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Activists had suggested the Deluxe BWL substation blamed Inn site as a potential for the Central Sub- station multiple times. However, because Developer cancels hotel project at DeLuxe Inn site it was under an option at the time, it was C ruled out, city and BWL officials said. OF THE WEEK The developer who planned to build of Washington Avenue across the street BWL officials also said even if the proper- an extended stay hotel on the former De- from the site, Huszti said the developer ty were available, the 2.2-acre site was too luxe Inn site in downtown Lansing has withdrew because property taxes would small to house the substation. They said withdrawn the offer, blaming the pro- be higher than expected, development it would require purchasing additional posed Lansing Board of Water & Light rules increased the cost of the project property, including apartments on the substation and other concerns. and a market study had downgraded the eastern side of the property. Those apart- "The Electric Sub Station to be built property as an acceptable location for an ments would have to be demolished. across the street is not conducive to hav- extended stay hotel. The collapse of the hotel project is the ing a 4 story (40' tall) zero lot line hotel Karl Dorshimer, director of business latest entry in the storied history on this building adjacent to 50' high electric tow- development for the Lansing Economic property. The Land Bank purchased the ers and lines, " the developer said in an Area Partnership, said that the “City property from foreclosure in 2009. Be- Oct. 13 email to Eric Schertzing, chair- Planning Dept requested that the Devel- fore that, the hotel on the site was the man of the Ingham County Land Bank. oper modify their normal suburban de- source of drugs, violence and commercial The developer, M2M2 LLC of sign into a more urban design, using high sex work, city officials said at the time. Grand Rapids, optioned the property quality materials. As a gateway property The hotel was demolished in 2010 and with the Land Bank in February. The it is very important that the Development the property has sat empty since. City Council approved the substation meets the vision the City, and REO Town Ryan Wert, executive director of the Property: Division Street Alley in late September. have for the site.” commercial association for nearby REO East Lansing Schertzing, who is also the county He said that despite the project's fail- Town, said the group was “disappointed” treasurer, said despite the set back, he be- ure, the property “has generated a lot of but looked forward to new possibilities on the site. Running north from Grand River, this “We hope that this creates an oppor- week’s feature departs from the usual focus on tunity for other interested developers to object buildings. In contrast to the typical utili- pursue the property, and would love to tarian, avoidable alleys, this place is an assem- see an iconic mixed use structure on the bly of individual elements, including one par- site in the future,” Wert said. ticularly clever background building, that are Such an “iconic” development was en- combined to make a greater whole. In total, visioned in 2010 by the Land Bank and the composition makes for great urbanism. others: a $30 million, seven-story and The alley, which is located between Bailey four-story building complex that form an and Division streets, has long been embel- L-shape along Washington Avenue and lished with a winding brick path, plus a the Grand River. It included a mixed-use” kinetic water sculpture that anchors the development with permanent condos and north end of the lane. Recent additional rental apartments as well as commercial flourishes have transformed the site. What Courtesy Image and retail space at the lower levels. would otherwise be an ill-defined, transition- A rendering from 2010 of a vision by the Ingham County Land Bank for the old The rendering does not show it, but al space, now serves as a delightful, attrac- Deluxe Inn site. A Grand Rapids developer optioned the land for a hotel but pulled there is a design for a 20-foot deck that tive place. A new mosaic mural depicting out in part because of the BWL substation to be built across the street. extends beyond the riverbank that is East Lansing landmarks was installed along the walls this past summer. Crowdfunding about 30 feet above the water level. sources were employed to raise monies for lieves the property can still be developed interest from multiple developers.” He There would be roughly 153,000 the mural, which was created by the East to the benefit of the community.