DETROIT | Development & Construction: Motown Lowdown

[davidberko]

https://www.freep.com/story/money/20...ot/3616455002/

This could be interesting....

[DetroitSky]

^Great news! I hope they go for apartments and not condos or a very small amount of condos, since the Detroit condo market hasn't been doing too well lately.

Another business opening in New Center's Woodward retail district:

TEN Nail Bar to expand to New Center with body waxing, event space

The TEN Nail Bar plans to open a second location in Detroit's New Center next month.

The 2,650-square-foot location at 6541 Woodward Ave. is set to open May 18. It will offer the usual services such as manicures, pedicures and a complimentary glass of champagne, but with the addition of full-body waxing and event space for intimate parties and celebrations, such as bridal showers, according to a Monday news release.

"It was our vision to really serve what we feel is in an unjustly underserved market, and New Center is really like what Capitol Park was when we first got here," Kelli Coleman, co-founder and co-owner, said in the release.

The company employs 25 at its downtown Detroit location at 1215 Griswold St. and plans to hire 20 at the New Center site, Coleman told Crain's.

3 health systems team up to build $48 million medical laundry center in Detroit

Three Michigan health systems are banding together to construct a $48 million medical laundry service center in the Northwest Goldberg neighborhood in Detroit.

Henry Ford Health System; Michigan Medicine, the University of Michigan's health care arm; and St. Joseph Mercy Health System, owned by Livonia-based Trinity Health, have stitched together a joint venture to build the facility, according to a Monday news release.

The center will be operated by Detroit-based nonprofit Metropolitan Detroit Area Hospital Services Inc., which also has run its joint laundry facility on Oakman Boulevard on Detroit's west side, the release said.

The article doesn't make it clear if they're remodeling this building or demolishing it and building new

Developers offer peek behind rainbow mural in Detroit

Developers offered a look Monday at the progress on a $16 million project to turn a cold storage building into a co-working space and food hall in the Milwaukee Junction neighborhood.

The first floor-to-ceiling window has been installed in the nine-story building at 2937-67 E. Grand Blvd. It will be among dozens of windows that will pour light into the long-abandoned building known for its rainbow-colored mural.

Construction began in January, and challenges in a building 100-plus years old arose, said Larry Marantette of Detroit-based Taktix Solutions.

“It has had issues on how it’s been maintained over the years,” he said. “Integrity of the walls, the brick … We’re managing that as we’re building inside the building.”

Marantette said there have also been challenges bringing utilities into a building in a very tight space on Grand Boulevard.

The project is on target for completion in November.

Crews also removed a freight elevator shaft to install a second stairwell. Framing is up for restrooms on each floor.

While much of the interior will change, plans call for preserving the 100-foot-by-125-foot rainbow-colored artwork, “Illuminated Mural,” on the building’s west side. When The Platform went under contract to buy the building in 2017, it agreed with the artist that the mural would remain.

Detroit 'making significant progress' on FCA plant land

Detroit — City officials said Monday they are still “making significant progress” two days past a 60-day deadline to gather 200 acres of land for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV's $2.5 billion plant expansion on the city’s east side.

Tim Carroll, deputy communications director for the city of Detroit, confirmed the status of the project when asked Monday but declined to say anything further.

The city had until Saturday to assemble land under terms the city and the automaker agreed upon in a memorandum of understanding announced in February. As of Monday afternoon, it was unclear if the city had accomplished that goal.

City Council, meanwhile, will vote upon a property transfer or sale Tuesday, according to its meeting agenda. Councilman James Tate, who put forth the resolution on behalf of the Planning and Development Department, did not immediately return comment Monday afternoon.

FCA officials did not directly address the deadline when pressed Monday.

“FCA has confidence in the city of Detroit," FCA spokeswoman Jodi Tinson said. "We have nothing further to add at this time.”

[animatedmartian]

Originally Posted by davidberko

https://www.freep.com/story/money/20...ot/3616455002/

This could be interesting....

Per Crain's, proposals are due by June 10th with one chosen by September.

[subterranean]

The Assembly rehab before and after:


Photo by Bedrock

[seabee1526]

Originally Posted by subterranean

The Assembly rehab before and after:


Photo by Bedrock

Model T assembly? What are the plans for this...it looks nice

[DetroitSky]

Originally Posted by seabee1526

Model T assembly? What are the plans for this...it looks nice

No, it used to be a warehouse for Edson Moore and Company. It’s going to be office space for Coyote Logistics, residential space and retail. It's always hard to see in photos, but they added a recessed fifth floor during renovations.

