Posted Sep 11, 2023, 7:05 PM
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Detroiter4life
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Two big projects were announced today, the first is a 12-story, 450 apartment tower that will take up an entire block and the second is a 24-story tower that would replace the old Chase Bank at 125 S. Main. If built, it would be the 2nd tallest building in the city at 290 feet. It's great to see projects like this getting proposed. The A2 skyline will definitely be different by 2030.
High-rise proposed to replace nearly entire Ann Arbor neighborhood block
annarbordevelopment2 by Brandon Dolley, on Flickr
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The city’s Planning Commission is meeting Tuesday, Sept. 12, for a work session, where officials will discuss conceptual plans for a planned unit development spanning 2.7 acres.
The proposal calls for redeveloping the site with roughly 450 apartments in a building ranging from seven to 12 stories, including a large parking garage and amenities such as a rooftop pool terrace, interior courtyard and dog run. Altogether, there could be more than 1,500 bedrooms. The block that would be almost entirely demolished is between Fourth and Fifth avenues and bound by Packard Street to the north and Madison Street to the south. It’s immediately across the street to the north from the old Fingerle Lumber property, where the University of Michigan has plans for a new marching band practice field, while the old Elbel Field site further south is being repurposed for a campus dorm project.
annarbordevelopment1 by Brandon Dolley, on Flickr
St. Louis-based student housing developer Subtext is behind the latest development to be discussed Tuesday and describes its proposal as “much-needed modern housing that will help further address the city’s housing crisis and sustainability goals.” It has secured options to purchase the properties.
A project map shows only properties on the northwest part of the block, near the corner of Fourth Avenue and Packard Street, are not included in the development footprint.
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https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor...ood-block.html
24-story skyscraper proposed on Ann Arbor’s Main Street
125SMain3 by Brandon Dolley, on Flickr
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The old Chase Bank building at 125 S. Main St. in Ann Arbor could face the wrecking ball as plans are in the works to replace it with a 24-story skyscraper.
The city’s Planning Commission is meeting Tuesday, Sept. 12, for a work session where officials will discuss conceptual plans for a new mixed-use tower rising at the northeast corner of Main and Washington streets in the heart of downtown. The 215,000-square-foot building that’s envisioned would include about 70-55 apartments on floors 17-23, 200 hotel rooms on floors 3-16, 12,000 square feet of restaurant space on floors 1-2, top-floor amenity spaces for residents and hotel guests opening up to a rooftop pool terrace, and below-grade parking. Since it would exceed existing height limits by several stories, the development team is asking city officials to consider the project as a special planned unit development.
125SMain2 by Brandon Dolley, on Flickr
New York City-based SHoP Architects Inc. requested Tuesday’s meeting on behalf of owners Hall Gratiot Partners LLC and REalta Capital 125 S Main LLC.
In an Aug. 23 letter, they noted the vacant, five-story bank building there now is in the D1 core downtown zone at a prominent intersection. “We believe this is one of the most important corners in the downtown and activating this currently dormant corner is critical to galvanizing the Main Street corridor,” the proposal states.
While the existing building hasn’t had an active street-level presence even when in use because of its opaque design, the new building would have first- and second-floor restaurant space wrapping around most of the frontages on Main and Washington. Hotel and residential lobbies would be at the southeast corner of the building along Washington Street, where there’s a city parking garage to the east. There would be a drop-off zone in the alley for deliveries and ride-sharing services.
125SMain by Brandon Dolley, on Flickr
The development team vows it would be a high-quality building addressing city goals to increase housing and sustainability, enliven and activate the downtown with visitors and foot traffic to offset the loss of office workers since the pandemic and generate significant economic development through the creation of jobs, new businesses and tax revenue.
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https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor...in-street.html
Last edited by DetroitMan; Sep 11, 2023 at 7:23 PM.
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