A small development, but Frandor-based Bake 'N Cakes chose a little non-descript buildings in southwest Lansing. It opened last month on MLK near Miller. It was really kind of surprising they chose this particular area given that there are definitely distressed parts.
They took advantage of the Corridor Facade Program, which is a seperate program for the facade improvement program for downtown. I'd like to see the city push this one harder and see more businesses reach out. The Corridor Facade Program offers three different levels of grants, the first being a small grant for the development of renderings and designs/signage, a micro-facade grant for small improvements to facades like such as painting projects, lighting, door/window repairs, etc., and then full facade grants, which includes full reconstructions and redesigns and such. Each of these are 50% matches.