Today's Real Estate Insider from Crain's has updates on a few projects:

A planned building that stirred a bit of controversy last year for its height is being scaled back.

The developer has reduced the planned building at 112 Edmund Place in the city's Brush Park neighborhood from seven stories with 82 feet to five stories with 68 feet, according to a document filed with the Brush Park Community Development Corp.

The overall square footage has gone from 82,000 to 50,000, with reduced retail from 5,000 square feet to 1,200 square feet, zero office space and additional residential units, going from 32 to 36.

The building's height drew concern from residents of the Carlton Lofts building to the north, which is 92 feet tall. Curbed Detroit reported on that about a year ago.

Cass/Canfield appraisal: $5.468 million
The ongoing discussions over the proposed Midtown development at Cass Avenue and Canfield Street continue.

Now we know what the 1.5-acre parcel The Vernor is planned to occupy is valued at: $5.468 million, according to a March 2018 appraisal.

It was done by Detroit-based The Harbin Group Inc. on behalf of Wayne State University, which is in discussions to sell the properties at 66 W. Canfield St. and 4400-10 Cass Ave. to Broder & Sachse for a mixed-use project.

Detroit medical marijuana business park to break ground in May

A new industrial park in Detroit focused on the growing and selling of medical marijuana is slated to begin construction in May.

Green Cure Wellness Inc. and Southeast Provisioning LLC plan to invest up to $6 million to open five cultivation businesses, two processing businesses and a medical marijuana dispensary. The group will occupy the city-regulated maximum for marijuana businesses of 50,000 square feet of space at 14470 Livernois Ave. between the Davison Freeway and M-10/the Lodge Freeway.

Construction is expected to begin in May with the first of the cultivation centers to begin operations in August or September, said Maurice Morton, partner in Green Cure and Southeast Provisioning and proprietor of The Morton Law Group PLLC. The entire operation is expected to be open in early 2020, he said.

Barbecue restaurant to open on Livernois-McNichols corridor

A new barbecue restaurant is opening on the Livernois-McNichols corridor in northwest Detroit.

TMO's Barbeque Pit could open as early as Saturday, said co-owner Tito Dotson, 45. He's finishing up build-out of the space, which started in late 2017. Once open, the restaurant at 7401 W. McNichols Road will mark the completion of a goal many years in the making.

With city of Detroit's purchase complete, entire Michigan State Fairgrounds property sold

The city of Detroit has closed on its purchase of 90 percent of the former Michigan State Fairgrounds property after years of inactivity on the site where a massive private redevelopment was previously planned.

The Michigan Land Bank Fast Track Authority on Monday closed its deal to sell the city 142 acres near Woodward Avenue and Eight Mile Road, it announced Tuesday in an emailed statement.

The previously announced pricetag is $7 million, with half to be paid up front by the city, and the remainder once the city sells the property or in 10 years. The city anticipated issuing a request for proposals to redevelop its part of the property after the deal closed.

A representative declined to immediately provide a timeline Tuesday for the city's plans. But Tom Lewand, the city's group executive for jobs and the economy, said in a statement that "... we are currently determining next steps to ensure this property will be an asset to Detroit's future."

One Campus Martius addition from forumer 48307 on DetroitYes:

[DetroitSky]

Wayne State OKs $25 million basketball arena, will lease to Pistons for G League

Wayne State University plans a $25 million basketball facility that would bring a Detroit Pistons G League team to the city.

The university's board of governors unanimously approved a proposal Wednesday afternoon to build an arena and lease it to the NBA franchise, according to Wayne State officials. WSU's men's and women's teams would also play there.

It's expected to open for the 2021-22 basketball season.

The Pistons, who play at Little Caesars Arena in downtown Detroit, will use the Wayne State facility for an affiliated NBA Gatorade League team that would play 20 or more games there a season under a 30-year lease with an option to extend. The team also plans to help create sports-related academic programming under the partnership.

The G League is a developmental league that serves as a kind of training and research ground for the NBA.

Mixed-use project with affordable housing on Gratiot ready for tenants

Residents are moving in while retail tenants are sought for a new mixed-use building with affordable housingon Detroit's east side.

Bingham Farms-based MHT Housing Inc. and the Detroit Catholic Pastoral Alliance broke ground on the $9.5 million project in February. The 52,000-square-foot, four-story building at 9100 Gratiot Ave., dubbed Gratiot Central Commons, was completed about two months ahead of schedule in early April, according to John Thorne, executive director of the Detroit Catholic Pastoral Alliance.

