By Rachel Greco (via Lansing State Journal)
When the Lansing Housing Commission bought land at the intersection of Kalamazoo Street and Grand Avenue a few years ago the public housing agency also bought the nearby 6,180-square-foot commercial building at 405 S. Grand Avenue.
The move was intentional, said Doug Fleming, the commission’s executive director. So is the timing of efforts to begin marketing the property to prospective tenants.
In June, the commission will celebrate the completion of two new apartment buildings. Riverview 220 and Grand Vista Place, both four stories tall and offering more than 100 affordable and low-income apartments combined, are nearly ready.
Those residents will benefit from service-based businesses, and Fleming said he didn’t want to wait and see what would eventually occupy the single-story building at 405 S. Grand Avenue. Buying the property for approximately $450,000, which previously housed a Baryames Cleaners, Boost Mobile store, and State Farm office, was a “proactive measure,” he said.
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