By Ed Coury (via WKAR Public Media)
Downtown Lansing’s retail revival may be picking up steam, as new businesses move into long-vacant storefronts and a major development reshapes the city’s core.
At the start of 2025, downtown’s retail vacancy rate stood at about 25%, according to Downtown Lansing Inc. By midyear, that number had dropped to roughly 18%, based on data from Martin Commercial Properties.
One of the newest additions is Craig Ryan Fine Clothing, a Michigan-based men’s clothier set to open its fifth location Tuesday in the Atrium Building on Washington Square.
The opening comes more than a year after the closure of longtime staple Kositchek’s Menswear.
Julian Delos Reyes, company president and a Williamston native, said the new store marks an exciting return to the Lansing area.
“We are excited to join the Lansing community and really just become a bridge to the future with the revitalization of downtown with the new developments that are happening,” Delos Reyes said.
Source: WKAR
