Sunday, March 16, 2014

James Scott Mansion up for Condo Conversion

According to MLive work could begin this summer on a $7 million rehab of the 137 year old James Scott Mansion on Peterboro.  Developer Joel Landry has secured $2.6 million in state historic and brownfield redevelopment tax credits to turn the Richardsonian Romanesque home into 25 condos.

Tuesday, March 04, 2014

Cass Corridor Construction

The Cass Corridor Neighborhood Development Corp has started rehabilitating two long neglected buildings in Detroit's Cass Corridor.

The corner of Cass and MLK will see $17 million dedicated to the transformation of the Cass Plaza (Naomi Apartments 1924) and the Davenport Apartments (1905) into 47 affordable-income units. These two buildings, along with the Aderna Court Apartments and the Chesterfield Apartments make up the Cass-Davenport Historic District.

Cass Plaza

Cass Plaza

The Davenport Apartments stand in the shadow of Cass Plaza


Monday, December 30, 2013

Parking Wars II: Apostolopoulos Strikes Back

Andreas Apostolopoulos didn't his way with the Detroit Historic District Commission when he wanted to tear down the State Bank Building to build a parking garage for the Penobscot building, so he is taking it out on a terracotta building across from the Book Cadillac.


Curbed Detroit

Sunday, December 01, 2013

Bates Garage Demolition

The Bates Garage located at the corner of Monroe and Randolph was demolished in October. Here is a look at its final days.