The city of Detroit is seeking ideas from developers to remake the historic but dilapidated Capitol Park district on downtown’s west side into a vibrant live-work-play enclave.

Specifically the city is asking for proposals to redevelop three vacant buildings that the city took control of in the recent past – 1145 Griswold, 1212 Griswold, and the Farwell Building at 1249 Griswold. The three buildings comprise more than 250,000 square feet of space.

The request for proposals released this week by the Detroit Economic Growth Corp. represents the city’s effort to focus the same sort of attention on downtown’s west side that in recent years went to Woodward Avenue and the area just to the east, including Harmonie Park [[now called Paradise Valley), Greektown, the stadium district and elsewhere

A copy of the city’s request for proposals is available at the DEGC Web site www.degc.org.


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