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The University of Michigan is looking at taking steps to make its buildings bigger and greener today. The university's Board of Regents will review a proposed expansion of the law school and a report about making the school's facilities more environmentally friendly.
Another hotel is gearing up for construction in downtown Ann Arbor. The developer behind the McKinley Towne Centre complex at Washington and Division streets is planning to build a nine-story, 120 hotel on a surface parking lot at the southwest corner of the intersection early next year.
The Wireless Washtenaw project is moving forward from its pilot phase, looking at expanding its coverage area in the southwest corner of the county. The organizers behind the initiative hope to have the entire county covered by the fall of 2008.
The shovels are about to dig in at the Lower Town development on Ann Arbor's north side. Construction is expected to wrap up in late 2009.
The feds are stepping in just as workers are putting shovels in the ground for the renovation of Michigan Stadium. The $226-million project is expected to be finished by the beginning of the 2010 football season without interfering with any home games.
Ypsilanti officials are getting ready to turn on the new lights at Riverside Park. The ciy just finished installing 24 new lights there, replacing an old, corroded system that had failed.
Ann Arbor will hold a public meeting on the Ann Arbor City Apartments project on Friday evening. The development would create 146 downtown apartments and 241 parking spaces at corner of William and First streets.
Local officials from across Washtenaw County are discussing how best to capitalize on transit-oriented development that often follows big projects like the Aerotropolis and the Detroit to Ann Arbor commuter rail line. They're also looking at smaller more traditional arteries, such as redoing the Washtenaw Avenue corridor.
Local officials from across Washtenaw County are discussing how best to capitalize on transit-oriented development that often follows big projects like the Aerotropolis and the Detroit to Ann Arbor commuter rail line. They're also looking at smaller more traditional arteries, such as redoing the Washtenaw Avenue corridor.
City officials are still keeping hope alive for the Water Street project near downtown Ypsilanti. They are preparing to release a new request for proposals soon and hope to have a developer lined up to turn the 38 acres into a urban, pedestrian friendly mixed-use neighborhood.
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