Lansing & East Lansing, Michigan
Michigan's capital is owned at its core by government, two insurers, a hospital and General Motors: the State, the City, the airport authority and GM's 834 acres at Delta Township dominate the City of Lansing's own owner-of-record parcel layer, which is free to query.
10 buildings · 10 with an owner established · 21 sources · 2 tier A · 8 tier B · prepared 2026-11-01
Can you find out who owns it?
Michigan has no title register. Deeds are recorded by each county's Register of Deeds (Ingham, Eaton and Clinton for Lansing), at $30 a document and $1 a page for copies under state law; Ingham County's sites refuse automated readers. Owner of record is kept by the city assessor: the City of Lansing publishes its March 2026 tax-parcel layer, with owner and taxpayer names for all 42,987 parcels, as a free public ArcGIS service. Michigan's transfer tax is charged on each deed's consideration, so prices sit in the deed record, but no open price file was found.
Is ownership public?An open dataset names the owner
Cost of one title searchRegister of Deeds statutory fees (MCL 600.2567): $30 to record a document, $1 per page for copies, $5 to certify, and searches by the office at 50 cents per year searched (minimum $5). Ingham County's own fee page was not read (docs.ingham.org robots.txt disallows all but named search engines).
Bulk ownership dataCity of Lansing 'Parcels2026' hosted feature service ("Lansing tax parcels as of March 2026"): 42,987 parcels with owner name, owner mailing address, taxpayer name and parcel number, queryable free without login; no licence stated on the item. The City's open-data hub version (CityParcels 2026, CC BY-NC 4.0) carries no owner field.
Sale pricesEvery sale, with its address
Sites that forbid taking their data
- news.lgensol.com — “You may download or print one copy of any and all materials of LG Energy Solution on the site for personal, non-commercial use”
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The marquee buildings
The towers that set the tone of the core, and who holds them. A price is the price a document states, on the date it states — not an estimate of what the building is worth now.
| Building | Use | Owner | Owner type | Last price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State Capitol 100 N Capitol Ave |
Civic | State of Michigan The City's March 2026 parcel layer lists 100 N Capitol Ave (parcel 33-01-01-16-182-001, about 11.1 acres by GIS area) to STATE OF MICHIGAN. Wikipedia records that the legislature funded a historical restoration from 1989, completed in 1992. Across the street, 124 N Capitol Ave is held as STATE OF MICHIGAN HOUSE OF REPS. |
Government | —A |
| Boji Tower (Capital Bank Tower / Michigan National Bank Building) 120-124 W Allegan St 185,189 sq ft · 23 floors |
Office | Boji Tower LLC The parcel layer lists 120 W Allegan St (33-01-01-16-325-012, 0.4 acre) to BOJI TOWER L L C, mailing address Birmingham, MI. Wikipedia: 23 storeys, 297 ft to the roof, the tallest building in Lansing since 1931, owned by the Boji Group since 1998 and renamed Boji Tower in 2005; NRHP-listed 2005. Neighbouring 106 and 123 W Allegan are held by Hollister Holding LLC and Allegan Property LLC at the same Birmingham mailing city; the layer does not say they are related. |
Private company | —B |
| Lansing City Hall (sale agreed, to become a hotel) 124 W Michigan Ave |
Civic | City of Lansing Still CITY OF LANSING on the March 2026 parcel layer (33-01-01-16-183-009, 0.7 acre). WKAR (22 Jul 2024): City Council voted unanimously to sell the building 'for nearly $2.8 million' to a Chicago developer (Beitler Real Estate Services) for about 180 hotel rooms with a restaurant and retail, without public incentives, once a new city hall is built. The parcel layer shows the sale had not closed by March 2026; no later status was read. |
Government | —B |
| Accident Fund headquarters (former Ottawa Street Power Station) 200 & 300 N Grand Ave |
Office | Accident Fund Insurance Company of America The parcel layer lists 200 N Grand Ave (3.6 acres) to ACCIDENT FUND INS CO OF AMERICA and 300 N Grand Ave (2.5 acres) to ACCIDENT FUND INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA. Wikipedia: the Board of Water & Light's Art Deco power station (1939-46) was sold in 2007 to become Accident Fund's corporate headquarters, a 7-acre campus completed in early 2011. Accident Fund was Lansing's No. 5 taxpayer in 2025 at $29.0M taxable value (City ACFR). Its parent is not stated in any source opened. |
