UDM's dental school move to help boost Core City neighborhood

University of Detroit Mercy's decision to move its dental school to Detroit's Core City neighborhood will boost an area that's already growing.

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The university announced earlier this month that it would spend $25.5 million to move the dental school from its Outer Drive location in Detroit to the former Kindred Hospital-Metro Detroit site, a 261,000-square-foot building at 2600 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

UDM could have a “Wal-Mart effect” on the area, which doesn't have many retail stores or restaurants, said Brian Watkins, manager of the financial incentive unit at Detroit's planning and development department.

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