DETROIT | Development & Construction: Motown Lowdown

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So, with council returning from its summer recess, I thought I'd look through the agendas and items to see if I could find anything of interest.

1. The Lafayette West Brownfield Redevelopment Plan was referred to the Planning & Economic Development Committee at the September 6 meeting. This is the plan that will demolished WSU's old and long vacant Shapero Hall and replace it with a 12 story apartment building, two 4-story apartment buildings, 60 for-sale condominium townhomes, and underground and above-ground parking.



2. Cass & York continues to moved forward. At the September 11 meeting, the Housing & Revitalization Department was requesting a public hearing be set for a request to establish a Obsolete Property Rehabilitation District (OPRA) for 6001 Cass, the office component of the project. This is specifically for the historic five-story building portion of this multi-block development. I believe the renovation has already started on this building, with scheduled completion for Fall 2021. The building will include 80,000 SF of office space, 25,600 SF of retail space, and a 6,000 SF art gallery for WSU. Components 2 & 3 of this project include the 130 residential units in two buildings, one named Antoinette (76 rental apartments) and one named Cass (54 for-sale condos), parking garage and more retail, and those are going on seperate approval tracks at the moment.


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3. The developers of Brush House have submitted to buy the land they want to developer their building on in Brush Park. This is at the southeast corner of Brush and Watson and includes a 5-story, 178 unit building with underground parking and ground floor commercial space.



4. There was also action taken on the Special District Review for the Crowne Plaza Tower 2. We found in the paper, today, that the council overwhelmingly rejected this project, again, and it sounds like it's over some unresolved labor disbute and other issues.