$30M fund to drive Woodward Avenue redevelopment

Could this be the final boost the Woodward Corridor needs. From the Free Press:

DETROIT — A $30 million fund has been launched to promote physical redevelopment along Detroit’s Woodward Corridor.
The Kresge Foundation and NCB Capital Impact say the money will be used for real estate projects that promote density and diversity in the city’s core.
The project is being announced 2 months after state-appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr made Detroit the largest city in the U.S. to file for bankruptcy.
The fund will provide long-term fixed rate loans to let developers start construction more quickly.
Kresge President Rip Rapson says the Woodward CorridorInvestment Fund is an example of one of the tools needed to support revitalization in Detroit.
The program is supported by MetLife, Inc., PNC Bank, Prudential, Calvert Foundation, Living Cities and the Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation.

Excellent.

Hopefully this will jump start the Stone Pool LLC project, Midtown Office tower at Stimson, Palmer Street Development project and Woodward/Willis Project.