The project, which has 36 affordable housing units, sits between two mixed-use buildings at 8900 Gratiot Ave. and 9200 Gratiot Ave., also owned the Detroit Catholic Pastoral Alliance. A total of 28 housing units have been filled and the remaining eight units have been set aside for tenants awaiting approval through the Detroit Housing Commission's Project Based Voucher Program.

[The North One]

A change at city modern, the duplettes are now row homes.



https://www.facebook.com/HunterPaste...type=3&theater

[DetroitSky]

The Monarch Club rooftop bar opening soon in downtown Detroit

It could be the best rooftop-bar view in Detroit: The Monarch Club opens May 11 atop the Metropolitan Building in the heart of downtown.

Outdoor patio areas flank both sides of the indoor, 13th-floor bar, with expansive sights that include Comerica Park to the north and the Hudson skyscraper construction project to the south.

"The building is in a great vantage point to downtown — you can kind of see it in a way you don't typically," said David Di Rita, principal with the Detroit-based Roxbury Group, which has redeveloped the building through a $33 million project including the 110-room Element Detroit hotel.

It's anticipated to be the highest bar open to the public in downtown Detroit, with hours daily from 4 p.m to as late as midnight. It's accessed through elevators inside the building's main entrance, facing John R Street.

[Busy Bee]

Originally Posted by subterranean

The Assembly rehab before and after:


Photo by Bedrock

Reminds me of this, which makes me happy:


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[DetroitSky]

Detroit acquires nearly 215 acres of land for FCA plant

Detroit — The city said Friday it can now deliver nearly 215 acres of land to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV after reaching key deals with landowners, paving the way for construction of the first new auto assembly plant Detroit has seen in nearly three decades.

With the deals complete nearly a week after deadline set by an understanding between the automaker and the city, FCA can have the acreage it needs — including roughly 80 acres currently occupied by a Moroun-owned company — to expand Jefferson North Assembly and convert its Mack Avenue Engine Complex to build new versions of the Jeep Grand Cherokee, including three-row and electrified versions of the brand's full-size SUV.

The most complicated piece of the deal involved acquiring 82.2 acres of land from Moroun-owned Crown Enterprises Inc. The city struck a deal with the Morouns to pay $43.5 million and swap 117 acres of land in return for the parcel at 12141 Charlevoix St. The Moroun property was by far the most expensive, as the city acquired the other 132 acres for $4.6 million.

Fifth Third to focus on Seven Mile-Gratiot with $5 million investment

Adding a median to Gratiot Avenue, repurposing abandoned schools and creating a micro-commercial district are ideas being explored for the revitalization of Detroit's Seven Mile and Gratiot area.

The neighborhood is being targeted for rehab by the city's Strategic Neighborhood Fund. Fifth Third Bancorp officials said Friday they are funneling $5 million into the SNF and Affordable Housing Leverage Fund. The investment is part of the $35 million committed by seven corporations last year.

"The further we move from downtown, the more people believe this resurgence is gonna bring everyone along," Maurice Cox, the city's planning director, told Crain's.

Cincinnati-based Fifth Third's partnership with the eastside neighborhood follows Troy-based Flagstar Bancorp's decision to focus its $5 million promise on the Old Redford neighborhood on the west side of Detroit. Revitalizing the Seven Mile and Gratiot corridor presents a unique set of challenges for the city and partners. The area is home to several strip malls and supermarkets but has also suffered from population loss and abandonment. Eight miles from the city center, the corridor is far from the sphere of downtown and Midtown resurgence and lacks the institutional anchors found in northwest Detroit.

$8.3 million development in northwest Detroit lands new tenants, to be done by August

The $8.3 million development at the corner of Livernois Avenue and Seven Mile Road in northwest Detroit has a new name, expected completion date and a pair of newly signed tenants.

B. Siegel Detroit — rolled out as the 7.Liv project in February 2018 — is expected to be complete by Aug. 1, said Matt Hessler, the real estate developer heading up the mixed-use project. It consists of 10 apartment units and just shy of 20,000 square feet of retail space.

Detroit Vs Everybody will open its flagship store there in early August, owner Tommey Walker said. Once open, the 1,500-square-foot shop will be the clothing chain's eighth location. It will carry the familiar shirts and hoodies stamped with its signature phrase, as well as new releases.

Walker said the store is expected to open when the development is done in early August. He said he is investing upward of $40,000 into build-out.

