Dan Gilbert Expected To Announce Brush Park Development

[ekleezy]

Have there been any plans announced a block away from this [[on Woodward between Alfred and Edmund) yet?

[Bucket]

Have there been any plans announced a block away from this [[on Woodward between Alfred and Edmund) yet?

Nothing on the horizon. Unlikely to see anything on that block in the near term save for surface parking for the Wings arena, sadly. The northern half of the vacant property includes the former First Unitarian Church. The church burned in a suspicious fire coincident with the 2014 announcement of the Wings arena across Woodward. The pink limestone Richardsonian Romanesque church underwent an emergency demolition and was reduced to rubble within a few days of the fire. That property, and the adjacent vacant lot to the south, are owned by a fellow named Salim Kemenko. Kemenko had previously petitioned to demo the church, but was denied by the Historic District Commission because the building was listed on the National Register and sits within the Brush Park Historic District. This Metro Times article tells the story.

But I digress.

Just south of that is a lot owned by the City of Detroit, the smallest lot of the four on the block, followed by a half-acre parcel owned by an entity called American Property Exchange.

[emu steve]

Nothing on the horizon. Unlikely to see anything on that block in the near term save for surface parking for the Wings arena, sadly. The northern half of the vacant property includes the former First Unitarian Church. The church burned in a suspicious fire coincident with the 2014 announcement of the Wings arena across Woodward. The pink limestone Richardsonian Romanesque church underwent an emergency demolition and was reduced to rubble within a few days of the fire. That property, and the adjacent vacant lot to the south, are owned by a fellow named Salim Kemenko. Kemenko had previously petitioned to demo the church, but was denied by the Historic District Commission because the building was listed on the National Register and sits within the Brush Park Historic District. This Metro Times article tells the story.

But I digress.

Just south of that is a lot owned by the City of Detroit, the smallest lot of the four on the block, followed by a half-acre parcel owned by an entity called American Property Exchange.

I've always been fascinated by the block, that is, its location, yet, isn't the block pretty small and hard to develop for residential usage?