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  • Ugh. Two-way street conversion still happening in downtown Lansing but not this summer LANSING – Plans to convert six one-way downtown Lansing streets to two-way have been delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, city official…
  • Been down there. Pretty nice. I do hope they plan to maintain it better than they have other parts of the park, though. https://twitter.com/lansingmichigan/status/1288466081565290498
  • I went and looked back at the recent planning commission agenda where this came up. The current owner is in the process of selling off the site and requested an extension of a year (to March 26, 2021) the existing site plan and special use permit f…
  • The owner is still trying to decide what to do with the site, and wanted to clear it to prevent it from becoming even more of a blight than it had already been for all these years.
  • Update from the builders: https://twitter.com/WielandBuilds/status/1288616345660260359
  • We'd talked about the 324 South Hosmer back in March, but never figured out what it was. Currently, they were issued a building permit for "build out and repair" back in late December and then issued a permit for an "interior build out" in early Ju…
  • Yeah, with indoor bars and restaurants closed down and the pandemic going until at least next year, it wouldn't really make sense for them to plan for a completion of the project anytime soon. I'm actually surprised more residential and commercial…
  • That is a surprise, and nice to hear.
  • Late summer/early fall.
  • Ha! Sorry about the misunderstanding. Yeah, there is a lot they could to spruce it up. It's funny, because the last time they reconstructed the freeway, they add a single flourish: the Snow Road bridge. It has "V" shaped supports and is painted …
  • Here is The Abbott in downtown East Lansing over the past few months courtesy their facebook page: They say they are shooting from an August 24th move-in date, which seems ambitious considering the shutdown.
  • Site plan and special use permit for the MSUFCU building downtown hits council next week: Special Use Permit/Site Plan Application Michigan State University Federal Credit Union (MSUFCU) Corner of Albert Avenue and Abbot Road BTW, can anyone s…
  • Aside from the brou-haha at this week's council meeting, something else interesting happened for us urban planning nerds. There are two parcels in the Northern Tier, 3400 West and 3401 Coolidge, which used to be a single long rectangular parcel str…
  • From the LSJ: LANSING – If your commute involves the western half of Interstate 496, your daily driving routine is about to change. The freshly paved eastbound lanes between Lansing Road and Interstate 96 are set to open Monday as construction …
  • I hope we see stuff like this become permanent. https://twitter.com/wilxTV/status/1283159340090830848
  • Update: https://twitter.com/maniacmiler/status/1283526031857651715
  • It's funny, because when she was first elected, I made secret that I was not a fan of her's to put it lightly. She came in and thought it was her job to simply say "no" to everything, and generally just be an obstructionist. But somewhere along th…
  • Whoa. (More) Major changes coming to council after tonight. The young Stephens will now be the old-timer on council. https://twitter.com/eastlansinginfo/status/1283225266479935488
  • - Not sure how long it's been like this - but I don't remember seeing it some months ago - but 125 W Washtenaw (the building at the southeast corner of Washtenaw and Capitol behind the Knapp Center) seems to be undergoing some kind of change? I do…
  • When originally announced, the schedule was the market would open at the end of 2020. Then last year Gillespie announced that Meijer wanted to get in sooner, so that the Meijer would be open by this summer. The pandemic happened, and they lost thr…