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That one block of Washtenaw was vacated long ago, the Eydes just never took the street out. The "Seven Block Neighborhood Plan" is part of the formal Planning code. Essentially, it was the city's promise to replace what they had wiped out as 'blight…
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Work has been going on for awhile, but I guess this was the formal announcement of the work: $10.5 million renovation underway on Temple Building in Old Town A $10.5 million project that will transform Old Town's Temple Building into an apart…
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The I-496 project is completed, though I think they are still doing some touch-ups on fewer than a handful of ramps and bridges.
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Guess I'd not been up here in months. Apparently, the city & the BWL are replacing an old sanitary sewer and watermain under the Grand River at the N Grand River Avenue Bridge. The sewer pipe was built in 1934. Some pictures from the public serv…
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Looking back at the resolution, look like the city applied for the state grant to purchase the property last year, but that there was a technical issue that got the grant rejected, so they are refiling it with the proper paperwork. Anyway, yes, it's…
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Not project filed for this lot as of yet. The owner of the lot owns the lot next door. Might be a staging area for some kind of street construction/utility work, or maybe the owners are finally planning to do something with it. It's been vacant for …
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Lots of development-related stuff on council's agenda next week: * The Form Based Code is formally introduced and a public hearing is set for it. * And ordinance to amend the existing marijuana ordinance to allow "microbusinesses" - marijuana bus…
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They've been slowly buying up and demolishing this block for years. It hasn't meant that anything is imminent. Though the demolitions do seem to have picked up, so maybe things are finally speeding up. Looks like there are some holdouts on the block…
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The Eydes have continued to take down the little neighborhood they've mostly bought up near the corner of MLK and Allegan as the leases come up, it appears. 1007 and 927 W Allegan were brought down a week or two ago. These are part of the "Seven …
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Okay, I thought you were talking about the old service station across the street on the southwest corner. There is a project filed last week with the city for the northwest corner, but it doesn't say what it's going to be. It's a facade restoration …
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Do you mean Turner and North? Willow is on the other side of the river. I can't find a project for the one at Turner and North, though. Maybe it's in the really early stages.
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gb, Looking it up on the city website, it seems that the Family Dollar site is going to be redeveloped into a 3,300 sq ft car wash. Also, they will be closing access off of Cedar. Seems to be that there are much better uses for such a high-profil…
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Here's the link. It is quite a lot to digest, so you'll have to take it in in pieces: https://www.lansingmi.gov/DocumentCenter/View/5612/Form-Based-Code-PDF?bidId= And here is the stand-alone zoning map: https://www.lansingmi.gov/DocumentCe…
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I agree. Both. Anyway, speak of the devil and you can hold your horses. Looks like next week's development & planning committee includes...the Form-Based Code. There is no longer any need to bug them at the moment. lol D.) RESOLUTION –Int…
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I've been studying this in the zoning code as a means of understanding how we can make things better. From my reading of the current zoning code, landscaping/buffering seems to only be required when a non-residential use abuts a primarily residentia…
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I've been noticing quite a bit of work going on at the old John Bean building right on the S. Cedar St. viaduct which crosses the CN tracks and Red Cedar. Looking at the city website, apparently there will be a big grow facility on the third floor, …
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Look at this Kodachrome shot taken from the Michigan Avenue bridge (Grand Avenue crossing in the mid-ground) from 1957 courtesy the Jamie Silvers who shared it with the historical socieities Facebook ground. It's the little buildings that gi…
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Probably prep work, I'm sure, as the rezoning hasn't even made it to council, yet. The staff report on the renozing did mention that they didn't have anything immediately planned for the site.
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Hey, anyone know what's going on on Old Lansing Road immediately east of Waverly? It looks like it may just be underground utility work, but maybe it's curbs-and-gutters or a sidewalk? Edit: Oh, I see. On the county road department's website, the…
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