By Ed Coury (via WKAR Public Media)
Plans for the long-awaited $28 million Ovation Center in downtown Lansing are moving ahead — but with fewer architectural flourishes than originally proposed.
A bold redesign by Detroit-based Albert Kahn Associates, unveiled last year, featured sweeping glass walls and a dramatic cantilever roof. But bids came in as much as $5 million over budget, according to a City Pulse report. Rising costs, worsened by Trump-era steel tariffs, forced project leaders to reconsider.
The project has since shifted to a design-build model, with Freund & Associates replacing Kahn as construction architects in an effort to cut costs and streamline the timeline.
Source: WKAR Public Media
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