Nice idea Wolverine... part of the problem is that Ilitch has purchased so much land, that no matter what he does... a lot of land will still remain empty.
There's only one part of your plan I don't like, and I'll tell you why... that is the continuation of the Fox Garage north of I-75. Woodward and Park Ave... even though they are neighboring streets, there is no real "connectivity" between them... the closest you get is the yet-to-be developed north wall of W. Adams Ave. Elizabeth, Columbia and Montcalm have huge canyons of "no commercial/retail between the 2 streets. I would like there to be more "paths of commerce" between them... to help make some kind of pedestrian zone between Woodward and Park Ave. Otherwise... I like your plan [[although it's Midtown, rather than west Foxtown in nature). Especially the idea of keeping the arena some distance back from Woodward... but not in the same way where Ilitch has kept Comerica Park back from Woodward with 2 huge parking blocks.
Without Eminent Domain, it really boils down to which area Ilitch can get the necessary missing parcels to purchase to actually have enough space to build an Arena.
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