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Dave Starr
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| When the Journal moved out of their buildings, there was a lot of talk about the MSU medical school moving in to the journal buildings. Since then, silence. What happened? Is that plan dead? |
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I used to care, but I take a pill for that now.
Pushing buttons sure can be fun.
When a lion wants to go somewhere, he doesn’t worry about how many hyenas are in the way.
Paddle faster, I hear banjos. |
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Wed Jan 02, 2013 12:47 pm |
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untanglingwebs
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The rumor I heard about a month ago is that MSU backed out and the building was unacceptable. I have been waiting for confirmation.
Time will tell!
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Wed Jan 02, 2013 3:29 pm |
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Dave Starr
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| A former employee that was dumped when they moved told me the building wasn't in very good shape. |
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I used to care, but I take a pill for that now.
Pushing buttons sure can be fun.
When a lion wants to go somewhere, he doesn’t worry about how many hyenas are in the way.
Paddle faster, I hear banjos. |
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Wed Jan 02, 2013 3:35 pm |
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| Register of Deeds will shed a little light on 200 and 300 E. First St. |
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Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:24 pm |
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untanglingwebs
El Supremo
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City of flint records show ownership of 200 & 300 E First to be URC FJ LLC
Michigan Corporations records:
Searched for: URC FJ, LLC
ID Num: D7666R
Name:URC FJ, LLC
Type: Domestic Limited Liability Company
Resident Agent:
RIDGWAY WHITE
Registered Office Address: 503 S SAGINAW STE 1500 FLINT MI 48502
Mailing/Office Address:
Formation/Qualification Date:5-17-2012
Jurisdiction of Origin:MICHIGAN
Managed by: Members
Status: ACTIVE Date: Present |
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Sat Jan 05, 2013 1:30 pm |
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untanglingwebs
El Supremo
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Instrument: 201208240067983 Volume Page:
Recorded: 8/24/2012 1:00:16 PM Prepared: 05/18/12 Mailed: Pages: 7
Document Type: DEED-OTHER Interest: Consideration: 1
Grantor: HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY LLC
Grantee: URC FJ LLC
Notes: COVENANT DEED
Legal Description: Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 1, Bl: 7, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 2, Bl: 7, City Code: 54, Remark: PT OF / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 3, Bl: 7, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 4, Bl: 7, City Code: 54, Remark: PT OF / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 5, Bl: 7, City Code: 54, Remark: PT OF / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Section: 54, St: 200 FIRST ST E, , , City Code: 0 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Section: 54, St: 300 FIRST ST E, , , City Code: 0 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, PrpId: 4118126018, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, PrpId: 4118127019, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, PrpId: 4118126008, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, PrpId: 4118126017, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, PrpId: 4118126015, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, PrpId: 4118126011, City Code: 54 / City Code: 0, Remark: SEE DOCUMENT FOR ADDITIONAL LEGAL DISCRIPTION
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Instrument: 201207110058909 Volume Page:
Recorded: 7/11/2012 1:27:52 PM Prepared: 05/22/2012 Mailed: Pages: 5
Document Type: ASSIGNMENTS Interest: Consideration:
Grantor: FOUNDATION FOR THE UPTOWN REINVESTMENT CORPORATION / FURC / URC FJ LLC
Grantee: CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATION / MOTT FOUNDATION
Notes:
Legal Description: Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 1, Bl: 7, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 2, Bl: 7, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 3, Bl: 7, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 4, Bl: 7, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 5, Bl: 7, City Code: 54, Remark: PT OF / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 1, Bl: 12, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 2, Bl: 12, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 3, Bl: 12, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 4, Bl: 12, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 5, Bl: 12, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 6, Bl: 12, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 7, Bl: 12, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 8, Bl: 12, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 9, Bl: 12, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 10, Bl: 12, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 6, Bl: 7, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 8, Bl: 7, City Code: 54, Remark: PT OF / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 10, Bl: 7, City Code: 54, Remark: PT OF / PrpId: 4118126018, City Code: 54 / PrpId: 4118127019, City Code: 54 / PrpId: 4103442001, City Code: 54 / PrpId: 4118126008, City Code: 54 / PrpId: 4118126017, City Code: 54 / PrpId: 4118126015, City Code: 54 / PrpId: 4118126011, City Code: 54 / St: 200 FIRST ST E, , , City Code: 54 / St: 300 FIRST ST E, , , City Code: 54
