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I don't understand the issue, /r/lansing was pretty sanctimonious about this as well. Of course Frandor doesn't want homeless people sleeping and defecating in the shelters, and I can't imagine CATA users are happy to use the shelter either if there…
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I've toured the facility. It's very industrial. Tight spaces and stairs, loud. It doesn't have the art deco pizzaz that the water treatment plant on Cedar has, and architecturally it's no Ottawa St station. My favorite part was the view from the roo…
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LSJ reported that a judge halted the annexation vote from getting on the ballot. There's still a chance for it to get on if a legislative review approves it.
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overall tax increase will be about 10 mills ah perfect, that's the part I wondered. So a thousand bucks a year on a $100k house for residents if they say yes. A lot may balk if they run the math, but I hope they accept it with full knowledge of…
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I wonder how the polling looks on this. It's obviously good for Lansing and the region, and probably good for the residents too...but stigmas are stubborn.
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I guess theory two is that they're trying to maximize revenue from the plot. Hotel up front, storage in the back, every square foot bringing in income.
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And I can't imagine any kind of secret agenda that would make sense. The only thing I can think of is that they wanted the storage there to use for People's Kitchen or their escape house thingy that's right there. Otherwise it's an out of lef…
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I am really surprised by this request from Dymaxion. The owner is also part of the People's Kitchen group, which is right here, so I wonder how that factors into the calculus. A lousy self storage unit goes against everything the company claims to s…
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Maybe in practice, you guys are saying the same thing. As township residents, they would lose services due to debt repayment. But as part of the city, Lansing could create a special district by which taxes collected within the district are funneled …
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Huge density improvement over the stupid parking lot that was there.
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It kills me to say this, but at this rate, EL is going to have a better skyline than Lansing.
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Yeah, he owns Dymaxion, which is part of Urban Systems. Was TA Forsberg the developer proposing the apartments on St. Joe? Asking because Brent is also part of Urban Systems. It seems to be a collaboration of like-minded dudes that formed to compe…
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@hood haha, that address looks like People's Kitchen. He (or his wife) are part of the ownership group for the restaurant. I'm not a business person/developer, so it's funny to me to see all of these LLCs associated to basically one business. For f…
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@hood Those Mall Ct addresses might be owned by Dymaxion, which is part of Urban Systems. The mailing address for them is 503 Mall Ct Ste 312, which is basically just the UPS Store in Frandor.
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@MichMatters yep, I view this the same as you. An advertisement aimed at investors. Still fun to talk about and imagine though. @hood I haven't asked him much. I know his vision is reclaiming, repurposing, infilling, and creating a more walkable …
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I know my friend is working on the old Lake Trust site, so I'm assuming the colored buildings on the rendering are all their proposed projects. It looks like a tall (for Lansing) apartment proposal over 496, probably with some mixed use on the groun…
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A friend of mine is part of Urban Systems. He's told me about the idea to build above 496 to connect downtown to REO a few years ago. When he described it, I didn't realize that he meant substantial buildings like this, I had something smaller pictu…
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If the entire township folded into Lansing, that's a big win for the city and the region. I could see this for the NE and western chunks of the township. Who knows what happens with the farm land adjacent to MSU ag areas. It probably makes more sens…
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I've been wanting a Trader Joe's in the area forever, but if I knew it would take the place of Golden Wok...
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I can smell that screenshot