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Yeah, the building does look larger than I thought. When I took this picture was the first time I'd been by the site since construction began, I'm going to try to remember to go by there in a couple months or so to see how the facade looks. Regardin…
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I agree with Jared that roads should have never fallen into the disrepair that they're in now, the fact that other states with similar climates can manage to have much better roads makes any excuses by Michigan's leaders hard to swallow. The situati…
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I was by this place a few days ago and grabbed a picture, they're pretty far along:
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I've never seen a picture of that building in the 100 south block, it would certainly be a nice one to still have around. If that facade does still exist under there it would be very nice to see it restored but I also doubt it's still under there si…
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It is weird and it will severely limit future growth if they don't allow downtown to expand north. I've complained about essentially the same thing in downtown Lansing, there's essentially one street with storefronts and that massively limits the wa…
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I'm still not a fan of these proposals. If it were up to me I'd renovate the current City Hall and have it remain as City Hall while finding a new location for the police department, possibly as part of a larger county complex. My favorite location …
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I've been in favor of burying utilities for awhile, it's something I've brought up from time to time here on the forum. I'm glad to see that other people agree that it's something worth looking into, I would really like to hear from the BWL what the…
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It's great to see that Gillespie is looking at a larger redevelopment for that corner. One thing I'd like to see is for him to build a street from Michigan to Barnard. If he owns the dispensary building he could just extend Pere Marquette across Mic…
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I expect that when Sears closes Gillespie will tear that building down and begin redeveloping the property and I'd bet that most or all of the new buildings that occupy that space will be multi floor and mixed use. I've said for awhile that I think …
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I like the sound of leaving Evergreen and breaking up the block, based on that I'd bet that I'll like the layout of the next proposal better than any of the previous ones over the years. I'm still not betting on this being a significantly downsized …
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I don't know how to feel about that Walter French news. The fact that Eyde chose to donate the building has me worried as to how feasible it will be to reuse. I suppose it is worth noting that the Eyde's don't seem too interested in residential proj…
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By all accounts I've read there's no sign of a recession or even an economic slowdown. It's true that we're "due" for a slowdown but the last recession was unusually severe, probably the worst economic downturn since the great depression, so we may …
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I hope that this council doesn't do too much to interfere with development in the city. I'm less optimistic about Lansing's future than I was back in 2008, so much of what has been proposed in the past 10 years hasn't materialized and I don't think …
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Thanks for the update. I haven't been up that way in a long time and it's good to hear that construction is well under way. I'll have to make it point to drive by there soon.
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I can think of two possible reasons contributing to CATA's ridership loss although I wouldn't doubt that there are management and/or company culture issues as well. One obvious issue is that ridership peaked during the recession, the bad economy …
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@ratchetwrench If it's true that the owners aren't interested in using property as a parking lot then I'd think that that is pretty promising, I just wonder how soon "relatively soon" will be.
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The YMCA is a sorta cool old building and if someone wanted to properly restore and reuse it I'd be all for it but it would be a really difficult building to do anything with. It has short ceilings and small floors, the U-shaped main section is prob…
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I was very disappointed to hear the R E Olds Transportation museum was going to be bound to their building as a condition of the city's sale. I had really hoped, and continue to hope, that the R E Olds Museum would be able to move into a much larger…
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If anything it's a negative sign as they're putting up a more permanent fence, it will be telling to see how good of quality it is. If it looks really well built with nice gates or anything it may be a sign they don't expect much to happen for awhil…
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@The_Lansing_Magnate I wouldn't consider Demmer a GM supplier, they do list automotive as an industry they're involved in but they primarily do defense and aerospace work. There are tons of suppliers in the area, here's a (probably incomplete) list …