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What has always surprised me about downtown Lansing is that there isn't more infill development on the parking lots, particularly those owned by the state. You'd think that developers and city officials would be chomping at the bit to develop them, with parking below. It could be a condo situation. Instead, you see developers tearing down decent buildings, or proposing to do so, such as the Emil's block, the historic Lansing City Market, the proposed redevelopment of City Hall, the old YMCA, the Stadium District block, etc. I just don't get it.

A few years ago I was having a conversation with a state official who was in talks with Gillespie to build above current low rise historic buildings downtown because Gillespie seemed to think there was nowhere left to build downtown. How crazy is that? A number of years ago I created a map of all surface parking in greater downtown Lansing, which I can't seem to find right now, and it is everywhere. How can't they see that?