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Site Clearing To Begin At Red Cedar Development

Red Cedar development rendering image
A rendering of the planned Red Cedar development along Michigan Avenue in Lansing.

Site clearing on Lansing’s Red Cedar development project is scheduled to begin today.

The $270-million project is expected to include two hotels, residential housing, retail, and restaurant space along the Michigan Avenue Corridor on the site of the former Red Cedar golf course.

There’s a brownfield plan of $54-million in infrastructure work over 30 years for the project. With interest, diverted tax revenues are expected to cost the city and the state $123-million.

A press release from mayor Andy Schor’s office indicates that closing on the sale of the property is expected in the next few weeks. The city and the developer, Continental/Ferguson, have agreed to the site clearing schedule in order to meet necessary timelines.

An official groundbreaking is expected next month, with construction completed in the fall of 2022.

Scott Pohl has maintained an on-call schedule reporting for WKAR following his retirement after 36 years on the air at the station.
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