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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 …
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GM is much bigger than you think in Lansing when you factor in all the suppliers, they're scattered everywhere around the area, many with hundreds of employees themselves. I think it's fairly safe to say that of the four major economic legs of the L…
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@The_Lansing_Magnate On the subject of where Lansing will be in 10 years, it's a fun thing to think about for me so I'll take some guesses... I think that at this point the Michigan Ave corridor and downtown East Lansing are essentially sure bets to…
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Whether or not a hotel faces the Capitol is simply not going to affect the number of visitors that come here. Practically giving away one of the most prominent pieces of land in the infancy of what could be a major revitalization of the city is a ba…
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I'm assuming you mean the traffic lights? They did bury the utilities that ran along the west side of Harrison. I remember looking at all the telephone poles and wires during construction thinking about how ugly they were then one day they were gone.
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@gbdinlansing That's interesting about the rendering at Studio Intrigue, I'll have to try to take a peek. I agree that the city needs to do something about the parking in the Stadium District area. I think that rental lot is a little far north to…
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@The_Lansing_Magnate Well having more varied opinions is a great thing, echo chambers are boring and unproductive. We all need to be exposed to different ideas and for our own ideas to be critiqued. I understand the desire to put a hotel at that …
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I hope that those three votes don't change their mind. While I'm still not 100% against a new city hall either, I've grown to like the idea of properly renovating/restoring the current city hall building. The more I think about it, any location for …