The color/design scheme makes the new building look like itās 15 years old 
Not enough seafoam green.
āVintageā
Tbh it matches well with the rest of āThe Villageā and the apartments at Clark & Oberlin. Kind of stodgy, faux-classical perhaps?
So there are midrise developments either complete or in progress at all four corners of the district.
What do you all suppose will be next domino to fall? Another spot on the periphery, or will there be redevelopment in the core?
My pipedream for the district is that they start developing all those ugly swathes of surface parking between everything and make it feel more like a neighborhood and less like a strip mall. But you know the business owners would freak out.
I donāt think the Lansing will get built. At some point a couple of those banks on south side of Clark will probably go.
Wish they could replace with some underground
My guess is that either the Chick-fil-A parking lot or Tazza Kitchen corner will be next on the chopping block. I hope all of the future developments involve ground floor retail and are between 5-7 stories tall, something 10 stories or higher would seem out of place.
Plus I believe that the faux-classical design scheme best fits the āVillageā aesthetic.
It seems like the Lansing is still happening according to their instagram:
Walked by it a few weeks ago. Very vertical.
Every time I inquire with the Lansing team its always we are starting next month. This has been going on since April. Now that 2208 Garden Place is for sale their is an interesting assemblage opportunity if Lambert decides to combine all the lots including the vacant piece at the bottom of Garden Place.
I had to move over to the eastern sidewalk (sunny side) at the northern end of Enterprise on a hot day in August because the western sidewalk was closed for a long building under construction.
Assumed this was The Lansing. But maybe it was a project just south of 101 Enterprise (owned by Lambert)?
Was hot that day so wasnāt paying close attention.
Thatās 29 Enterprise condos you walked by:
Lansing is in the corner of Clark and Enterprise
The fact that none of the 1st floor condos are sold should be noticed by developers of future condo projects. Part of the advantage of living in a condo in an urban area is having an additional level of security, and not being able to reach your home at the ground level is part of that equation. IMO, a combo of ground level retail space, building amenities, parking, etc. is a better development idea.
Sure there may be a few folks who want the street level access, but Iād argue that itās not the large majority of the buyers, and if youāre going to put them on the sidewalk, make them accessible to that sidewalk.
Fifty percent sold out. Only one three bedroom left. These condo projects are hard to get off the ground. I know I always wish for more condos but I certainly understand why we donāt see more developers taking them on.
The ground floor units at 29 Enterprise feature lockable gates on their covered porches with direct sidewalk access. Similarly, The Edition on Oberlin, across the street, offers direct sidewalk access for its ground-floor units. In my opinion, the street layout plays a significant role in determining suitability. For example, 615 Peace was an ideal candidate for ground-level retail, but Iām not sure Enterprise Street would attract retail businesses. The ground floor of 29 Enterprise includes parking on the south side and a gym at the northeast corner, with only seven unitsāfour facing the street. Due to the slope, the three units on the west side are elevated 7-10 feet above finished grade.
Windows can be broken and units can be entered quite easily, and locks on gates donāt stop anyone from hopping over.
Why not make that first level parking and elevate all of the units above that if retail doesnāt make sense there? Put the lobby and and amenities on the first floor with the parking and just put all of the units up like 615 Peace did.
A three story height restriction applies at 29 Enterprise, and thereās an entire level of parking beneath the building that isnāt visible from Enterprise Street. If the street-level space were solely used for parking, lobby, amenities, and common areas, the building would only have 24 units, leaving about 9,000 SF of dead spaceāmaking it not viable for development. (To note, no windows have reportedly been broken at The Edition on Oberlin.)
615 Peace is in a different zone, allowing for 4 stories, with units on floors 2, 3, and 4. However, itās also under-parked, with some units lacking parking and others limited to one space. In contrast, 29 Enterprise has a parking ratio of approximately 1.6 spaces per unit.
I live next door to 615 Peace. It too was originally zoned for only 3 floors. Itās also really not 4 floors now, rather five.
Near the end of my daily walk, the Sun had set and the lights were on at the Camden apartments under construction. While the 5 over 1 product isnāt my favorite, and this sort of particular aesthetic isnāt my thing, I donāt hate how this is turning out along Clark St. I was particularly pleased to see that the first floor apartments are raised off the sidewalk: affording those units a bit more privacy.