Marginal: Bkwd I 201207110058908 (MORTGAGES)
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Instrument: 201207110058908 Volume Page:
Recorded: 7/11/2012 1:23:55 PM Prepared: 05/22/2012 Mailed: Pages: 12
Document Type: MORTGAGES Interest: Consideration: 2000000
Grantor: URC FJ LLC
Grantee: FOUNDATION FOR THE UPTOWN REINVESTMENT CORPORATION
Notes:
Legal Description: Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 1, Bl: 7, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 2, Bl: 7, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 3, Bl: 7, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 4, Bl: 7, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 5, Bl: 7, City Code: 54, Remark: NLY 58 87 FT / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 1, Bl: 12, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 2, Bl: 12, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 3, Bl: 12, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 4, Bl: 12, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 5, Bl: 12, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 6, Bl: 12, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 7, Bl: 12, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 8, Bl: 12, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 9, Bl: 12, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 10, Bl: 12, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 6, Bl: 7, City Code: 54 / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 8, Bl: 7, City Code: 54, Remark: PT OF / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 8, Bl: 7, City Code: 54, Remark: NLY 59FT OF THE ELY 66FT / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 8, Bl: 7, City Code: 54, Remark: PT OF / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 10, Bl: 7, City Code: 54, Remark: PT OF / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 8, Bl: 7, City Code: 54, Remark: PT OF / Sub: VILLAGE OF FLINT RIVER, Lt: 10, Bl: 7, City Code: 54, Remark: PT OF / St: 200 FIRST ST E, , , City Code: 54 / St: 300 FIRST ST E, , , City Code: 54 / PrpId: 4118126018, St: FIRST ST E, , , City Code: 54 / PrpId: 4118127019, St: FIRST ST E, , , City Code: 54 / PrpId: 4103442001, St: FIRST ST E, , , City Code: 54 / PrpId: 4118126008, St: FIRST ST E, , , City Code: 54 / PrpId: 4118126017, St: FIRST ST E, , , City Code: 54 / PrpId: 4118126015, St: FIRST ST E, , , City Code: 54 / PrpId: 4118126011, St: FIRST ST E, , , City Code: 54
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Sat Jan 05, 2013 1:35 pm |
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brianstarr
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| i say eventually the old main journal building ends up coming down due to the fact that the former owners let the building fall into disrepair due to failing at upkeep im sure uptown development loved paying 1.6 million for 2 buildings when one was in a state of disrepair |
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Sat Jan 05, 2013 2:00 pm |
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untanglingwebs
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MSU proposes 20-year lease paying $700k annually for former Flint Journal building
By Jeremy Allen | jallen42@mlive.com
on January 25, 2013 at 1:20 PM, updated January 25, 2013 at 1:23 PM
Michigan State University's Board of Trustees has agreed to move forward on a lease agreement with Uptown Reinvestment Corporation for a portion of the former Flint Journal property on the corner of East First and Harrison streets in downtown Flint. MLive file photo
FLINT, MI – Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine will be billed an estimated $700,000 per year to occupy the former Flint Journal in downtown Flint if the university’s Board of Trustees agrees to the 20-year lease proposal from its trustee finance committee.
According to a resolution adopted by the university on Friday, Jan. 25, MSU’s Board of Trustees voted to pursue the lease agreement for approximately 40,000 square feet of finished office and teaching space in the former Flint Journal building, owned by Uptown Reinvestment Corp.
Uptown Reinvestment Corp. President Tim Herman said that the details of the lease are still being worked out, although the goal is for renovations to start the summer of 2013.
The architects are in the process of developing plans of how the renovations can be performed without impacting the historic nature of the building, Herman said.
“It’s great news and it’s an important next step in the process of bringing MSU to downtown Flint,” he said. “It will complement the already thriving higher education community.”
