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  • BTW, just found that the city has a map of local, state and federal registers on their website: https://content.civicplus.com/api/assets/2fbd3892-820b-4b83-8e7a-f6be6e80bb96
  • Chimneys are from 1981; there isn't much reason to save anything beyond the original building. But the original buildings is certainly in danger given that very few people in leadership of anything have any vision, anymore.
  • Sexton was the first one that came to my mind, today, watching all of this. Fortunately, I think all of the school buildings are zoned "Reuse Adpative" so that'd be at least one obstacles any new owners would have to jump over. Eastern should have b…
  • Sad to say that the developer is demolishing this for another Starbucks. BTW, this is in Okemos in Meridian Township. East Lansing city limits along Grand River start just a few feet west of Northwind Drive/Shell gas station.
  • He was a "love him or hate him"-type of guy, but I didn't really mind Virg, tbh. I sometimes had disagreements with his style and sometimes his policies, and sometimes major disagreements. But what I appreciated about him is that you never had to gu…
  • There is nowhere for him to "fail up" to. He's already had damn-near every job in the region, already, short of state senator. And that seat's not opening up anytime soon. He might leave for the private sector, but it'd have to be for a very cushy j…
  • From the article: She said the organization’s focus from the beginning has been on the other two properties and that the “house just came along” with them. Only when the need for a detention pond became clear did the Glaister House become a fact…
  • While LCRM is doing this, I have no real problem with them, otherwise. Holy Cross? That's a whole other conversation. lol But, yeah, as usual, there is no need for this. It's weird, the organizations in our town in the early 00's used to value sa…
  • I skimmed the article earlier, but the mayor's disinterest in the design comes through very strongly, and always has. His entire framing of a "city hall" is where "customers" come to do "one-stop" shopping, instead of a city hall being a place where…
  • LSJ reporting, tonight, that LaFontaine Ford is going to build a Mitsubishi dealership at their current used car location at Cedar and Jolly. I think it'll be in addition to it. Hopefully, they'll update their exist property on that corner.
  • Miller is not some local or neighborhood stretch, but literally connects one side of the city to the other. And the building is setback far enough and is not a solid vertical face. If you can't build stuff like this in a literal industrial zone beca…
  • That old commercial property is being totally rebuilt, but it's been like that for years, now. Maybe one day they'll actually finish it. lol I know part of it used to be an old ugly dollar store with vinyl-looking siding. I think the other unit may …
  • Saw this in the Board of Zoning Appeals agenda from today. Nationals Soccer Club wants to build a 125,000 sq ft sports dome down on East Miller a few properties away from the Hope Soccer Complex. It would have fields for soccer, 4 basketball courts,…
  • Thanks for the update! So, what happened at the D&P Committee? I always forget the steps in this volleyball-like process. I think what may be effecting it more than the colors is the darkness - of lightness - of the property lines overlay? Ma…
  • Looks like the form-based code amendment and the ADU ordinance are up for review at tomorrow's Development & Planning Committee. I think this means this gets passed at the next council meeting (March 24)? https://lansingmi.portal.civicclerk.c…
  • Something for anyone that may have time to go:
  • Lymon, I had never heard about Krieger Klatt, but apparently it's a small shop based out of Royal Oak. It looks like their bread-and-butter are high-end customs homes, though they do commercial stuff, too. But it really does seem like a weird choice…
  • I am almost tired of complaining. Almost. lol What is clear is that even with Bernero, the singular focus was on getting the current City Hall to Beitler for their hotel, and literally everything else was of secondary concern to these city administr…
  • I'm in a bit of disbelief, I think; like, is this a prank? lol I'm just now realizing that this will basically maybe be as tall as the neighboring Riverview 220 and Grand Vista Place? I'm genuinely confused. This is like a standard issue suburban of…
  • Narrator: It was not something substantial. I like the use of what appear to be high-quality materials on the front, and that's really about it. The scale of this is not befitting a city of 112,000 in a region of half-a-million people. To be …