City of Detroit Unveils Plans for $32M Apartment Property in Midtown

DETROIT — The City of Detroit has unveiled plans for a $32 million, 84-unit apartment property in Midtown’s Sugar Hill Historic District. The plans call for 25 percent of the units to be designated as affordable housing for those making between 50 and 80 percent of the area median income. The project will also include 7,000 square feet of commercial space and a 300-space parking garage. Sonya Mays of Develop Detroit and Rodger Brown of Preservation of Affordable Housing Inc. will lead the development team. Phil Freelon, the architect behind the design of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., will lead the design team along with Michael Poris of McIntosh Poris Associates. The developer will purchase the vacant land — which spans slightly more than three-quarters of an acre — from the city for $400,000, pending council approval later this year. The development team is expected to break ground on the project in September 2018.