East Lansing is looking at a proposal that would add 45
spaces to the downtown parking lot at Albert Avenue and Bailey Street to keep
up with expansion of the downtown. The city lost 34 spaces when it put up the
Stonehouse Village III development.
According to excerpts from the article:
The proposal also calls to reconfigure the lot so
vehicles would enter on the west side of Bailey Street instead of the south
side of Albert Avenue.
The city had to sacrifice 34 public parking spots near
the Albert-Bailey intersection in order to make way for the Stonehouse Village
III redevelopment. This project would replace and possibly add 11 spaces to the
high-volume area, said Ron Springer, community development analyst for the
city.
The Stonehouse Village III project involves the
construction of a five-story, mixed-use building containing 122 parking spaces
and 36 residential condominiums on Bailey Street between Grand River and Albert
avenues.
“There’s a need for parking at this end of town,”
Springer said. “We lost 34 (spaces) available to the public, so we want to get
spaces back on line as soon as we can.”
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