The board proposed that MSU be charged approximately $300,000 yearly in rent plus an additional $400,000 for its share of building operation costs. The rent is subject to an annual escalator, but the proposal said that rent will be paid by an unspecified grant.
Carol Rugg, the vice president of communications for the Mott Foundation, said that MSU currently has a $1 million grant that is going through Mott’s approval process, but she is unsure whether that grant will be used to pay the building’s rent.
In Dec. 2011, MSU was also awarded a $2.8 million grant for the project that college officials said would allow Flint to join East Lansing and Grand Rapids as pillars of the college’s statewide footprint and hopefully help create more local doctors.
According to the proposal, all construction costs associated with the repurposing of the property will be paid by Uptown Reinvestment Corp. MSU is expected to move into the building in the spring of 2014.
MLive-Flint Journal moved its operations to 540 S. Saginaw St. in Feb. 2012.
MLive-Flint Journal reporter Shaun Byron contributed to this report. |
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Fri Jan 25, 2013 1:37 pm |
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untanglingwebs
El Supremo
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MSU's planned move downtown strengthens future economy of Flint with 'eds' and 'meds'
By Shaun Byron | sbyron@mlive.com
on January 25, 2013 at 7:45 PM, updated January 25, 2013 at 8:50 PM
FLINT, MI -- News that 100 Michigan State University medical students are coming to downtown Flint is touted as an economic home run, bringing high-paying jobs, additional residents and education to the area.
"This is the next step forward in advancing the work to revitalize the economy," said Betsy Aderholdt, the chief executive officer of Genesys Health System. "Two of the strongest assets the community has are the education and health care institutions. This creates that catalyst to advance that – 'eds' and 'meds' revitalizing that sector of the economy."
The MSU Board of Trustees voted Friday, Jan. 25, to pursue a 20-year lease, paying an estimated $700,000 a year in rent to occupy 40,000 square feet of the former Flint Journal building, which is owned by Uptown Reinvestment Corp. The 40,000 square feet will be used for office and teaching space.
Uptown Reinvestment bought the building last year, paying $1.6 million, according to city records.
The purchase included the newspaper's former printing facilities, which is near the main building, located at 200 E. First St.
MSU's College of Human Medicine had announced plans in late 2011 to expand its medical education and public health programs in Flint with a $2.8 million grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
Bringing MSU staff and students to the downtown will be very helpful to local businesses, said Kathy Jackson, owner of the Healthy Dollar.
"You are talking about bringing in a group of students who are already educated and working on advanced degrees and Flint has said it wants to be a university town and the health agencies are really building up here," she said. "It's just enhancing the quality of life."
"Whenever you think about education and health care, that just enhances the whole image of an area," Jackson said.
MSU officials said they are looking forward to setting up shop in Flint.
"We are delighted with today's next step toward expanding our college's program in public health and medical education in downtown Flint and feel that the former Flint Journal building is an ideal setting for learning and research," said Dr. Marsha Rappley, dean of the MSU College of Human Medicine, in a written statement.
"MSU continues to work closely with the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Uptown Reinvestment Corporation and other partners on these plans and we look forward to working together to find solutions to important public health issues in Flint."
The reuse of the building fits well with what the previous owners had hoped to see.
"When we sold the historic Journal building, we had high hopes that the building would become redeveloped," said Marjory Raymer, MLive-Flint Journal community news director. "We are so glad to see that it will continue to be an asset for this community and be a part of the continued downtown revitalization efforts. Welcome to downtown, MSU."
The school is a good fit with a downtown Flint clinic Genesys is opening on South Saginaw Street that will provide training for medical students, Aderholdt said.
"To have our training site very closely located with the medical students, it really creates a very strong model that demonstrates collaboration between MSU and the health care sector of our economy," she said. "As they move their public school here and really get into the community, I think it's really going to take the community's game to the next level. This will be a world-class public research function located right here in downtown Flint."
The expansion will help cultivate an already longstanding relationship that McLaren has with Michigan State University, said Dr. Jason White, vice president of Medical Affairs at McLaren-Flint.
