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Those railings have been up longer than that. That's actually the floor that Boji Group where has its offices.
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Also, expect to see abatement/demo-related work beginning in the next week or two on the Grand Building, just north of the actual power plant.
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Since the LSJ didn't publish the rendering online (it was in the print edition), here's a look at the proposed new Troppo.
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I hadn't noticed that. It's a neat rendering - 3D vs. the 2D drawing. It's possible that Studio Intrigue didn't make the 3D version, since I've never seen that kind of rendering from them before.
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For some context, the Ottawa station RFP was to seek developers for the building. The performing arts center RFP is to find a firm that can figure out if it's needed and how it might be paid for.
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Pot, meet kettle.
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GR's proposed downtown electric streetcar system is estimated to cost $79 million, or $24.8 million a mile, for the first 1.6 mile segment, according to the GR Press. Officials there say they don't yet know how they'd pay for it. Their market study …
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Pro and con pieces in today's City Pulse on the proposal for a new market. I don't know that either sheds any new light, since both could be accused of being somewhat biased. John Hooper, on the pro side, runs the City Market, so he's a city employe…
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That rendering, FYI, is the view from the river trail.
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The Ampitheater has no funding, unless someone knows something I don't. The mayor's initial idea was to use proceeds from the sale of the city market to build the stage on the other side of the river. But that (quietly) changed when the proposal shi…
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The current main library building is owned by the Lansing School District. It's a holdover from the deal when CADL was formed: Local communities were to provide the buildings, while CADL was to provide the staffing and materials.
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The online version of the LSJ's story on Saturday includes a breakdown of each community's share of the millage. Unfortunately, the second table that was prepared wasn't included. That shows the breakdown of where the money is spent. That data is…
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It's important to point out that the downtown Capital City Books and Community Newscenter are owned by the same person. It's not a coincidence that they're both closing. Obviously the model they were running wasn't working in either the downtown …
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Odeena isn't the company Townsend is using on the Ottawa property or Kzoo Gateway. My understanding is Odeena was a partnership, and that partnership (which did Printer's Row) isn't doing the other projects. And given the national economic downtu…
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It's at the entrance to Capital City Airport, just off Grand River Avenue. Peckham already has a giant warehouse at the site and its adding onto that going north toward the airport. Depending on how you think of the city, you might call that the …
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The text of the mayor's speech. His only reference to an unannounced project: "Stay tuned for even more good news. Soon we will announce yet another major new development in the heart of our downtown."
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Suite level, according to the Lugnuts Web site.
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Alas, no Trader Joe's in East Lansing. See the LSJ story.
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It's important, too, to remember that the housing project over at Ottawa and Butler can be phased over a number of years. So unlike Gateway, which has to be built all at once, Gene Townsend can build it one small piece at a time over the next few ye…
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Having not seen exactly what's happening, it's hard to say. Curious. Considering the property has yet to change ownership to Christman/Accident Fund, I'm guessing that it's not work directly connected to construction. And the other buildings alon…