Jared
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Thank you! FBC will make many improvements over the current zoning code, but it won't fix the current problems since they will be grandfathered in. Introducing a new tax is something that if approved can affect underused and incompatible uses immedi…
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There are ways to fix the problems created by land speculators. NYC has been pushing towards an added tax to pied-à-terre residences as an example of taxing people more for use cases that are not helping the community. Lansing could propose a higher…
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Oh okay, thanks for that bit.
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MSUFCU has lowered the height of their building downtown by 1 story (from 8 to 7) due to the work-from-home movement. This was a floor that they were planning to lease out to other businesses but many employers are now looking to shrink their office…
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Lol I'm surprised I didn't notice the number of floors in the drawing. Being that it is for surgery maybe each floor has extra tall ceilings.
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I was wondering if they were going to do that. I understand their reasoning but it would be better for all pedestrians if we put the money and time towards improving the street level crossing instead.
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Definitely not a fan of surface parking lots, but with that said by relocating this building to be on the corner and placing all parking on the west side, there will be much better future opportunities to build on the surface parking lot with this n…
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Looks like they will be facing this building away from the corner.
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@Darklink, I posted about the Sparrow project at https://develop.metrolansing.com/discussions/discussion/7/sparrow-projects
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Reviving an old thread here but I think it's better to keep things together in the long run... Sparrow announced today that they will build a 100,000 sqft (3 stories) building at the northwest corner of Michigan and Pennsylvania for outpatient su…
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So sorry to hear about your brother gb, I second what MichMatters said. Thank you for all of your posts here, it really adds some nice character and backstory to the forum. My condolences.
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Construction has started on the new Allen Neighborhood Center. From the article, "The three-story, 10,000-square-foot Allen Place Project is slated for completion in 2021." The facility will be home to the farmers market, an incubator kitchen, 21 re…
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Wow the Forever Park in that linked document is awesome, really a game changer. Combine that with reduced automobile lanes and more multimodal lanes around the complex and we really could have a forward-thinking downtown. It's sad that these ideas w…
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I kinda like the designs, as long as the Capitol building is kept. Scheme C, with the obelisk and senate and house office buildings within the complex is nice. There is also some nice and unique designs, even though they are so brutalist. One of the…
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I'm happy if it doesn't fully replace Greenlawn. I don't know what would happen to that part of town if the hospital were to close and leave a big vacant building in the middle of the neighborhood. It will be good to have some activity there to keep…
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@ratchetwrench yeah that is probably why they removed them, maybe with some nudging from the county health department. Ideally we could put in smaller standup tables as a way to help support the downtown restaurants with takeout business. In othe…
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Wow what a beautiful change. The old building facadehad those tiny windows. I wish they had never covered up the original building. But these news buildings with their brick fronts look great. Nice job, I wish the move-in wasn't during a global pan…
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Yeah, my hopes for a location would be any of the very large surface parking lots in downtown Lansing (Allegan & Walnut, Pine & Kalamzoo, or Grand & Kalamazoo). When they say "highway outside of downtown", the only places I can think of …
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The LSJ has an opinion piece about the U-Haul development at the old Kmart at Cedar and Jolly, https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/opinion/contributors/viewpoints/2020/08/21/bringing-blighted-property-back-life-lansing/3298666001/
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It's been curious to see that Michigan State hasn't had much of a presence in downtown Lansing. They have a presence in Detroit. I wonder if they have just tried to leave Lansing to Cooley and LCC. They put up the MSU signs on the lightposts along M…