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The Abbot Road frontage was improved for pedestrians in this redesign. There are now less interruptions in the sidewalk, but there is still a three lane path that needs to be crossed. It would be nice to put a pedestrian island between the right-tur…
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I really like that the city is requesting a grocery store at the location. If they can get a good urban grocer in there many students living in the dorms across the street can use it as well as other students that are on their way home from classes …
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http://www.eastlansinginfo.org/content/new-corner-plans is reporting an update on the corner lot at Grand River and Abbot Rd. (T)he property is likely to include a hotel with 150 rooms, retail space on the ground level, and residential apartments …
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The City of East Lansing is looking at spending $6 million to fix up the parking garage underneath the Marriott Hotel. In December they contemplated selling the garage to the hotel but later decided to keep the garage and run it themselves. The proj…
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I was wondering the same thing. Looks like they were reporting on some old data. The Red Cedar Renaissance thread said that construction should start in August, so maybe it will start in the next week or two?
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I believe there were plans many years ago to convert the Howard Johnson to student apartments but the funding fell through due to the recession. Maybe the rumor of the demolition will be related to tearing it down and building student apartments in …
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The August Construction Junction is now in video format and covers the 1855 development as well as the Breslin Center additions. I didn't realize until now that the 1855 buildings fronting Harrison Road would include retail, that's great news! ht…
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The lady that is running it is getting the land for such a steal. Only paying $10,000 per year to lease the land from the city. With that kind of setup, it should be impossible for this to fail. I think the lease is a bit low, but otherwise the c…
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Yeah I think a local history museum would be cool. RE Olds Museum has some of it too.
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I'm surprised the city councilman you talked to wasn't sure what the space will be used for. I was under the impression these would turn in to surface lots until a development project came along.
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Yeah from the wordings in the replies on Facebook it sounded like the sale was already a done deal. Perhaps they're still working out the necessary paperwork and financing still.
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There's a sign up next to the "under the bridge" project but I didn't slow down today to read what it says. It may have been there for a while now.
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Wow, cool to see what those stacks were used as originally!
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The number of new apartments is less than those it is replacing. Remember, all of Cherry Lane and most of Spartan Village have been removed. There are less families choosing to stay in university housing nowadays, and the more students are requestin…
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Yeah the location is really odd though. It's not built well in to the existing mass transit. The ideal location would be along the BRT route and close to a population center, not directly across the street from presumably permanent corn fields. T…
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Those would be great improvements. High speed roads both reduce road biking and sidewalk walking. Neither Larch nor Cedar need to be this wide, but the good thing is that these roads can be placed on a diet with the extra space used for dedicated…
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And the funny thing is that MSU itself is actually tax exempt.
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Does Gillespie already have approval for the second phase or will he have to bring it in front of a council who is unwilling to consider a vote?
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No need for an annex, roll up an old sleeper car and the bed & breakfast is ready for business Could even add a subtle bounce and roll along with TV screens covering the windows to simulate that the train is moving. Play a bit of audio and t…
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I saw a mention of White Oak Place in the last City Council meeting synopsis. They reworded some of the details of the brownfield plan, so after that I'm thinking the project is ready to move forward. I don't know any details as to when construction…