Kalamazoo Crane

[bneidlinger]

Well, I started taking pictures of all the new and recent developments around kzoo but my camera died. Here is the few pics I did get.

View from the Radisson Ramp of the Millder Paddock building crane

Now down to the street, this is a newly renovated Michigan Ave. Building

Here is a view of the site from Bronson Park

Up close shot from across South Street - still working on pouring the underground garage. By the way, that 3 story brick building in the background is brand new Devissor Place

Also, snapped the front entrance of the new Chem building on WMU's main campus

[dtown]

Nice crane! So, about that underground garage. How many floors underground is that, and what development is it a part of?

thanks in advance.

[bneidlinger]

It should have 2 underground parking levels plus 2 levels above ground. Atop that should be 4 floors for offices - this building is being developed primarily for Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone attorneys by the Catalyst/Greenleaf Companies. They have outgrown their old office building several block away. There will still be space left for other businesses as well though and although it was scrapped; I believe they may still leave the option of adding 3 floors of condos up top of all that.

[RustTown]

Kazoo has such awesome potential, and it's good to see it finally being realized. I need to make it over that way, sometime. They seem to be doing a lot right in terms of urban development, in fact, more right than quite a few other larger cities in the city.

[dtown]

Sounds interesting, thanks for the info. Ive been wanting to take a visit to Kzoo myself, mabe next summer.

[bneidlinger]

I'll have a few more pics soon; I am quite pleased with how the redevelopment of the Michigan Ave/Pitcher building is going. The orginial building is a 3 and 2 story and they have so far added on a 4 floor wing which has the facade going up as I type. However, so far i'm not 100% sure if I like the facade so much as well as the original brick building on the corner.

[GR8scott]

good pics, I have been meaning to get some myself, there have been a lot of really nice redevelopments in the past couple years several on the north side of DT that I would love to get some shots of.

[dtown]

Definitly, id really like to see some of them, as im not familiar with Kzoo, and would like to learn/see a little more of it.

[egrguy]

Sounds interesting, thanks for the info. Ive been wanting to take a visit to Kzoo myself, mabe next summer.

[suydam]

I'd think you'd like Kzoo, however, it is nice in the summer, it just feels a little bit slower and would personally recommend visiting while school is session as the activity is much higher and the city bustles with activity.