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New Michigan Avenue Development Project Announced

Mixed-Use Project to Redevelop Blighted Buildings and Create Permanent Jobs LANSING, Mich. – Mayor Virg Bernero and the Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) announced a major new redevelopment project in the East Town region of Michigan Avenue to be completed by 2200 Block, LLC, an affiliate...

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Abandoned State Warehouse Could Get New Lease on Life

Abandoned State Warehouse Could Get New Lease on Life LANSING, Mich. – Mayor Virg Bernero, project developers and the Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) today announced that a long vacant, multi-story building on the city’s Eastside is set to be rehabilitated and repurposed for commercial use....

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Everstream Invests in Historic Knapp’s Centre

Company relocates to downtown Lansing; Prepares for growth LANSING, Mich. – Everstream, a superregional fiber-based network service provider, is opening its Michigan regional office in downtown Lansing’s historic Knapp’s Centre, 300 S. Washington Sq.,—building upon the company’s commitment to growing jobs and investing in the region’s...

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Two REO Town Buildings Slated for Redevelopment

LANSING, Mich. – Mayor Virg Bernero and LEAP announced today that two functionally obsolete buildings located on South Washington Avenue in REO Town are slated for redevelopment into mixed-use buildings featuring Blue Owl Coffee Co., Michigan Creative, as well as an additional restaurant concept. The...

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LEAP Leads Regional Mission to Italy

LANSING, Mich. – The Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) continues its regional direct foreign business attraction efforts by once again traveling to Italy to conduct several days of direct prospect visits, as well as nurturing the development of crucial, high-level relationships between Global Lansing leadership and...

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