New 9-story apartment building proposed for downtown Detroit with historic facades
https://www.freep.com/story/money/bu...s/70321786007/A developer is looking to build a new nine-story apartment building in downtown Detroit that would incorporate the facades of two old and empty buildings and raze a third that is thought to be too damaged to save.
The development, dubbed Lofts on Broadway, would replace the interiors of all three buildings with new construction containing the apartments and ground-floor retail space. The side-by-side three-story facades have the addresses 1322 Broadway, 1326 Broadway and 1332-1336 Broadway. The project was given a "notice to proceed" in February 2020 from the Detroit Historic District Commission, although progress stalled amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the approval eventually expired.
Developer Roger Basmajian, president of Basco of Michigan, initially sought to save and refurbish all three historic facades while demolishing each building's interior to make way for the new high-rise. The original plan called for 75 apartments.
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