The clothing retailer will be joined by a nail salon called Lacquered, which is moving into a 1,700-square-foot space in the development.

Hessler said there is still slightly less than 10,000 square feet of retail space available, and it will be divided depending on use. He said he is in talks with other retailers and restaurants, but nothing else has been solidified.

[hybrydy]

Originally Posted by Busy Bee

Reminds me of this, which makes me happy:

one of my fav childhood films

[DetroitSky]

Navigating digital transformation, media mogul Nancy Tellem transforms historic Detroit home

Back in Detroit, Nancy Tellem's local profile will grow since she bought a historic building last year in Detroit's cultural district — a block from the Detroit Institute of Arts and College for Creative Studies and three blocks from Wayne State. She intends to transform the 1887 Queen Anne home into a business accelerator and co-working space for local creatives and media-focused entrepreneurs.

"I'm not clear on the business model, but I am clear that this will be a place where ideas are generated and exchanged," Tellem says on a recent tour of the building, pointing out spaces where a podcast studio could be built and individual studios could occupy an upper floor. The main floor, though, is for convening, for speakers, for sparking ideas. She's inspired by membership and co-working spaces like Soho House that has outposts in New York and other cities, and The Assembly in San Francisco that caters to women with classes and community-building offerings.

Community is a theme that Tellem comes back to again and again when she talks about the new project, which she has dubbed Ett hem-Detroit — Swedish (a nod to her husband's roots) for "a home."

Détroit is the New Black to reopen downtown Detroit store

After years of operating out of temporary spaces around the city, Detroit clothing brand Détroit Is The New Black is set to open its first permanent flagship location in downtown Detroit on Friday.

The updated 2,300-square-foot store at 1430 Woodward Ave. will focus on sustainable fashion, featuring a new line of organic Turkish denim with sustainable labels, and a curated section of luxury goods all while representing designers of color, according to a news release.

Detroit Vineyards, Detroit's first winery in 60 years, opens in old Stroh's building

Sitting on Gratiot Avenue in the former Stroh’s Ice Cream facility, Detroit Vineyards officially opened its doors Friday.

Featuring wine from Detroit-grown grapes, the business is the first winery in Detroit in 60 years. Co-founders Blake Kownacki and Claes Fornell established the Detroit Vineyards company in 2014.

“To combine what I do for a living with a place I hold near and dear to my heart, I couldn’t ask for a better situation,” said Kownacki, who is a winemaker and grew up in Waterford.

First tenants move in to completed Baltimore Station 1 apartments

Tenants are moving in to the first of its completed buildings, Baltimore Station 1 on Woodward Avenue, which has been under construction for a couple years.

This 27,110-square-foot mixed-use building has 23 apartments. Five of the units will lease for 80 percent of the area median income, or for households that make less than $45,440 per year.

Here’s a breakdown of the unit sizes and rental rates from a 2018 Curbed Detroit article: A 570-square-foot studio run $1,315 per month. One bedrooms will range in size from 590-850 square feet, at $1,280-1,795. Two bedrooms will be 1,000-1,185 square feet, at $2,070-2,552 a month.

All units, many of which are still available for rent, come with stainless-steel appliances, in-unit laundry, granite countertops, and on-site parking. Some have a private terrace as well.

[LMich]

Recent photo of the One Campus Martius expansion:


https://twitter.com/BedrockDetroit/s...05753652002816

They say it won't be completed until 2020. It must be very early 2020, because this thing has gone up quickly.

[The North One]

well we all know topping out is very different than full completion.

[subterranean]

Anyone remember the size of that expansion? Something like 350,000 sq. ft.?

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by subterranean

Anyone remember the size of that expansion? Something like 350,000 sq. ft.?

I believe 300,000. Also thwy’re Even farther along now than in that photo. They only have 2 more floors to go for the windows I believe.

[Innsertnamehere]

It’s crazy how much space that actually is, it looks like such a small addition. That’s like 2,500 new employees at full occupancy.

[DetroitSky]

The addition makes One Campus Martius look massive. I never realized how big the building really is until they started filling in the notch. I believe when the addition is complete it will be the largest office building in the city by square footage, overtaking Cadillac Place.

Clothing manufacturing hub finds home with Carhartt in Midtown

An effort by a local coalition of clothing makers to create a nonprofit industrial sewing center in Detroit is coming to life in space donated by workwear company Carhartt Inc.

The Industrial Sewing and Innovation Center (ISAIC) will aim to grow the city's clothing manufacturing industry from above Carhartt's Midtown retail shop on Cass Avenue, according to a news release.

