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Posted Jun 20, 2017, 5:32 PM
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Metropolitan Detroit
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Originally Posted by LMich
I really do hope someone is able to stop this, but they are redeveloping so many other properties, I fear they've innoculated themselves a bit.
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Yeah unfortunately i don't think there's much hope, with the Illitch's redeveloping the United Artist's building, the American Hotel, the Eddystone ext. it would be hard to stop unless someone else wanted to buy the properties for a fair price and then redevelop them in a short time table. While i really don't like this i'll accept it as long as the whole 5 neighborhood "District Detroit" is built basically as envisioned, however it pain's me to say it.
Here's a good example of why unless the District Detroit plan proceeds forward at a good pace with the over all plan at the very least its bad business to be tearing down apartment buildings in the city that aren't in that bad of shape. Detroit needs to save the absolute most of its historic it possibly can, while if the District Detroit development if completed will be a game changer for a downtown that is already undergoing "game changing" developments, however tearing down abandoned buildings without a reason and plan for usage in the short term should appear to anyone who has been watching whats been going on over the past 20 years downtown as just plain wrong, at the very least .
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Report: Detroit area needs more than 15,000 new apartments by 2030
BY ROBIN RUNYAN
Curbed Detroit
JUN 14, 2017
It may seem like Detroit has added many new apartments in the past few years. Between 2011 and 2016, we’ve seen an additional 412 apartments in the metro area each year. But in order to keep up with current trends in immigration, fewer homebuyers, and an aging population, a new report says the Detroit area will need 15,467 new apartments by 2030.
That averages to about 1,105 a year.
The report, commissioned by the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) and the National Apartment Association (NAA), found that nationally, 4.6 million apartment units will be needed in that time. Detroit is ranked #33 out of 50 in terms of need.
“Nationally and here in Detroit, we’re experiencing fundamental shifts in our housing dynamics, as more people are moving away from buying houses and choosing apartments instead. Detroit is experiencing modest population growth, which could increase in the future if recent manufacturing gains continue. The rental stock is older here, and over half of renters are housed in older, more affordable apartments. Demand for additional apartments in the Detroit metro area is expected to be positive but erratic going forward,” said Deborah Oaks, President, Detroit Metropolitan Apartment Association.
Detroit itself has seen a boom in apartment building renovation and construction. We’ve mapped many of the projects underway, and many more are in the works. The report suggests that Detroit needs a wide range of apartments and at all price points. For this study, they considered an apartment as a rental unit within a building that has five or more apartments.
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https://detroit.curbed.com/2017/6/14...partment-needs
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True North, a Quonset hut community, opens for residents
Quonset huts are back in Detroit
BY ROBIN RUNYAN
Curbed Detroit
JUN 16, 2017
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MICHELLE & CHRIS GERARD
With the vast amount of land in Detroit, there’s room for innovative housing and development. True North, which has sprung up over the past year, is one of those truly unique ideas.
Last summer, we started hearing that a few Quonset huts were being built off of Grand River and 16th. We visited in the winter, as many started to rise. Since then, people from around the world have shown interest in this little community and now, they’re housing new residents.
Curbed recently toured the new community with developer Philip Kafka, as landscaping and final touches are underway. Some of the spaces will be dynamic and activated, while most will simply be residences. They’ve planted 30 trees and more wild grass and a clay court is yet to come. Of the residences, all seven are occupied or will be rented shortly. One of the huts will be rented out as an Airbnb, while the largest one (the tall one with the ladder) will have a gallery space and an apartment above it.
Kafka says that once the news broke of the development, they had over 150 inquiries about it. When people who haven’t seen it drive by, he says, they stop to look. He says he’s happy with how democratic the design is, and wanted a sensible development that’s good for everyone. Could there be more on the way? Possibly. For now, they’re learning from the building of this development and what could be improved in the future.
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https://detroit.curbed.com/2017/6/16...-north-detroit
Last edited by Docta_Love; Jun 21, 2017 at 12:10 AM.
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