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Retro revival: Developer hopes to transform iconic Knapp’s building downtown

Barbara Wieland and Melissa Domsic • bwieland@lsj.com, mdomsic@lsj.com • April 7, 2010 • From Lansing State Journal

LANSING - A Lansing landmark that has lain dormant for eight years could be revived as a place for retailer, offices and apartment dwellers.

Developer Eyde Co. plans to turn the former J.W. Knapp’s Department Store building at the corner of Washington Square and Washtenaw Street into a mixed-use building containing retailers, office space, a business incubator, high-end apartments and underground parking.

Eyde, which has owned the 190,000-square-foot building for nearly three decades, would move its headquarters and 50 employees from Hagadorn Road in East Lansing to the redeveloped building, bringing 50 employees downtown.

The project is contingent on a financing package of federal, state and local incentives and programs. If financing is secured, construction would begin in the spring of 2011 and the building would open in 2013.

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Eyde is talking to a couple of potential restaurant tenants for the first floor and Clouse said he’d also like to see a bookstore. The mezzanine, second, third and fourth floors will have Class A, or high-quality, office space, Clouse said.

The fifth floor will house at least 19 high-end rental apartments that could eventually be sold as condominiums.

The roughly 1,000-square-foot units would feature one or two bedrooms and outdoor decks. Rent would run about $1,500 to $1,700 per month, Clouse said. Residents would not have to pay state or local income tax for 12 years because of the Renaissance Zone.

About 40 underground parking spaces would serve residents and some office users. Other tenants would park at nearby parking ramps.

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Renderings and Plans:

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Historic photos courtesy the LSJ archives:

A few of my own pics of the existing structure: