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Gb, That information about it being a former Macedonian Hall is really interesting. This whole stretch of street is unassuming on its face, but you've got all kinds of nationalities that were or are still on the street. At the Rundle intersecti…
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Written about the revocation of the OPRA certificate for the old Holmes Street School project that had dragged for years back in February. Well, it looks like there is another redevelopment planned, but there are few details. https://twitter.com…
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Another slow month in city council-related development news, so far. But I did catch the transfer of a liquor license from 1908 East Michigan to Block600 under construction. I assume this must be for the hotel restaurant and market portions, thoug…
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Well, this came out of nowhere. Different developers have been trying to develop this property for years, but it looks like it's finally happening. It appears the Michigan Association of Broadcasters finally got around to it: Developers pre…
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I mean, I don't disagree a little bit. I've remarked on the parking situation ever since I saw the site plan months ago. What I was confused about is why anyone was surprised the houses on the southside of Barnard were left or what the developers …
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More from the sewer work going on at West Mt. Hope and Stirling Ave: I'm always interested by this stuff. Public service says this is a catch basin lead pictured, and it looking south (along Stirling) from the northwest corner of the interse…
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Wow! The reconstruction of North Washington revealed some very fascinating history. They found old planks and brick; it's not rare to find the bricks, of course, but the planks are rare. Lansing's Old Town history: What construction crews f…
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I mean, I understand that. But then what are you advocating the developer should have done? Buy up the entire street and demolished the homes on both sides? I guess my point is that this block wasn't long for the world in any case with developme…
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I don't understand. They need the northside of the block because it was in the footprint of the development; they didn't need the southside. Apart from that, homes weren't selling on that street, regardless, as it was a dead-end street in an indus…
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The southside of Barnard was never part of this plan; Barnard was a bounding street of the block.
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What's going on along West Mount Hope: https://twitter.com/LansingPubServ/status/1125845305914740736
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Yes. At first I thought it may have been because of council turnover during an election year and they'd simply forgotten about it. But after I'd written them about to various members, the feeling I got is that it'd been basically defeated by the m…
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The new access staircase at Michigan Avenue for the River Trail has been completed! https://twitter.com/WLNS/status/1125531939044249607 Photo from the a few days earlier from the Lansing River Trail's facebook page: And from the Frien…
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Looks like now they demolition is done, they've held their "official" ground-breaking ceremony: https://twitter.com/GillespieGrp/status/1125493080952639488
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The car dealership thing in Okemos is weird. Like almost a handful of them are moving from their current properties just east of the mall, and then just moving down the road a few blocks. That said, Alaiedon has been pretty good of keeping spraw…
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Might be, though, I've noticed at at least in Lansing, it's usually just superficial changes to the outside of the dealerships when they "rebuilt." Edit: Found the township planning committee discussion on this one from December 2017: http://a…
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Yeah, can't say I see this as a smart move as it relates to the greater community. It seems like the only likely justification on Auto Collections part is that they probably thought they needed a bigger storage yard or service center or something. …
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I've not heard of any other potential buyers, but you'd have to assume with Park District and Center City going up a stones-throw away that there would be demand for this land. I originally noted my skepticism of the city putting together a success…
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Almost nothing in this month's planning board agenda. But the one little thing I did catch was the final rezoning of the properties the city annexed from Delta Township last fall at the northwest corner of Jolly and Waverly. https://lansingmi.go…