The complex is being built adjacent to several establishments, including Insomnia Cookies, 603 E. Grand River Ave., and Haslett Arms Apartments.

The road will be closed so developers can install underground electrical duct lines related to the project, said Lori Mullins, East Lansing’s senior project manager.

“Access along Albert Avenue will be detoured up to Ann Street,” she said.

Albert Avenue also was closed between Bailey Street and Collingwood Drive for almost two months beginning in June so developers could re-route a sewer. The city doesn’t anticipate having to close the road again after this week, Mullins said.

With Albert Avenue closed, the parking situation for Haslett Arms residents could be a mess, kinesiology junior Amy Barnabo said.

Barnabo, a Haslett Arms resident who parks in the complex’s lot, said she’ll try to avoid driving this week because navigating through the heavy traffic will be a hassle.

“How are we going to get out?” she asked. “The parking lot is angled toward Albert Road, people are going to have to come in and out the same way.”

As long as the parking lot behind Campus Barbers, 621 E. Grand River Ave., and Cottage Inn Pizza, 615 E. Grand River Ave., doesn’t close, businesses adjacent to the project shouldn’t be too set back by the construction, said Gary Ignat, owner of Iggy’s Deli, 623 E. Grand River Ave.

“As long as students have access to the side roads, it probably won’t be a problem,” he said. “A lot of customers — not necessarily for us, but for the barbershop — park in the lot behind the building.”

Proximate businesses and residents shouldn’t bear any additional nuisances, like loss of water, electricity or parking spaces, as a result of this five-day project, Mullins said.

“There shouldn’t be any interruptions other than the work on the streets,” she said.