The Freep's take on this:
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Ryan Garza | Detroit Free Press
Dan Gilbert firm plans to buy Brewster-Douglass site, build mixed-income housing
By JC Reindl | Detroit Free Press
November 27, 2017
An affiliate of Dan Gilbert's real estate firm is preparing to buy Detroit's former Brewster-Douglass public housing site to build mixed-income housing.
The Detroit Housing Commission's Board of Commissioners voted Monday to start negotiating a $23-million deal to sell the 18-acre site to the Douglas Acquisition Co., an affiliate of Gilbert's Bedrock firm, said Richard Hosey, president of the housing commission's board and an area developer.
"Their goal is to do mixed-income housing with a focus on affordability and market-rate," Hosey said Monday.
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The Frederick Douglass Homes proposal from last year:
And a map of the site:
BTW, this...
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Richard Hosey, a Detroit-based developer who is president of the housing commission board
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...strikes me as probably being almost constant conflict of interest, let alone being the president of said board.
Anyway, good to hear about this one, again. Hopefully, Gilbert's idea for this is at least as good as the Frederick Douglass Homes proposal. And if City Modern is any example, it will be.