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Lots of news, last month:

Park Place has been formally proposed for just west of Park District. It's size has been increased with each building being 14 stories.





Developers pitch 14-story buildings for the site of Dublin Square in East Lansing

EAST LANSING — Two additional high rises could crop up on the western edge of downtown East Lansing.

Okemos-based Vlahakis Companies and Royal Properties of Champaign, Illinois, submitted plans to the city this week for two 14-story buildingsnear the corner of Abbot Road and Albert Avenue. The project is expected to cost $155 million.

New specs:

The developers are proposing a 14-story building at the corner of Abbot Road and Albert Avenue, on the current site of Dublin Square. Dublin Square owner and developer Paul Vlahakis said the restaurant would be reincorporated into the new building.

The second building would be adjacent to the first along Evergreen Avenue and would stair step between 10 and 14 stories, with the shorter side of the building facing Valley Court Park.

Together, the buildings will have 80 condominiums, 450 parking spaces, 410 market-rate apartments, a 34,000-square-foot movie theater, 24,000 square feet of office space and 25,000 square feet of retail space.

They are still planning a theater and the parking will still be automated.

Park District began construction staging a week or two ago: https://www.cityofeastlansing.com/Ci...s.aspx?AID=837



McLaren Greater Lansing broke ground on their new hospital campus on the 17th, and we got a new rendering:



The $450 million hospital will be affiliated with Michigan State University and include 250 beds and other facilities. They are planning for a 2022 opening. Site work started on the 12th. The design has been value engineered a bit.

Center City - December 26


Landmark on Grand River

The Capitol Visitor Center has been reimagined as Heritage Hall, and finally got the funding it's been searching for for over two years.





$40M for Capitol visitor center approved in supplemental budget

LANSING — Funding for a new, multi-million dollar auditorium and conference center on the state Capitol grounds was approved Friday.

Advocates say the project, called Heritage Hall, would create space for large events, provide safer Capitol access for tour groups and would increase tourism in downtown Lansing.

The Michigan State Capitol Commission will get $40 million for its Heritage Hall project, thanks to Gov. Rick Snyder's signature of a $1.3 billion supplemental budget approved by the legislature in late December.

Specs:

Heritage Hall plans call for building a 54,000 square-foot facility on the Capitol grounds' west lawn. The building would largely be underground and connected to the Capitol through a tunnel.

The hall could host educational exhibits, provide a safe bus stop for school field trips, space for receptions and other catered events, Randall said. Plans also call for an auditorium that could be used for conferences, presentations and large committee hearings.

Designers' goal is to be able to seat about 600 people in the auditorium, enough for a State of the State-sized crowd, Blackshaw said.