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Nope. The thing was that there was a lot less state money, then, for those kind of projects. I do wonder if they are seeing Stadium North and want to get in on PILOTS since so much money is going toward building affordable housing, now.
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It gets warm outside, and everyone decideds to start their projects on the same day/week. lol Anyway, what I saw today... They have started removing the trees on the north side of Michigan to prepare for the street reconfiguration; it's kind of v…
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From the LSJ: Despite saying OK to accepting $40 million for a city government campus, council members rejected a plan to buy the Masonic Temple for a new City Hall. Council member Trini Pehlivanoglu said residents don't understand how the Ma…
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The city finally accepted the grant for New Vision, last night, and are very keen that the skyscraper happens and is given priority. While more discussion has to happen for a new or renovated city government campus, the $40 million for the $228 …
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Honestly, that was the crazy thing to me. Like, even the "enhanced" Ovation proposal is kind of dumpy, if we're being honest. I've become more sensitive to issues of costs and such over time, but that definitely needs to be weighed against needs to …
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I'm glad to hear all of those things. Though, I'm a bit taken aback - having not watched council in YEARS - to see that apparently Councilman Kost is a "no" on nearly anything development related. I was really unsettled by his argument around the Ov…
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Council voted down the brownfield amendment for The Ovation on a 4-4 vote. Not sure this stops it, but it rejects the plan to enhance it.
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I'm catching the tail end of this, so I'm not even 100% sure if they were on this item, but it sounds like the purchase agreement for the Masonic Temple failed, tonight, on a 4-4 vote? If I'm following the agenda correctly, this was the item they we…
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Congress is close to passing funding bills, here's what that could mean for the Lansing area LANSING — Capital Region International Airport could receive more than $8 million to help build a new terminal as part of nearly $20 million in federal …
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@citykid, the City Pulse had a story on updates to zoning this week (https://www.lansingcitypulse.com/stories/fixing-our-housing-shortage-lansing-to-consider-shared-use-zoning-changes-urbanism-planning-development-crisis-cooperatives,88926). Any upd…
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Lots of stuff in next week's council agenda: 1. Grant acceptance resolution for New Vision Lansing. 2. Grand acceptance resolution for new city hall. 3. Purchase agreement for new city hall. 4. Ovation brownfield plan amendment. 5. Acceptance o…
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https://twitter.com/GillespieGrp/status/1764774230611095644 The drain commissioner has this all done by next month sometime. New storm sewers are currently being installed under Michigan and Homer. BTW, lots of new photos on the project's we…
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That's one aspect I'm not mad about. If they can lease some of the space, that brings the cost of the move down even further. I think I'd saw some headline saying that the school district was a potential tenant. But, yeah, with all the public saf…
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The city council got the administration to take out the ridiculous visibility easement in the purchase plan. So that's $1.3 million slashed off the price of the Masonic Hall proposal. And at least one counciller wants an updated analysis on the cost…
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LSJ has picked this up now. While I have concerns, I can't wrap my head around the concerns of some of the community members. The basics of the project - shrinking the road down to make it slower with better connections - are an indisputed good. Yet…
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Sounds like they aren't going to do anything within the reconfigured right-of-way aside from put in a larger sidewalk (euphamism used is "pathway") on the east side. https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2024/02/28/mlk-boulevard-la…
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He and Jeremy (the vice president) are probably two of the most conservative members of council. It's really unfortunate that they were given the top leadership positions. Adam also strikes me as not being particularly bright. Anyway, that's Jody's …
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I think I recall it at least being implied that ALL the units were going to be affordable, since that was the focus of the state grant. But a third of them is still pretty significant. Tower on Grand will still have affordable units, right? BTW, who…
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Did you catch the height on the Tower on Grand? I didn't see anything on the drawings, though they are elevation drawings.
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Once the city council accepts the grant, it's under the authority of the mayor of how to spend it. It appears that on both this and the city hall grant acceptance that they sought an opinion from the city attorney and he (of course) told them as muc…