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.
Source: Amaya Kuznicki via WILX
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - A plan to bring more than 500 housing units to Downtown Lansing is one step closer to breaking ground. On Thursday, the city announced the Lansing Brownfield Redevelopment Authority approved the more than $300 million proposal.
Source: Jordyn Burrell with WILX
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Downtown Lansing Inc. has received over a million dollars from the state of Michigan to make improvements that will hopefully attract young people to move our city and stay here.
“Young people are leaving the state and young people from other places aren’t moving here,” said Ronald Fisher, Professor of Economics at Michigan State University.
Lansing, Mich. — The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) is announcing an award of $1,370,000 in grant funds to Downtown Lansing Inc. (DLI) through the Talent Investment Pilot program. The funds are a component of the fiscal year 2024 state budget supplemental appropriations administered by LEO and will be used to support streetscape improvements that help create the types of dense, walkable and vibrant city spaces sought after by younger generations of job seekers.
LANSING — The Capital Area Transportation Authority is expanding its downtown Lansing presence with a new administrative building.
Board members approved on Monday a $1 million purchase of 511 S. Washington Ave, a former Greyhound Bus station near its downtown transportation center at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Lenawee Street
LANSING, Mich. – Mayor Andy Schor, in partnership with the Lansing Economic Development Corporation, the Saginaw Corridor Improvement Authority (SCIA), and the Arts Council of Greater Lansing today announced that artists have been chosen to decorate letters in the upcoming “LANSING” Sign Placemaking Project. A request for artists was released earlier this summer, asking for area artists to submit a proposed design for one letter in the project.
Featured winning artists include:
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Many buildings in Downtown Lansing sit vacant, and fewer workers commute to work, leading to even fewer businesses setting up shop.
Following a decline in foot traffic due to the COVID-19 pandemic business leaders and officials are looking to bring back a thriving downtown.
The challenge Downtown Lansing is facing is moving beyond the nine-to-five routine it currently has. State employees commute downtown for work but that simply isn’t enough. Repurposing unused space is one option in hopes of transforming the heart of the city.
