$1.3 Million Building Part of Lansing Ottawa Power Station Remodel

A $1.3 million remodeled warehouse on Grand Avenue is set to be part of the Accident Fund's $182 million Ottawa Power Station redevelopment in Downtown Lansing. The warehouse is owned by former State Representative Fred Stackable.

According to excerpts from the article:

"My intention when I left the Legislature was I'd move in here, practice law here and probably die here," said Stackable, 72. "I've got an apartment upstairs, a real fireplace, garage out there where I kept my race car, and practice law here. It was made to order."

Those plans, however, changed last year. Stackable sold his building for $1.3 million as part of a complex deal that stands to remodel the idled Ottawa Power Station into the headquarters of Accident Fund Insurance Co. of America.

Stackable now is under a March 31 deadline to get out.

He's put most of the building's contents up for sale - from some of his old racing trophies and office furniture to the Jacuzzi tub in his apartment bathroom.

"We have basically salvaged the building," said Hal Redman, owner of Delta Township-based Redman Enterprises, which is running a sale at the building through Saturday. "There's just all kinds of things in here."

After Stackable moves out, the building is likely to sit vacant until the fall, when work is expected to pick up on the $182 million Accident Fund project.

Stackable's building, a vacant building attached to the north and part of a city-owned parking garage over Grand Avenue all are slated to be razed eventually.

Read the entire article here.