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  • I was thinking the same thing about GR...being the second largest city in the state. I agree that it appears Lansing's economy will continue expanding; it's always nice when anecdotal evidence (JNL moving its data center to Lansing from Denver, Au…
  • For clarification, 400 AF workers are possibly moving into the old AF building once the new AF building complete?
  • Also, the LSJ article says that BCBS plans to relocate somewhere in Lansing. Now I'm dreaming here, but maybe they'll move downtown and build a midrise office tower???!!! Or a close second would be filling Accident Fund's current headquarters sinc…
  • A legislative conference committee has agreed to fund one month of the lease for the new MSP headquarters, giving them time to get a final bill to the House and Senate to be approved. So it looks like the State Police will move into the new building…
  • "Auto-Owners Insurance Group plans a $105.3 million expansion of its Delta Township headquarters that would create 800 full-time jobs. The proposed project would involve a three-story, 250,000-square-foot facility on 143 acres it bought along South …
  • I just wouldn't think a "prettier" garage would make any more money than an "ugly" garage, so I wouldn't see the point in making asthetic improvements (structural would be a different story) for the garage itself. Based on comments that have been ma…
  • There is continued work on the Capitol Club parking garage, it is starting to look nice...was rennovating the parking garage a contractual requirement for buying it? If it was, not too exciting...if it wasn't, then it's a good sign that Elliot is st…
  • The new City Market steel structure is going vertical. http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20090903/NEWS01/309030012&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL
  • Today the fronts are off of Kelly's and the storefront next to Decker's and people are moving stuff into the new place. It looks like Kelly's is finally moving.
  • Hood, I agree that this could be a REALLY cool thing. But a huge part of it's success will depend on how well it is maintained and that I think is going to be questionable. Maybe Lansing Gateway would pick up again and then that area really could ta…
  • I think it's a great idea, but I'm also skeptical about the location. If this was put in place of the gas station to the east of the Stadium District and on the land south of that gas station or somewhere similar I think it would work. Maybe if they…
  • They finally started the streetscaping on Grand Ave. They're removing the asphalt infill no the sidewalks and filling with the red bricks and concrete, I haven't seen any rain gardens or the "fancy" light poles yet, but they're still in the first st…
  • Part of the plaster (or whatever plaster type of material they used) and bricks fell of the building and damaged some parked cars there a few months ago (there was an article about it). They tore the rest of it off and are re-doing it.
  • Also, the field next to LCC's University Center at Capitol and Genesee is tore up, construction equipment on site...are they underway for building their new parking ramp? There was a small story a while back that Joel Ferguson might buy the North …
  • One of the store fronts on Washtenaw immediately next to the Knapps building has major internal construction. Currently, the sidewalk in front of the space is fenced off and the sidewalk is torn up down to the dirt. Not sure what's going on in there.
  • I would be carefull citing the +400-foot tower in GR as a sucess. My mother is in the GR tv news area and made a comment a couple weeks ago that there was a story on TV13 that the tower is virtually empty and is struggling severely. From my understa…
  • A couple updates on things: 1. The retail spot on Washington Sq. 200 block next to Decker's that's had green painted plywood over the windows seems to have alot of construction activity. They've put new brink around the windows and during the day t…
  • My sentiments exactly MM. This combined with them well underway on the parking garage, I'm starting to believe this might happen!
  • They're half way through tearing it down already. There is picture with the article showing the demolition work. http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20090708/NEWS01/307080012&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL
  • It got another 90-day extension to get financing in place. I think I read in another article that this is the fourth extension, and that Strathmore has had problems with two other developments in Michigan which is worrisome to me. I still think this…