TUESDAY, Sept. 16 — The owner of a north Lansing building supply company cut a deal today with Lansing officials on a plan to push a piece of Lansing’s largest homeless encampment off his land, which is roughly located behind Piazzano’s restaurant on Grand River.
Mark Kerrins of ABC Supply will allow city police to push any tents or makeshift structures off his land near Dietrich Park onto a neighboring lot. He’ll then bulldoze his property of any trees or greenery, turn it into a parking lot and fence it off to prevent any further encroachment.
The deal comes after the city of Lansing roped Kerrins into a lawsuit against a next-door neighbor, Nick Yono, who has had folks living in tents behind his warehouse at JAJ Property for as long as four years. It’s only been recently that the camp has spilled onto Kerrins’ land…