Herman Kiefer developer puts St. Stanislaus up for sale

[Lowell]

You can have it for $600K. Not sure if it includes the rectory but I'd bet he'd be happy to throw it in, if so. It's been in sad shape for years as these older photos of mine show.

I'm beginning to wonder if the Free Press didn't misspell the owner's name, Castellano, when it might have been Kefallinos .



The "Wrecktory"


"St. Stanislaus was purchased for $150,000 in 2015 by New York developer and architect Ron Castellano.

"Castellano has been in the crosshairs of City Hall since last year, when officials say he fell out of compliance with a development agreement for the sprawling 38-acre Herman Kiefer campus by missing key milestones, including activating at least 35% of the still-vacant property.

"Castellano then missed a June 4 deadline for handing back ownership of campus property to the city. City officials have yet to say what recourse they plan to take.
JC Reindl Free Press

[Danny]

City of Detroit decided to lien Castellano's properties for failed to come up development proposals. What a waste of money for him just like Dennis Kefallinos.

[CassTechGrad]

My dad went to school there and I remember going with the family to midnight mass on Christmas eve when I was a child. Who would want that property today..??

[Zacha341]

Interesting. There was talk about the status of this property in January...

Poletown East’s St. Stanislaus Church Could Be Demolished

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[Henry Whalley]

My dad went to school there and I remember going with the family to midnight mass on Christmas eve when I was a child. Who would want that property today..??

AFAIK St. Hyacinth is still in good shape

[Lowell]

Regarding the above-mentioned St. Stan's seller, New York developer and architect Ron Castellano ,and his failings with the Herman Kiefer project.

Full story is behind the Crains paywall but this picture from their email might say it all.

[Hypestyles]

Good lord. I was quite familiar with the city's health department in its waning years at Herman Keifer. At the time of the bankruptcy it was super disruptive to all the employees. The Health Department was zeroed out of the budget. Everyone working there was laid off and had to vacate the property and virtually all city public health services became privatized, either to existing health agencies locally or placed into a newly created one [the creation of the Institute for Population Health was a collaboration between Rick Snyder, Kevin Orr, Dave Bing, and other local nonprofit leaders/consultants]. In the years since Mike Duggan took office, he gradually clawed back most of the contracts and reinstalled the City of Detroit having an official Health Department.

Initially, I thought that Henry Ford Hospital might have been interested in acquiring the Herman Keifer campus and renovating it in some form with a connection to health care services/wellness; I also thought that portions of the main building, which of course, used to be a functioning hospital, could be renovated for short term housing, for otherwise unhoused populations and those seeking substance abuse rehabilitation and/or mental health therapy.

Obviously, Henry Ford Hospital wasn't interested and now they have all these renovations happening on their Detroit campus.

When this Castellano fellow got involved, I had deep skepticism but was willing to "wait and see". Well, now we see. Sad.

[Henry Whalley]

So, now Detroit has a health department not in the clutches of Rick Snyder, Kevin Orr, Dave Bing, etc.

[expatriate]

If they ever demolish this church I hope they can save the copper [[?) cupolas on the steeples. They would make a terrific gazebo or monument in some of the city parks.

[canuck]

If they ever demolish this church I hope they can save the copper [[?) cupolas on the steeples. They would make a terrific gazebo or monument in some of the city parks.

Someone on this forum is bound to tell you placing copper architectural elements close to the ground is sketch, but it won’t be me…

[Henry Whalley]

Someone on this forum is bound to tell you placing copper architectural elements close to the ground is sketch, but it won’t be me…

Cupolas can be charged like capacitors to zap the lumpen proletariat.

[expatriate]

Cupolas can be charged like capacitors to zap the lumpen proletariat.

LOL. Glad there are folks on this cite who understand electricity. I'll have to rethink that reuse idea.

[CassTechGrad]

If they ever demolish this church I hope they can save the copper [[?) cupolas on the steeples. They would make a terrific gazebo or monument in some of the city parks.

And these sacred objects from the house of God will always possess the power to inspire faith and be a means of connecting with the holy. And God knows we could all use some of that.

[canuck]

And these sacred objects from the house of God will always possess the power to inspire faith and be a means of connecting with the holy. And God knows we could all use some of that.

A bolt of lightning is a quick connect to the hole-y.

[Lowell]

If they ever demolish this church I hope they can save the copper [[?) cupolas on the steeples. They would make a terrific gazebo or monument in some of the city parks.

It's a miracle they haven't been stripped, like the roof of Lee Plaza was in a far mover visible location.

[Zacha341]

What? You're suggesting the noble Lump must suffer consequences?

Cupolas can be charged like capacitors to zap the lumpen proletariat.

[Henry Whalley]

What? You're suggesting the noble Lump must suffer consequences?

Heaven forfend!