Patterson Terrace Rises from Its Ruins

[Lowell]

It is great to see the comeback of the lovely Patterson Terrace. I have passed its ruins for decades amid what was once an open drug market zone in Brush Park when I took the photo below in 2006.


From JC Reindl in today's Free Press...

"A once-abandoned residential complex in Detroit's Brush Park neighborhood that was gutted by fire and then nearly demolished is now in the process of being rebuilt as luxury apartments and could welcome its first occupants in decades this spring.

"Businessman Ramiz Almass, 45, who also coowns the Fresh Fish House restaurant chain in metro Detroit, says he has spent more than $3 million so far trying to redevelop the empty Patterson Terrace, which stands at the corner of John R and Erskine streets in the fast-revitalizing neighborhood north of downtown.

"The building dates to 1905 and has been vacant for two or three decades. After suffering several fires, the structure, Almass said, was essentially a roofless brick shell when he began acquiring parcels of the property in 2012.