What will become of Washington Blvd?

[leland_palmer]

LOL, broke-ass Cleveland-based Ferchill bought vacant, unusable retail spaces in an abandoned building with no utilities? Where did you hear this?

Now Ferchill, whose renovation of the iconic Westin Book-Cadillac has rapidly become Motor City legend, is turning his hand to a new project — an $87 million renovation of the nearby Book Tower....

Ferchill wouldn't discuss the details of his project, but original plans for the renovation called for mixed-use residential, office and retail space....

The Book Tower renovation is part of a Ferchill Group-backed effort to redevelop a downtown strip centered along Washington Boulevard.

“This neighborhood is probably the most fixable of anything we've seen,” he said.

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article...UB01/308099952

[davewindsor]

Can someone please post the rest of this article? I'm not a subscriber to Crains Detroit, but the Book Tower is my fav and I'd like to be up to date with what's happening with it. Thanks.

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article...UB01/308099952

[reddog289]

They left cause the trolley did. Another thing I wish I had did. Ride the trolley when it was going, but as things go I was there it wasn't running.