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Yeah, ultimately I think all of Lansing Township should be dissolved, but paring the Township down to Eastwood and their western core would be a good and sensible start.
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I don't know how it will happen, but Lansing Township will eventually be annexed by Lansing. It has to happen for the sake of the region, I think it'd be better for most Township residents over the long run also. I could see the broken up eastern po…
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I'm not surprised at all to see something get built here. What would be surprising is if it turns out to be anything more than another small strip mall or fast food restaurant. I'd love to see this area move towards mixed use buildings.
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The airport is in a sad state now, it looked like things may turn around but apparently that isn't happening. It doesn't help that Capitol City's terminal is embarrassing compared to almost any other major airport in Michigan and North Grand River i…
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I found a blog detailing some Lansing history, it seems to have recent posts so look for updates: Lost Lansing This hasn't been mentioned before, has it?
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I don't really know why they keep that railroad either. Maybe they do use it a few times a year to bring equipment in and out of Reid Machinery. I hope to see it vacated and turned into a street if the factories on Mt Hope are renovated or turned in…
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I was wondering about this just recently, I still hope to see it happen. I though that the decision from the Feds was supposed to come a lot quicker than this, hopefully Bernero is right and it'll be approved before the end of the year.
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It's nice to see this officially moving forward. I noticed a fence go up around the property recently so I wouldn't be surprised to at least see site work start any time.
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I don't know about the history of the tree, I was watching that part of the most recent planning meeting and they were referencing it, but apparently everyone there already knew the context. I guess it was discussed in the prior two planning meeting…
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The building at Spartan and Grand River is now proposed to be six floors along Grand River with a narrow two floor annex along the east property line. Apparently the new design is at least partially to accommodate a tree that has some sort of histor…
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Just to note, it's Scott Gillespie who bought the 2000 block (same guy who did the Marshall & Michigan apartments). I'd assume that if he just bought half of the 2000 block he'd almost certainly be looking at an adjacent ready to develop prop…
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I was by the site earlier an I'd say the flags are almost certainly related to this project as they are only on the Story Olds property. If I were to guess, I'd say they're in preparation to disconnect the current buildings utilities for demolition.
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I'm curious about this too. I'm really hoping to see a building go up along Cedar sooner rather than later.
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I wouldn't be surprised to see demolition start anytime, they said to expect a fall groundbreaking. I am surprised we haven't seen anything come before Council yet though.
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Kris Elliott has bought the PNC bank building on Michigan to turn it into a brewpub: While Gillespie has bought the entire south side of the 2000 block of Michigan, including the Emil's building. Eastside up swing
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I'd just rather see them redo the facade all the way around, maybe blending it in with a larger addition. Adding a tacked on annex that looks like that to a building like Breslin just doesn't work for me. They're going to have to do a much better jo…
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I'm not sure how I feel about that big addition tacked on the side of the building, it looks awkward in the renderings.
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I would agree that Midtown would be great name for the area, if only it wasn't already the very recognizable name for Detroit's second downtown.
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I would hope that this would give Ferguson's investors a sign that there's a serious market here for that type of stuff. I'd also agree this adds to the value of the Sawyer's site, but it would make a small development there all the more disappointi…
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I would agree the area needs a name, I always called it Frandor. Red Cedar Neighborhood seems a little long winded, Frandor doesn't sound very good to me, I'm not sure what a good name would be. Whatever it's named, I don't think it should just be p…