New affordable housing coming to neighborhood near Henry Ford Hospital

A mixed-income housing development is planned for a Detroit neighborhood slated for massive institutional investment.Developers and city officials broke ground Monday on a new 27-unit apartment development, Merrill Place II, located just north of Henry Ford Hospital in the Virginia Park neighborhood.
The project comes as the broader area around Henry Ford Health's campus prepares for significant redevelopment, as the Detroit-based health system ramps up for a $2.5 billion overhaul of its facilities in the area.
The Merrill Place development, located on a vacant lot along Seward Avenue west of the Lodge/M-10 expressway, is a project from S&S Development Group, headed by Sauda Ahmad-Green. The developer previously did another small development in the same neighborhood. "It's incredibly rewarding to give back to the neighborhood that raised me by creating affordable housing options for Detroit residents," Ahmad-Green said in a news release from the city. "Virginia Park and New Center are such vibrant community hubs, so I'm excited to be developing housing that offers Detroiters easy access to such vital amenities."

The $12 million project will have a total of 27 apartments, consisting of nine, one-bedroom units and 18 two-bedrooms. Another 14 of the units will be reserved for those making 60% of the area median income, or about $39,780, according to figures from the Michigan State Housing Development Authority.
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