Private company | —B |
| Lansing Center (convention centre) 333 E Michigan Ave |
Civic | City of Lansing Parcel layer: 333 E Michigan Ave (4.6 acres) owned by CITY OF LANSING. Wikipedia: opened 1987, expanded 1995, overseen since 1996 by the Lansing Entertainment & Public Facilities Authority (LEPFA), which in 2025 contracted management to Legends/ASM Global for five years. Across the street, Jackson Field (505 E Michigan Ave, 6.9 acres, built 1996 for $12.8M) is also CITY OF LANSING with 'LEPFA - TMO' as second owner line; a separate 801-series parcel is in the name of LANSING LUGNUTS. |
Government | —B |
| University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Lansing (Sparrow Hospital) 1215 E Michigan Ave |
Institutional | Sparrow Hospital Association Parcel layer: 1215 E Michigan Ave (34.7 acres) owned by the Sparrow hospital association (named on the roll for its founder); Sparrow entities (the hospital association, Sparrow Land LLC, Sparrow Health System) hold 11 parcels, 64.3 acres, in the city. Wikipedia: a 733-bed teaching hospital and Level I trauma centre, a subsidiary of University of Michigan Health-Sparrow. The City's ACFR ranks UM Sparrow Health System the region's third-largest employer (9,000). |
Institution | —B |
| Capital Region International Airport (LAN) 4100 Capital City Blvd |
Civic | Capital Region Airport Authority The City's parcel layer carries 56 parcels (1,840 acres by GIS area) in the name of CAPITAL RGN AIRPORT AUTH, the main one 4100 Capital City Blvd (Clinton County parcel 19-05-31-10-005-000, 624.7 acres). Wikipedia: owned and operated by the Capital Region Airport Authority, whose board has three Ingham County and three City of Lansing members plus ex officio Eaton and Clinton members; it also oversees Jewett Field in Mason. |
Government | —B |
| GM Lansing Delta Township Assembly 8001 Davis Hwy / 8400 Millett Hwy (Eaton County) 3.4M sq ft |
Industrial | General Motors LLC The City's layer carries three Eaton County parcels (23-50-40-...) in the name of GENERAL MOTORS L L C, c/o Ryan Tax Compliance Services, Houston: 8001 Davis Hwy (315.1 acres), (8100) blk Davis Hwy (372.7) and 8400 Millett Hwy (146.6), 834 acres in all. Wikipedia: completed 2006, 3.4M sq ft, assembles the Enclave, Traverse and Acadia. GM's other Lansing plant, Grand River Assembly (920 Townsend St; 111 acres per Wikipedia), sits on GENERAL MOTORS CO parcels such as 1014 Townsend St (150.7 acres). GM LLC and GM Co were Lansing's No. 3 and No. 9 taxpayers in 2025 ($49.1M and $19.9M taxable). |
Public company | —B |
| LG Energy Solution Michigan-Lansing battery plant (former Ultium Cells Lansing) (8100) blk Davis Hwy (Eaton County) |
Industrial | LG Energy Solution Michigan Inc Parcel layer: 23-50-40-32-250-004, 215.8 acres, owner LG ENERGY SOLUTION MICHIGAN INC, mailing Holland, MI. LGES announced the start of production on 18 Aug 2026 at its 'all-new, 226-acre facility in Lansing', making LFP cells for energy storage and NMC cells for Toyota, with up to 1,700 jobs. The City's 2025 ACFR ranked Ultium Cell LLC the No. 2 taxpayer ($87.5M taxable). The price paid for GM's half of the joint venture was not read in any filing (see unverified). |
Public company | —A |
| Michigan State University campus East Lansing |
Institutional | Michigan State University MSU's own property layer maps the East Lansing campus as one 4,564-acre boundary spanning East Lansing, Lansing and four townships, among 108 MSU-held properties statewide (about 29,000 acres in all). Wikipedia: a 5,200-acre contiguous campus, 2,000 acres developed, 563 buildings and 22.8M sq ft. Inside the City of Lansing the parcel layer lists 10 parcels (263 acres) to MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, along Forest and Collins Rds and Technology Blvd. |
Institution | —B |
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The core land
The most valuable ground in the city, and what the public record says about it.
The City of Lansing's tax base from its FY2025 ACFR (values from the City Treasurer and Assessor). Michigan assesses at 50% of true cash value, and taxable value is capped below that, so these are not prices.
Total taxable value, City of Lansing (2025)$4.36B
Real $2.48B, personal $0.23B, Act 198 industrial and commercial $1.65B; estimated actual value $8.71B (ACFR Table 5). It was $2.17B in 2016.
