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  The Perennial Corktown Apartments Chicago-based developer   Oxford Capital Group, LLC   is building a mixed-use development that will include 10 parcels cornering Michigan and Trumbull. The $93 million, 2.4-acre project will start with the development of 1511 Michigan Ave. – a 188 unit apartment building to include 12,452 square feet of retail space. Developers were   approved   for $5,882,898 in state brownfield tax credits in 2021 and were approved for a Commercial Rehabilitation Tax Act abatement   of $10.6 million   by the city. The project is   subject to   community   engagement   based upon Tier 1 requirements listed in Detroit's   Community Benefits Ordinance . Based upon 60% area median income,   about 10% of the units will be affordable . Source: Oxford Capital Group, Michigan Economic Development Corp., Urbanize Detroit, City of Detroit June 2, 2022 August 17,2022 August 31, 2022 January 2, 2023 May 7, 2023 Ju...

 The Exchange in Greektown New Residential Tower Exchange Detroit LLC, working with company Barton Malow and subsidiary LIFTbuild, is developing a 16-story residential tower on Gratiot and Brush. The building, which will contain 153 apartments along with 12 condo units, is being built  from the top down  using a proprietary system: each floor plate is constructed at ground level and lifted up into place. The  $64.6M development  received a  $4.6M brownfield tax incentive . Construction  began in September 2021 and the anticipated completion date is spring 2023. Sources: MLive, DBusiness, Detroit News May 24, 2022 July 7, 2022 They are building it from the top down!

New Housing in Brush Park The Platform and Queen Lillian are developing a mixed-use building on Woodward and Stimson. An office building was  originally envisioned  for this site in 2013, before  changing to apartments in 2016. In November 2020, the current project, Woodward West, broke ground. It  will include 204 apartments  and 25,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. It is expected to  open in 2022 . Sources: Model D, Crain's Detroit Business, Detroit Free Press February 3, 2021 March 21, 2021 May 18, 2021 September 29, 2021 July 7, 2022 May 5, 2023  

 Another New Hotel for Detroit The Godfrey in Corktown Oxford Capital Group and Hunter Pasteur  broke ground  on the Godfrey Hotel Detroit in September 2021. The seven-story, 227-room boutique hotel in Corktown will have a restaurant and rooftop bar. Source: DBusiness March 17, 2022 Side Facing Michigan Ave. March 17, 2022 May 24, 2022 May 24, 2022 July 7, 2022 Looking from Trumbull August 2, 2022 Facing Michigan Ave. January 2, 2023 May 7, 2023

Wayne State University  approved the $65 million  Hilberry Gateway project in 2018, a  renovation of the Hilberry Theatre  (with the 350-seat Gretchen Valade Jazz Center and 110-seat Jazz Underground), development of a new venue (with a 550-seat main theatre and a 150 to 225-seat Studio Theatre) and outdoor performance and reception space between the two buildings. The Gateway will be the performance home for the Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance and the Department of Music. Initial site work for the project included  moving the historic Mackenzie House , built in 1895, to a former parking lot at 2nd and Forest in 2019. Opening is set for  late 2022/2023 . Sources: DBusiness, Wayne State University, Crain's Detroit Business, Detroit Free Press     Now that's a crane!   May18, 2021           July 6, 2021 July 7, 2022 March 5, 2023  

Bedrock is redeveloping the  Hudson’s site  on Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit. They broke ground in 2017 on what was then proposed as a  $1 billion mixed-use development . It has since faced delays and design changes, but completion is expected in 2024, Bedrock said in early 2022. The skyscraper is expected to be about 685 feet tall and the plan calls for 1.5 million square feet of hotel, office, dining, retail, residential, event and parking space, as well as a plaza. The site was home to the former Hudson’s department store, which initially opened in 1891 and was for a time the  tallest department store in the world . It closed to the public in 1983 and was imploded in 1998. Sources: Bedrock, Detroit News, Detroit Historical Society It has been a long time coming but construction is finally underway.        February 3, 2021                                 ...