| Midtown Home to diverse population of nearly 17,000 people, Midtown is the educational, medical and cultural heart of Southeastern Michigan. Institutions such as Wayne State University, Detroit Institute of Art, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit Public Library, Masonic Temple, Detroit Medical Center and Orchestra Hall call the neighborhood home. Midtown is actually comprised of six smaller unique neighborhoods: Cass Park, once the home of Detroit's Chinatown, fell on hard times following the end of the Second World War and became one of the poorest neighborhoods in Michigan. Today, while Cass Park is far from being fully revived, it is experiencing a resurgence with dozens of lofts and affordable housing units completed, planned or underway. Brush Park was once one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Detroit, but as its wealthy residents moved further north to newer neighborhoods in the 1920s, many of mansions were turned into boarding rooms for the influx of immigrants pouring into the city during the auto boom. Brush Park was nearly wiped off the map during the 1960s and 70s due to urban renewal plans and the construction of the Fisher Freeway (Interstate 75). However in the 90s, urban pioneers began to renovate several of the once grand Victorian homes in neighborhood and by the early 2000s, the Woodward Place condo development by Crosswinds further fueled the revival of the neighborhood. Today, Brush Park is well on its way to coming back. The Cultural Center/Art Center neighborhood is home to most of Detroit's cultural institutions including the Detroit Institute of Arts( the fifth largest art museum in the nation), the main branch of the Detroit Public Library, the Detroit Historical Museum, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (the world's largest), Detroit Science Center and the College of Creative Studies, one of the premier art colleges in the nation. The Wayne State University neighborhood is of course home to Wayne State University, the third largest university in Michigan and one of the largest in the nation. In recent years, Wayne State has undergone a massive building boom to shed its image of being of commuter school. Since 2000, three new dorm buildings, fitness center, welcome center and a Barnes & Noble campus bookstore have been built. Several more buildings are in the planning stages. The Mid-City neighborhood is home to the Detroit Medical Center, one of the largest in the nation. Many of the hospitals and research facilities located in the DMC are some of leading facilities in the country when it comes to children's care, cancer research, surgery and women's care. The Orchestra Place neighborhood is home to institution such as the Detroit Orchestra Hall, Masonic Temple and the Detroit High School for the Fine and Performing Arts. This area is also home to one of the city's first historical districts, West Canfield. Midtown Neighborhood Stats: Population: 16,877 Racial Breakdown White: (19.1%) Black: (69.8%) Native American: (0.4%) Asian: (7.6%) Other: (0.7%) Multiracial: (2.1%) Latino: (1.9%) First developed: 1860s Distance from CBD: 1 mile Website: http://www.detroitmidtown.com |
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Woodward
Place@Brush Park-Woodward
Place is a 700-unit townhome development going up at Woodward and I-75.
Work started in 1999 on the project, with the first units opening in
2000. The entire project is scheduled to be completed in several
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Alexandrine-A $20 million renovation is planned for this building
that will turn it into 95 market-rate rental apartments.
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| Brush Park Village North-This new development in the Brush Park section of Midtown will feature 26 Carriage Homes, Lofts, Studios, Duplexes and Townhomes. Prices for the units will range from $140,000 to $430,000. UNDER CONSTRUCTION |
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Park Shelton
Condominiums-The Park Shelton Apartment complex is being converted into 220
condos priced between $85,000 and $300,000. The conversion will also
include a new 338-space parking deck. UNDER
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Centurion
Place-Centurion Place is a
50-unit attached condo development that is under construction in the area bounded by Kirby, St. Antoine, Frederick
Douglass and Beaubien. The units will start at $350,000. The first phase
of the development, which is 8 units, was completed in April 2006.
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Brush Park
Homes-The Hubbell Group and Madison Madison International plan to 120
new homes and renovate 30 others in the Brush Park neighborhood. The
houses in Brush Park will be priced from $120,000 to $500,000 and
include two or three bedrooms, gourmet kitchen, living room, dining room
and attached garage. APPROVED |
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3100 Woodward Lofts-Located at
3100 Woodward, this art-deco building formerly known as the Crystal
Ballroom will be renovated into 13-16 lofts. Units will range in size
from 900-2,000 square feet. Lofts will start at $185,000.
