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$5.8 Million in Grants Awarded to Detroit Projects

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) awarded brownfield grants and loans to the Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (DBRA), the Southwest Housing Solutions Corp., the American Indian Health and Family Services, and Detroit’s Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department (BSEED). Brownfields are areas where reuse is complicated by contamination issues. DBRA will use $1 million in EGLE brownfield grants to fix contamination at the former American Motors Corporation headquarters. Southwest Housing Solutions Corp. will use the grant monies to remediate an entire block of contaminated land into a new development that will provide affordable housing. The American Indian Health and Family Services will build a new community health and wellness center in southwest Detroit. The city of Detroit will use the $450,000 it was awarded to transform vacant parcels of land for a residential redevelopment project. BSEED will use its grant to assess contamination, remove an underground storage tank and install a ventilation system if removal of the contamination is impossible.

 

 

 

Developer Plans 250-Unit Project For Grand Rapids’ Celebration Village

Victory Development Group is planning a 250-unit mixed use project in Grand Rapids’ Celebration Village. The developer is seeking a planned redevelopment district amendment for Celebration Apartments, a mixed-use apartment project it is proposing. The Grand Rapids City Planning Commission will hear the request on January 12. Victory Development group will ask for a change in use or character of the development, an increase in residential density, and an increase to five stories from the maximum allowable building height of four stories. The project would be located on the only remaining vacant parcel in the Celebration Village commercial development. Victory Development Group is the firm behind the 280 Ann and Victory on Leonard apartment projects on Grand Rapids’ northwest side.

 

Amazon Fresh Stores Slated for Plymouth and Dearborn Communities

Plymouth and Dearborn are slated to be the new homes for two new Amazon Fresh locations in metro Detroit. The stores bring the total number in the region to nine. One is being built in a strip plaza at the corner of Ann Arbor and Haggerty Roads in the Plymouth Towne Center retail development. The other is destined for the former Kroger Co. grocery store space at 23000 Michigan Ave. Construction on the Plymouth location began in the fall and is expected to be finished late spring/early summer of 2023. The two stores are anticipated to open in unison.