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PDIG properties in East Lansing now owned by the lender

Thursday, August 6, 2015

Auctioneer Ingham County Deputy Sherriff George Lammers (Right).

This morning, two mortgages on seven properties at the west end of downtown East Lansing were auctioned by the Ingham County Sheriff’s office because PDIG had defaulted on its loans. The properties were sold to the lender, DDR MV City Center LLC, which is affiliated with Mountain Vista Real Estate Opportunity Fund I, LLC. No one else bid on the properties.

Foreclosure Auction on PDIG Properties Set for Tomorrow

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Image: Some of the properties at issue in tomorrow's auction, shown by red arrow.

The PDIG-owned properties in East Lansing’s Park District are once again scheduled to be auctioned to the highest bidder at an Ingham County Sheriff’s sale. The sale is set to happen tomorrow, Thursday, August 6. The sheriff’s weekly mortgage foreclosure auction is conducted from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. on the third floor of the Veterans Memorial Courthouse at 313 West Kalamazoo Street in Lansing.

PDIG Foreclosure Sale Postponed

Thursday, July 30, 2015

Image: The back of one of the vacant properties that was to be auctioned today, next to Peoples Church

Auction of PDIG Properties Expected Tomorrow

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Image: Some of the properties set to be auctioned tomorrow.

Today a judge in Cuyahoga County Court in Ohio denied a motion by City Center II Project, LLC and the Park District Investment Group, LLC (PDIG) to issue an injunction that would have stopped the mortgage foreclosure auction scheduled on July 30 regarding property in the Park District in East Lansing that has been a blight on the west end of downtown for many years.

MSU Student Hopes to Broaden Recycling Services

Monday, July 27, 2015

 

You might have received a visit from Nathan Capper to your own home, or perhaps noticed him walking around town with a petition pressed under his arm. The MSU student is organizing efforts to make recycling services easily available to all apartment residents in East Lansing, and hopes to raise your awareness and gain your support.

Fatal Accident at St. Thomas Parking Lot

Friday, July 24, 2015

UPDATE, Monday, July 27, 10 am: According to Lieutenant Steve Gonzalez of the East Lansing Police Department, "Due to the fact that a fatality occurred it's considered an open criminal investigation and will be sent to the Ingham County Prosecutor's Office to review whether or not the driver is criminally culpable for the death. Due to these circumstances we can't release any further details on the incident until the prosecutor completes their review."

ASK ELi: Nearby TIF?

Friday, July 24, 2015

Image: The Lodges of East Lansing, a student rental complex near MSU whose real estate taxes actually go to Meridian Township; the large project was built without TIF.

City Cooperation with PDIG Stops, Pending Major Foreclosure Sale

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Image: One of the properties at issue

This afternoon, the East Lansing Downtown Development Authority (DDA) voted unanimously to cease, for now, any further work on the proposal from the Park District Development Group (PDIG) regarding the major blighted area downtown. This means all DDA efforts to move forward the project at Grand River Avenue and Abbot Road in East Lansing will temporarily cease. Without the DDA moving forward on a development agreement between the City, the DDA, and PDIG, the redevelopment project is effectively stalled.

Council Candidates Now Known

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Mayor Pro Tem Diane Goddeeris and Council member Kathy Boyle are not running for re-election to East Lansing's City Council.

Assuming none pulls out of the race, the following seven people will be running for the three open spots on East Lansing City Council on November 3, 2015:

  • Erik Altmann
  • Shanna Draheim
  • Mark S. Meadows
  • Steve Ross
  • Jermaine Ruffin
  • Nathan Triplett (running for re-election to Council)

 

EL REWIND: Tasty Twist

Sunday, July 19, 2015

The history of one of East Lansing's best-loved ice cream traditions, brought to us by Charlotte Baykian.

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