Land Grab and the Hantz Tree Farm in East Village

[renf]

About six years ago, the documentary film, "Land Grab" was
produced sharply criticizing the sale of much land east of Indian Village to Mr. Hantz. Are there any more recent assessments of his endeavors? If you accept some of the reports his organization has posted, there are improvement in the area and some of the long term residents have sold their homes for considerably more than they were worth when Kevyn Orr took over management of the city's finances and helped arrange the sale of much land to Mr. Hantz. Has this attempt at renovation of the challenged neighborhood that has a desirable location been a success?
Thank you.

[MrMichigan]

I frequently drive through this area and think the "tree farms" are inadequate. If there were acres and acres of trees it might look nice, but you basically have isolated plots of land planted with rows of trees surrounded by urban prairie and blighted homes.

[313WX]

The Hantz Farm charade was always nothing more than a cheap land grab for future development, masquerading as some altruistic grand gesture towards "improving" the area.

The Gentrifiers have already begun to discover the West Village neighborhood, so it may not be too long before developers express interest in the Hantz Farm land.

[Richard]

Go back in the archives and read the thread when this was first proposed,people supported it like it was the best thing sense sliced cheese and those who opposed it were the demons,but yet here we are,there should have been no expectations outside of it was a speculative move in a sea of speculation in the city.

Kinda like legalizing weed was going have everybody in the city driving Bentleys by now,it’s all of those worthless little legal documents that contain the crux of protection the city needs in order to keep moving forward instead of repeating the past.

It was and is a no risk project for Hantz,you cannot blame them for peoples expectations.

Lots of city assets that were paid for with taxpayer money went to offshore accounts with zero public accountability of where the funds went and who got those properties during the bankruptcy,or even if they had to pay for them in the first place.

At least in this case if one feels they got screwed,you know who to kiss afterwards.

[stasu1213]

I had went to Greening of Detroit meetings where plans were introduced showing the Eastside having individual communities divided by forest areas and urban gardens. It was a plan to make Detroit look more like city with villages blended with a taste of rural