DETROIT | Development & Construction: Motown Lowdown

[DetroitMan]

Brush Park and Mexicantown projects secure state funding for mixed-use developments

In Brush Park, undeveloped parcels at 301 and 321 Edmund Place will be the site of a new modern, mixed-use residential building.

Zain Mikho, founder and managing principal of Woodward Capital Partners, is the sponsor and owner of the 301 and 321 Edmund Place development. The project will consist of 57 new apartments when completed, with 20% of the units reserved for households earning no more than 80% Area Median Income, and 1,200 square-feet of retail space. It will generate a total anticipated capital investment of $15.6 million, according to a news release. The Michigan Economic Development Corp. awarded the Brush Park project a RAP grant of $3.5 million. The city of Detroit approved a Neighborhood Enterprise Zone valued at approximately $2.5 million and Housing Tax Incremental Financing valued at $2.9 million.

The city also sold the property to the developer at a discount of over 50% of market value, and the Detroit Brownfield Authority has issued a Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund commitment for a 1% loan of $1 million. WCP has completed other redevelopment and restoration projects in Midtown Detroit, such as the $2.5 million redevelopment of 632 Prentis Street and the $1.6 million restoration of the Campbell Symington House.

In Mexicantown, a vacant, two-story building located at 3600 West Vernor will be converted into a mixed-use development with four apartments and a restaurant and bar on the ground floor.

The MEDC awarded the Mexicantown project a $385,000 grant, and Invest Detroit administered the project a $1 million Strategic Neighborhood Fund grant.

Developers for the project include Tanya Salvador-Ali and Luis Ali. In May 2025, the couple opened the Design Build Green Hub, a BMC-funded project that serves as the headquarters for their construction business, AGI Construction, LLC, and Detroit Future Ops, its social impact arm. They are working with Uddin Development Consulting as their development consultant for the West Vernor project.

https://www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/brush-park-and-mexicantown-projects-secure-state-funding

[Velvet_Highground]

Developer invests $12M in new Detroit housing with geothermal energy to cut residents' costs

A new mixed-income multifamily development near Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit comes with a unique perk: free heating and cooling thanks to the use of geothermal energy.

Developer and native Detroiter Sauda Ahmad-Green was joined by Mayor Mary Sheffield and others Thursday to celebrate the grand opening of Merrill Place II, a 27-unit affordable housing project at 1312 Seward Ave. in the city’s Virginia Park/New Center area.

And last week, former Vice President Kamala Harris paid a visit to the new development and chatted with Ahmad-Green about the need for additional federal resources to help fill ever-challenging project financing gaps.

“We have to push forward more affordable housing, not just on the rent side, but also the utility side,” Ahmad-Green said.

https://www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estat...es-geothermal-energy-cut-residents-costs

[Velvet_Highground]

Ryan Southen took some drone shots of the U of M Innovation Center last month

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[DetroitMan]

Data center proposed on Detroit's east side

Detroit officials have received a proposal to build a data center on 14.4 acres of city-owned land on the city's east side, even as some are calling on the mayor to impose a moratorium on such facilities.

The city has received a proposal to build a data center at 11031 and 11081 Shoemaker Street, which is city-owned property, according to staff for City Councilwoman Latisha Johnson. Several City of Detroit officials wouldn't comment but didn't dispute the claim. The land is north of the Stellantis Jeep plant and south of the Coleman A. Young International Airport. The city issued a request for proposals, or RFP, to developers last fall and the deadline to turn in proposals was late December. Two Michigan State University academics who follow data center issues says the site is likely too small for a "hyperscale" data center, like ones proposed in various Metro Detroit suburbs that have sparked fierce pushback.

Still, the environmental impact of the proposed development was mentioned last week when the Detroit City Council approved a measure urging Mayor Mary Sheffield to put two-year moratorium on building data centers in the city.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...de-moratorium-jeep/89211269007/?tbref=hp

[airforceguy]

Joe Louis Greenway could bring a big boon for nearby homeowners

From Atlanta to Indianapolis to Chicago, recreational trails such as what’s being built locally have a lengthy history of contributing to rising property values in the neighborhoods the trails wind through — sometimes quite substantially. A boon for longtime landowners to be sure, the rising values also make it more expensive for those seeking to live near such amenities.

