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.
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.
Excerpt:
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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