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• Problems brewing with a future expansion of Eastwood. WILXand WLNSboth are reporting a problem with permits from the drain commissioner is stopping work. This isn't the first time I've heard about possible development being scuttled by problems with…

  in General Lansing Township Development Comment by jwswrites August 2007
• My guess is those teachers who say downtown is a ghost town at night haven't been downtown after work in a while. On Friday and Saturday night especially, many of the parking spaces at the core of Washington Square are filled from folks at the downt…

  in General Lansing Development Comment by jwswrites August 2007
• It's a done deal. Now to see if it ends up looking like the preliminary drawings - a boxy building surrounded by a 7-foot-tall concrete wall.

  in MSP Headquarters Comment by jwswrites August 2007
• In case anybody hasn't been around Eastwood to see the new Irwin Union Bank branch, here's a quick story with a photo from LSJ.com. It is one of the more interesting looking new buildings in the area (especially for a bank).

  in General Lansing Township Development Comment by jwswrites August 2007
• Work has started to paint and repair the cornice atop the Hollister Building. It's getting a white coat of paint this week. It'll be interesting to see how the lower-level facade turns out: if the developer chooses the faux limestone look that was …

  in The Hollister Building Comment by jwswrites July 2007
• It's the fun of Lansing development. It seems like there are relatives of every major Lansing area developer who also are developers. And none of them really work together on the same project. The Eydes - George and Lou, of Eyde Co. (Knapp's buildin…

  in General Lansing Development Comment by jwswrites July 2007
• The Cedar Street School, FYI, is owned by Scott Gillespie of The Gillespie Co., not Pat Gillespie of Gillespie Group (who is behind Stadium District). They're brothers. Scott, who used to work with Pat, just finished his first solo project, the Loft…

  in General Lansing Development Comment by jwswrites July 2007
• The former frat house site will become part of the city's surface parking lot on that block. The Stonehouse III project will all be at the lot behind Stonehouse I, across Bailey Street from where the house was. The condos will be built atop the park…

  in Albert Place Condos (formerly Stonehouse Village III) Comment by jwswrites July 2007
• Last I heard from the township, the site work going on north of the movie theater and Wal-Mart was actually just dirt from the CSO work in Lansing. Of course, that doesn't preclude other stuff also happening there.

  in General Lansing Township Development Comment by jwswrites June 2007
• The condos will face Bailey and Albert, at the northeast corner, in an L-shaped structure atop the square parking garage. The condos on the inside of the "L" will look over the "green" roof of the parking garage. It'll be downtown's first green roof…

  in Albert Place Condos (formerly Stonehouse Village III) Comment by jwswrites June 2007