Yep. One thing East Lansing has never been able to kick is the idea of itself as a "small town." The NIMBY attitude is why you've seen East Lansing sprawl up north creating the Northern Tier, the area the city annexed in the 00's. Only fairly recently as people began begging for city living are developers racing trying to force the issue downtown.
So far what's happening is that downtown is mostly extending east down Grand River, but also a bit west up Grand River. And, after shutting down the redevelopment of Cedar Village (south of Grand River, east of Bogue) back in 2006, they are now close to allowing taller stuff there to reduce pressure on downtown.
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