A New China Town?

**Hermod** · June-01-21, 03:03 PM

Originally Posted by ShadowSoarer

Although would be nice if Metro Detroit had large concentration of Asian businesses in one area.

Go out John R and Dequindre from 9 to 15 mile. Quite a concentration there.

**ShadowSoarer** · June-01-21, 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by Hermod

Go out John R and Dequindre from 9 to 15 mile. Quite a concentration there.

There is also Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Canton, Farmington Hills, Novi, and West Bloomfield, but it is still too spread out. I’m talking more along the lines of continuous Asian businesses; something similar to Middle Eastern businesses on Michigan Ave or Warren Ave in Dearborn or Mexican businesses along Vernor in Southwest Detroit.

If something like that were to happen today it would likely be something like the Asian shopping plazas on Spring Mountain Road in Las Vegas, Stockton Blvd in Sacramento, Bellaire Blvd in Houston, etc.

**Hermod** · June-01-21, 07:49 PM

Originally Posted by ShadowSoarer

There is also Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Canton, Farmington Hills, Novi, and West Bloomfield, but it is still too spread out. I’m talking more along the lines of continuous Asian businesses; something similar to Middle Eastern businesses on Michigan Ave or Warren Ave in Dearborn or Mexican businesses along Vernor in Southwest Detroit.

If something like that were to happen today it would likely be something like the Asian shopping plazas on Spring Mountain Road in Las Vegas, Stockton Blvd in Sacramento, Bellaire Blvd in Houston, etc.

Eden Center at Seven Corners in Northern Virginia started with just a smattering of Vietnamese businesses and over the years as storefronts changed hands became solid Vietnamese.

**masterblaster** · June-01-21, 07:52 PM

Originally Posted by ShadowSoarer

There is also Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Canton, Farmington Hills, Novi, and West Bloomfield, but it is still too spread out. I’m talking more along the lines of continuous Asian businesses; something similar to Middle Eastern businesses on Michigan Ave or Warren Ave in Dearborn or Mexican businesses along Vernor in Southwest Detroit.

If something like that were to happen today it would likely be something like the Asian shopping plazas on Spring Mountain Road in Las Vegas, Stockton Blvd in Sacramento, Bellaire Blvd in Houston, etc.

There was such a suburban-style development planned in Novi, the pandemic might have killed it, who knows. The website is still up, the last news report about it was March 2020:

https://sakuranovi.com/

https://www.hometownlife.com/story/n...er/4943018002/

**masterblaster** · June-01-21, 08:03 PM

Looks like there is an update from the "Japan News Club", excerpt below:

The development group, Sakura Novi Land Development, LLC, is now working with the City of Novi to secure the final rezoning of the land, with the hope of having shovels in the ground in Fall 2021 and the Grand Opening in Spring 2023. Especially with the impact of the COVID19 pandemic, it has been a long journey to get to this point. There have been many technical details to work out. For example, One World Market was a development partner until they opted to expand in their current location, into the newly vacated adjacent restaurant space. Fortunately, the expanded Japanese market remains as an anchor in the vision of an Asian-themed district integrated into Novi’s downtown.
As Novi City Council contemplates the next steps in the development process, including the essential rezoning of the land, they will each need to reflect on whether they believe that Sakura Novi’s effort to create a hospitable international district is still a strong approach to Novi’s on-going evolution. From all the positive comments that have been and will be written and said about Sakura Novi, we believe the clear answer is “absolutely”!

**Danny** · July-19-21, 07:03 AM

Originally Posted by masterblaster

Looks like there is an update from the "Japan News Club", excerpt below:

Little Tokyo in Novi, good luck with that. If some Japanese developer can find folks from Japan that will cash in, that city will be turn into Big Kyoto in 40 years. The country-scape of Novi will not be the same.

Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto.

**kuuma** · July-19-21, 08:32 AM

Originally Posted by Danny

Little Tokyo in Novi, good luck with that. If some Japanese developer can find folks from Japan that will cash in, that city will be turn into Big Kyoto in 40 years. The country-scape of Novi will be the same.

Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto.

i mean that sounds like a pretty spectacular upgrade to me ngl