True that & well said on both accounts above. There’s more redevelopment coming to the Midland St area along with the restoration of the Arlington Hotel. The Stables and Lumber Barons properties are to be redeveloped there’s also a teaser of a major project coming across the street.
Bay City's historic Midland Street resurging
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Bay City's Midland Street Business District is experiencing a revival of sorts with investments in several vacant properties.
The old, decaying Arlington Hotel on Linn Street in Bay City's Midland Street Business District has a second chance at life after being vacant for years with a $1.5 million investment for phase one of renovations.
Bay City Economic Development Manager Sara Dimitroff tells ABC12 the first phase features an updated bar, new ventilation, a new entry door and more. The second and third floor will have ten to twelve rental units.
It joins other new investments aimed at helping the area thrive.
"We want to really try to bring back the west side to what we think it can be," President of Whaley Hospitality Group Garrett Whaley said.
The Stables and Lumber Baron's properties were bought by the owners of Saginaw County's longstanding Golden Glow Ballroom.
Whaley said The Stables -- which will keep its iconic name -- will be a bar and nightclub with a rooftop bar.
The front property, which housed Lumber Baron's, will be a brewery and brew pub and restaurant called W. H. Ales. There will also be banquet rooms upstairs for private events.
The company also recently acquired the longstanding Village Inn in Linwood in Bay County and just held a soft grand reopening this week.
The new Stables looks to open in December.
W. H. Ales plans to open in the second quarter of 2024.
Whaley also told ABC12 they recently acquired the property adjacent to The Stables and Lumber Baron's building and said it's going to be an even bigger project.
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The new Saginaw United High School located near the cultural center on the riverfront is starting to near completion. Saginaw residents voted in November 2020 to approve a $100 million bond project for the district, the funds from which it will use to build the new comprehensive Saginaw United High School building at the site of the Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy. Saginaw United will serve students who would previously be enrolled at Arthur Hill High School and Saginaw High School. The Arthur Hill building will become the new site of SASA, and Saginaw High School will be repurposed as the new Saginaw Middle School. A new Handley Elementary School building, together with the new SASA, will create a “gifted” campus at the Arthur Hill site.
Construction can be seen in the video below.
Alumni reflect on merger of Saginaw Public high schools next year
Renderings can be seen in this Mlive article.
‘Saginaw United’: District’s new high school has its name, mascot