Plans for two Heartside apartment complexes move forward

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Rockford Development and the DeVos family's RDV Corp. are planning to redevelop the long-vacant nine-story Heartside Manor building, 35 Oakes St. SW.

Next door, at 61 Commerce Ave. SW, Lansing developer Kris Elliott is planning loft-rental apartments, a ground-floor restaurant and rooftop bar in a mostly vacant five-story building.

If plans move forward, what is now a moribund corner could be reborn as a hip, relatively affordable place for students and young professionals.

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