LANSING, MI A 113-year-old former train station in Michigans capital city is on deck to become a mixed-use community space if a brownfield redevelopment plan is approved, according to a news release from the city mayors office.<\/p>\n
Most recently occupied by Claras Restaurant, the historic train station, 637 E. Michigan Ave., sits vacant in downtown Lansings Michigan Avenue Corridor just a few blocks from the Capitol building. The Gillespie Group has plans to develop it.<\/p>\n
The redevelopment of the train station on the Michigan Avenue Corridor will be the latest project to further revitalize the Stadium District in downtown Lansing, Mayor Andy Schor said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Recent development in the area includes the opening of the Capital City Market and the Courtyard by Marriott hotel.<\/p>\n
The repurposing of this now vacant building will help create an even more vibrant Michigan Avenue, while still allowing residents to enjoy its historic charm, Schor said.<\/p>\n
The news release was short on details about what the redeveloped building would offer, but said plans include mixed-use space for the entire community to enjoy.<\/p>\n
The Gillespie Group has invested in and redeveloped downtown Lansing for more than a decade, including the BLOCK600 brownfield project across the street from the train station, which redeveloped several vacant, contaminated parcels, including a former gas station.<\/p>\n
Brownfield plans are used to capture new property taxes generated by private investment as reimbursement for the cost of cleaning up contaminated sites.<\/p>\n
The Gillespie Group has asked the City of Lansing and Lansing Brownfield Redevelopment Authority to amend the Michigan Avenue brownfield plan to include train station property.<\/p>\n
LBRA approved the amended plan during a meeting on Friday, April 9. The Lansing City Council received the plan from the mayors office during its meeting on Monday; no action was taken.<\/p>\n
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