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Looking at them I'm pretty sure the they're both from roughly the same angle, the second one having a wider view and a slightly different design. The first rendering seemed a little unrefined, I didn't really like it too much, I think the newer one …
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That's some absolutely great news about the population growth, hopefully it's a trend that accelerates. I'm really interested to see what the 2020 census has in store, it'll be interesting to see some concrete and detailed figures.
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I can't think of too many storefronts on Washington Sq that have been vacant that long, I know the old Michigania at the SW corner of Washington & Michigan has, the Hallmark store may have been closed that long also. Any others? I've been ver…
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I don't think traffic lights hanging from wires is that uncommon. Besides, I don't really have a problem with lights hung on wires in areas where there are already overhead wires anyways. However, as I've said before, I do want to see utilities buri…
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I guess at this point there's not much more to say other than that this will be a pretty big project. The only hint it gives about the specific location is that the development will take up two lots that total 46k sq ft. My money's on this being at …
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This is a great project from everything I can see. It will take away the largest surface lot in downtown EL, add more non-student housing and more high quality retail, I'm happy with the scale of the project and I'm ok with the buildings it will be …
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As always, just about any incremental step towards regionalism is a good thing. BTW, I think a thread dedicated to regionalism news and discussion might be a good idea.
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A grocery store of any size downtown is not a mutually exclusive prospect, it can happen or not happen with or without a casino or anything else being built. Regarding the Lansing Center, I've grown to feel that seeing it replaced entirely would be …
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This is worse than what I was worrying about, not even the commercial building faces Trowbridge. I wouldn't be so sure about EL allowing this to go through, it depends on how the neighborhood feels about it as they were able to successfully fight fo…
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It may not being sold as such but I think it will do quite a bit to revitalize downtown should it be built. A casino would do wonders to attract more events at the Lansing Center, it would increase attendance at Lugnuts games, it would greatly incre…
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I think the primary motivation behind the small casino at the corner is just to get a casino open ASAP following approval while the larger casino is designed and constructed, the boutique casino was probably only conceived of because they had to fin…
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I don't think we'll have to worry about a parking ramp along Michigan with this proposal. In their initial plan, which they haven't publicly updated as far as I know, they were going to build a small temporary casino at the corner of Cedar & Mic…
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@MichMatters I think he's trying to wait as long as he can to do the part on Cedar to see how the casino thing plays out, whether that gets built would have a huge effect on what goes there. The Marketplace expansion itself is unexciting, but I g…
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@gbinlansing My dad's family lived on Clemens, at one point they were going to take out one side of the street to expand it but apparently the neighborhood fought hard against it. I believe it was their intention to expand Clemens and join it up wit…
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I'm not at all familiar with the pre-496 configuration of Clemens/Aurelius, but I have wondered that myself. Looking at Google Streetview it looks like the bridge over 496 did get some pretty extensive work, the whole topside of the bridge looks …
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I remember them doing some pretty significant work on the Clemens bridge over 496/CSX tracks within the past few years, it was closed for a whole summer. The bridge over the CN tracks is separate and does look to be in pretty rough shape. It's good …
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It looks like it'd be the 8/18/2008 meeting (that's when the development agreement was passed), but as far as I can tell meeting packets are only available back to 2011.
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Regarding Marketplace, it's odd having something so close to construction and having no idea what the size or design of the building will be. I'm guessing the first rendering we'll see will either be posted onsite or on their social media. Regard…
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@MichMatters Regarding the telephone poles by Marketplace, I was there today and saw a note posted on the door of the building. It was advising residents to keep their cars clear of certain areas because of construction, it was outlining the whole U…
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I wonder if he's looking to sell the building, find a partner for the development or just to gauge interest from possible tenants? As for Clara's I think a performance venue would be a realistic possibility, almost as likely as seeing another restau…