I'm visiting my folks on the east side, and detoured through Lansing on the way. Had a few minutes to walk around Lansing, and only enough time for a quick drive-through of East Lansing. It was a perfectly beautiful day for taking some photos, right before some rain rolled in. I know I missed a few things, but here's a couple shots of new construction, with some other views mixed in. The Grand River stretch in downtown East Lansing is remarkably transformed by the several high rises that have gone up.
First, Lansing -
Capitol infrastructure upgrade project
Boji Tower - mostly because it's beautiful, but it did look like some interior remodeling work was ongoing.
The Strand Theatre
Knapp's Building - it was converted to apartments a while ago.
Downtown scene along Washington Sq.
Lansing City Market, with the somewhat-recently completed Marketplace Apartments in the background.
I don't hate it as much in person. But I still thing it's uugggggggly!
Grand River Scene
Just a view of the Capitol, from the non-construction side.
I think this is formally called Metro Place. On the site of the demolished YMCA building, at the corner of Townsend and Lenawee.
Off to East Lansing, here's recently-completed 300 Grand. Another one that I didn't dislike as much in person.
Center City, which just dominates.
Urban Target drive-by. I wanted to go in (I think it's officially open to the public now). Pretty neat how it's nested right into the streetscape. Better than other similar Targets I've seen.
The Hub
The Graduate
That's it. I really wanted to take more time to capture these developments right, but I was on a time crunch, and I had my dog in the car, and he would not have been up for walking much more in the heat. Anyway, I was really impressed with how both Lansing proper and East Lansing are coming along.