The
Boji Group is putting $4.5 million into updating the landmark Hollister building in Downtown Lansing.
Plans include modernizing the interior and restoring the beautiful 1950s façade. The fifth and sixth floors are being gutted and turned into 25 urban lofts.
Construction on the 12-sixth floor units will be complete at the end of the year and ready for leasing by the time
Cooley Law School students are finishing their spring semester.
Improvements to the exterior of the building include power washing, tuck pointing and painting. The Boji Group is also adding a limestone finish, new awnings and new Allegan Street entrance to the building.
“This is just another piece of the puzzle that’s falling into wonderful shape,” says developer Ron Boji about the Hollister renovation adding to the new face of Downtown Lansing. “If you look up and down the Washington corridor there’s a lot of stuff happening. The Hollister building change is one of the items that really puts it over the hump. This really makes the revitalization of what’s happening down here a reality.”
Most of the retail space on the first floor is occupied.
Jimmy Johns sandwich shop will move into one of the two remaining commercial spaces by the end of the year.
Source: Ron Boji, president of the
Boji GroupDeveloper:
Boji GroupBuilder: Meridian Construction Management
Ivy Hughes is the development news editor for Capital Gains. She can be reached at
ivy@capitalgainsmedia.com.
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