The impact of rising property values from urban trails — such as the nearly 30-mile Joe Louis Greenway, which winds though several Detroit neighborhoods as well as parts of Hamtramck, Highland Park and Dearborn — have been dubbed “green gentrification” by some.

While Detroit planners say they’ve worked upfront to make the trail an equitable resource for visitors and nearby residents alike, they also say that Detroit’s slower population growth may ease some of the rapid acceleration seen elsewhere.

“A lot of the research studies have focused on places like Manhattan or Atlanta are in metro areas that have seen a lot more population growth than Greater Detroit,” Detroit Planning Director Alexa Bush wrote in an emailed statement to Crain’s. “In those cities, a new investment very rapidly caused changes in housing and real estate (costs), (and) while certain neighborhoods might not have been seeing growth previously, the larger trends of the region were there.”

https://www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estat...um=email&utm_campaign=20260325&utm_term=

[DetroitMan]

Packard Plant redevelopment plan collapses

A vision to redevelop part of the Packard Plant announced in the waning days of former Mayor Mike Duggan’s administration has died.

The precise reason for the collapse of the deal between the city and the development team of Oren Goldenberg and Mark Bennett isn’t clear — but it again leaves the fate of the sprawling East Side industrial site up in the air.

A letter of intent executed late in the Duggan administration had a Feb. 11 expiration date.

Detroit Planning Director Alexa Bush sent a letter to the developers Feb. 24, notifying them that the city was “unilaterally” terminating all negotiations. The letter does not specify a reason the city is choosing not to move forward with the $50 million-plus redevelopment proposal.

The 40-acre site roughly bifurcated by East Grand Boulevard near Interstate 94 is one of the few large-scale sites remaining in Detroit. Duggan, whose gubernatorial campaign declined to comment, made the site’s demolition and redevelopment a pillar of the last term in his 12-year run as mayor.

Through a spokesperson for Mayor Mary Sheffield, the city said it “wants to take this opportunity to explore a broader range of redevelopment options for the site before moving forward with the proposed plan.”

https://www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/commercial/cdb-packard-plant-plan-collapses-20260325/


Detroit developer gets underway with Jefferson-Chalmers affordable housing project

Detroit-based developer Tribe Development, in partnership with affordable housing provider CHN Housing Partners, formally broke ground at a site along East Jefferson Avenue in the Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood.

The new 52-unit apartment building will include a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units, all priced for those making $21,210-$42,420, or 30%-60% of the area median income for a single person in Wayne County.

Added housing and amenities in that neighborhood, just west of Grosse Pointe Park and near the banks of the Detroit River, has long been a priority.

“As a Jefferson-Chalmers resident, I’m very proud to contribute to the vibrancy of our great neighborhood and do meaningful work in my backyard,” Brandon Hodges, founder and principal of Tribe Development, said in a news release. “Our partnership with CHN demonstrates the potential of intentional, mission-aligned collaboration, and we look forward to continuing to invest along the Jefferson corridor.”

Hodges’ firm has been behind a handful of other neighborhood developments in the city in recent years, including the $4 million rehabilitation of a two-story commercial building along East Warren Avenue with ground-floor retail and six apartments.

Slated for completion in early 2027, the Jefferson Avenue Apartments project received a competitive $1.65 million federal low income housing tax credit allocation in 2024. Financial partners in the project include equity partner Enterprise Community Partners, Independent Bank, Citizens Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis.

https://www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estat...on-chalmers-affordable-housing-20260326/

[deja vu]

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[deja vu]

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[airforceguy]

Michigan Central adds large site behind Newlab to campus

Through an entity called New Investment Properties II LLC, Michigan Central paid $3.2 million earlier this month for a triangular block about 1.6 acres bounded by 14th Street, Bagley Street, 15th Street and Marantette Street.

Michigan Central, the 30-acre campus and innovation system anchored by the redeveloped Michigan Central Station, bought the property from Foreman Properties LLC. Michigan Central is a subsidiary of Ford Motor Co.

The organization will make improvements to the property in the short term, said Dan Austin, communications director for Michigan Central.

