page 14 of the packet for the Lansing City Council Nov. 23 meeting: The city is getting a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. DOE to, among other things, add solar panels to the City Market and City Hall.
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The old Michigan Electric Supply Co. warehouse in REO Town makes an appearance in next week's city council meeting packet for action on a request for OPRA and state brownfield tax credit. The plan in the packet indicates the owner wants to put 23…
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That's just bunk, MichMatters. There are a lot of nonunion companies that pay their workers a "half-way decent wage" - and many who pay very good wages and benefits. The difference is these companies don't have the entrenched political power that th…
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Here's what I'm wondering - How much, if anything, would the city have saved if the new market project hadn't been set aside for union-only shops? When you eliminate competition among contractors, costs inevitably are going to go up. But this was a …
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Some glass is up on the south side of the addition.
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You can't exactly say Accident Fund and Christman aren't well off. Both are successful companies, and AF certainly has significant pools of money behind it being an insurance company. I don't mean to be rude but - if you follow the argument MichMatt…
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It's nice to actually have the details of what Lansing Township is planning, so thanks to the LSJ for doing this story. All we knew a few days ago was that the township had a plan for a parking ramp that was competing for financing with the Accident…
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No surprise on this one: Blue Cross moving 250 to downtown Lansing
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Without building parking structures ($$$$), there's not really space on the "old" Auto-Owners campus for any new large office buildings. Having the Blues property across 496 now allows Auto-Owners to expand essentially next door while continuing to …
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The city's been talking for awhile about turning all of Grand Avenue back to two-way. When they tore up the stretch from 496 to Michigan Avenue, I was told they built it to two-way-street standards, so they could just repaint the lines. But I think …
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The LCC work is a not-so-temporary surface parking lot, the LSJ's Derek Melot reports on his blog.
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Shawn Elliott is a very optimistic guy, but I think he's been pretty straightforward about the current status of the tower. From the State Journal's article about the demolition: But it might be some time before the project rises from the rub…
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Let's not make too much of this too soon. There always was permit parking around the City Club. Now, with the building gone, there are just shy of 20 spaces within its footprint, which now is paved with asphalt. On the very back corner of the sit…