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I mean, I hope they sell the land so as to actually make this a neighborhood again with shops along MLK. I found the concerns in the city pulse story a bit annoying, as the issue isn't a lack of greenspace in that area, but that it was divided from …
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Ah, I hadn't even thought about it that way. It's going to be a headache no matter how they do it, then. But, yeah, that clearly say in between Ionia and St. Joseph. So you're going to have to stop and make a right at St. Joseph to access the bridge…
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I brought it up last April. I'm unsure of what happens to all of the extra right-of-way. I'm starting to understand why they've planned this, and it's something I hadn't thought about. Allegan and Ottawa going two-ways makes it more dangerous to kee…
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LSJ is reporting Dymaxion has bought the old Sam's Club on Edgewood in South Lansing. Isn't this the one the former owners were trying to turn into another self-storage facility? If so, I'm glad Dymaxion bought it.
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Weird. Seems like you'd want to land the grant first before you go signing purchase agreements with the developer. This whole thing honestly stinks, so I'm a bit glad they slowed this down. The city should either be given the option of including the…
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Whole lot of grant acceptances hitting council over the next few months, it looks like. One up for passage next week is a Revitalization and Placemaking (RAP) grant totally about $7.7 million. I'm not sure what this one is for. Notably, the grant…
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I thought they'd JUST told the neighbors on that street that they weren't planning parking, or do I remember the City Pulse article incorrectly?
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Thanks, citykid. As I said a few months back, I've heard the project is still very much on, but was curious about what exactly is holding up city council work on this, as when it was announced, they were literally talking putting accepting of the st…
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Reading through the Board of Zoning Appeals agendas and meeting, and the business for the previous meeting and the upcoming one involve the sign ordinance, and it seems that we need to update the ordinance. https://lansingmi.portal.civicclerk.com…
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Citykid, I see this month's planning commission has been cancelled. Is New Vision Lansing still happening? I'm just a bit confused, because when they announced it last August, they were talking about having something before the council literally in…
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I'm really happy to hear about this. But it just struck me that it's almost be 17 years since it was demolished. It should be a scandal that this wasn't phased and the parcels not divided for development as needed instead of letting it sit vacant an…
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Small amendment to the brownfield plan for the 500 S. block of Capitol/Washington appears to be up, next week. It looks like they are rearranging the parcels in such a way that the vacant parcel fronting Washington south of the existing two-story co…
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From the city pulse: The proposal calls for paying the Boji Group $5 million. That includes $3.65 million for the building and another $1.35 million for a “visibility easement” on a parking lot adjacent to the north side of the building also own…
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I assume the easement must mean that they are going to punch windows into the blank northern facade. I've never even thought about the south end of this block because it's an active parking lot owned by BCBS, and it's never been mentioned in discus…
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Interesting find in a planning commission meeting. The city is requesting a "visibility eastement" on the small parcel immediately north of the Masonic Temple so that the Bojis won't develop it. It's only 54 feet wide and 165 feet deep. It's current…
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Looks like we're nearing an end to the drain project portion of this development. Drain commissioner website is saying they are installing new sewers under west-bound Michigan Avenue and part of Homer Street between Michigan and just north of Vine, …
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A great example of what can be done to a property like this is the Plainwell City Hall in southwest Michigan. It was the old Plainwell Paper Mill. Even the old warehouse/factory at the east end of South Street here in Lansing is a good ex…
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I'm going to read this, but I'm kind of worried this is the same-old/same-old. He's saying he's building these for 20-somethings and that he's making them "affordable", but... Hepler said his target audience is 20-somethings. To encourage them t…
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The Pointe West Condos across from St. Lawrence are looking nice, probably a bit better than the actual rendering. Pointe West is the 5 attached units on three former detached single-family home lots on West Saginaw in between Bartlett and Carey. Mo…
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Which is funny, since all of the development is taking place in the 4th Ward, But Kost seems to be super-involved in constituent services relative to the other ward councillers, so it makes sense knowing that. lol Thanks for the heads-up.