Developments

Source: Asya Lawrence with Fox 47 News

“I pledge to do my part — whether that means investing my time, my ideas, my dollars, or my voice — to help Downtown Lansing grow strong.”

This is part of the pledge that many Downtown Lansing business owners and neighbors signed ahead of Thursday evening’s State of Downtown Address. I’m your Downtown Lansing neighborhood reporter, Asya Lawrence, here with what’s to come in the next 36 months for the heart of downtown.

DLI Highlights Growth & Investments Expected in the Next 36 Months at 2025 State of Downtown 

Source: Eisele Hirschel via WILX 10 

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Lansing’s skyline will have a new look in the not-too-distant future.

Contractors broke ground today to begin building ‘Tower on Grand’, a new apartment building coming to downtown Lansing.

The building will be over 300 feet tall with 28 stories.

Source: Julian Stainback WILX

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - More affordable housing will be coming to Downtown Lansing.

The Lansing Housing Commission broke ground on two new apartment buildings: Riverview 220 and Grand Vista Place.

Riverview 220 will be built across the street from the CATA Transportation Center on South Grand Avenue. It will provide 56 apartments for low-income families as well as a retail space.

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - A restaurant chain in Lansing wants to make sure children in foster care can find their forever home.

Wendy’s in downtown Lansing is holding a donation drive to help benefit the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. Dave Thomas is the founder of Wendy’s. The foundation is a non-profit that helps find adoptive families for children in the foster care system.

Source Joan Nelson via Lansing City Pulse

As we ponder our downtown these days, most of us think of government offices (drastically reduced by the exodus of 30,000 state workers since COVID); the traditional central business district with its slowly and steadily growing retail and restaurant offerings; emerging arts and entertainment entities (Grewal Hall and, under construction, the Ovation); well-regarded colleges such as LCC; and, most exciting, significant new residential development.

Source: Nick Manes via Crain’s Detroit Business

A slew of long-planned housing developments in Michigan’s capital city has expanded in scope over the last year and will now move forward with more than $200 million in state-backed financing.

Source: Mike Ellis via Lansing State Journal

LANSING — Michigan officials gave a green light Tuesday to the New Vision Lansing project, finalizing more than $200 million in tax and other incentives for the project, which covers the next 30 years.

Source: Nicholas Simon via WLNS

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding for major construction projects passed the final hurdle in Lansing, with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation saying the strategic funds will reshape the skyline of the city.

City leaders expect to see cranes in the air in the coming months, with the funds going towards the construction of shopping districts, a new skyscraper, and more than 550 new housing units—teh biggest change coming to the downtown area in a generation.

SOURCE: Lansing City Pulse 

The new year will be one of transition.