113-year-old Michigan train station to be redeveloped into mixed-use community space – MLive.com

LANSING, MI A 113-year-old former train station in Michigans capital city is on deck to become a mixed-use community space if a brownfield redevelopment plan is approved, according to a news release from the city mayors office.

Most recently occupied by Claras Restaurant, the historic train station, 637 E. Michigan Ave., sits vacant in downtown Lansings Michigan Avenue Corridor just a few blocks from the Capitol building. The Gillespie Group has plans to develop it.

The redevelopment of the train station on the Michigan Avenue Corridor will be the latest project to further revitalize the Stadium District in downtown Lansing, Mayor Andy Schor said in a statement.

Recent development in the area includes the opening of the Capital City Market and the Courtyard by Marriott hotel.

The repurposing of this now vacant building will help create an even more vibrant Michigan Avenue, while still allowing residents to enjoy its historic charm, Schor said.

The news release was short on details about what the redeveloped building would offer, but said plans include mixed-use space for the entire community to enjoy.

The Gillespie Group has invested in and redeveloped downtown Lansing for more than a decade, including the BLOCK600 brownfield project across the street from the train station, which redeveloped several vacant, contaminated parcels, including a former gas station.

Brownfield plans are used to capture new property taxes generated by private investment as reimbursement for the cost of cleaning up contaminated sites.

The Gillespie Group has asked the City of Lansing and Lansing Brownfield Redevelopment Authority to amend the Michigan Avenue brownfield plan to include train station property.

LBRA approved the amended plan during a meeting on Friday, April 9. The Lansing City Council received the plan from the mayors office during its meeting on Monday; no action was taken.

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