Ten largest taxpayers' share (2025)$424.8M, 12.95%
Consumers Energy ($107.3M), Ultium Cell LLC ($87.5M), General Motors LLC ($49.1M), Jackson National Life ($42.9M), Accident Fund ($29.0M); ACFR Table 7. In 2016 the top ten held 9.54%.
East Lansing assessed value (2024)$1.40B
Total ad valorem assessed value; the top ten hold 12.74%, led by student housing (East Lansing ACFR FY2025, Table 8).
Parcels on the City's layer42,987 parcels, ~21,400 acres
March 2026 layer: 42,005 Ingham County, 908 Eaton County and 74 Clinton County parcel numbers. 104 parcels carry '0' as owner name.
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Who owns the town
At this scale the significant owner is rarely a trust or a fund: it is one or two local holding companies, a family in its second or third generation, and often the land around the town rather than the buildings in it.
Public bodies hold most of Lansing's large ground. The City (2,396 acres, mostly parks and golf land) and the Capital Region Airport Authority (1,840 acres) lead; General Motors' 1,033 acres are the largest private holding, followed by Jackson National Life's 391-acre headquarters campus. The Ingham County Land Bank holds the most parcels (465), almost all small vacant or tax-reverted city lots. Counts and acres are computed from the City's March 2026 parcel layer (42,987 parcels, about 21,400 acres by GIS area); the layer carries no values. East Lansing's roll is not open (BS&A and Ingham County block automated readers), so MSU's figure comes from its own property layer.
| Name | Type | Parcels / acres on City layer, Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| City of Lansing 304 parcels as CITY OF LANSING, 34 as 'CITY OF LANSING, EDP' and 2 others. Largest: 5715 Aurelius Rd (140.9 acres), 2101 and 2020 E Mt Hope Ave (126.7, 125.5), 1523 E Cesar E. Chavez Ave (117.4). Includes City Hall, the Lansing Center and Jackson Field. |
Government | 340 parcels, 2,396 acresA |
| Capital Region Airport Authority Airport land, much of it in Clinton County (parcels 19-05-...); 4100 Capital City Blvd alone is 624.7 acres. |
Government | 56 parcels, 1,840 acresA |
| Michigan State University Campus figure from MSU's own property layer (the boundary spans East Lansing, Lansing and four townships); MSU holds 108 mapped properties statewide, about 29,000 acres. MSU is the region's No. 2 employer (10,253, City ACFR). |
Institution | 4,564-acre East Lansing campus; 10 parcels, 263 acres inside LansingA |
| Lansing School District Largest: Glenburne Blvd (60.8 acres), 2901 Wabash Rd (56.2), 3900 Stabler St (55.8). |
Government | 52 parcels, 588 acresA |
| Board of Water & Light (City utility) Listed as BOARD OF WATER & LIGHT; one more parcel is 'CITY OF LANSING BWL'. Consumers Energy Company, the private gas and electric utility, holds 48 parcels (199 acres) and was Lansing's No. 1 taxpayer in 2025 ($107.3M taxable). |
Government | 114 parcels, 255 acresA |
| State of Michigan (incl. State Building Authority) 16 parcels as STATE OF MICHIGAN (the Capitol block, 3423 N M L King Jr Blvd at 40.2 acres, 702 W Kalamazoo St at 22.9), 5 as STATE BUILDING AUTHORITY (425 and 611 W Ottawa, 307 E Kalamazoo, 525 W Allegan, 3400 N Grand River), plus Military & Veterans Affairs, House of Representatives and Treasury entries. The State is the region's largest employer (13,880). |
Government | 25 parcels, 200 acresA |
| Ingham County (incl. Building Authority, Road Commission) Ingham County proper holds 12 parcels (156.6 acres), among them 1601 E Cavanaugh Rd. |
Government | 18 parcels, 172 acresA |
| Ingham County Land Bank (incl. Fast Track Authority) The largest holder by count: mostly small residential lots, average under a quarter acre. |
Government | 465 parcels, 105 acresA |
| Lansing Community College Downtown campus along N Capitol Ave (505-523 N Capitol and neighbours). |
Government | 30 parcels, 34 acresA |
| Lansing Housing Commission Public housing authority; the Capital Area Housing Partnership (non-profit) holds 20 parcels, 6 acres. |
Government | 24 parcels, 13 acresA |
| Railroads (Chesapeake & Ohio Railway / CSX; Canadian National) CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY (8 parcels, 35.8 acres) and CSX TRANSPORTATION INC (1), both mailed to Jacksonville, FL; CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY (2). Rail right-of-way often is not parcelled, so this is a floor. |
Public company | 11 parcels, 37 acresA |
| United States (USPS and other federal) U S POSTAL SERVICE, U S GOVERNMENT/U S POSTAL SERVICE and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA entries; there is no military land in the city. |
Government | 3 parcels, 29 acresA |
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Who builds the houses
New-home building in this market: the volume, and the firms behind it. Ownership of a builder matters as much as its volume — a private-equity platform and a family firm behave differently.
