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Eastown Could Bring Third Downtown to Area

LANSING TOWNSHIP, MI-A master plan that includes office buildings and hotels, single-family and multifamily residential development, parking structures and mixed-use buildings is in the works.

By Dan Heaton | Updated on February 01, 2005

LANSING TOWNSHIP, MI-Lansing Township planners have developed a master plan that they hope will create a third “downtown” area to complement Lansing and East Lansing. They’ve dubbed it “Eastown.”

Highlights include:

  • A seven-story or higher office building and hotel between Eastwood and US 127.
  • Five parking structures, two flanking the NCG Eastwood Cinema.
  • A neighborhood north of Eastwood with 1,008 homes including condominiums and multifamily rental units.
  • A smaller office tower, extended-stay hotel and mixed-use buildings near Krispy Kreme.
  • A civic area for a town hall, library and fire station.
  • A medical campus including a 100,000-sf office facility currently being built, smaller medical buildings and 722 homes and senior housing nearby.

In Lansing Township, the bulk of the decision-making about whether to honor the township’s plan is up to one man: local developer Mike Eyde. He is the township’s largest landowner, controlling about 130 acres in the downtown district. “It’s in the best interest of Lansing Township for today and the future,” claims Eyde, who notes he is working on some deals that could be aligned with the plan. “With the visions they’ve got for this area, there will not be another more exciting place in Lansing.”

The township board will be reviewing the plan for possible adoption at several meetings later this month.

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