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New apartments for University of Michigan students coming to Ann Arbor’s Main Street
Updated Feb 17, 2021;
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ANN ARBOR, MI Plans for a new 36-bed apartment building catering to University of Michigan students are now approved for development on Ann Arbor’s Main Street.
City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night, Feb. 16, to OK the project at 907 and 913 S. Main St.
“We are seeking to break ground late spring or early summer with the goal of completion prior to July 2022,” said Satch Chada of New York City-based Nest Capital Management LLC, the UM alumnus behind the project.
Two rental houses are to be demolished and replaced by a three-story building with six six-bedroom apartments.
Ann Arbor officials want to increase diversity of city’s mostly white population
Updated Feb 14, 2021;
Posted Feb 14, 2021
Ann Arbor officials at a City Council budget work session where they discussed possible initiatives to increase diversity of the city s population Feb. 8, 2021.CTN
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ANN ARBOR, MI Ann Arbor’s population is mostly white, and with high median incomes and housing prices to match, many who can afford to live here are doing pretty well financially.
But city leaders hope to move the needle on increasing diversity of the city’s residents in the coming years, creating more opportunity for people of color to live here. That’s now officially listed among the city’s strategic objectives.
Ann Arbor officials enthusiastically OK Packard Street mixed-use development
Updated Feb 02, 2021;
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ANN ARBOR, MI Ann Arbor officials are enthusiastic about a three-story development coming to 2111 Packard St.
Making special note of some of its sustainability features and mix of uses, City Council voted unanimously Monday night, Feb. 1, to approve the 72-unit apartment building with 118 bedrooms and two ground-floor retail spaces.
The project is being proposed by Jackson Dearborn Partners LLC, a company co-founded by Ryan Tobias of Triad Real Estate Partners, working with Myefski Architects.
“This is an exciting project,” said Council Member Lisa Disch, D-1st Ward, who serves on Planning Commission.