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Willys Overland Lofts-This
75-unit loft development in the original home of the Willys Overland
Company will feature lofts ranging in size from 1,000 square-feet to
3,000 square-feet. Construction began in Spring 2006 and be
complete by early 2007. UNDER CONSTRUCTION |
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Eddystone
Euro Condominiums-Developer
Jim Wickenheiser plans to turn the former Hotel Eddystone on Park Avenue
into 60 condominiums with ground-floor retail space. The project is
still in the planning stages.
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The Park
Avenue-Developer Jim Wickenheiser is planning to turn the former Salvation
Army-Harbor Light Building into 100 loft condominiums. This project is
still in the planning stages. PROPOSED |
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former Auburn Motor Group Building will be converted into 14 lofts and
one commercial space. The lofts will range in size from 900-1,400 sq ft.
Prices will range from $180,000 to $230,000. APPROVED |
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Central Brush Park-The Central Brush
Park Development Company, managed by the Belmar Development Group, is planning to
build 147 units on a 6-acre site between Brush and John R. Along John R
and Brush, 5-story loft buildings with possible neighborhood retail will
be built. In the same vicinity, live/work units will be built in
three-story buildings that will allow for the first floors to be used as
home-based businesses or artist studios. The Edmund and Watson blocks
will feature clustered rowhouses designed to complement existing homes.
In the alleys behind the rowhouses, carriage houses will be built to
resemble the original carriage houses that once served as manor homes in
the neighborhood. APPROVED |
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Crystal Lofts (3100 Woodward Development)-The
Belmar Development Group is planning to redevelop the 3100 block of
Woodward. The first phase of the plan calls for renovating the Crystal Ballroom into 17
lofts and 14,000
square feet of retail/commercial space. The lofts will range in size
from 950 to 2,200 square feet. An additional level will be added to the
structure to house four penthouse units with floor to glass ceiling
ranging in size from 1,500 to 2,000 square feet, plus private rooftop
terraces. The second
phase of the 3100 block development will include the construction of
150-175
residential units, additional retail space and a
new headquarters for the King David Lodge. UNDER
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Condos @ 75-The Belmar Development
Group is planning to renovate three buildings on the corner of Cass and
the north I-75 service drive into condominiums. The first of the three
buildings, 2467 Cass, will be turned in 20 condo units. The one and two
bedroom units will range in price from $134,900 to $237,000 and offer
750 to 1,300 square feet of living space. UNDER
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Nailah Commons-This project will
involve the construction of 23 units located on E. Ferry and Kirby
Streets between St. Antoine and I-75 service drive. The units will range
in size from 950 square feet to 1200 square feet and will range in price
from $155,000 to $185,000. APPROVED |
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University Lofts-University Lofts LLC
is planning to renovate the vacant Mortuary Science Building at Wayne
State University into 10 loft-style condominiums. APPROVED |
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Jefferies East redevelopment-HUD is
planning to redevelop the current site of the Jefferies East housing
project into 188 low-income units. The new complex will resemble the
Woodbridge Estates development, which is underway across the Lodge
Freewway from Jefferies East. UNDER CONSTRUCTION |
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| Beethoven Apartments-The Beethoven Apartment Building is being renovated into 31 market-rate apartments and two first-floor commercial spaces. Work started in July 2007 and should be complete within a year. UNDER CONSTRUCTION | ||
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Mixed-Use Development |
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Garfield
Historic District Redevelopment Project-The Garfield Historic District Redevelopment Project is a major
project that will include the Virgil H. Carr Cultural Arts Center, which
will be the first of its kind in the nation to house under one
roof all of the various disciplines of African-American art, including
painting, sculpture, creative writing, photography, film, theater and
music, residential units, commercial space,
parking decks and retail space. The project includes the expansion of
G.R. N'Namdi Gallery, which will create more gallery and retail space in
buildings at 52 and 66 E. Forest, the renovation of two apartment
buildings at 71 and 74 Garfield into 58 apartments, the Garfield
Development Group (the group behind the apartment renovations) also
plans to build a multistory condominium building at Garfield at John R.
