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Former Hyatt Regency Hotel Has Sold

Rhodium Capital Advisors closed on the purchase of the former Hyatt Regency hotel in Dearborn on Wednesday. The Manhattan-based real estate company purchased the property for an undisclosed sum. The company owns and operates 17,000 apartments across the U.S. It plans to convert the 772-room hotel into a multifamily, market-rate apartment complex with 375 unites. Phase 2 of the $50 million project includes renovation of the restaurant and banquet space on the property.

Northville Psychiatric Hospital Site Slated For Demolition

The state psychiatric hospital site in Northville Township will be demolished as early as the summer of 2022. The hospital has been closed since 2003. The Northville Township Board of Trustees approved a $12 million bond sale to fund the clearing of the site. Previously in 2018, the site’s nine-story structure was demolished in 2018. The property will be developed into hiking and biking trails, with over 96% of the 332 acre site returned to a natural state. The township’s general fund will not be used to pay for the clearing.

Book Mansion Hits Market Soon

The James Burgess Book Jr. mansion on East Jefferson Avenue will most likely hit the market for sale in the very near future. The property has been taken back by a foreclosing lender. The 1911, 12,000-square-foot building had been owned by Historic Book House LLC. The approximate $1.245 million mortgage is from December 2016. Soaring Pine Capital Real Estate and Debt Fund II are the lenders. The deadline to redeem the property by paying $937,006 plus interest is January 29. According to a Soaring Pine representative, that is unlikely to happen. The occupants had planned to hold orchestral concerts for the Ars Poetica Chamber Orchestra and give music lessons to pay back the loan. Unfortunately, those plans went by the wayside with the COVID-19 pandemic.