The Herman Kiefer Health Complex, for decades the place where many Detroiters went for immunizations and vital records, is up for a new role, if the city can find a developer interested in taking on the now-abandoned site hovering next to the Lodge Freeway south of Clairmount.

Brad Dick, director of the city’s General Services Department, which operates and maintains all city-owned buildings, jokes that the old hospital could probably survive World War III.
“It’s a great building, but what are you going to do with 424,000 square feet?” he asked during a tour of the facility last week, ahead of showings scheduled for today for developers interested in the site. “Some developer has to have a vision for what it could be and the money to back it up.”
Detroit announced this month that it’s seeking proposals for redevelopment of the nearly 18-acre site. Dick said the building could be renovated into apartments or condos, but he concedes that the size of the building and costs estimated in the tens of millions to restore it could be prohibitive. He’s not expecting the city to reap top dollar from potential bidders.
“You really want someone who’ll do something that benefits the city,” Dick said. “It’s less about the dollars you get for it.”

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Anyone know how to contact Fernando Palazuelo? He thinks BIG, this sounds like his kind of project...