Spartan Stadium
The old scoreboard at Spartan Stadium was first installed in 1998, and repairs have been difficult to make on the old scoreboard in the last few years. This made the upgrade necessary.

“It was getting more and more difficult to find parts and make repairs,” said Bob Nestle, a university engineer for the Physical Plant. “There have been a lot of technical changes the in the last five years so (the MSU athletics department) thought it was time to upgrade to new scoreboards.”

The new displays will include two scoreboards on the north end of the stadium and a ribbon panel extending along northern part of the stadium. An even larger scoreboard will be built at the south end of the stadium.

Old College Field
Construction at Old College Field near Secchia Stadium and McLane Baseball Stadium is part of MSU’s efforts to create a unified collegiate complex for athletes who use the facilities, coaches and fans. When the project is compete, there will be one entrance plaza for all of the sports facilities.

Wells Hall
The Wells Hall addition has been an ongoing project, and is set to pick up some of the traffic that was once in Morrill Hall. Morrill Hall had to be shut down because of structural issues.

Bott Building
The College of Nursing is located in the Life Sciences Building, in addition to a few other locations on campus. The new Bott Building, an addition to the south part of the Life Sciences Building, will allow the school to have all of its operations in one location.

West Circle Steam Tunnels
The four-segment construction project will span through 2015, although the initial segment is set to be completed by December. The steam tunnel construction is necessary because some of the concrete steam tunnels underground on campus are about 100 years old.

“We started to see these structural issues in the tunnels and we concluded that it had to be replaced,” Nestle said. “If the tunnels were to collapse on north campus, it would be very disruptive.”

The steam tunnels not only hold steam that heats buildings near the north part of West Circle Drive, but also hold phone lines and fiber optic cables needed for the halls to function properly.

Music Building
When the Music Building, which has had limited renovations since it was built in 1940, is finished being renovated, acoustics in its auditorium will be better. “The most significant thing to the (College of Music) is to have it spruced up and look more attractive,” Nestle said.

City Center II
As part of an agreement with the East Lansing City Council, Strathmore Development Co. President Scott Chappelle was given permission to demolish the decrepit city-owned building that sits across the street from Rick’s American Café, 224 Abbot Road, while he completes his due-diligence process. Chappelle said in an email that the environmental remediation of the demolition was complete, and the building is expected to be completely razed in late July.

“This process is tedious because of the recycling associated with LEED certification and the remediation of asbestos contamination,” he said. “We have recently completed all of the utility disconnects to the first building to be demolished and are currently salvaging metals.”

St. Anne Luxury Lofts
Taking the place of what was once The Post Bar, 213 Ann St., project developer Kris Elliott is building the St. Anne Luxury Lofts — a four-story complex which will house about 31 apartments, a restaurant and retail space. Construction began with The Post’s demolition in October 2011 and is expected to wrap up in mid-August.

“(St. Anne Lofts) will bring in new opportunity for a restaurant and some different housing opportunities that have been available in the downtown,” East Lansing Community Development Analyst Tim Schmitt said. “It should be a good addition.”