Downtown Lansing’s retail revival may be picking up steam, as new businesses move into long-vacant storefronts and a major development reshapes the city’s core.
At the start of 2025, downtown’s retail vacancy rate stood at about 25%, according to Downtown Lansing Inc. By midyear, that number had dropped to roughly 18%, based on data from Martin Commercial Properties.
One of the newest additions is Craig Ryan Fine Clothing, a Michigan-based men’s clothier set to open its fifth location Tuesday in the Atrium Building on Washington Square…