Midtown Development

[jbr12]

Anyone have pictures of the site recently? I've heard there is steel up on half of the building and that precast will start to arrive in the next 2-3 weeks! I'm hoping to swing by the site on Tuesday when I'm in town for a Tigers game

[tapezord]

steel is flyin up, not for half of the building though.... I drove by earlier today. Great to see!

[TheDetroitCity99]

Did anyone hear about the Griswold~Capitol Park?I was faxed some picture of what the views would be like and I thought there couldn't be any other in downtown. Especially with full sized balconies. I'm looking further into their pricing.

[jbr12]

Is there a website or something you could point us to? Not sure what project you are talking about. Thanks!

[Michi]

What site are we talking about? Clark Street? Did I miss something?

To answer the last questions:

The Griswold: Capitol Park is the building going up next to the Book Cadillac on Michigan Avenue at Griswold Street. Capitol Park is the gritty park behind it on Griswold.

The lower portion consists of the parking garage for the Westin and Residences BC.

http://www.thegriswold.com/

[tapezord]

What site are we talking about? Clark Street? Did I miss something?

http://www.thegriswold.com/

[jbr12]

Thats what I was talking about to. The site inspection reports we get are fun to look at, but I'm hoping to swing by the site later today when I'm in town for the Tigers game.

[tapezord]

when I'm in town for the Tigers game.

[TheDetroitCity99]

The Griswold Project looks exciting to me.

[Michi]

Upon waking up this morning, the first pillars of the new parking garage have been errected along Forest Avenue. I'll try to do some progress photos soon.

[jbr12]

sorry to hear that

[tapezord]

Ummmm ok.... Took my 2 1/2 year old daughter to her first game and she loved it! Dancing in the aisles, cheering and clapping along. Was a good time by everyone! We were at the second game of the double header, so we got to watch the good game.

[TheDetroitCity99]

Upon waking up this morning, the first pillars of the new parking garage have been errected along Forest Avenue. I'll try to do some progress photos soon.

[tapezord]

drove by a few minutes ago... the garage really appears to be taking shape and is probably around the third story by now. Also, the steel for floor one appears to run the length of the woodward frontage between the Whitney and the gas station.

[Michi]

Actually, I'm pretty confident that 3 floors is all the garage is going to be...which, in a way is really good since the mixed use structure along Woodward will be 5. Finally, an actual occupied structure which is taller than its parking garage (I think the Ellington is about the same height).

You're right, though tape. The first level of steel runs the full length and is pretty impressive in terms of how much street frontage it takes up.

[jbr12]

The building is definitely maximizing the site plan thats for sure! You are correct in saying that the mixed use building (Studio One Apartments) will be 5 stories. First floor is dedicated to retail with just over one-hundred apartments above. Watch out for precast arriving on site next week

Mixed Use Building

Parking Garage:

[Michi]

The garage is so ugly. And what a waste of space. It has nothing to offer in terms of human amenity, other than to ditch their empty metal masses. Parking garages are fantastic when they offer something to people like me, whose neighborhood this is being built in. My neighborhood is TOO autocentric as it is, and soon it will be moreso. Though I greatly appreciate the mixed Studio One coming as well, I'm not willing to accept the lower standards. If this was built in Columbus along High Street (arguably) our Woodward, this would NEVER go.

[Michi]

Mixed Use - Studio One Apartments

Forest Avenue

Woodward Avenue

Looking north

MOCAD's New Exhibit

No more Forest Tower Apartments. Now, a lovely urban surface parking lot.

Engineering Building at Wayne State University.

New Amsterdam Lofts puttzing along.

Wayne State Police Headquarters are moving to this building on north Cass (Techtown).

As of Friday, September 28 2007.

The 6-year renovation of the Detroit Institute of Arts is nearing completion by the end of the year. This is the John R. (back) side.

The Farnsworth Entrance

Front Staircase

Willy's Overland Lofts - Cass Corridor

Across Willis from Willy's

Avalon Organic Bakery is moving to a larger location, but I forget where. I think it might actually be in the Studio One location(??)

[Michi]

Garden Lofts at Brush Park, open for a few months now.

This building in Brush Park has been (purposefully) gutted, and I've seen workers onsite, so hopefully it is the next one to go under the knife.

Brush Park North townhomes, John R. Street.

Another Brush Park prize.

Crystal Lofts renovation on Woodward Avenue, Brush Park. A gourmet grocery store will occupy the ground level!

Gotta love Detroiters and their perception of right-of-way.

One of my favorite smaller projects is this line of renovations along Charlotte Street. Structures like this, sadly don't exist in Detroit anymore.

From the back...

Wondering when she's going to get the attention she deserves. Maybe soon, since it's right across the street from the previous photos.

The Kahn Building sits right next to the Crystal Lofts both on Woodward Avenue.

More garden renovations taking place at the Whitney.

[Zissou]

Great stuff!

[Jasoncw]

Thanks for posting!!

Does anyone know what's up with those arches on the crystal ballroom? I really love that building, but I don't understand that side of the building.

Also, are they going to fix the corner?

Nice to see that things are still moving along.

[Michi]

The arches on the Crystal Lofts replicate the original ones that were there. Those windows look the same as the ones they replaced. If you mean why was that style chosen originally, I do not know.

And yes, the corner piece will be repaired as well.

[rbdetsport]

What will go in to where the Avalon Bakery is now? Will it just be another vacant storefront? With the success of the Avalon Bakery, I am suprised they are not just opening a second location anyways.

[hudkina]

It's not quite "starbucks" enough to have a location on every corner.

[Michi]

Hmmm, they might have two stores. The original and the new main store in a larger location. I should have paid more attention the first time I heard about the move.