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Glad to hear Gilbert, et al may not be giving up yet. Hoping this still gets some traction, even if only for the shorter original route at first. I like what I hear about Bing overall, but I think what he, Snyder and LaHood are underestimating is the vision & spark that will come with the city committing to light rail. Rail is a long term physical commitment, and it will inspire more private investment. It shows the city is serious. No offense, but buses will not not accomplish this to the same degree. After living in the Bay Area for years, all you have to do is look at BART and the SF MUNI subway for examples rail’s ability to transform neighborhoods for the better. Smartly designed light rail lines (even better at ground level) breed economic development.

We’ve discussed this building so many times. IT’s a wreck inside and not a single developer wants to take it on. We’re talking about biohazzard and so on. Gilbert has considered it and he also doesn’t want it. He actually proposed tearing it down and putting in a park. You people need to realize sometimes it’s not possible to save a building. If you think otherwise, then go find a buyer!

I would say the current DDA is a decent entity, who are visionary enough (to the extent expected from such an organization), with urban planning in mind. I’d much rather want the DDA involved in the arena project, then just have Illitch draw up the plans.

Pretty sure Gilbert is the only reason there’s even a curbed or eater Detroit, so it makes sense that both focus on Detroit proper. Just more of his smoke and mirrors marketing efforts.

Anyone who lives in this house doesn’t value their life, that’s for sure. Couldn’t pay me to live there. And the "fuck the suburbs" chest is a nice touch. "Thank God for my parents suburban address for auto insurance" would be more apropos

As for the "trolling": how is it trolling to say that city is full of illiterate people? 2/3 of your students drop out. The same amount of your adults are functionally illiterate. Realistically a north of 25% unemployment rate. All of the new retail is heavily subsided. Violent crime capital. You guys hang your hat on midtown’s wayne st, literally the saddest undergraduate university in the state.

@guest #1: Oh I’m sorry, did something change? The last time I checked, Dan Gilbert was a businessman. In business to make money.

I bet you think he should buy the train station too?

Why is it so hard to get that the guy buys strategic buildings in strategic locations that require a finite amount of work to become operational. Every building he’s purchased so far (for the most part) has had way fewer unknowns. Sure this may have a strategic value location wise, but there are way too many questions.

This, and the train station… are two buildings everyone wants some rich guy to come buy up and renovate for way too much money with too high of risk of never seeing that money again.

Get real.

So you’re not a local? Sounds like your spouse is on a 24 month contract in Detroit. I’ll go a little easier on you. I think you’re a sucker for buying this house. You should have rented in the Pointes for two years and got the hell out of dodge as soon as the spouse’s commitment expired. You’re not going to make money on this. The upkeep, the insurance (both home and auto), heat and water, your lifestyle suffered, and unless you’re a glutton for punishment, you have to deal with selling this massive property in America’s most depressed major city. You’re in the red. I repeat, nobody in 2014 wants these homes. The region’s ballers want massive new builds or complete remods like you see on every street in Birmingham. Good luck finding another sucker to take this black hole off your hands. About the only person that can really afford the ask and the upkeep is Dan Gilbert.

That is truly awesome, thank you for caring about noise and the environment. This kinda puts a little pressure on Rizzo to maybe do the same, they certainly are making themselves standout from their counterpart. Maybe they are trying to get the contract for servicing the entire city once the bidding process starts over again once this contract is up.

I’ll check back later about the rant from the a- hole from south of the Michigan border about how stupid this is and how greenhouse gases are not a real concern. I’m sure it’ll spill into a rant about Dan Gilbert and Detroit’s housing stock.
Well I’ve finished my rant :)

Very good, very important. This certainly didn’t get any pre-hype— this must not be a Gilbert building?

Couple things: great to have an intensely practical, possibly life-saving use on the main street. You need more than boutiques and bars/restos. Also, these sorts of walk-in care centers staffed by legit hospital staff are all the rage elsewhere. This seemingly compares to CityMD in Manhattan/Brooklyn. It will be the sort of amenity that downtown residents paying top dollar in rent in years to come will rightfully expect. Now if they could just get a grocery store…

I wonder what the hours of operation will be…

@mgoblue: Being a fanboy of your hometown and not being able to look critically at the things going on there doesn’t help your hometown be resilient, it’s just a manner of drinking the koolaid and reinforces the echo chamber. When one entity owns more than 30% of your core CBD and when the only solution the local market can see is to hope that Dan Gilbert buys the "fail jail" or the Guardian Building or the David Stott or the Detroit Free Press – take your pick – when they would like something positive to it, that’s not a sign of a healthy, resilient market in my estimation. That just means you have a shallow market of capable investors because at the end of the day, there are fundamental problems in the depth of your local economy.

I think there is a bit of Dunning-Kruger effect going on with this developer, at least in an aesthetic sense. He is gaudy and tasteless in the same way Dan Gilbert is, and is encouraged by his "success" and the attention received, which allows him to disregard criticism and believe what he is doing is "right"- It must be! I am smart and making money! Look at how nice my granite counters and bamboo floors are, these are the BMW of interiors! Everyone else is just a foolish hater! While I respect in many ways what he has accomplished, Pereria’s self-congratulatory tone, misplaced confidence and condescending efforts to communicate are childish and disturbing. This guy seems to have a big box of crayons, and I am so glad he isn’t scribbling all over my own neighborhood. Good luck, woodbridge.

I feel that the greenway option is gimmicky and is getting a lot of the early votes because it’s grabby. But what does a .5 mile greenway accomplish? Also, that option involves no developable land, and only serves to continue the choppy divide between downtown and eastern market, etc. #4 essentially enlarges the downtown district and, if done right (i.e. in conjunction with Gilbert proposal for Fail Jail), could create a nice new stretch along the eastern edge of downtown which complements Greektown and encourages more density. Or it could just be a place to put a bunch of tall parking garages with easy highway access, and then free up more lots for high rises toward the center of downtown. Either use of the new land would be smart. Or, best of both worlds, parking garages with retail on ground level.