First off, I love how we Michiganders are so over-cautiously removed from guile that we are examining every aspect of this man on this thread [[maybe we should check his "rectal scan" to see if he's "on the level"-this video will better elaborate on that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJklHwoYgBQ).
Having a healthy skepticism in the matter is
very well warranted, however, I too am going to throw my caution aside for optimism in this project.
So, okay, it's very ambitious, and it takes on a lot of baseless presumptions on the future. However, it is a beautiful building-and yeah, the neighborhood is bad, but it's things like this that give a shot in the arm for the New Center area at large. Maybe folks will see this and, at the least, more and more strip malls [[ugh), maybe even a Meijer's can open around there.
My only gripe is that 2K a month rental price...who this services?....hmmm....yet, to save that building and pump some residential life into that area is a whole heck of a lot better than doing nothing.