[DetroitMan]

A development that would bring 500 apartments to the site of Dublin Square Irish Pub has been proposed for Downtown East Lansing.

500 apartments, new high-rise buildings proposed in downtown East Lansing

Owner, operator and multifamily housing developer The Michaels Organization officials spoke on the project at an East Lansing Downtown Development meeting Thursday that would raze the pub. The proposal includes 201 student apartments, 209 other apartments and 93 "essential" or affordable housing units in three separate buildings of 12-, seven- and four-stories, respectively.

However, Dublin Square fans can rest assured as the proposed plans include putting the popular pub back into the proposed 12-story building for that site.

“Dublin Square will always be Dublin Square," pub property owner and real estate developer Paul Vlahakis said Thursday.

If the plan comes to fruition, a four-story affordable housing building would be developed at the corner of Valley Court and Evergreen Avenue. A 604-space parking garage would be developed northwest of that building and a seven-story student housing building would be built to the east, according to the site plan.

https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/...s/69596792007/