Detroit Update: On the Pistons Moving to Little Caesars Arena, and New Soccer Stadium

[mikeg19]

The other ancillary developments are the most interesting. A 29 story residential tower and office tower fronting Woodward in front of Comerica is a huge difference from some 5 story apartments. Also, why knock down and relocate HockeyTown if something significant was going there as well?

[hybridy]

The other ancillary developments are the most interesting. A 29 story residential tower and office tower fronting Woodward in front of Comerica is a huge difference from some 5 story apartments. Also, why knock down and relocate HockeyTown if something significant was going there as well?

lol...the article is referencing ballpark village in st louis, not detroit. illitch wants to do something similar to this in front of comerica. previously announced was 300 apts in two 5-story bldgs. they're now modifying that plan to increase scope, but nothing concrete.

Located on 10 acres, the first phase of Ballpark Village, which opened in March 2014, includes restaurant and entertainment offerings. Tenants include Cardinals Nation, Budweiser Brew House, Fox Sports Midwest Live, PBR St. Louis — A Cowboy Bar, Howl at the Moon, and Drunken Fish. Offering 100,000 square feet of space, the project is complemented by a small baseball diamond called Bush II Field that is used as a park and for public gatherings.

By 2019, plans call for adding a $220-million, 550,000-square foot development at Ballpark Village. The project would include a 29-story luxury residential tower, along with a new office building complemented by retail, restaurant, and entertainment space.

it sounds like they're going to demo hockeytown & city theatre @ woodward and montcalm. hockeytown will be recreated [[ie. move the memorabilia not the building) within the arena and something larger would be built on the woodward & montcalm in it's place. that's intentionally misleading because the city will get down on illitch if he tears down anything else without immediately replacing it.

maurice cox is extremely salty about the park ave hotel being demo'd for a loading dock...