Curious. I wonder what developers and investors would be willing to take on a project[[s) of this scale? Where is the outreach to international [[African and Caribbean, etc.) corporations and investment outfits?

"Recreating Black Bottom — named for its rich, marshy soil and not its residents — on the jail site would also give downtown what it has long needed: a signature tourist district that directly touches the city’s roots, like Music Row in Nashville or Chinatown in San Francisco. It would be a place visitors could find a focus that specifically says Detroit.

Think nightspots offering Motown, jazz, R&B and hip-hop acts. Stores filled with urban fashion, supported by design shops nurturing young creative talent. Art galleries. Soul food restaurants. An experience different than what’s available in any other city.

Such a concentration of black-themed, and hopefully black-owned businesses would also counter the perception that African-Americans are being excluded from downtown’s resurgence.

The idea would not be to segregate businesses in a strip isolated from the rest of downtown, but rather to make the new Black Bottom a destination point for all visitors. At the same time, it could be an incubator for black entrepreneurship that spreads throughout the city.

Proposals for redeveloping the jail site include a soccer stadium and a mixture of office, retail, residential and entertainment. That sounds a whole lot like what the Ilitches have planned for the new Red Wings arena complex."
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opi...ttom/30946651/