1) The East Lansing Park District project team presented the process and preferred alternative master plan to the East Lansing City Council. 2) Over multiple public workshops and charrettes, the team gathered feedback on priorities and design concepts from the community. 3) The preferred alternative includes 490 apartments, 900 parking spaces, 50,000 square feet of retail, and a 120 room hotel organized around a central public space with connections to the existing park.

1. East Lansing Park District
Presentation to East Lansing
City Council
December 10, 2013
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2. Project Schedule
1.
Charrette #1: Preliminary
Visioning Workshop
SEPT. 30
2.
MSU Student Design Project
OCT. 4-5
3.
Charrette #2: Design
Workshop
OCT. 16
4.
Charrette #3: Present
Alternatives For Feedback
NOV. 14
5.
Refinement of Site Plan
DEC. 10
6.
Conceptual Plans & Site Plan
Submission to E. Lansing
City Staff
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3. Balancing City and Developer Needs
CITY OBJECTIVES
CITY OBJECTIVES
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Revitalize District
Make the park a greater
City asset
Protect neighborhoods
from impact
Preserve views to park
Incorporate mixed use
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DEVELOPER NEEDS
DEVELOPER NEEDS
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Utility upgrades
Improved street
circulation and access
Brownfield clean up
Financially viable project
Ability to respond to
market needs

4. Recap of Charrette #1
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Explain design process, site
and economic factors
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What is most important to
you?
─ A highly walkable district
─ Mixed use
─ Attractive streetscape and
gathering spaces
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What would you like to see?
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PREFERRED IMAGES

5. Recap of Charrette #2
Master Plan Exercise
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Stickers show location
of uses
Public Realm Exercise
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Sketches for public
realm & amenities
Massing Exercise
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Blocks to reflect use of
each floor
Stack blocks to reflect
scale of buildings
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6. After Charrette #2…
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Refined ideas
into 4 concepts
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Dual
residential
buildings
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Then to 2
“practical
alternatives” to
present at
Charrette #3
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Central
plaza/
access to
park
Realign
Evergreen
Housing views to park
Visual connection to park
and Farmer’s Market
Evergreen/
Valley ct.
Realigned
Hotel @
Abbot/
Grand River
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Farmers
Market
structure
Retail/
residential @
Abbot/Albert
Flexible public plaza
space
More concentrated
development node

7. Feedback Received:
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Post-it notes to
identify features
you like best on
each alternative
Option #1
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General preference for Option #1
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Low enthusiasm for the public plaza in
option #2
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Concern regarding parking ramp
locations & access
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Ownership status/timing of
development
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Concern for traffic flow & access to
Albert
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Recap of Charrette #3
Work with People’s Church
Option #2

8. Changes in Response to Comments
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Redesign of Parkside building pass-throughs & open
spaces
Evergreen realignment
Maintain line of sight & connection to Valley Court
Park
Convenient parking
Still in Refinement:
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Access into district from Abbot & Grand River
Traffic Study/on-street parking
Defining Users – grocer, office, commercial, residential
People’s Church concerns
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9. Continued Discussion with Potential Users
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Mid-rise residential
Office space
Hotel
Urban grocery
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Restaurants/cafes
Retail
900 ± parking spaces

10. Preferred Alternative
Master Plan – Level One
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11. Preferred Alternative
Program Summary
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490 Apartments
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900+ Parking Spaces
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50,000 SF of Retail
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120 Room Hotel
Master Plan – Upper Levels
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12. Preferred Alternative
Aerial View
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13. Preferred Alternative
Albert Street looking West
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14. Preferred Alternative
Albert Street looking East
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15. Preferred Alternative
View from Valley Court Park
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16. Preferred Alternative
Fly Through
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