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I'm guessing the "antenna" structures are scaffolding or other structures needed to bring the stack down. I'm sure the behind-the-scenes work has been going on for a couple weeks, which would coincide with when folks here are reporting seeing things…
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Say goodbye to the smokestack, perhaps even by Christmas.
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On the economy, we do still have some issues with losing lower-end manufacturing jobs and even some good auto jobs (as evidenced by the on-again-off-again third shift out at GM's Delta plant that will eventually cost several thousand people jobs by …
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The Lansing State Journal published a site map and there's a small head-on view of it at the LSJ's downtown project interactive map.
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This project now has a name: Capital Club Tower. A banner was put up this week on the Goodrich building (just south of the old City Club building, that will be part of the high-rise's footprint). The city council's development committee today mov…
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A replacementis supposed to be lifting up next Sunday.
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One key reason to get rid of the stack is that it creates structural issues for the building. If you've ever been in the Ottawa Power Station, you'll see a lot of steel bracing that - like the stack - isn't original to the structure. It was added…
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Here are the renderings you all want to see:
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Also, city officials are saying the entire portion of the parking ramp that goes over Grand Avenue would be taken down. That parking ramp is built in two sections - the older part, which is on the corner parcel, and the newer part that is taller and…
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Here's a conceptual rendering of the site, from Accident Fund's press kit. Apologies for the poor quality. I used my digital camera to snap a photo of it since I don't have ready access to a scanner right now.
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The sewer issue has nothing to do with the site work at Eastwood. Eastwood is served by East Lansing sewers. The work, however, has stopped. I was told it was because of a dispute with the drain commissioner.
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Couple responses to the points above: - I think it's probably fair to say Accident Fund wasn't going to pull its HQ out of Michigan, especially since it's a subsidiary of the Detroit-based Blues. But I think there is something to the notion that …
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I think the key word there is "may."
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The existing buildings in the flood plain area near Frandor were built at a different time, with different rules (either on the part of government - from the locals to the state DEQ - and insurance companies, which don't want to insure places that a…
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More on the dispute between Lansing Township and Lansing over sewers (and, further below, a look at a few other sewer disputes in the region): Fight for the pipes: City wary of tie-ins with Lansing Twp. growth It's a struggle over money, a gra…
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If I remember correctly, the only thing Campus Village and Riverwalk have at street-level is parking. Any living or commercial space is raised above flood level - which puts those spaces up in the air nearly a story from the street. Could there b…
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At the meeting, the developer said the problem with mixed use at that site is that it's in the flood plain. It makes it much more difficult to do street-level retail or offices - although he emphasized that plans could change as he and the county wo…
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Those lofts above the comic shop are being marketed as for-sale condos, too, which is interesting. I don't know of any others on Washington (although there are some over on the 600 block of Michigan near the mission).
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There are a few more facade improvement projects happening in downtown Lansing. The flat exteriors have been torn from the second stories of the Kelly's and Byblo's buildings on the 200 S. block of Washington, revealing what's left of the original b…
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Tim Horton's is a Canadian-based coffee and donut chain. They also do sandwiches, etc. They're building a handful of stores in the Lansing market.