Posted on Thursday, November 09, 2006 - 2:11 pm:

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"ps- and any information on the now extinct lakeside trailer park what is there now????"

Just a fence and a field. Was scraped clean a year or so ago.

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Detroit adds room for growth

DETROIT - A development team is planning to add luxury homes and a marina along the Detroit River near Grosse Pointe using Detroit's new master plan, which has been updated to identify sites for future housing.

Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will present the revised master plan to City Council this week. The city's planning and development department has spent three years updating the plan, which provides developers, community groups and others with zoning uses, demographic information, detailed maps and development recommendations across 144 square miles.

"This was an enormous project that provides us with another tool to draw new offices, stores, homes and industry to our city, but most importantly future jobs," Kilpatrick said.

The revised master plan, last updated in 1992, divides the city into 10 clusters, or regions. Each cluster is broken down into more specific areas, such as Brush Park at Interstate 75 and Woodward, where more than 120 condominiums have been added in the last three years. The plan details the new homes along with commercial and institutional projects and also recommends areas where more housing, stores or restaurants could be added.

"The master plan is absolutely better, especially with much of the information now available on the Internet," said Rayford Jackson, president of RAS Development in Detroit, which plans to build 38 single-family homes and 84 condominiums along the Detroit River and an inland canal. The 18-acre project is east of Greyhaven Marina Village, a residential marina community near East Jefferson and Conner.

Jackson and his development partner, Grand Sakwa Properties Inc. in Farmington Hills, plan to start work on the $40 million subdivision over the next 18 months. The homes, priced from $500,000 to more than $1 million, will be set along the river or canal and include boat slips or boathouses. The condos will range in price from $250,000 to $500,000 and be located near the water.

The city's master plan still needs final approval from City Council, which is scheduled to hold public hearings on the effort in the coming weeks.

RJ King - Detroit News - Oct 24, 2004 - sorry, don't have the link anymore...

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$163M in E. Jefferson plans OK'd to seek tax credits
By Robert Ankeny
• August 09, 2004

Planning for four proposed East Jefferson Avenue residential projects estimated to cost $163 million is moving ahead, as Detroit's Brownfield Redevelopment Authority gave approval July 21 for developers to seek tax credits from the state.

The projects, being managed by Detroit-based Phoenix Development Group L.L.C., range from redevelopment of the classic Whittier Towers complex to the construction of midrise condominium towers at the foot of Alter Road near Grosse Pointe Shores. The brownfield applications call for projects to be started by fall, with all facets eligible for tax credits completed within five years.

The Detroit City Council must approve the applications for up to $10 million in single-business-tax brownfield credits in order for them to go to the Michigan Economic Development Corp., whose board approves tax breaks for such redevelopment projects.

The largest project, called Belle Harbour Estates, is for construction of market-rate units on a 7-acre islandlike site between city and county parks.

Three proposed site plans for Belle Harbour call variously for construction of eight- to 12-story towers, plus six to 10 attached condominium buildings with between four and 10 units each. Estimated cost for the project, including extensive clearance of old buildings and storage tanks, is around $60 million.

At 8344 E. Jefferson, west of Owen Park, a 2-acre site is to house 96 two- to four-bedroom condominium units in five- to six-story low-rise buildings with an estimated cost of about $26 million.

River Park Village, at 415 Burns, is to be a two-phase, $19 million project. Phase I calls for renovation of twin midrise buildings of the present Whittier complex into 140 one- and two-bedroom units. Phase II proposes construction of a mixed-use building with 25,000 square feet of retail and commercial space below 60 residential lofts.

The fourth project, Whittier Tower Regatta, also has two phases. Phase I is to be renovation of the 15-story main Whittier tower into 165 market-rate units plus 30,000 square feet of retail and office space at a cost of about $21.2 million. Phase II, estimated to cost about $38 million, calls for construction of 180 units of market-rate residential space.

Robert Ankeny - Crains Det Business- Aug 9, 2004 - again don't have the link anymore

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