Ottawa Power Station
The City of Lansing announced that the former Ottawa Power Station would be rehabilitated into Accident Fund Insurance Company's new world headquarters. Plans include changing the entire area around the building, with the building and adjacent property becoming a campus-like facility.
The plans include:
• Renovating the Ottawa Station into 160,000 sq ft of class A office space
• Constructing a 120,000 sq ft class A office building next to the Ottawa Station
• Constructing a 20 ft wide public park along the river between Ottawa & Shiawassee
• Relocate the chilled water production system from the Ottawa Power Station and relocating them to an alternate site.
• Demolish a portion of the North Grand Parking ramp over Grand Avenue
• Dismantle the smoke stack
• Make improvements to the riverfront
• Mitigate lead & asbestos
• Assess and cleanup soils
Height
10 floors/172′ (original building)
Size
280,000 sq ft (160,000 rehab/120,000 new)
Developers
Christman
Parking Spaces
1,000
Cost
$186 million
Construction
Late 2008 start, early 2011 finish
Incentives
Lansing Brownfield Redevelopment, Brownfield Michigan Business Tax Credits, Michigan Economic Growth Authority Tax Credits, Clean Michigan Waterfront Grant, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Assessment and Clean-Up Grants, Tax Free Renaissance Zone
