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Yeah, this will no doubt be a rough patch. I'm betting there will be a pretty strong boom when the smoke settles from all this though, the economy had remained surprising stable before this and now there will be stimulus money and low interest rates…
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@Jared Thanks for looking into that, sucks it doesn't have anything built in. @gbinlansing I agree on the design, and it really doesn't take more than a box with good quality windows and authentic facade materials to make a nice building. If this…
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Ah, good point. The whole coronavirus thing is barely getting started so if they're going to totally wait it out it's gonna be quite a while.
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Good to hear. Any idea what the path forward is on this? It sounds like the kind of thing that will move very quick once MSUFCU owns the land.
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Agreed. This turned out really good and I didn't even think they could make this building look decent at all. @Jared The more I look at the Metro Place apartments the more I realize even an abandoned YMCA building isn't that bad. I hope the apart…
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I always appreciate hearing about little things also. I always liked the furthest south building on that block of Hosmer, I think it could make for a cool space. @Jared Does this forum software have a "like" function at all? I always found that…
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I'm glad to see the planning board pushing LCC to put commercial space on the ground floor of their ramp, that would make it palatable for me. I've always liked the idea of LCC building some housing or partnering with someone to do so and I like the…
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It's just so easy to use a car in Lansing, I'd never consider using mass transit here unless I had to. To me the solution is density. With increased density will come increased mass transit use, but without the density it's hard to justify a much mo…
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I'm glad to see solar but I'm always much less excited to see it placed over green space. If they were going to take away green space I'd rather it be flat, boring farm land rather than the more unique area they chose. I kind of like the rolling pas…
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All that makes a lot of sense. I've just about stopped going to QD, who ever is running it isn't too bright.
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I like this, it will be nice to have something attractive on that corner and getting streetscaping will be a big plus. I like the overall design and if the quality is good, in particular if those upper floors are some sort of stone or even a nice ti…
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We definitely need to pay for the roads somehow but I myself am skeptical of handing the state more money as are many others, that's what my whole rant is about. Whether it be a gas tax raise or whatever else I have little faith that the state would…
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I've often wondered why we haven't seen more of those all in one paving milling machines, I have to assume there's a good reason they're not more popular. As far as a use tax on EVs, that sounds like a good idea at first but it'd be hard to do fairl…
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Which is part of the point. Either way if we want better roads we're going to have to pay for it. Why do you or I care what people in the U.P. or Grand Rapids or Detroit or rural counties want to do with their roads? We have the ability to pass our …
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I'm beginning to think it might be best for localities to fund their own roads, why send the the money to state just for them to take a piece for administrative costs and hand the remainder back? The same goes for the Feds on a number of issues. Bes…
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@gbinlansing There was an elevator in that building, it was "out of order" for at least a few years, then several years ago they removed the old shaft. I think a new elevator shaft has been sort of in progress since then. I can only assume that buil…
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Possibly for an elevator. Last I knew they had no passenger elevator in that building, just a freight elevator that's only unlocked certain hours. Kind of ridiculous for the people who live on the upper floors.
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I'm not surprised by a parking structure on that lot and if it's designed well and has ground floor retail I wouldn't even be horribly disappointed. I had forgot that the deal for LCC to buy the N Capitol ramp had fallen through, I'd imagine the lif…
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@MichMatters Yeah, that Peckam expansion is a few years old, I was somewhat impressed when I first saw it. I believe the completed new building you're talking about is for the State (LARA I think), I didn't know they were building a second one. A…
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I wonder how long the QD site in REO Town has been shut down? It's looked really dead around there for awhile, I was wondering what was going on. It would be good to hear QD get back into locally bottling their own milk but I'm not sad to see them s…