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1. City owned lot 2. Privately own parking garages, developed as such for generating revenue long term only. Not for example....land banking. Basically any other sort of deal between two private parties would be a short term lease. My apartment building's lease on a floor of a shared garage for example is short in the event the owner sells and the garage is demolished and the tenants are out of luck. It's good to hear Lansing has relaxed on-site parking requirements |
While the this lot in particular is one of the shorter ones (85'), it seems that generally, the larger commercial buildings along the Avenue measure at about 165' deep. Still, this lot in particular directly abuts an unusually large surface lot to the north, which I'm sure the developer wouldn't have even begun this project if he also hadn't put in a bid for the parking lot to the north.
Just in case anyone still wanted to know, off-street parking requirements for multifamily properties are: - 2 spaces for units with 2 or more bedrooms - 1.5 spaces for units with 1 bedroom - 1 space for studio units For single-family homes and duplexes its two per dwelling. Since this property is in one of the city's four overlay districts (East Michigan, Old Town, Reo Town, and West Saginaw), though, the parking requirement is reduced to one per unit (1:1) instead of the formula that includes bedrooms, and a developer can use on-street parking, parking in adjacent city-owned lots, and parking agreements with neighbors in private lots toward the requirement. Commercial properties in these zones don't have a requirement, at all. |
More development news. This time in downtown East Lansing:
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Interesting. It seems like a lot of these developers are trying to push these projects through really quickly to snatch up tax credits before they disappear.
Lmich, two questions: Know anything about East Village and if it's moving forward? What about the projects lining Grand Ave near Biggby? Thanks |
Are you talking about the East Village in East Lansing or the one in Lansing? Also, I'm not sure what projects you're talking about lining Grand Avenue, because there isn't a Biggby anywhere along Grand Avenue, downtown. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
BTW, even more development news, the Eastwood Towne Center expansion is to begin next month... Quote:
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Yes, East Village in East Lansing. And there is a Biggby at Delta and Grand River in East Lansing...it's the original Beaner's. That whole area near the park behind, and next to, People's Church, was supposed to be redeveloped up to Abbot. |
Oh, Grand River. You just said Grand, so I thought you were talking about downtown Lansing.
I forget what happened to East Village, exactly, but I seem to remember it was just generally the economy. I'm sure the city still has plans shelved to redevelop the area, but the actual redevelopment never panned out. Up by Biggby's? Are you talking about City Center II? It was revealed a few days ago that the owner finally payed the back taxes on the sites that he owns, but there isn't any set date to restart that project. The economy also stalled that one, though, the the developer in this particular case has never given up on the project having had his development rights for the sites extended nearly every year since he announced it. |
I didn't realize I typed "Grand" instead of "Grand River". Sorry about that.
Yeah, I kind of figured the economy stalled East Village, but I didn't have a clue as to what happened over at Grand River/Abbot. One day I saw some pretty decent renderings of row houses...they even put in a few...but then I never heard anything about it. BTW, Eli and Edythe Broad museum is coming along. It looks pretty intense and imposing with beams and concrete coming out of the ground. I'll try to get over there and take a few pictures one of these days. |
I've driven by it, myself, but just haven't taken the time to photograph it. It really is quite imposing. I didn't expect it to be as visible as it is, because from the renderings, it looks kind of hidden.
EDIT: The museum as a facebook and flickr page. Here's a photo from this month showing the west entrance looking northeast toward Grand River. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3070/...d7d33d23_b.jpg broadmuseummus |
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Thanks. And God bless the contractors who have to piece this shit together. |
No kidding. Those angles are so impractical it's not even funny. In fact, they had to rework the entire facade after they ran into the fact that it wouldn't drain properly when it snowed or rained.
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BTW, here is a more fleshed-out rendering of the Michigan @ Marshall building we were discussing a few posts back: A public hearing for a brownfiled redevelopment package for both this project and Reutter Park Place, downtown, was set at monday's meeting for June 13. |
That building in REO town is a new construction, right?
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Yeah, save for the historic Grand Trunk Western Depot. BTW, updated the story with the new renderings that were released. I guess the old ones were just a concept, and thank god for that. Also, the architects that designed this are almost just across the street from the plant.
More development news. The Knapps renovation continues to move forward on the Square: Quote:
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Another month-over-month drop in the local unemployment rate due partly to a slightly smaller workforce this month, but a marked improvement over the last two years:
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The downtown westbank section of the Lansing River Trail finally opened in front of the Accident Fund Headquarters, which means that there is currently nothing under construction on the riverfront for the first time in a few years until construction starts on the Market Place mixed-use development sometime this year.
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Here's a weird little video I put together of us putting up the REOTOWN sign a few months back:
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Finally a rendering of the housing going up at Eastwood:
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