The public meeting at the East Lansing Marriott at University Place looked at several designs featuring all the public input they have received throughout the almost two-month public input process.

DTN came to the meeting with two proposals in the hopes of creating a hybrid proposal to take to the East Lansing City Council at their Dec. 10 meeting. The company would like to have a finalized site plan ready by the end of the year, said Tom Tooley, the presenter for DTN.

DTN Vice President Colin Cronin said the public meeting process was merely the first step.

“This is not the end, but truly the beginning,” he said. “We’re just getting started with the hard work now.”

The first option brought forward consists of an anchor restaurant at the corner of Abbot Road and Grand River Avenue, a farmer’s market, a grocery store where Dublin Square restaurant currently is, an apartment structure and a park.

Option two would relocate Evergreen Avenue to create a public green space, a similar corner restaurant on the corner of Abbot Road and Grand River Avenue.

The plan includes a 12-story hotel and apartment structure that would be one of the tallest buildings in East Lansing.

Councilmember-elect Susan Woods said she preferred the second option.

“I like option two because I like that plaza area, for the folk and jazz festival and everything else, also having the farmers market there,” she said.

Woods did express concern with the height of the proposed hotel and apartment structure.

“A building that tall is going to cast a shadow,” she said. “Traffic is also going to be an issue, there is only one lane to go straight through or turn left, so that backs up. I don’t know if they can create another lane or what they can do, but those are issues the city is going to have to deal with a lot.”