The $12.5 million Downtown Lansing Stadium District development announced that it’s ready
for its first tenants by placing a large neon side out front. The
mixed-use space is just one of several new developments lining Michigan
Avenue.
According to excerpts from the article:
The
stadium district is ready for residents. Today developers raised the
stadium district sign to the front of the building. It's one of the
last steps to prepare the building for move-in day, which for some
residents will happen as early as this month.
When David Sell decided to open a new nightclub in Downtown Lansing, he knew he was on to something.
David Sell, Harem Managing Partner: "This is
Lansing's first urban lounge. It's actually a large dance club and
lounge that's modeled after dance clubs that you have in big cities."
Last week Harem Urban Lounge opened to huge crowds, proving to Sell downtown is the place to be.
David
Sell: "I think they're really beginning to invest in downtown Michigan.
This is the capital of Michigan, it needs to be a jewel of a city."
Harem
Urban Lounge isn't the only new business planting itself in Downtown
Lansing. Right now, there are new businesses popping up all over the
area.
Bob Trezise, Lansing Economic
Development Corporation: "We have a half billion dollars of new private
investment occurring downtown."
Bob Trezise
says by this summer the stadium district and a high end men's hair
salon will join Harem Urban Lounge on Michigan Avenue, while Washington
Avenue serve as home to the popular food joints Jimmy Johns and Mennas.
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