The new Hilton Garden Inn in downtown Flint has officially opened its doors. Lots more photos at the article link (like, an exorbitant amount) -

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The design for the new Flint YMCA by AECOM-Detroit recently won the 2020 Phil Freelon National Design Award, an award given by NOMA (National Organization of Minority Architects). Phil Freelon was a minority architect who passed away last year at the age of 66. He is probably best known for being a design lead on the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Sadly, the funding for this project is currently up in the air (for now) due to the pandemic.

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Source: LinkedIn | G. Jerry Attia (AECOM)

With over 9,700 lead service lines replaced, the city estimates that it has less than 500 to go - and that they will be replaced by the end of this year. Construction on the new chemical treatment building and backup water source pipeline continue, and are scheduled to be complete in 2021. This is about as good of news as one could hope for, in this seemingly never-ending saga that is still painful for so many Flint residents - long after it has faded from national headlines, yet long from the collective stigma fading in the perceptions of those around the country & the globe.

I was in Flint briefly earlier today. Learning Commons appears to be topped out. I also noticed that work looks like its starting at 615 Louisa Street.

From Oombra's site:

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How the building looks currently:

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From the plans, it looks like that lobby will be a pretty cool interior space.

Update on the Memorial Healthcare Neurology Center in Owosso - a 12,000 SF concrete pour, from about 2 weeks ago now -

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Source: LinkedIn | Spence Brothers

In total, this increases Consumers Energy's total solar energy capacity from 10 MW to 16 MW.

Here are some more photos of the new Owosso Memorial Healthcare Neurology Center. I promise I am not trying to turn this into an Owosso thread - it's just that this is a good-sized project for Owosso, and the CM keeps posting great photos online -

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Source: LinkedIn | Spence Brothers

The owner of the former Riverview Industrial Park is seeking city brownfield plan approval (up to $2.5 million) for a potential $14.2 million investment in renovations & new construction. A public hearing is scheduled for March 8 - the owner wants to ambitiously start construction this Spring -

The push for a tiny house initiative in Flint is gaining steam. The effort is being led by Catholic Charities of Shiawassee and Genesee Counties, which recently purchased two parcels of land from the Genesee County Land Bank to build two model houses under 450 SF. The land is on Root St. across from Catholic Charities parking lot (I think here)? Grant moneys from the Clara Lionel Foundation (founded by Rihanna) will be used to build the homes, which are intended to serve as an example of what could be done elsewhere in the city / counties -

We've been overdue for an update on this one (no pun intended).

After the bond and millage proposals passed, construction started last year to remodel the Flint Public Library. The total construction cost is around $27.6 million, $12.6 million of which is funded by public bonds, with the rest mostly from from grants and donations. The mid-century building originally opened in 1958. The remodel aims to update systems infrastructure and maximize the amount of publicly available space. The estimated completion is August 2021 -

Renderings -

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Interior construction progress, posted today -

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Source: LinkedIn | Clark Contracting Services

Kettering's Learning Commons topped out a while ago. The structural steel framing is all but done now. These photos are from a little over a month ago -

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Source: Facebook | Kettering University

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Source: Facebook | Kettering University

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Source: Facebook | Kettering University

FPL Renovation

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Sloan Museum Renovation
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^ Nice! I didn't realize that they were doing those big roof projections. It wasn't evident from the renderings I posted earlier.

The second picture is Sloan Museum.

Woops. Thanks... I missed the caption. Still looks good though! :tup:

UM-Flint Murchie Science Building Expansion.

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Thanks for the update! I think that this turned out great. Here's a virtual tour / walkthrough -

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New development for former Delphi facility will create dozens of new jobs and economic activity for Flint

They tore down that nasty ass Club 69 at the corner of Saginaw and 10th. It's being replaced by a brand new GHS clinic.

Kettering University Learning Commons progress. Screen grabs taken from a recent video posted by Clark Construction -

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Source: LinkedIn | Clark Construction Company

There was a massive fire in downtown Lapeer yesterday, with the result being the loss of two historic buildings in the core downtown area along Nepessing St. I believe a neighboring third building was damaged, but has not been torn down yet.

Lots of videos and pictures out there on various news sites.