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Developers Move Forward With Mobile Home Park in Ann Arbor Area

Sun Communities, Inc. is facing opposition from residents who don’t want hundreds of manufactured homes in the area. The Southfield-based company owns and operates mobile home parks, RV resorts and marinas across the United States.  The company had initially proposed a 500-unit mobile home park on about 140 acres on either side of U.S. 23 along Warren Road. The Ann Arbor Township denied that rezoning request.  The developers plan to continue with the manufactured homes development on the east side of U.S. 23 on 80 acres that is appropriately zoned for a dense mobile home park. About 17 neighbors attended the township planning commission meeting to protest the developers’ plans.

Michigan’s Vacation Home Market Is Hot

Demand for vacation homes is just as strong as the market for first homes. During the first half of 2021, vacation home sales jumped more than 57 percent when compared with 2020. Several counties in Northern Michigan are considered “vacation home counties,” which are counties with 20 percent or more of their housing inventory listed as seasonal. Leelanau County is a prime example. The average home price in the first quarter of this year jumped to $779,960 from $494,649 in the same quarter of last year. A more shocking comparison can be made when the average home in Leelanau County sold for $274,831 in 2012!

 

5-Story Building Planned For Downtown Birmingham

Birmingham-based developer, Surnow Co., has submitted plans for an 80-foot high, 53,000-square-foot building on the rear of the post office building parking lot. The developer currently has its offices in the redeveloped post office property at 329 Martin St. The building will include 5,400 square-feet of first-floor retail space, about 19,200 square feet of office space on the second and third floors, and six residential units on the fourth and fifth floors. It will also include underground parking with an automated parking system. The project is still in the planning stages.