Demolition to lead the way for apartments\, hotels\, and shopping

MORE PROGRESS TODAY... INMAKING DOWNTOWN LANSING LESS OFA FOODDESERT.DEMOLITION HAS BEGUN AT THECORNER OF MICHIGAN AVENUE ANDLARCH STREET.IT'S THE FUTURE SITE OF THEMULTI-USE SPACE THAT WILLINCLUDE A HOTEL..APARTMENTS..

AND A MINI-MEIJER.THE PROJECT IS BEING RUN BY THEGILLESPIE GROUP.LAST YEAR... PAT GILLESPIEREFERRED TO THE DEVELOPMENT...AS A "GAME-CHANGER" FORDOWNTOWN LANSING."WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTIN DOWNTOWN LANSING OVER THELAST 10 YEARS, AND WE THINK THISPROJECT WILL BE AS IMPACTFUL ASANY OF THEM, MAYBE MORE, BECAUSEOF THE GROCERY STORE AND THEHOTELBRINGING SO MANY PEOPLE DOWNHERE."IN ADDITION TO PROVIDINGAFFORDABLE FOOD OPTIONS... THEOPENING OF A GROCERYSTORE WILL ALSO BRING BETWEEN 25TO 30 JOBS TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.THE HOTEL PORTION OF THEDEVELOPMENT WILL NEED TO BESTAFFED AS WELL.THE ENTIRE PROJECT SHOULD BECOMPLETED BY OCTOBER O