You see well informed about this subject; what is the general concensus about Permasteelisa? I work for one of their vendors and am connected with this project - curious more than anything.
The city council approved the $60 million tax break for the Hudson's project. Detroit City Council approves $60 million tax break for Dan Gilbert's Hudson's site
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A weeks-long stalemate over a $60.3 million tax break for Dan Gilbert's $1.4 billion J.L. Hudson's site development downtown has ended with his Bedrock LLC real estate company conceding to more community benefits for Detroit in exchange.
The Detroit City Council on Tuesday approved the 10-year abatement for the development at Woodward and East Grand River avenues on a 5-4 vote, with President Mary Sheffield and members Scott Benson, Fred Durhal III, Mary Waters and Coleman A. Young II voting for and President Pro Tem James Tate and members Latisha Johnson, Angela Whitfield-Calloway and Gabriela Santiago-Romero voting against.
He waited until media attention died down so it could quietly (or not so quietly now) pass through.
The "community benefits" seems like stuff that taxes would (or should) have gone towards anyway so it seems kind of like a weird loophole. Wish the benefits were something more tangible like extending the QLine or something.
The "community benefits" seems like stuff that taxes would (or should) have gone towards anyway so it seems kind of like a weird loophole. Wish the benefits were something more tangible like extending the QLine or something.
They wouldn't have. The property taxes that go to DDA basically get handed out to businesses downtown. Would have never been spent on affordable housing.
He waited until media attention died down so it could quietly (or not so quietly now) pass through.
The "community benefits" seems like stuff that taxes would (or should) have gone towards anyway so it seems kind of like a weird loophole. Wish the benefits were something more tangible like extending the QLine or something.
I don't think the QLine is being extended any time soon. It needs to actually be useful as a mode of public transit before then. Right now it just acts as a much worse version of the buses. Ideally, I'd like to see some sort of a raised service that doesn't act as part of traffic but that will not happen now. Best case scenario in my mind is that they give it its own dedicated center lane going down Michigan Ave. I do think that Michigan Ave should be its next extension though, if not that then Jefferson. (Or both even) but I don't think it will happen any time soon in any meaningful way.
I don't think the QLine is being extended any time soon. It needs to actually be useful as a mode of public transit before then. Right now it just acts as a much worse version of the buses. Ideally, I'd like to see some sort of a raised service that doesn't act as part of traffic but that will not happen now. Best case scenario in my mind is that they give it its own dedicated center lane going down Michigan Ave. I do think that Michigan Ave should be its next extension though, if not that then Jefferson. (Or both even) but I don't think it will happen any time soon in any meaningful way.
No new videos since July 27. Maybe they're moving the camera for a better view? I skimmed the uploads and it looks like this is the biggest break between videos since last year when there was nearly a month gap from Thanksgiving to Christmas.
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