“This move improves the walkability and pedestrian safety in the district, and Michigan Central will improve the property in the short term,” Austin said. “We plan to do light activations in the interim, and will continue to explore how this land can best serve the Michigan Central district going forward.”

The property had been home to Detroit-based Foreman Bros. Inc., a 75-year-old company that provided transportation and networking solutions to the U.S. Postal Service, FedEx and Valassis Inc., according to its website. The phone number listed on the company’s website was not in operation as of Friday morning.

Ford and the related Michigan Central campus, through various LLCs, began assembling property in the Corktown neighborhood in 2017, with the crescendo in 2018 when it paid the Moroun family $90 million for the vacant and decaying Michigan Central Station, plus another $8 million for the former Detroit Public Schools book depository that was rehabbed and is now known as Newlab.

In 2023, Michigan Central bought the Arrow Chemical Products Inc property. The six properties total about 1.1 acres and include three buildings totaling nearly 29,000 square feet. Then later that year, Michigan Central paid $1.5 million for the Assemble Sound portfolio, which included was originally St. Paul’s German Evangelical Lutheran Church. That purchase also included two other properties at 17th Street and Rose Street.

https://www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/commercial/cdb-michigan-central-buys-more-land-20260327/

[seabee1526]

Originally Posted by deja vu

Photos from Facebook of the JW Marriott, posted March 19, 2026 -








Source: Facebook | Huntington Place

I like it. It’ll more than likely be Detroit’s last new tower for quite a while.

[Velvet_Highground]

Yes indeed the situation in the Persian Gulf is fu*ked it’s not just the closure of the Strait of Hormuz it’s the destruction of oil and gas infrastructure in the region by Iran and the coalition forces. Peter Zeihan from the ISW was talking about 6 month restart times on major undamaged oil and gas terminals in the Gulf States, Iraq the political situation may make restarting key energy projects impossible. The US and Israel appear to also be at cross purposes while the administration put next to no planning into its war.

We are in for a something approaching a Covid like energy and inflationary shock if Iran stays on course to use the closure of the Strait to raise oil prices to come out as far ahead as possible it has the decision to invade Venezuela make more sense. If they had the ability to ramp up oil production and we had the production capacity to refine their heavy tar sands like crude.

With federal assistance cut to the bone as well it really makes the situation in Detroit and the state look gloomy. I wouldn’t be surprised to see some mid-rise hotel and apartments in the near term but it’s hard to see more ambitious projects especially considering the Canadian trade war cutting Windsor out of the regional economy.



Very sad news truly I don’t have words for the admiration I hold for Historic Detroit

Detroit historian battles to preserve his legacy with new fund that will also support youth

Dan Austin is racing against time. The 45-year-old PR professional and historian behind Historic Detroit — a sprawling digital archive of more than 1,000 buildings and landmarks — is battling stage 4 colorectal cancer. Now he’s working to ensure the stories he’s spent two decades collecting will outlive him, while also creating a scholarship fund to help Detroit youth who want to give back to the city.

It all started during Austin’s daily commutes on the Detroit People Mover some 20 years ago, when he first caught sight of the towering faded brick building in Grand Circus Park. The People Mover seemed to go out of its way to steer around the abandoned Statler Hotel, almost in a gesture of respect to the venerable building, he said.

Curiosity amid the plan to demolish it spurred Austin to dig into its history — and sparked a passion project of his own.

Designed by George B. Post in the Italian and Renaissance Revival styles, the Statler Hotel opened in 1915 at a cost of $3.5 million, making it Detroit’s most expensive and luxurious hotel at the time and the largest hotel in the Midwest, Austin wrote in the building’s history on HistoricDetroit.org.

“I was just blown away to learn that, you know, that’s where Harry Houdini stayed in Detroit in October 1926 before he died at Grace Hospital on Halloween, and (President) FDR had stayed there,” Austin told Crain’s recently, recalling all he’d learned about the Statler.

When the hotel came down in 2005, after 30 years of silence and emptiness, Austin looked for its obituary but found none.

“I just thought that people deserved to know that this wasn’t just an eyesore ... and also there was still perhaps underneath some dust and grime, behind broken windows, there was still a lot of beauty in these places that could be preserved.”

