New 50 unit development @ Cass & Canfield

**casscorridor** · August-25-11, 10:19 AM

Good news for the corner of Cass and Canfield!! I'm guessing it will be completed by next August, in time for 2012 fall semester.

LOL @ owner of Forest Arms trying to sell to Tim Hortons -- exactly the kind of arrogance and insanity that has plagued Detroit for years. Remember that this is also the guy that has been suing Motor City Brewery over having a few parking spots in his MASSIVE parking lot.

Glad that Tim Horton's settled on a Cass & Warren location. I also saw Byblos is suppose to open there, which is confusing to me. They are leaving their current spot, where there are basically no restaurants, and moving to a place where there is already plentiful middle-eastern food available... La Pita across the street, Epicurus around the corner, and Harmonie Garden two blocks away. Good to have concentrations of businesses, but gee wizz, spread the felafel around!!

**eastdetroit48224** · August-25-11, 04:53 PM

Yea Cass Corridor you are soo right, the owners of the Forrest Arms bought the building, put on a new roof only to sell it to Tim Hortons...

I know the real plan was to put a TH on the first floor, Borders on the second and Meijer on the third floor. Home Depot backed out of the top of the building.

Do you think that Tim Hortons would put a facility on a one way street? Where do you get your facts from...

**casscorridor** · August-25-11, 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by eastdetroit48224

Yea Cass Corridor you are soo right, the owners of the Forrest Arms bought the building, put on a new roof only to sell it to Tim Hortons...

I know the real plan was to put a TH on the first floor, Borders on the second and Meijer on the third floor. Home Depot backed out of the top of the building.

Do you think that Tim Hortons would put a facility on a one way street? Where do you get your facts from...

Umm... I was responding to a previous post. It does seemed far fetched but this is Detroit.

**stinkytofu** · August-25-11, 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by casscorridor

Umm... I was responding to a previous post. It does seemed far fetched but this is Detroit.

Haha...wtf? He just kind of attacked you for no reason.

**English** · August-25-11, 11:46 PM

Originally Posted by stinkytofu

Haha...wtf? He just kind of attacked you for no reason.

Happens all the time on DYes, unfortunately. It's a quirk of Web 1.0 that will soon end as the social media age continues forth... if people know who you are, you're more accountable for your words.

**English** · August-25-11, 11:51 PM

Originally Posted by casscorridor

Good news for the corner of Cass and Canfield!! I'm guessing it will be completed by next August, in time for 2012 fall semester.

Yep -- I am surprised by how quickly the Union @ Midtown went up. It will do wonders for foot traffic & just human presence in the area during the evening and early night hours this fall. Maybe some of the retail on and around Warren will consider later evening & Sunday hours, too... that was always the kicker when I lived on campus a decade ago.

Glad that Tim Horton's settled on a Cass & Warren location. I also saw Byblos is suppose to open there, which is confusing to me. They are leaving their current spot, where there are basically no restaurants, and moving to a place where there is already plentiful middle-eastern food available... La Pita across the street, Epicurus around the corner, and Harmonie Garden two blocks away. Good to have concentrations of businesses, but gee wizz, spread the felafel around!!

I saw that this evening, and am pretty annoyed that Byblos won't be as close to the office. Hope something else goes into their space.

Any word on whether anyone's interested in the retail space on the first floor of the new WSU garage on Forest? Also, I've been curious about the [[oft-vandalized) building on Cass kitty-cornered from the Avalon block. Any idea what that is/will be? The business owners I've asked don't seem to know.