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Traking control of Capitol Park

BY JOHN GALLAGHER
FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER

Nov. 25, 2009

By the end of this year, Detroit's Downtown Development Authority hopes to have acquired three key buildings in the Capitol Park district as part of a long-term effort to turn the historic but derelict square into a residential and entertainment district.

The three structures are all or mostly vacant and face the park a block west of Woodward. In the 1800s, the district was the site of Michigan's first state capitol.The three buildings being acquired are at 1145 Griswold, 1212 Griswold, and 1249-59 Griswold. Once they are purchased, the DDA is to attempt to interest private developers in remaking them as loft residences on upper floors and entertainment uses on the ground level.

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