Sweet! I've been waiting for some news on this one. I can't wait to see it completed.
http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2...ts-planned.php
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Sweet! I've been waiting for some news on this one. I can't wait to see it completed.
http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2...ts-planned.php
This - if it happens - will be huge [[literally and figuratively). Big influx of residents into the neighborhood. Speaking of which, I'm still anxiously awaiting the beginning of construction for the LTU building and the medical office building across from MSU on Woodward. Anybody know the updated time frame on those projects?
Exactly my thoughts - huge. Its currently such a huge eyesore in such an up-and-coming area. Getting this eyesore turned around would be fantastic, and the extra housing is really needed.Quote:
Originally Posted by stinkytofu
Who decided to refurbish this again? I'm amazed that after leaving the building open to the elements for years, that at some point the owner had the nerve to try to sell it. Now, I don't know if the owner is responsible for the missing windows or the scrappers came in and removed them, but I realized that after noticing the windows missing from the CPA building that scrappers were taking the metal [[iron or steel) window weights. This is probably what happened to the Strathmore as well. At any rate, it is great to see it being renovated.
I am surprised and thrilled by this.
The best tidbit from this Curbed article: According to Hamilton Anderson Associates, the project is in fact fully financed!
http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2013/12/exploring-the-strathmore-hotels-ravaged-interior.php
It truly amazes me that these grand old buildings can be rehabbed after years of neglect and being open to the elements. Really attests to the quality of the construction and why we need to save these structures.
I'm sure that Great Lakes Coffee is thrilled about this. A couple of hundred potential customers across the street? Yes please.
this is awesome news.. can't wait to see the restoration start next spring
I hope they keep those sweet suspended ceilings. They don't build stuff like that anymore! :rolleyes:
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Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner
Youse just suspended my disbelief.
Steel & Concrete!Quote:
Originally Posted by DetroiterOnTheWestCoast
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Yeah, and that nasty Terrazo floor. Get that old relic of durability out of there.
Me too, Hopefully they can do the same restoration at the Brewster Douglass site, re-habbed it could be exactly like the job at Jeffries Senior high risesQuote:
Originally Posted by MikeyinBrooklyn
Ain't gonna happen. Contract's already been rewarded for the demo. They've hung up a banner and done some prep work, though it looks like the towers will be the last buildings in the complex to fall.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sehv313
I am happy 70 West is getting rehabbed, though. [[That's how I know it, not the stuffy sounding name Strathmore.) I'm interested in what is currently apartment 708 if they ever get it done.
What do you think will be put at the site as a replacement, I imagine more housing, but not mixed income due to the New Brewter Homes being directly behind the site.Quote:
Originally Posted by KJ5
Cheese Cake Factory, House Of Booze?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sehv313
Cheap solution: Cover it with a nice shag.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hamtragedy
I heard Gilbert is going to purchase it and build a second casino.Quote:
Originally Posted by Honky Tonk
I think that a Las Vegas themed casino would be perfect for it. After all Las Vegas has a Detroit themed casino we should have a Las Vegas themed one! Someone should buy it and turn it into a casino. Maybe the Ilitch family as they already own a casino and are going to build a new stadium there. I am sure that once they get their hands on it they will not turn it into a parking lot or anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by motz
One more step closer. Great news
http://www.freep.com/article/2014022...ore-apartments
I was talking to one of the bartenders at Great Lakes Coffee a couple of weeks ago and they're really concerned about parking when that place opens up. I guess the garage next to them has very limited hours [[it was closed on a Saturday night at 6PM when I was there). This is a good problem to have, but I assume that the Strathmore will use some land around it for parking.
Love the dated image in that article... still shows the late Madison-Lenox.Quote:
Originally Posted by innercitydoc
I am surprised the the Milner has not started already.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gistok
I know some connected with this building and it will be done .
He's already been through it and it has some great graffiti !
I've seen some of his pics , they are great I wish they could keep them .
on a side note this is the same guy doing the LTU, yes they are doing both .
they are finishing up the small money issue , but I'm %98 sure these both are a done deal .
he's also the same guy who just finished the Woodward gardens and apartments so I trust his word
I like how this Curbed article refers to the Strathmore as midtown's "biggest blight monster" as well as a "cube of blight." Both accurate characterizations currently. Renovating this building will have a major impact.
http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2...deets.php#more
I walked by last night and there were lights on in many rooms. I could see into some windows what appeared to be metal studs in place just waiting for new drywall. Also, I noticed the vertical "MILNER" sign on John R had been changed to "ASHLEY" using the same ugly font.Quote:
Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner
Crain's reported that the Milner had previously been owned by Ilitch. I never heard that before. Can somebody [[Gistok, perhaps) shed some light on this? I suspect the writer was confusing the Milner with the Madison-Lenox, but hey, why should our media get the facts straight?
From Crain's:
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Ashley Owner LLC will receive the grant to complete the $8.2 million redevelopment of the Milner, transforming the property once owned by the Ilitch family into 61 one- and two-bedroom apartments.
Downtownguy, as far as I can recall, the Milner has always been owned by the Milner hotel folks... for over 3/4 century. I don't know how they got the Ilitch's implicated in this??
It seems that once the Ilitch's buy a property... they hold on to it!
Yep, I thought so. It doesn't fit the Ilitch's M.O. But as I said, what do you expect from local media?
It seems to me that the Strathmore is very similar in condition and size to both the Eddystone and Harbor Lights [[which are a bit taller, but narrower). If this building can be restored/renovated for $32 million, I don't see why both of those 2 buildings can't.... except for the fact that they're owned by Ilitch....
That big cube on cube former 5 star hotel on W.Alexandrine was once a roach motel for crackheads! Now its going to be apartment for yuppies and skinny jean hipsters.
What is going on with the Strathmore? anyone have updates? outside of the dead zone that will soon be filled up by the arena construction, this is the last major piece of blight in midtown that i have been anxiously waiting to see renovated
It got updates and funding quite a while ago as far as i remember.. anyone know the holdup? I was hoping to see reno start before the weather goes bad again [[i'm assuming they'd like windows in before the winter)
YAY Midtown
Ilitch owned the late Madison Lenox, on the Madison frontage of the block. Most of the current Internet jockeys who pass for reporters/writers today don't research or have a clue about the "city beat".Quote:
Originally Posted by downtownguy
Yeah, nothing noticeable here. Likewise at Cass @ Canfield-- I thought the new 9-story [[ish) mixed use project on the U Tower sight was supposed to be moving by now? What is the story here.
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I've been wondering this myself all summer. Stop and get coffee every once and while at GL and have not seen any activity happening on the building. Anyone have an update?
Maybe someone from Curbed reading this post could do some actual digging for us?
I saw about 5 or 6 construction workers and 3 or 4 big pieces construction equipment [[bulldozers, etc.) right in front of the Strathmore this morning... looked like they were starting up something .. anyone else see that?
They seem to be clearing brush and debris.
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It would be great news if this project finally gets off the ground. It's such a prominent blight on Midtown
Just passed it. There's a construction company sign at the top of it and they're covering the windows up with temporary materials. And I saw quite a handful of workers in the building. Great news. The renovation is absolutely underway!
Only the workers have to do is remove all the asbestos, pigeon-rat poop, strip down the soggy plastered drywall then its rehab time. Those yuppie folks will love living at the Strathmore 5 Star Apts. And no DEAD [[C)KRAK HEADS poor folks mutants allowed. Midtown is booming!
Great news - thanks for the update.Quote:
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PS...beat Nebraska this weekend. :D