The $8.1 million project will also include retail and commercial space
on the ground floor. The city also plans to construct 3 parking decks to
support these projects. One structure will be under a Garfield
Development condominium building and another west of the apartment
project at 71 Garfield. The city is still working on a location for the
third deck. This development is still in the planning stages.
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Woodward/Willis Mixed-Use Project-The University Cultural Center
Association is planning to develop a mixed-use building at the corner of
Woodward and Willis. The building will include 1,000 square feet of
ground-floor commercial space and 22 to 24
two-story loft units. The units will range in size from 850 to 1,200
square feet and be priced from $100,000 to $190,000. Construction is set
to start in the fall of 2006 and be complete in 2007.
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El Moore renovation-Developer Charles Greer
is planning to renovate the El Moore Apartment building into 8
condominium units and construct an adjacent 4-story, mixed-use building
that will feature 3,519-square-feet of office space and parking on the
ground floor and 18 residential units on the second, third and fourth
floors. The developer is also proposing to build two accessory buildings
off the alley to provide off-street parking for the El Moore and an
elevator stair lobby between the two buildings to service the El Moore
and the proposed mixed-use building. PROPOSED |
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South University Village -Wayne State
University in partnership with Grand Rapids-based Prime Development is
planning to build a $34 million development that will feature 128
"loft-like" rental apartments, retail space and an 800-space parking
garage. The housing and retail would be in 5-story building fronting
Woodward, while the parking garage would be on the south side of Forest
between Cass and Woodward. Construction started in Spring 2007 and will
be complete by 2008. If the project is successful Wayne State plans to
build another 5-story building that may sell as condominiums.
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Cass Student Housing-A $14 million, 5-story
student rental building is being planned on Cass Avenue south of Warren.
The building will contain 70 residential units and 10,000 square feet of
ground-floor retail space.APPROVED |
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Institutional Development |
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Barbara Ann
Karmanos Cancer Center-The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute is
planning a $47 million clinical cancer center in the Detroit Medical
Center. The new facility will feature six operating rooms and a
cancer-specific diagnostic imaging center.
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Wayne State
Hockey Arena-Wayne State is making plans to build a 4,500-seat
hockey arena near its football stadium at Warren and the Lodge Freeway.
The arena would cost about $34 million to build.
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Wayne State
School of Business Building-Wayne State University is planning a $30 million, 75,000 sq ft
building for the School of Business, to be located at Ferry Street and
Woodward Avenue.
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Wayne State
University Engineering Development Center-Wayne State University is planning to build a $26.5 million,
100,000 sq ft, 3-story engineering development center building next to
the Engineering Building at Anthony Wayne Drive and Warren Avenue.
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Wayne State
University Medical School Expansion-Wayne State University is planning
to build a 34,000 sq ft, two-story building for the School of Medicine
that would connect Scott Hall and the Shiffman Medical Library. The
project will cost $30 million.
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3426 Woodward-PPM Acquisitions, LLC
is planning to redevelop this building into 32,000 square feet of retail
space. Prospective tenants include a bank, fitness club, bookstore and
offices. UNDER CONSTRUCTION |
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North Woodward Garden Block-This project
involves the restoration of the Garden Theatre and Blue Moon Building.
The Garden Theatre will be returned to its original use and the Blue
Moon will house a new restaurant. A new, three-story building will be
constructed with retail and commercial space. Plans also call for a
300-space parking garage. PROPOSED |
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Public Enhancement Development |
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Midtown Loop
-The Midtown Loop will be 1.8 mile paved, landscaped, circular path
that will take walkers through the Wayne State University Campus and the
University Cultural Center area. The project is expected to cost $9
million and get underway in Spring 2007.
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