"I think it'll be great with the medical community," White said. "We've had a great relationship with them for a number of years, bringing students in for their third and fourth years. This will bring a lot of students in as well as a lot of the faculty that will be teaching them. They'll go to school here, live here and start families here, and that will add to the community."
White said that the medical school will provide the area with "physician longevity," so that there will always be a pool of local talent.
"If you bring in fifty 30-year-olds, in 30 years, you'll have a bunch of 60-year-old physicians with no one to replace them," he said. "This way, you'll always have new physicians available from different age groups, and that provides for physician longevity."
The implementation of a downtown school could have long-term positive effects on the medical workforce and on the community as a whole, said Jim Buterakos, academic officer Hurley Medical Center.
"I think it's good for Flint and it's important, because the increase in students and people in downtown Flint means success for the entire city," Buterakos said. "It's been a long time since MSU has been down here. Since 1972, I believe. This move definitely increases their visibility in the community.
Expanding the number of medical students in Flint could result in a larger number of medical professionals taking root in the Vehicle City, he said.
Going along with the 40,000 square feet in the former Journal building that MSU will use are plans for residential space in the structure.
The main Journal building is about 120,000 square feet. The space that MSU isn't using will be 16 loft apartments positioned on the upper floors, said Tim Herman, president of Uptown Reinvestment and CEO of the Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce.
The exact details of the lease are still being worked out, although the goal is for renovations to start the summer of 2013 and for MSU to move into the building the summer of 2014, Herman said.
Architects are developing renovations that can be performed without impacting the historic nature of the building, he said.
"It's great news and it's an important next step in the process of bringing MSU to downtown Flint," he said. "It will complement the already thriving higher education community."
The addition of MSU will continue to help stabilize the downtown and bring very high-paying jobs to the community, Herman said.
The former Journal building is part of a projected $30 million redevelopment plan that incorporates properties that include the Genesee Towers building.
Uptown Reinvestment Corp. bought Genesee Towers from the city of Flint with the intention of tearing the building down as part of the multimillion-dollar redevelopment proposal.
"This is just the next step and we want to keep any cash coming out of any of these deals in downtown so it goes into the next deal," Herman said. "We are very, very happy to leverage all of the other developments in the downtown into what we are doing with this $30 million possible renovation that we are going to do with all the properties, including Genesee Towers."
Development has already taken place north and south on Saginaw Street, so it will be nice to see it expand eastward, said Ryan Beuthin of The Flint Crepe Co., located downtown on Saginaw Street.
"It will be interesting to watch Flint expand in the east-west directions," he said. "We've seen a lot of north-south focus -- just seeing blocks outside of Saginaw Street develop and what the different dynamic will be."
The medical school makes a lot of sense, and will have an immediate impact on the city's downtown, said Gerard Burnash, the executive director of the Flint Downtown Development Authority.
"Clearly, the DDA welcomes the news that MSU has chosen the Flint Journal building. I think that's a great repurpose for that property and it really promotes the development of downtown," Burnash said.
"Contractors will be moving in there right away, and as soon as the students move in, there will be an improvement in residential real estate as well as lunch crowds for local restaurants and just an overall improvement to business for the downtown area."
Every little bit of redevelopment seems to add to the city, helping to create a college town atmosphere, said Robert Kittel, owner of the Mad Hatter.
"Anything where we can get more bodies down here is a good thing," Kittel said.
Elected leaders were pleased to know the deal bringing another university to the downtown was moving forward, citing it as a chance to improve the regional economy.
"The addition of MSU to Flint crystalizes our downtown as the premier location for higher education," Flint Mayor Dayne Walling said. "There is nowhere else in the state where MSU and U of M are across the street from each other." The building is on First Street, across the street from the University of Michigan-Flint campus.
MSU coming to Flint is phenomenal news for the region, Genesee County Board of Commissioners Chairman Jamie Curtis said, adding work is being done to diversify the county's economy and the health care industry is continuing to grow.
"We need to bring back the tax base and make it more profitable, not only for businesses, but for families to live here, raise their kids here and have jobs here," he said.
MLive-Flint Journal staff writer Jeremy Allen contributed to this report. |
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