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I'm not sure if they killed the plan, but all 425 Agreements have a time period in which a project has to be executed, and it's usually a year. So, yeah, that land transfer expired. The 425 Agreement was supposed to be one of the last steps; you ent…
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Yeah, a few years back, Emergent was trying to do something up that way, far enough along that they got DeWitt and Lansing to do another 425 Agreement land transfer for some land up that way. But the land reverted back to Lansing after Emergent drag…
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Yeah, I know those weren't directly comparable, but comparable in that in that, as you say, they are already doing this work at the MLK facility and have for decades. I wasn't even arguing this needed to be downtown; personally, I'm not sure I'd eve…
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I'm surprised that they actually spent on architecture for this one. This is a very nice-looking facility, inside and out. Do wish they'd have kept this in Lansing, but it is what it is, I guess. And, yeah, public health and safety isn't really a re…
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Looks like Grand Ledge approved the rezoning on Saginaw for the massive housing development. They also approved further transfer of land from Oneida Township right across the street for a 55,000 sq ft Sparrow medical office building. This is just on…
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I forget which one, but one of them has 2,000 sq ft of office space on the ground floor. I think it may be Grand Vista Place. I'm not concerned with the tenancy; I feel like that's an old trope. It's not that they are low-income that the design i…
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Okay, I was able to dig back through some packets so we can have these on the record. Riverview 220 Grand Vista Place I'd seen the Riverview 220 rendering. Had not seen Grand Vista Place. I don't want to belabor the point much more …
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Well, some level of "downtown," anyway. DT-1 and DT-2 have what I'd consider pretty stringent height restrictions, 4 stories and 6 stories, respectively, which is honestly basically the same as the lesser commercial districts. The big difference is …
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My baseline for success of the FBC is that a property owner should at least be able to redevelop or develop land to the same densities as in the 1920's or 1930's. I'll accept or tolerate sensible regulations that acknowledge how much more popular au…
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The thing a significantly larger metro population does help is with things that are funded at the county level and those things that factor in potential revenue. I'd say that's why you see something like the Schuster Center in Dayton.
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City council meeting packet for new week: 1. Setting public hearings for the PILOTS (payment in lieu of taxes) for Riverview 220 and Grand Vista Place. Still no attached renderings or site plans. 2. Introduction of ordinance and setting of publi…
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I don't see the actual building changed from the rendering your posted awhile back.
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Okay, aside from the stickies still not working correctly, I'm having everything marked as read even when I just click into one thread.
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The only big change is that this one doesn't have a parking garage and the main building is expanded into its footprint.
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Hobbs+Black, BKV Group...I'm sure even Christman - who is the construction manager - got in on the design. Anyway, hood had posted the main rendering some time ago: https://develop.metrolansing.com/discussions/discussion/231/lansing-area-development…
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Public Safety HQ (& Fire Station #9) update is in next week's committee of the whole packet. Everything's coming in on budget. These aren't new, I don't think, but they haven't been posted here: The design of Fire Station #9 looks…
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To be honest, this simply sounds like an expansion of the their exsiting University Corporate Research Park concept. They already have the small East Lansing Technology Innovation Center located in downtown East Lansing. So I suspect this is just an…
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Okay, I went and looked at the floorplans, and this area I thought was the mainstage and backstage is actually the small black box theater on the third floor. Still don't see the need for the projected panelling, but whatever. lol I was wondering wh…
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Yeah, saw that, today. I agree with the one advocate who says that the parking minimum on them is probably not necessary given who these are targeted for. If they get any complaints, they can always amend it, is my working idea. They also got someth…
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See, my concern was that it was grooved concrete. So I'm very happy if it turns out to be some kind of legit metal. lol Of course, you'd rather have it be nice stone or some higher quality metal. But if it turns out to be some mid-grade aluminium or…