Charlevoix & Chene

**Jmil** · July-14-09, 07:19 PM

I have long said this area was ripe for development. Now I see the area is being sectioned into lots. Saw a couple of people working over there today. They said new housing. Anybody have details?

**Detroit Stylin** · July-15-09, 11:30 AM

I've always thought it was a nice area for redevelopment. The only questionis will they try to gentrify the area or make it mixed use?

EastSider · July-15-09, 11:39 AM

Given the acres of near-prarie in that area, it's hard to see how any new building couldn't be considered "gentrifying."

But that only leads to the question, is gentrification bad for that area?

**Jmil** · July-15-09, 12:00 PM

I think there is only one "house" left in that area. Most "mysteriously" caught on fire. Those "mysterious" fires have destroyed many old homes on the east side.

**Detroit Stylin** · July-15-09, 12:42 PM

Ok I may have been thinkin about Van Dyke and Charlevoix and not Chene....

**Eric_c** · July-15-09, 03:45 PM

Gee. We must live in the same neighborhood, Jmil! I saw the lots being sectioned off, too and wondered what we can expect.

Where will the pheasants roam, now?

**Eric_c** · July-15-09, 03:59 PM

It's not a very large area, Jt and the surrounding areas are easonably dense.

I completely agree with your position, but this is an area where it truly makes sense - from an "urban aesthetic/development/planning" sort of way. In the meantime, I don't see an "economically practical" development if all they do is build houses - a who's buying right now, anyway, sorta thing.

Who knows? Maybe the lots are marked so that they can be identified for auction?

**softailrider** · July-15-09, 08:16 PM

Originally Posted by Eric_c

It's not a very large area, Jt and the surrounding areas are easonably dense.

I completely agree with your position, but this is an area where it truly makes sense - from an "urban aesthetic/development/planning" sort of way. In the meantime, I don't see an "economically practical" development if all they do is build houses - a who's buying right now, anyway, sorta thing.

Who knows? Maybe the lots are marked so that they can be identified for auction?

Auction? Like in highest bidder? For a lot there? How about if you pay me I still wouldn't take it.

**Jmil** · July-20-09, 04:06 PM

21 new homes will be built. Totally Green.
They will run between $120-180,000. Appliances included.
Federal Government is giving $60,000 in down payment money.
Will only need to finance $60-120,000.

**Eric_c** · July-20-09, 04:14 PM

Saw workers digging foundations on my way back from lunch just now.

Where'd you get the specifics, Jmil? Is there a website?

**Jmil** · July-20-09, 04:27 PM

I asked the people working there.
He also stated that they will keep building as long as there are empty lots & the feds keeping kicking in.

crawford · July-15-09, 04:24 PM

What is the logic of this? There's apparently a shortage of housing on the East Side of Detroit?

**Gsgeorge** · July-15-09, 07:25 PM

Might be the Hantz Group sectioning off city parcels for farming.

**Eric_c** · July-21-09, 06:46 AM

The activity is just East of Chene on Charlevoix, near the big multi-story brick building that was restored a few years ago. Not right at the corner, but between Jos. Campau and Chene.