Both cities are built out and add few houses. The Census Bureau's 2025 file shows 26 single-family permits ($7.6M) and 14 buildings of five or more units (219 units, $24.3M) for the City of Lansing, a figure the Bureau marks as 0 months reported, i.e. imputed; East Lansing reported 5 single-family permits ($1.7M). New supply is mostly apartments and student housing by private LLCs. No builder league table exists for Lansing; the figures below count parcels held in each builder's or developer's name on the March 2026 layer (lots, not homes built). Rental LLCs whose names are a person's name are left out.
| Name | Type | Parcels held on City layer, Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Habitat for Humanity Capital Region Non-profit builder of owner-occupied homes; 12 parcels under the main name and 2 as 'Habitat for Humanity Capital Re Inc'. |
Institution | 14 parcels, 3.7 acresA |
| PW Development LLC Listed as both 'PW DEVELOPMENT L L C' (12) and 'P W DEVELOPMENT L L C' (10), mailing address Eaton Rapids. |
Private company | 22 parcels, 9.6 acresA |
| RNA Homes LLC Mailing address Okemos. |
Private company | 9 parcels, 1.3 acresA |
| LG Lansing LLC / LG Park Place LLC 56 parcels on Vincent Ct and nearby (LG Lansing) and 23 on Orchard Ct and Louisa St (LG Park Place), all mailed to Milford, MI: individually parcelled townhouse or condominium units held by one owner. |
Private company | 79 parcels, 11.8 acresA |
| Summit Street Development Co LLC Listed under two spellings, Lansing mailing address. |
Private company | 8 parcels, 14.7 acresA |
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Commercial landlords
The commercial side, counted separately from housing: who holds the office, retail and industrial floor area.
Lansing's private commercial wealth is a utility, a battery plant, two car plants, two insurers and student housing; its office market is small and mostly downtown around the Capitol. The table mixes the City ACFR's 2025 taxable values (half of market value or less under Michigan's Proposal A caps) with parcel counts and acres from the March 2026 layer. In East Lansing the largest taxpayers are student-housing owners.
| Name | Type | 2025 taxable value (Lansing ACFR) or holdings |
|---|---|---|
| Jackson National Life Insurance Co. Headquarters at 1 Corporate Way (78.9 acres) with neighbouring Okemos Rd and Sandhill Rd land, all JACKSON NAT'L LIFE INS CO on the parcel layer. No. 3 taxpayer in 2016 ($27.8M). 2,439 regional employees (ACFR). |
Public company | $42.9M taxable (No. 4); 13 parcels, 391 acresA |
| GS Skyvue Property Owner LLC One 3.2-acre parcel, 3165 E Michigan Ave, mailing address Charleston, SC (parcel layer). Who stands behind the LLC is not stated in any source opened. |
Private company | $27.0M taxable (No. 6)A |
| Neogen Corporation Neogen Corporation and Neogen Properties V and VIII LLC parcels along E Shiawassee St, Lesher Place, S Cedar St and S Hosmer St. |
Public company | $24.0M taxable (No. 7); 13 parcels, 14.5 acresA |
| USSH MSU Propco. LLC Two parcels, 155 and 210 Cascade Blvd (10.9 acres), mailing address Chicago (parcel layer). Parent not established. |
Private company | $23.2M taxable (No. 8)A |
| Lansing Retail Center LLC (Frandor Shopping Center) 300 Frandor Ave (31.9 acres) and neighbouring E Saginaw St parcels. Wikipedia names Lansing Retail Center, LLC as owner of Frandor (opened 1954, 450,000 sq ft, about 60 stores), managed by Corr Commercial Real Estate. No. 8 taxpayer in 2016. |
Private company | $15.1M taxable (No. 10); 5 parcels, 67 acresA |
| Sycamore Townhomes Owner LLC Apartment and townhouse land on Seaway, Woodbridge and Burneway Drs, mailing address Uniondale, NY (parcel layer). A Kalamazoo-mailed apartment company holds 6 parcels (75 acres) on Trappers Cove Trail and Hartford Rd; it is not named here because its name is a person's full name. |
Private company | 5 parcels, 36.7 acresA |
| Core Campus Lansing, LLC (East Lansing) East Lansing's top ten in 2024 (12.74% of $1.40B assessed): Core Campus Lansing LLC, CASL Landmark on Grand River East Lansing Property Owner LLC ($25.4M), MSUFCU ($25.0M), 100 Grand River LLC ($19.1M), Consumers Energy ($17.5M), The Landings at MSU LLC ($14.0M), Burcham Hills Retirement Center ($11.9M), HPI 25 East LLC ($11.7M), Gemi Owner LLC ($11.2M), MIMG CCXXX Hidden Tree LLC ($9.9M). |
Private company | $33.3M assessed 2024 (No. 1 in East Lansing)A |
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Looked for and not found
Claims this page would have made if a source could be opened. They are left out rather than guessed.
