Developer Pat Gillespie is doing something he’s been wanting to do for a long time – create enough attractions by the Grand River in Downtown Lansing that citizens go there to live, work and play.
“We always hear that we’re not Portland, we’re not San Antonio, we’re
not all of these other cities that people utilize for bikes and
kayaks,” Gilles
pie says. “Everything seems to pull you away from the
water. Now we’re trying to push people toward the water.”
Gillespie recently announced a $24 to $26 million development plan that
includes putting several properties along Shiawassee and Cedar Streets,
including two residential towers with 130 to 160 units, a 10,000 square foot
commercial property on the water and an entertainment park near the
water.
The plan encompasses the old City Market,
which Gillespie wants to redesign and move closer to the riverfront.
The mixed use building on the river will include boat slips, bike
rentals and kayak rentals.
Gillespie wants to break ground on the project by 2009.
Source: Pat Gillespie, Gillespie Group
Ivy Hughes, development news editor, can be reached here.
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