Quote Originally Posted by JBMcB View Post
The office building that was there before 'sidestepped' zoning to be an office. If you want to renovate it to be an apartment building, that would be 'sidestepping' the zoning as well, unless they gut the building to the exterior walls and completely redo the interior.

There is already a restaurant two blocks down the street on Bagley. Are the residents having problems with it?
The article mentions that, and it also states that the neighborhood was in support of the zoning change to office space in order to save the building [[Detroit in the mid 1980's). That's not the scenario today, and there's a huge difference between a building supporting a small office [[that likely closed by 6pm) and a restaurant that may serve 100's of people every day and possibly stay open late into the night.