- The price LG Energy Solution paid GM for its half of the Ultium Cells Lansing joint venture: news indexes report about $2B (completed May 2025), but no GM or LGES filing was opened, so no price is recorded.
- Whether the agreed sale of Lansing City Hall (124 W Michigan Ave) to the Chicago developer has closed: the March 2026 parcel layer still shows City of Lansing.
- Who stands behind GS Skyvue Property Owner LLC (Charleston, SC), USSH MSU Propco. LLC (Chicago), Jones Property Development LLC (Los Angeles; 136.9 acres at 3800 Hagadorn Rd), FR Lansing LLC (Littleton, CO; 55.6 acres at 1500 Mill Pond Lane), 900 Long TIC 3/4 LLC (Detroit; 55.5 acres at 900 Long Blvd) and Sun Secured Financing LLC (Southfield; 52.7 acres at 4245 W Jolly Rd): no filing opened names their members.
- Single-family rental concentration: the layer shows SK Lansing Limited Dividend Housing Association entities (193 parcels under three spellings, Southfield and Lansing), DWL Indus Realty LLC and Indus Realty LLC (85 houses, Lake Mary, FL), Fox Land Holdings LLC (69), S & S Acquisitions Group LLC (58) and Hamilton Rd Ltd (46). Whether these are tax-credit, institutional or local landlords was not established.
- East Lansing owner of record: the city's assessing lookups are on BS&A Online, which bars Claude, and Ingham County's sites refuse automated readers, so East Lansing has no parcel-level owner counts here.
- Sale prices: Michigan deeds carry state and county transfer tax on the consideration, and assessors keep sale history, but the open City layer has no sale fields and BS&A was not used.
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Sources
- Parcels2026 (Lansing tax parcels as of March 2026): 42,987 parcels with OWNERNME1/2, owner mailing address, taxpayer and parcel number — City of Lansing (ArcGIS Online organisation pNPbgWy7hpfFGWoZ) · openA
- Open data catalogue (DCAT feed): CityParcels 2026 and eight other datasets, CC BY-NC 4.0 — City of Lansing Open Data · openA
- MCL 600.2567 - Register of deeds; fees — Michigan Legislature · openA
- MCL 207.502 - State Real Estate Transfer Tax Act: tax on deeds and land contracts 'for a consideration', imposed when the instrument is recorded — Michigan Legislature · openA
- City of Lansing Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, year ended June 30, 2025 (Table 5 taxable value; Table 7 principal property taxpayers; Table 15 principal employers) — City of Lansing Department of Finance · openA
- City of East Lansing Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 (Table 8 principal property taxpayers, 2024 assessed values) — City of East Lansing · openA
- MSU Property (CampusInfo/MsuProperty): 108 property boundaries held by MSU, MSU Foundation and others — Michigan State University GIS · openA
- Boji Tower — Wikipedia · openA
- Lansing Center — Wikipedia · openA
- Jackson Field (Lansing) — Wikipedia · openA
- Michigan State Capitol — Wikipedia · openA
- Capital Region International Airport — Wikipedia · openA
- Lansing Delta Township Assembly — Wikipedia · openA
- Lansing Grand River Assembly — Wikipedia · openA
- Michigan State University — Wikipedia · openA
- University of Michigan Health - Sparrow Lansing (redirect from Sparrow Hospital) — Wikipedia · openA
- Frandor Shopping Center — Wikipedia · openA
- Lansing approves sale of city hall to be converted into a hotel (22 Jul 2024) — WKAR Public Media (Michigan State University) · openA
- LG Energy Solution Announces Start of Production at All-New Lansing Battery Plant (18 Aug 2026) — LG Energy Solution newsroom · openA
- Building Permits Survey, places, Midwest Region, 2025 annual (mw2025a.txt) — US Census Bureau · openA
- Ottawa Street Power Station — Wikipedia · openA