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  • Well the listing describes it as a 10th floor terrace, theres something more to it, I guess we'll have to wait to find out. And I think they are counting the penthouse as a floor, since it has locker rooms, bathrooms, ect...
  • I think the walkouts are at each end of the building, coming out from the second to top floor.
  • I support the millage, but I think we need a significantly larger Impression 5 than what is proposed.
  • It's not going to be a retails store, at least not entirely. It is supposed to be a bar, open until 2am on the weekends.
  • There are two articles of note in the City Pulse this week: This one is about the new city market: I don’t feel comfortable This one is about a groups push to turn Knapps into a performing arts center: Performing downtown
  • An article from Capitol Gains: $22.5 Million Capitol Towers Still Rising in Downtown Lansing Basically the only thing of significance they say is that groundbreaking is still scheduled for Fall, that is of course great to hear. I'll still be keep…
  • An article in Capitol Gains about the new Michigan Brewing Co. location on Washington: Brewery and Ice Cream Parlor Both Headed Downtown
  • On WILX they said they expect to break ground in 6-8 months. I think thats realistic, given that we know this project has already been in the works for quite awhile.
  • Some pictures of the progress from today:
  • I think this is a great project in almost every aspect. I like the design, it's nice but not eccentric and it looks like it will give an imposing feel to the street. It has ground floor retail, they put the building on top of the parking to give the…
  • I also found a higher res rendering:
  • Bob Tresize said that there will be "big announcements about more development downtown in the next few weeks," in this WLNS story. I'm not holding my breath, but it seems about time for some big announement(s).
  • I drove by the sign in the dark, it was lit up and looked great.
  • This Capitol Gains article: $15 Million Stadium District Deal Sweetened, says that Briarwood, 5/3 bank, and the Chamber of Commerce will be moved in by the end of April. It also says the Great Lakes Chocolate Co. is opening a store there, and Gilles…
  • North Point is a two floor project in Frandor, I beleive I posted a rendering before, I'll try to find it. It's on the east end of Saginaw in Frandor, just west of Walgreens where the North Point office building is now. It's really nothing specia…
  • The reason it needs to be four lanes is because during both rush hours, and virtually any time during a weekday, all the traffic coming from the East and West travels through the one way stretches. That means A LOT of traffic, like I said I thik the…
    in CSO Projects Comment by hood April 2008
  • Yeah, but Saginaw/Oakland are the only major east/west throughfare in the Lansing area, all the other roads have been chopped up too much to compensate, like Michigan, St Joe, ect... Either way they would have make one a 5 lane and one a three la…
    in CSO Projects Comment by hood April 2008
  • There are footings in now, I'm not sure how many, but I see some along Kalamazoo at least. Hopefully we'll see steel rise in 1-2 months.
  • Saginaw/Oakland where they are one way are two of the busiest streets in the Lansing Area. At rush hour, or virtually any time during the day, during the week they are clogged with cars. There is no reasonable way to change them back into two ways w…
    in CSO Projects Comment by hood April 2008
  • I was talking about modest height anyways, anything 6-12 floors would be nice to see, of course I'd much rather see it in downtown Lansing over EL given a choice.