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Heh, looks like the property has finally been sold and building permits were pulled on it last month for three different buildings. But it says the permits expire in September. So I have no idea what this is. Actually, looking closer is says 3 id…
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The Medical Services Building (MSB2) is now under construction. From last week on the GG twitter account:
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A little thing, but the city will be purchasing a little lot (44 x 99) for $1 from the Land Bank at the S Grand and E Hazel in Riverpoint to expand Riverpoint Park. The old house that was on it (circa 1900) was apparently torn down last year, and th…
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Looking at next week's planning board agenda, it appears that Sparrow is proposing building another skywalk; this one would go over Pennsylvania (closer to Jerome than Michigan) to connect the new surgical center with the main campus parking garage.…
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I was under the impression this (parking lot sell) passed the other night; looks like it's just a public hearing for it from the article. In any case, I don't see anything that could get in the way of this. The city is actively looking to unload pro…
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A 301-unit housing development proposed at Haslett Village Square site in Meridian Twp. HASLETT — Developers have submitted conceptual plans to bring 301 new housing units to Meridian Township with a Haslett Village Square project they hope to s…
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The setback doesn't look any larger than the existing setbacks for the the travel lane, to me. Though, I agree, I'd have liked to have seen a tigher code. At the same time, we're talking a strip along a literal state highway. Short of giving it a ro…
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Drive-thrus are permitted with conditions up to MX-3, apparently, on all street types except local streets. So this appears to follow the code. Where you'll really see the code come into play in this area is if/when Logan Square is developed. The cu…
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These are empty lots; he's building infill. That's why they are requesting lot splits. Edit: Looks like the development and planning committee delayed more the lot splits forward since the land bank no longer owned the land. The committee believe…
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I assume they are just going to be some slapped up habitat-for-humanity style homes with the vinyl siding and minimal amounts of windows. That's all that gets built at the lower end of things; no one's found a way, here, to bring middle housing. I h…
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A little thing I caught in the minute of the previous planning board agenda. The county land bank requested two lot splits variances to allow two lots to be split for the construction of four single-family homes on the southside. But the more intere…
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As far as I know, Frances Park doesn't have any "Friends" group, and is simply kept up by the Parks & Rec. The city is just keen to keep up it's premiere park. It gets lots of weddings, family reunions, etc.
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Actually, it looks like Lansing does have an individual parks millage in addition to the county parks millage; we have so many different ones I can't keep up with them. Anyway, it's only 1 mill; looks like we last approved its renewal in 2020 and wa…
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I agree with all of that. Cities usually passively let basketball courts rot because they look at them as breeding crime; just a prejudiced thing we really need to get over. The one thing the city has done poorly in the parks beyond that is generall…
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You live in the city? Parks are included in the general operating budget, which is just our general city millage (19 mills or so), I think. I'd argue that parks & rec is one of the service the city does fairly well, though there could definitely…
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Here's the MSU discussion: https://develop.metrolansing.com/discussions/discussion/32/msu-development#latest And, really, it probably belongs in the general thread.
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https://twitter.com/DowntownEL/status/1493322875813736452
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Yes, they added Shiawassee. You retroactively apply that. So it was 534,684 in 2010 to 541,297 in 2020, a significantly lower rate of growth that estimated (about 550,000). And it was even more stark for Ingham County which was estimated to have gro…
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This doesn't square with with either the Census count nor the estimates; it's just not possible particularly given the trends.
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Boji Group bought it last August, said they are considering residential usage for it, which would take quite the reconstruction.