NORTHERN MICHIGAN | General Developments

[joemits]

Construction has recently started on the Steve Mariucci Beacon House near the U.P. health system hospital. The Beacon House will provide rooms for family's needing a place to stay while visiting the hospital. Rendering below:

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^ Nice! I'm embarrassed to say I never realized that Mooch was born & raised in Iron Mountain (just like Tom Izzo). It seems like pretty common knowledge; I had no idea he was even a Yooper.

[joemits]

Originally Posted by deja vu

^ Nice! I'm embarrassed to say I never realized that Mooch was born & raised in Iron Mountain (just like Tom Izzo). It seems like pretty common knowledge; I had no idea he was even a Yooper.

Yeah, they were both NMU Alumni. Mooch, was the QB for Northern in 1975 when they won the Division II National Championship. The year before, in 1974, the Wildcats went winless. Don't think any professional or collegiate team ever went from winless to champions in one year.

https://www.mlive.com/sports/2020/09...oosebumps.html

[joemits]

In other Founder's Landing development, Gains Rock Townhouses recently broke ground.

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^ Thank you! I updated the status in the rundown at the start of this thread.

Traverse City -

Here are some more updates from my trip up there two weeks ago.

1. ELEV8, the new indoor rock climbing facility, under construction at 510 Barlow St. I still think the location is weird, and I wonder how the neighbors feel about having a 3-story concrete wall to look at out their backyard windows now -






2. New apartments at 224 E State St under construction. You can see foundations for a second, similar building adjacent to this one. All units are already leased; they can't seem to build them fast enough -




3. If you want a lesson in how NOT to detail a building, just walk by to the new Breakwater Apartments. It looks OK from afar, but up close, the quality of construction is abysmal. Disappointing, really, for something that occupies so prominent a spot downtown. The cultured stone is already chipped; this thing will not age well (sorry for the washed-out photos; the sun was not in the best position, but it was the only chance I had to get some pictures) -

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Traverse City -

TCAPS broke ground for its new Montessori School on a chilly, gray day last week (Thursday, April 15). The $21.7 million, 84,000 SF school will be built off of Franke Rd. (near West Middle School) and it will be open for the September 2022 school year. It is unique in that it will be the first public school in Michigan to be built specifically to adhere to the Montessori program & philosophy -

Construction begins on new Montessori School in Traverse City
Miller-Davis | Liz VandenHeede, Communications and Marketing Manager
April 19, 2021

Source: Miller-Davis


Source: TCAPS | Courtesy DHAE & Cornwell Architects

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Sault Ste. Marie -

Work resumed on the new Soo Lock project this week, after a winter hiatus. Phase One work, which involves deepening the upstream channel to the Sabin and Davis Locks, will continue through November of this year. Phase Two work, which involves rehabilitating and stabilizing the upstream approach walls, will also start later this year -

New Soo Lock project to resume after winter break, will shift to phase 2 this year
Brandon Champion | MLive
April 20, 2021

Site mobilization after a winter break, April 13, 2021 -


Source: MLive | Courtesy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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Ludington -

The $12+ million "Lofts on Rowe" project breaks ground this week. I'm super-excited for this project that saves this historic industrial building from demolition. MCC does good work throughout the state, and this will undoubtedly be quite transformative for the neighborhood. If you can view it, MCC posted a short video on their LinkedIn page, here.

EDIT: I found the video on Youtube, along with a slightly more refined exterior rendering -


Source: MCC

• Video Link

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Marquette -

Construction halfway finished on condos inside Marquette’s Customs House
Lily Simmons | WLUC TV 6
April 22, 2021

Construction progress shots included in the video at the link.

[joemits]

A major infill development could be in the works for downtown Marquette. Behind the iconic sandstone old savings and loan building on the corner of Front and Washington streets, Braveworks development group is proposing to build a hotel, residential units and a 220 public parking structure on what is currently a private surface parking lot.
The old saving bank is the top building on upper right in the rendering photo below. The proposals are everything else shown in the rendering. Rendering courtesy of Barry Polzin Architects, photo grab from wluc tv6 new.

Below photo, how it currently looks now:



https://www.uppermichiganssource.com...arquette-icon/

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^ Well that is exciting! Thanks for sharing. Can you imagine if this were to happen, along with Veridea Group's proposed redevelopment of the Flagstar / First National Bank Complex, right across the street?

The Fifth Third Bank Building in downtown Traverse City reminds me a lot of the old Savings Bank Building in Marquette. I wonder if the designers of the TC building drew inspiration from the Marquette architecture.

I will add this proposal to the rundown. And here's some more screen grabs from that news article for the folks out there -










Source: WLUC

[joemits]

Yes, that will be a big deal if it comes to fruition! Thanks for those other screen grabs. I couldn't get the others to load to my photo account and kind of gave up.

[joemits]

Two Marquette place below:




Customs House Below:

[Thirteen Mile]

Wow that would be huge for Marquette. That’s a sweet late 1800s lookin customs house I never even knew it was there.

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Traverse City -

I found some sharp-looking finished photos of 4Front Credit Union's new office. Due to the pandemic, many employees still have not stepped foot in here -








Source: LinkedIn | Cunningham-Limp Development Company

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Traverse City -

This one wasn't really on my radar, but a $10 million remodel (+ a $23 million property sale) is certainly worth a mention on here! The former Holiday Inn is now the Delamar Traverse City, and just in time for what is sure to be a resurgent tourist season -

See inside Traverse City waterfront resort after $10M renovation, rebranding
Justine Lofto | MLive
Updated May 14, 2021; Posted May 13, 2021

I like the firewood in the lobby, even if it's just decorative, it's a cool gesture -
















Source: MLive | Courtesy Greenwich Hospitality Group

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Traverse City -

The 309 W. Front St. project got a big boost yesterday with news that the Michigan Strategic Fund Board voted to provide financial support in the form of a $2.9 million Michigan Community Revitalization Program performance-based loan. The 91-uit apartment development is expected to generate a total capital investment of $25.3 million.

The board also voted in support of the new, mixed-use building planned at 7303 W. McNichols in Detroit, which is expected to generate a total capital investment of $10.4 million. A $1.25 million MCRP loan will be provided to that project.

Detroit, Traverse City projects win support from the Michigan Strategic Fund, bringing new opportunities for economic growth, local vitality
Kathleen Achtenberg | MEDC Press Release
May 25, 2021

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Traverse City -

A view of West Shore Bank, with Commongrounds steel framing in the background -


Source: LinkedIn | Cunningham-Limp Development Company

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Ludington -

Construction is underway at Lofts on Rowe, and this article includes a few more existing photos that we'll be able to compare against soon. The existing interior very much looks like a place from the late 19th century -

Lofts on Rowe construction underway
Justin Coper | Ludington Daily News
May 19, 2021; Updated May 20, 2021

Source: Ludington Daily News

[DetroitSky]

Yeah, the interior looks practically untouched. Kind of a shame to lose that, but an occupied historic building is better than an empty one.