At the same time, many of Detroit’s colorful characters and great stories have largely been forgotten, Austin said.

“Buildings are made up of a lot more than just brick and mortar; they are made up of stories of our city and the people who walked the streets before us,” he said.

Bitten by the history bug, Austin began researching other buildings like the Book Tower, a 38-story skyscraper, before its 2014 renovation. He spent countless hours digging through archives to read 100-year-old newspaper articles, property records and microfiche in the early days before much of the information and voluminous reference and citations (that still needs to be waded through) became available online.

https://www.crainsdetroit.com/nonprofits...stin-historic-detroit-new-fund-20260325/


Though there is always a bit of sun to be had like today a nice 70 degree march day

Detroit developer gets underway with Jefferson-Chalmers affordable housing project

A new affordable housing project kicked off Thursday on Detroit’s far lower east side.

Detroit-based developer Tribe Development, in partnership with affordable housing provider CHN Housing Partners, formally broke ground at a site along East Jefferson Avenue in the Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood.

The new 52-unit apartment building will include a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units, all priced for those making $21,210-$42,420, or 30%-60% of the area median income for a single person in Wayne County.

Added housing and amenities in that neighborhood, just west of Grosse Pointe Park and near the banks of the Detroit River, has long been a priority.

“As a Jefferson-Chalmers resident, I’m very proud to contribute to the vibrancy of our great neighborhood and do meaningful work in my backyard,” Brandon Hodges, founder and principal of Tribe Development, said in a news release. “Our partnership with CHN demonstrates the potential of intentional, mission-aligned collaboration, and we look forward to continuing to invest along the Jefferson corridor.”

Hodges’ firm has been behind a handful of other neighborhood developments in the city in recent years, including the $4 million rehabilitation of a two-story commercial building along East Warren Avenue with ground-floor retail and six apartments.

Slated for completion in early 2027, the Jefferson Avenue Apartments project received a competitive $1.65 million federal low income housing tax credit allocation in 2024. Financial partners in the project include equity partner Enterprise Community Partners, Independent Bank, Citizens Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis.

Cleveland-based Hiti, DiFrancesco and Siebold Inc. is the architect and MHT Housing based in Bingham Farms is the general contractor.

“My administration is committed to building a city where Detroiters of all income levels can afford to live in high quality housing in strong neighborhoods,” Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield said in the release. “The Jefferson Avenue Apartments brings that vision to life — delivering deeply affordable units in a brand-new building in the heart of Jefferson-Chalmers."

https://www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estat...on-chalmers-affordable-housing-20260326/

[airforceguy]

Dan Gilbert, major corporate players join Sheffield effort to grow Detroit’s population

The first initiative of MoveDetroit is called “Make Detroit Home” and will award $500,000 to assist 313 Detroiters — a nod to the city’s area code — with funding for business projects, down payments, home renovations, rent or relocation assistance.

The nonprofit coalition — which is being chaired by billionaire businessman Dan Gilbert and counts dozens of major corporate and philanthropic organizations as partners — is being led by Hilary Doe. Doe, up until late last year, had been the state’s chief growth officer, focused on policies to grow Michigan’s overall population.

The $500,000 for 313 people is just a start, Doe said, and she expects that to grow over time.

In Detroit, the charge is to ride some of the positive momentum in the city, namely two straight years of population growth after decades of decline.

Moreover, Doe said a key focus has to be on retaining current residents and strategic outreach to those with connections to the city but who have decamped to other locales. Atlanta and Houston are two cities that Doe said have been popular choices for those leaving Detroit.

https://www.crainsdetroit.com/politics-policy/cdb-movedetroit-aims-to-grow-population-20260401/

[DetroitMan]

Controversial housing development OK'd near Detroit's West Village

A controversial affordable housing development near Detroit's West Village neighborhood will continue to move forward despite strenuous objections from some area residents.

After more than 10 hours of deliberation and public comments spread over two meetings on back-to-back weeks, members of the city's Board of Zoning Appeals voted on Monday, March 30, to give a conditional approval to the four-story 48-unit development at 7737 Kercheval that would also include ground-level commercial space.

https://www.freep.com/story/money/busine...01d--52--b--52--&gca-ft=253&gca-ds=sophi

[DetroitMan]

$31M project to transform long-vacant Detroit school into housing for chronically homeless

A long-vacant school in northwest Detroit, abandoned for decades and once left ransacked, is set to take on new life as housing for some of the city’s most vulnerable residents.

