[DetroitMan]

Henry Ford plans $500M hospital expansion, redevelopment in Detroit
Christina Rogers / The Detroit News

The seven-hospital system also plans to lead a collaborative effort aimed at redeveloping a larger 300-acre section of Detroit's New Center neighborhood, turning it into a "Community Health Park." Henry Ford says it intends to work with developers to transform blighted land directly south of its hospital into a hub for mixed-use housing, retail and other commercial activity. It hopes these efforts will attract another $500 million in investment by outside residential and commercial developers.
http://www.detnews.com/article/20100405/BIZ/4050386/Henry-Ford-plans-$500M-hospital-expansion--redevelopment-in-Detroit

[Hayward]

I suppose this might make up for the nice old buildings they demolished that used to be there...hopefully

[Clevelumbus]

My birthplace.

http://www.aerialpics.com/E/henry-ford-hospital.jpg
http://www.aerialpics.com/E/skyline.html

[LMich]

Looks like Vanguard's announcement of the purchase and expansion of the DMC really pushed Ford's hand. I mean, Henry Ford just got through with a pretty major expansion, what? A year or two ago, now?

Here's to hoping this announcement wasn't made simply to have news out there to appear to Keep up with the Joneses. There are too many examples in this city's history where the city government or a business has gotten money to tear down buildings in anticipation of development, and it never happens.

If this happens, it could really be huge for the area. I'd always thought about a "what if" in terms of Henry Ford integrating into the surrounding neighborhood, which is a bit rough to put it lightly. I always imagined some residential towers lining the area around the Grand Boulevard exit. It'd be something if this could be a catalyst to spread development and redevelopment westward down the Boulevard towards Lee Plaza...

EDIT: Here is the map from today's Free Press

http://www.freep.com/assets/freep/graphic/C415509545.JPG

[UglymanCometh]

Seems pretty extensive... I'm calling skipper's rule on this one