The Lansing City Council chose among five different developers for redevelopment of the northwest corner of Red Cedar Golf Course on Lansing's far eastside. I'm not crazy about the development, but am excited that the rest of the course will be given back to nature to control flooding and pollution. If anyone's ever been to the Tollgate Drain on the eastside, they'll really enjoy the reworking of this parkland:
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Development plan for Red Cedar Golf Course parcel includes more of parkland
By Lindsay VanHulle | Lansing State Journal
August 13, 2012
LANSING — The developers selected to repurpose a parcel of the former Red Cedar Golf Course want to incorporate more of the remaining parkland into their mixed-use project.
But the proposal from Chris Jerome and Joel Ferguson to combine retail and residential with a public park first will require voters to greenlight the sale of more golf course property than they initially authorized last fall — as many as 48 additional acres.
Jerome and Ferguson beat out four other proposals to earn city administrators’ recommendation to redevelop the 12-acre Red Cedar parcel, Mayor Virg Bernero’s office said Monday. City voters in November 2011 authorized that land sale.
Lansing City Council members will consider ballot language in committee during the next two weeks. All ballot language must be finalized by Aug. 28 to appear in the November general election. Council members intend to vote by their Aug. 27 meeting.
The proposal from Jerome and Ferguson is the only one to address the remaining parkland. Their project, known as Capital Gateway, also includes plans for the vacant Story Oldsmobile and Sawyers Pontiac dealerships nearby that Jerome’s family owns. Professional and student housing, a hotel, retail and restaurants and a public amphitheater also are components.
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BTW, the surface parking you see on the westside of the proposal and the baseball field are already in existence.
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