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Group Halts Work on Historic Mill Site

Rezoning of the historic Glen Arbor Mill faces opposition.  A group was able to successfully halt work on the site for 30 days while they collected signatures to add a referendum on the November ballot. The property owner intercepted an email in an effort to discredit the group. The rezoning of the historic property remain controversial.

Hudson’s Site Tower Takes Shape

The Hudson’s site tower is finally showing above-ground signs of construction three years after the Bedrock Detroit real estate firm broke ground at the old J.L. Hudson building site at 1200 Woodward Avenue. The property will include 150 residential units, a 200-plus-hotel, 400,000 square feet of office space, a 1,200-person event space, and 18,000 square feet of retail space. The completion date has been pushed back to the 2nd quarter of 2024. The planned tower is now also much shorter than the original concept.

Lansing-Based Developer Contracts the Linda Dresner Building

Ron Boji, head of the Lansing-based Boji Group, has put the Linda Dresner Building in Birmingham under contract for an undisclosed amount. Boji has letters of intent from two national retailers. Although he isn’t disclosing who the retailers are, one of them will occupy the first floor of the Dresner building and the other will occupy the Maplewood Building he purchased last year. Boji Group will relocate its headquarters to the second floor of the Dresner building while continuing to maintain a presence in Lansing.