The Lansing City Council is considering a proposal to loan Troppo restaurant owner Kris Elliott $440,000 to move his Downtown Lansing restaurant across the street.
According to excerpts from the article:
Elliott wants to move the upscale restaurant at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Washington Square from the southeast corner of the intersection to the northeast corner. It would be located in a new building attached to the One Michigan Avenue office building.
Elliott led a $10 million buyout of the office building,which includes a National City bank branch and local offices for IBM, earlier this year.
Officials say the project, which would top $1 million, is a way to reshape downtown's main intersection of Michigan and Washington Square—and provide more fuel for a developing entertainment district.
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