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• GR Press moving
  Yesterday, 08:37 PM| Agreed. I hope they don't lock the space up and forget about it. I heard they knew the MSU medical building was too small when they built it; maybe something will happen in stages a few years down the road. Joe MJLO, on , said: In the Mlive article about the sale...
• GR Press moving
  Yesterday, 08:29 AM| I had high hopes for that spot. Hopefully soon we see something. And hopefully when that spot does get filled in we see some improvements to monroe.
• GR Press moving
  Jan 27 2012 10:04 PM| In the Mlive article about the sale it mentions that they have no immediate plans. So i'm assuming they will enjoy the convenient parking immediately. It mentions they may want to use the press property for lab space. What I dont want to see is the Press buildi...
• GR Press moving
  Jan 27 2012 07:14 PM| GRDadof3, on , said: Big news: http://www.lansingst..._medium=twitter MSU bought the building and all the parking lots North of I-196. This is actually some pretty exciting news. As for use, The least surprising result would be demolition for parking, with the land...
• GR Press moving
  Jan 27 2012 03:54 PM| Here's the GR Press article. Impressive! The GR Press building is one building I would NOT be sad to see come down for a temporary parking lot: http://www.mlive.com...s_press_bu.html
• Cascade Township developer in talks with new grocer
  Jan 27 2012 03:18 PM| I heard a lot of it has to do with Logistics. Can they build multiple stores? Is it close enough to other stores to make it feasible to ship product (remember, that is what killed Fresh Market - the Cascade store was doing fine, but other stores closed and they weren...
• City looking for development proposals for Fulton & Ionia surface lot
  Jan 27 2012 03:13 PM| I agree it should be mixed use (which I think the city called for), but I don't think they'd get move forward until they got a long-term office user (or two). Joe
• New Construction and Renovations in the Heartside District
  Jan 27 2012 03:11 PM| Yeah, the dust is really flying today. I can see a plume of dust from my office and a lot of trucks getting loaded up with debris. Joe
• GR Press moving
  Jan 27 2012 02:03 PM| When i posted the student housing on mlive, it was in conversation about whats going to happen with olds manor now. As far as the press building i think that its gonna go through demo and continue to add on to the medical mile.
• GR Press moving
  Jan 27 2012 01:53 PM| I don't think that there is any doubt that the rank and file (or what is left of it) at the Press knew that the building ultimately would be sold. MLive has already announced its new quarters, and given the tremendous staff reductions, there was no need for the ol...