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The reaction to the ice storm should not have been to cut down trees all over, but to start funding the burying of lines so we can fully prevent this in the future.
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The City Council was expected to approve White Oak Place at today's meeting, but instead they decided to table it until their next meeting (May 24th, over a month away) because some of the members want to look more in to the costs of the brownfield …
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Prior to the recession we had projects like East Village and City Center II being proposed in East Lansing. Those projects can't get anywhere near the financing that was talked about back then, so I don't think the markets have fully recovered. B…
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You know I bet it is less the developers and more the banks. Maybe they haven't seen enough evidence of demand yet to assume the risk for a bigger loan. Somewhat unfortunate that the projects with the best location are coming on so early and not get…
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The recent article about developments to watch in Lansing mentioned that The Outfield was fully leased. Don't most commercial developments target a 80-90% occupancy rate? Seems to me that if all of the residential units are leased than the building …
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Lol well I only went back and looked at the site plan since you mentioned it. I would have preferred more green space on the top deck but I'm very happy with the underground parking.
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Looking back at http://develop.metrolansing.com/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=127&page=6#Item_3, it shows there will be parking and sidewalks on top of the parking deck. The entrance to the lower level of the parking is near the front of the e…
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Is the massing showing that all of the buildings will be on stilts with a level of underground parking? What will be on top of the parking lots? Green areas, plazas, more parking?
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Those are good points. I agree that if they are not union members it is deceptive to pay to have them out there protesting.
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I don't know why those would be random people. They are likely construction workers that are part of the union who maybe didn't dress for the cold today? Either way, they are paying people to help get jobs for their union, not much different than pa…
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Not sure how much the developer is paying the non-union workers but it is customary for the union workers to demand that unions be hired for the job. Union workers pay union dues, some of which go towards helping to create more jobs. The protest lin…
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The talk in the Red Cedar Renaissance thread got me thinking about how many of the recent developments were built on land that was previously owned by a municipality. Of the major developments that come to mind: * Red Cedar Renaissance * Accide…
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Yeah, this will all be done in coordination with resurfacing Harrison.
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The 1-acre lot across the street from the fire station on Okemos Road near Jolly is being developed. It was previously home to a single-family ranch, but it was cleared some years ago. A new 8-unit apartment building is being built on the site now. …
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The City of East Lansing is going to put North Harrison between Saginaw and Lake Lansing on a road diet in the middle of June. The road will be switching from two lanes in each direction to one lane in each direction with a center turning lane and b…
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Great write up and breakdown. For Ingham, do we know how many out of that 1,800 were newborns or transplants?
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Those turn-ins/outs end up slowing down bus traffic though. There was one by the MSU Union on Grand River and the buses occasionally would not use it because they said it was too hard to get back in to traffic (instead they would just stop in the la…
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Update on the development at the corner of Grand River and Spartan Ave on the site of the old Tasty Treat (née Tasty Twist). On February 25th it was approved by the Brownfield Redevelopment Authority. It will go in front of the City Council for publ…
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How is the median pedestrian path going to get plowed with all the bends? I would prefer a straight path, as I assume many bikers and walkers/runners would, unless it is because the path will have to navigate around trees. Hopefully there is some sm…
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It looks like there are 24 windows per building above the ground floor. Shutters can be purchased from Home Depot for about $50 per pair. That would be $1,200 per building and the satellite view shows 8 buildings. Installation would probably double …