City leaders and housing advocates broke ground Thursday, April 9, on a $31 million project that will convert the former St. Mary of Redford school into 61 units of permanent supportive housing for people experiencing chronic homelessness. The site has sat largely unused for more than 30 years after the high school closed in the early 1990s, becoming what officials described as a long-vacant landmark in the neighborhood.

Now, the building is being redeveloped into a mix of studio and one-bedroom apartments, including 10 units reserved for veterans.

“We’re talking about making sure that someone not only has a roof over their head, but has the support to make them self-sufficient,” Mayor Mary Sheffield said. The development, led by Volunteers of America Michigan, will pair housing with on-site services such as case management, mental health care, employment support and transportation assistance, a model that is key to addressing chronic homelessness.

“About 25% of that group isn’t going to resolve their homelessness with just shelter,” said Terra Linzer, Detroit’s director of homeless services. “They need affordable housing coupled with supportive services.”

https://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/2026/...to-housing-for-chronically-homeless.html

[DetroitMan]

$62M warehouse proposed for Detroit land once home to famous Kronk gym

A large industrial building has been proposed for a multiblock swath of vacant land on Detroit's west side that was once home to the original Kronk boxing gym.

The $62 million development would construct on spec a nearly 400,000-square-foot warehouse designed for light industrial use. The warehouse would go on a roughly 30-acre site at Junction and McGraw that encompasses some 170 separate land parcels, nearly all currently owned by the city or the Detroit Land Bank Authority.

The site neighbors the existing thyssenkrupp Materials plant, and also includes the former location of the old Kronk Recreation Center, which had been home to the legendary boxing gym until 2006. The rec center burned in a 2017 fire and was soon after demolished.

https://www.freep.com/story/money/busine...ent-kronk-gym-site/89537052007/?tbref=hp

[DetroitMan]

This development is a major disappointment. Something bigger and taller should be built on the site. This belongs out in the burbs.

‘Fail jail’ no more as Bedrock, BAMF and Henry Ford Health break ground

The BAMF/HFH team plans to occupy the first 45,000-square-foot floor of a two-story, 90,000-square-foot life sciences building slated to occupy a portion of the 14-acre property at Gratiot Avenue and Interstate 375. Construction is expected to start this year, Crain’s has previously reported.

BAMF specializes in theranostics — a new wave of radiopharmaceuticals that are drawing the eyes of scientists and investors around the country. Led by former Van Andel Institute scientist Dr. Anthony Chang, now founder and CEO, BAMF is injecting Stage 4 prostate cancer patients with radioactive drugs that are designed to detect and destroy cancer cells with minimal side effects. The company already has a partnership with General Electric and Grand Rapids’ Corewell Health.

“People think we are psycho,” Chang said at the ceremony. “They’ve said this is too complex. Too expensive … This is not just a building. This is the start of a paradigm shift.”

https://www.crainsdetroit.com/health-care/cdb-bamf-fail-jail-groundbreaking-20260414/

Vacant Woodward Avenue site near Little Caesars Arena for sale

Almost 12 years ago, a fire destroyed the historic First Unitarian Church in Detroit’s Brush Park neighborhood.

Much has changed since then, including the construction of one of the nation’s busiest sports and entertainment venue basically across the street in Little Caesars Arena and the neighborhood itself, easily the city’s most rapidly redeveloped.

The former church site — which is sitting vacant — has long been surrounded by large concrete blocks preventing pesky cars from using it as game day and event parking. The Kemerko family that owns it has now listed it for sale for an undisclosed price, the first sign of life it’s seen in many years.

There’s one not-so-small problem, however.

Of the four parcels that make up the eastern side of Woodward Avenue between Edmund Place and Alfred Street, the Kemerko family only owns three of them — 2860 Woodward, 2844 Woodward and 2800 Woodward — while the city owns one that’s sandwiched in the middle.

So, any developer looking to purchase the three-parcel, 1.09-acre property would likely have to find a way to get his or her hands on that city-owned piece, which is at 2828 Woodward Ave.

