Since we won't be here next week, here's a few things on our radar to keep you tided over.
Last weekend was the inaugural
Pop-Up Detroit, an initiative that aims to take over unused commercial space in Detroit with gallery happenings. On Friday, Aug. 27, the spot was
The Shops in the Kresge Building on Woodward. Over 30 artists were represented, and organizers William Singer, Michelle Tanguay and Nina Marcus-Kurlonko saw enough foot traffic to make them hopeful that this would be a recurring event, possibly every three months.
It was announced on Aug. 26, that Coca-Cola awarded $25,000 to
Milliken State Park for an indoor-outdoor youth park that would include a rock climbing wall, playscape, archery range and obstacle park that would make use of the
Globe Building on Atwater Street.
Model D will follow-up on this story to scope out how this money will play into an overall redevelopment strategy for the building, which previous mixed-use plans called for $15 million in investment.
The Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (DBRA) has approved brownfield tax incentive plans for Midtown's
The Auburn and the
Book House on East Jefferson.
The Auburn netted $1.7 million in Michigan Business Tax (MBT) Credits, a form of brownfield tax incentives. The new-build project calls for 58 units of apartments and 9,100 square feet of retail space at Cass and Canfield. Total project investment is estimated at $8.6 million.
The Book House, located at 8469 E. Jefferson, will be the home of the Ars Poetica Chamber Orchestra, offices, a conservatory, an apartment and a retail music store. The redevelopment of the building, designed by Louis Kamper and completed in 1911, will cost $1.5 million and has been deemed eligible for $300,000 of MBT credits.
We've covered both projects in the past -- Auburn
here and Book
here -- and will continue to do so.
Writer: Kelli B. Kavanaugh
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