Nearly 200 apartments are proposed on Michigan Avenue at 10th Street, opposite the Detroit PAL ballfield.
(Rendering: Elkus Manfredi Architects)
Corktown residents are challenging a developer's plans for this 188-unit apartment building on a block of Michigan Avenue opposite the old Tiger Stadium site. Neighbors voice concerns about traffic, noise and light pollution and further gentrification of Detroit's oldest residential section.
Louis Aguilar of Bridge Detroit tracks what's going on:
The Southwest Detroit community has seen a flurry of interest by outside developers since Ford Motor Co. declared in 2018 it is investing $740 million in the area, including reviving the long-dead Michigan Central Station. ... Townhomes are being built amid the historic single family homes. Longtime businesses ... have abruptly shut as the building owners seek more lucrative tenants.