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  • Sale of the North Grand parking ramp has failed to gain traction again. Officials from LCC were present at the council of the whole meeting and offered the same $2.7 million deal that was proposed last year, one in which council president Brian Jeff…
  • MSU technology transfer office relocates to East Lansing SmartZone EAST LANSING, Mich. — The city of East Lansing and Michigan State University announced today that MSU Technologies will be the anchor tenant in the city’s SmartZone space adjacent…
  • With no updates on this project, Strathmore Development is looking to push another extension tonight at the City Council's work session. Their current deadline is for March 31st. They would like a 90-day extension. From my memory, they already ha…
  • Yeah, the Delta Dental expansion has three floors of steel up now. The steel frame looks like it might be complete. Also, the MMA building just down the road also looks to have all the steel up for it's two floor building. BTW, thanks for the pic…
  • I've added the webcam to the links at the bottom of the project page: http://develop.metrolansing.com/?p=87
  • According to this City Pulse article, the project is now being referred to as Sobi Square. Here is a link to the website for the project: http://sobisquare.com/.
  • It truly has become the city's economic development hub. Had MSU's University Outreach located at the Stadium District instead of the east side, it could really lay claim to that title.
  • Yeah it will be nice. This is one of the other renderings for what it should look like when completed:
  • The MSU construction website says construction should be completed by October 2009. There are also pictures of the construction on their website. This picture from their website shows the progress a lot better than mine:
  • I took a couple pictures while on the bus the other day. Quality isn't great but it gives a good update on the status of the Cyclotron and Wharton construction: Cyclotron: Wharton:
  • I've got a new camera! Brother's Grill opened about six weeks ago in the old location for BTB (aka Big Ten Burrito), between Starbucks and Student Book Store on Grand River. I went there last night and had a great burger and fries for $5.50. Here…
  • Construction of the new 4.3 million dollar MSU baseball stadium is on track for opening April 3rd. It will feature 400 chair-backed seats and 2,100 bleacher seats. The number of chair-backed seats allows MSU now to be a host for NCAA regional games.…
  • The Cyclotron expansion and the Wharton expansion are both going along very well. Glass is now being put up on the Wharton exterior, and all the steel is up at the Cyclotron. The walls are now being framed and insulated at the Cyclotron. I hope t…
  • I think some of the bars like Blues on the Square on Washington Sq because their customers can sit within their patio area and drink alcohol. This wouldn't be possible if it moved to Allegan.
  • Wow that's great news! I guess this means he is moving ahead to try and get some potential tenants lined up. If Ballpark North is dependent on Marketplace, then he must be pretty sure Marketplace will be starting construction soon.
  • At Tuesday's City Council meeting, they will introduce and set for public hearing for March 3, 2009 a rezoning of Gaslight Village: Introduce and Set a Public Hearing for March 3, 2009 for an application from Branoff Investment Group, LLC for a Mo…
  • Yeah, I was expecting one of the proposals to be related to City Center II or East Village or a number of other projects that have been talked about and don't seem to be moving right now. I'm wondering why they left it out?
  • The City of East Lansing has four projects proposed for the nationwide stimulus plan. They are: 1. West Road project to connect East Lansing to Eastwood Towne Center. Cost currently undermined. 2. Harrison Avenue renovation from Trowbridge Road to…
  • The State News has a map of the properties that have been rezoned in the Delta Triangle. This may give more insight in to the impact of the rezoning. The city has said that they expect the housing to stay student-oriented. The one area that I'm l…
  • I'm not sure of it, but wouldn't the turning ratio be less with either way of diagonal parking, allowing the road to be somewhat narrower? (Not that the road would actually be made narrower, but would maybe leave room for a bike lane)