Simon Jonna, executive vice president of The Jonna Group, a brokerage team working for the Royal Oak office of Toronto-based Colliers International Inc., said ownership has told him they are working on getting the city to “afford him contiguous leeway” for the overall site, whether through a property sale or some other type of agreement.

https://www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estat...unitarian-church-site-for-sale-20260414/

[airforceguy]

Construction to start on apartment tower for UM’s new Detroit campus

Construction will formally kick off today on a 313-unit residential building called Founders House next to the University of Michigan Center for Innovation in downtown Detroit.

A noon groundbreaking ceremony will mark the start of the first joint project that’s part of a $615 million-plus Transformational Brownfield Plan public subsidy between the Ilitch family’s Olympia Development of Michigan real estate company and New York City-based Related Cos., the megadeveloper started by Detroit native and major UM donor Stephen Ross. The new 13-story residential building at 2205 Cass Ave. will be leased to UM for students and faculty at the UMCI, expected to be complete in the summer 2027, while the residential building is targeted for completion in in 2028.

“Detroit has long been a center of opportunity, growth and entrepreneurship and the University of Michigan Center for Innovation will help inspire the next generation of talent,” Related and Olympia said in a joint statement. “Founders House will not only deliver high-quality homes for graduate students and faculty members, but it will also demonstrate what’s possible when we come together to invest in the City’s future. We are proud to reach this milestone on the UMCI campus — a place for quality jobs, economic opportunity and learning in the heart of The District Detroit.”

Detroit-based Neumann/Smith Architecture and Boston-based Elkus Manfredi Architects are working on the project. Lansing-based Clark Construction Co. is the general contractor.

The building was originally planned to be 18 stories, with 261 units and 54 of those designated as affordable housing for those making between 40% and 50% of the Area Median Income, but that plan was scrapped last year after UM decided to lease the entire building in a 40-year deal.

https://www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/commercial/cdb-um-apartment-tower-detroit-20260416/

[Velvet_Highground]

Glad to see the housing moving forward it’s a really good thing to see especially right now Michigan & Michigan State both making big moves in the center of the city. Found myself admiring the Medical Mile in Grand Rapids more and more that really solidified downtown GR drove a lot of development and is a all around general positive to build up that kind of institution structure in a short period of time.

[airforceguy]

Wayne State board to consider $46M plan for new law school building

The Wayne State University board of governors on Friday is scheduled to consider a request to spend $46 million to demolish its current law school building on its Detroit campus and construct a new one in its spot.

Estimated costs for the project have risen since 2023 when WSU secured a $30 million commitment from the state to help fund the project, then estimated at $40 million. Additional funding to construct the new law school would build on $2 million approved by the board in October 2024 for design of the building on the north end of the main campus in Midtown.

According to details provided on the state-issued list of capital outlay requests in 2023, the new building would replace the existing 17,689-square-foot structure constructed on Wayne State’s Detroit campus in 1966 with a four-story, 80,000-square-foot building. The new site would house classrooms, lecture areas, mock trial spaces and student and faculty workspaces.

WSU secured the capital outlay grant from the state with the testimony of then-Wayne Law Dean Richard Bierschbach, who was named interim president of the university in September and president in late February.

Another $8 million raised from private donors and $10 million in bond revenue will round out funding for the project.

“As Wayne Law approaches its centennial, its momentum is stronger than at any time in its history,” Bethany Gielczyk, senior vice president for finance and business affairs, CFO and treasurer, said in a board document.

https://www.crainsdetroit.com/education/...um=email&utm_campaign=20260421&utm_term=

[DetroitMan]

Music Hall expansion nearly a go as city council approves $166M plan

An ambitious expansion of the historic Orsa Music Hall is a signature away following the Detroit City Council’s approval of a $166 million bonds package Tuesday, April 21.

The resolution now sits at the desk of Mayor Mary Sheffield, who has previously signaled support for the project.

Presuming Sheffield signs off, groundbreaking is expected to take place July 17, venue president Vince Paul told the Free Press. Opening is targeted for October 2028, he said.

https://www.freep.com/story/entertainmen...01d--66--b--66--&gca-ft=179&gca-ds=sophi