Brush Park Development

[Chicago48]

Looks like Gilberts Brush Park development has grown from 300 to 400 residences. Starting spring 2016.

http://www.mlive.com/business/detroi...art_river_home

If he builds it -- will they come?

[Danny]

Gilberttown has really annexed Brush Park. And the poor will be left out. Here comes "Little Seattle" in Detroit.

[emu steve]

Gilberttown has really annexed Brush Park. And the poor will be left out. Here comes "Little Seattle" in Detroit.

Yep, all of this building will lead to hundred and hundreds of thousands of rich folks [[okay, people of middle class means or higher) moving to the city, crowding out the poor.

This could happen by 2165, I predict...

In the meantime, I see no problem with new housing going up in areas which are devoid of it.

[mikeg19]

Gilberttown has really annexed Brush Park. And the poor will be left out. Here comes "Little Seattle" in Detroit.

Please don't take this the wrong way, but why is it Dan Gilbert's responsibility to come up with accommodations for the poor?

He's building market rate homes for people working near downtown. There's 139 square miles in the city, and you wanna single out 1 development for not catering to the poor. If that's the case, then you should condemn basically every development that's happened in the city in the past 10 years for not doing the same. Did you post in the Ransom Grilles thread about Nicole Curtis not giving away the building to the poor? Did you post in the Orleans Landing thread about the development not catering to the poor? How about Harbortown/The Broderick/Lee Plaza/the Hudson site development?????

I do agree, there need to be developments in every city that specifically help the homeless/poor/plain down on their luck people. But to lambaste a housing development in the city that sorely needs it because of the influx of people to downtown is just idiotic. I assume if it was up to you, we should just leave the land as a prairie. Then the poor AND rich could enjoy it.