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Anybody know how many people Blue Cross has at its Delta Township office building, which it recently sold to Auto-Owners? AF is a subsidiary of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Given this economy and financial market, it might make sense for them…
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Is that an elevator shaft on the left of the Goodrich building? I wonder if such modernizations make that building more valuable (strictly financially speaking, because it's certainly not much to look at) to hold onto longer. If there's a mortgage o…
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I hope the bankruptcy process doesn't muck up the redevelopment prospects of these sites. Maybe it's time for Lansing Township and the city to get together to lay the groundwork for something to someday happen there.
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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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It's plywood. I'm assuming that will be covered with a finish material.
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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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Here you go. Best I could do on short notice. Hopefully you can read the story.
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It was in Capital Gains. But the story is gone for Capital Gains Web site. It was here. I have a printout that I'll try to post for you all to read. I'm curious why Capital Gains would spike this story. I hope it wasn't intentional.
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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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Chiller plant
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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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I wasn't sure how much work we'd be seeing happening on the exterior either, since there's so much work to do inside. (The power plant building essentially is just a shell. They'll have to build new structure inside to build multiple floors.) I hope…