The M100 List - Detroit’s plan to do away with 150 blighted commercial buildings

The devastation of Detroit was a slow motion earthquake that unfolded over decades and left tens of thousands of destroyed and abandoned buildings in its wake. With that came derision and damaged image that made Mayor Mike Duggan bristle and create the M100 list, later expanded to 150 of the major "stars" of the show--large commercial buildings. Can anyone figure out how to get that list, ideally in spreadsheet form?

An international exhibition of photos of Detroit’s abandoned and decaying commercial buildings made him “extremely angry,” Mayor Mike Duggan said last year. He believed it continued the “ruin porn” reputation in the popular imagination, the idea that dilapidated sites were drawing tourists.

It also prompted the city to step up efforts to demolish and rehabilitate buildings that in some cases had been empty for generations. And after an initial dozen were identified, Duggan said in his 2022 State of the City address last March, he wanted to expand the scope to encompass even more blight.

“I want to make sure there’s no chance somebody comes around with a new camera and takes new pictures,” he said. “So we made a list of the next hundred.”

That list became known as the M100, and has since ballooned to 150 blighted commercial properties the city is tracking. Most are slated for demolition, but others may still be saved.

I found this listing on the WWJ website, of the original 100, but it is photo images and not very useful as a result.

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If I remember correctly the plan was always to tackle the houses first because of their effect on neighborhood blight, crime, etc. Does anybody have an idea how many houses are left to demo and the time frame for completing them?

My local commercial ruin 900 Clairmount St didn't make the list somehow, despite the fact that it's owned by the City of Detroit gov.

The mayor announced at the convention upstate that he would assemble large parcels for anybody wanting to establish in the city no matter what it takes.

Using Google look at the multiple parcels on grand river,they need facade improvements but nothing like burned out hulks that are prevalent elsewhere.

To me anyways those buildings would be better served by using the demolition money as facade improvements it’s the same amount but keeping buildings.

You can find 10 investors with $500 - $1 million to invest a lot easier then it is to find one investor with $10 million.

Outside of that it is easy if one was looking at speculation,look at the demolition targets,the ones that are targeting a large parcel,like the parcels on grand river and you know what is happening there in the future.

The top 3 buildings are in the Old Redford commercial district. The Argus street building is the 'Redford Village Hall 1921" building. The roof is caving in. It is so disheartening that this commercial district is losing more of its original buildings. In any other big city, these buildings would have long been redeveloped and put back into use.

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Originally Posted by masterblaster

The top 3 buildings are in the Old Redford commercial district. The Argus street building is the 'Redford Village Hall 1921" building. The roof is caving in. It is so disheartening that this commercial district is losing more of its original buildings. In any other big city, these buildings would have long been redeveloped and put back into use.

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That's the problem though. Detroit hasn't been a big city in decades. It's a small impoverished city sitting on a huge amount of once developed land.