The ISAIC effort is two-pronged. Its nonprofit institute oversees a nationally recognized apparel industry apprenticeship program that will be implemented at its Cass Avenue facility, as well as through Detroit nonprofit The Empowerment Plan and others. ISAIC also aims to start a clothing-making factory late this year in the third-floor, 13,800-square-foot space at 5800 Cass Ave.

The manufacturing operation will provide contract sewing services for other companies, starting with 10 employees and building to 24 by the end of the year, Jen Guarino, chair of ISAIC's board and vice president of manufacturing at Shinola/Detroit LLC, told Crain's. The factory will share profits with employees in some way and could possibly be worker-owned, but its structure hasn't been finalized.

Downtown Detroit taco restaurant to open second location in Eastern Market

Owners of a small Mexican restaurant in downtown Detroit plan to open a second location double the size in Eastern Market.

Jose's Tacos is expected to open this summer in a building at 2510 Market Street, which is owned by Sanford Nelson. Luis Orozco, manager of the restaurant and son of the owners, said they signed a long-term lease after being approached by Nelson, a regular at the restaurant, around six months ago. Orozco said the space made perfect sense for the business.

"We already buy produce and meat in Eastern Market, so Eastern Market would be a perfect fit for us," he said.

Detroit begins work to remove median on Avenue of Fashion

Detroit — When a median was installed along the Avenue of Fashion 13 year ago, it impacted business but not in a good way, said Ronda Morrison, owner of House of Morrison Shoe Repair on Livernois. Her customers didn’t stop in as often.

“After that median, a lot of stores closed…” she said. “Just the inconvenience of having to pass and come back, pass and come back. … It was an inconvenience to them and an inconvenience to us.”

That controversial median will be no more as city officials and business owners celebrated Wednesday the start of construction to remove the barrier stretching from Margareta, two blocks south of 7 Mile, to 8 Mile. Construction noise filled the air as crews performed a ceremonial dig on the median in front of Morrison's shop.

^ It will be interesting to see if even more new businesses open in the Avenue of Fashion once this project is complete.

Detroit council approves sale of Johnson Recreation Center to U of D Jesuit

Detroit — The City Council on Tuesday approved the sale of the long-vacant Johnson Recreation Center for $625,000 to University of Detroit Jesuit High School.

The school said it plans to renovate the building and give the community access to it through an agreement the city negotiated with the residents.

“We’ll get a one-time dollar amount for it, but it’s a long-term fix for the community,” said Councilman Andre Spivey, one of seven council members to vote in favor of the sale Tuesday. “I think it will be a wonderful catalyst for the community.”

Townhomes at Saint Charles development hit the market

In Islandview, the slightly more economically challenged neighbor to the West Village, a luxury residential development is well underway. Banyan Investments LLC has been redeveloping the historic Saint Charles School into 25 condominiums ranging in price from $275,000 to nearly $1 million.

Phase two of the development, the Saint Charles Terraces, just listed for sale.

The 10 new-build townhomes have a very modern look, from the rectilinear design to the sleek surfaces. The one- and two-bedroom units have similar floor plans and amenities, including wood floors, marble bathrooms, appliances, and a private patio or rooftop.

The homes range in price from $230,000 for a 536-square-foot unit to $605,000 for a two-bedroom that’s just over 1,400 square feet. That puts the cost between $400 and $430 per square foot—an exceptionally high number for a neighborhood-based development. It will be interesting to see how many are able to sell.

[DetroitSky]

NSO has buyer for Midtown homeless center, partner on $20 million project

The nonprofit Neighborhood Service Organization has identified a buyer for its Midtown drop-in center for the homeless.

Bingham Farms-based MHT Housing Inc. "made an offer, and we're solidifying it," said NSO President and CEO Linda Little Thursday afternoon. She declined to disclose specifics.


Neighborhood Service Organization
Linda Little
NSO, and Olympia Development of Michigan, the Ilitch family's real estate company, had a verbal agreement about the Tumaini Center at 3430 Third Street.

MHT was not immediately available for comment Thursday afternoon. But a statement from MHT and Olympia Development indicates that Olympia is still involved with the project.

MHT is NSO's development partner for the supportive housing piece of a $20 million shelter and apartment complex planned near the intersection of Mack Avenue, just east of Gratiot, Little said. The site was home to the former Deroit Police 7th Precinct which closed in 2006 and was subsequently demolished.

Little said NSO and MHT plan to break ground in June on the supportive housing component of the project.