If the "due diligence" for the residential demolitions is anything like the "due diligence" for the Madison-Lenox, Hudsons, or Lafayette Buildings, then Detroiters are being sold up the river again.
It's the same damned thing--spend precious public dollars on demolishing everything in sight, then hope and pray that some magical wizard comes along with a boatload of cash for "development". There's no plan beyond that.
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