It's been a quiet few weeks, development news-wise. A few things popped up in the past few days though -
1. Maybe "4th time's the charm" when it comes to cracking the code for a lasting downtown theater complex -
It's reported that the doors might reopen sometime in 2024. I don't know what would take them so long - AMC heavily remodeled & updated the facilities just 5 years ago. My best guess is they are just being conservative with the timeframe, in order to align financing, a theater management partner, etc.
2. This article worries me. It sounds like instead of getting
any building development on the block bounded by
Westnedge, Kalamazoo, Cooley, and Eleanor, we might end up with another surface lot, to support the new justice center. This just runs contrary to everything in the city's master plan, for bringing dense, mixed-use, walkable development to Arcadia West. I don't know what is being discussed between the city and the county and WMU behind closed doors. But there is already an entire block of new surface parking to serve the new county building, immediately east of here. I hope I am wrong, or, at the very least, that any surface lots are short-term -
3. The Kalamazoo National Guard Armory will undergo a ~ $5 million renovation to bring more gender equity. The current facility, at
5353 Parkview Ave., was built in 1977 -