Originally Posted by
davewindsor
If they don't have additional parking in their plan, the building department shouldn't be granting an occupancy permit for another hotel. Most other cities, like Windsor across the river, have by-laws in place that don't allow hotel conversions without providing for new parking lots or structures. And why should Dan Gilbert allow them to park at Z-lot or the Greektown casino garage when he owns a competing hotel at Greektown? The opera house spots are for the opera house. This was previously an office building, so there's no parking grandfathering once it's a zoning change to a hotel, which makes it a new development.