[msb-alumni] Re: Developer Proposes to Transform Lansing's Historic Abigail Building (MSB's Main Building)
- From: "Donald R. Bowman" <donaldbowman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 16:08:16 -0400
Now, this is good news. Yes, wouldn't that be something; if some of us became
neighbors in that building?
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Donald Bowman
www.blindmassage.com
On Apr 18, 2014, at 3:49 PM, Steve <pipeguy920@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Now, wouldn't it be fun if a lot of us could get housing there, lol.
Steve
Developer proposes transforming Lansing's historic Abigail Building in $15M
project .
LANSING - Lansing city officials have announced a $15 million project to
redevelop the Abigail Building on the former campus of the Michigan School for
the Blind on Lansing's north side. Officials said Harbor Springs-based
developer G.A. Haan Development will develop the building into 44 units of
affordable housing while preserving the 99-year-old building's unique
architecture. "This is going to be a masterpiece of urban renewal," Mayor Virg
Bernero said. "Angels sometimes come without wings, and this guy, Gerald Haan,
is the angel of this project. The Lansing campus of the state-owned School for
the Blind closed in the fall of 1995 and the few remaining students were moved
to Flint. The Abigail building, located in the 700 block of West Willow Street,
served as the administration building for the school. The city, which later
took control of the property, has been seeking a developer for the Abigail
building for several years, Bernero said. He said the expansion of housing will
help further revitalize the city's nearby Old Town neighborhood. Anticipated
financing for the project includes low income housing tax credits and other
funding from the Michigan State Housing Development Authority and a $12 million
loan from the Lansing-based Great Lakes Capital Fund. Great Lakes Capital Fund
now owns the site through its subsidiary, the Preservation Nonprofit Housing
Corporation. Local partners on the project include the Ingham County Land Bank
and the Greater Lansing Housing Coalition. Robert Johnson, the city's director
of planning and neighborhood development, said groundbreaking likely would
occur next year.
Steve
Class of '72
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