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Site of new development (Deadline Detroit photo)
Dan Gilbert continues to transform the landscape in the downtown area that just a few years ago looked fairly dismal.
But his vision is not a cheap one for those interested in downtown living. The site is around Edmund Street and John R.
John Gallagher of the Detroit Free Press reports:
Not since the Lafayette Park project a half-century ago has Detroit seen a residential development as ambitious as Dan Gilbert’s Brush Park project that breaks ground in a few weeks.
For one thing, the project — about 100 for-sale units and about 300 rental apartments on 8.4 acres just north of downtown — will come in at the top end of the price range for any rental or for-sale projects in the greater downtown when it opens in a year or so.
But more significantly, Gilbert’s people are breaking new ground architecturally. Gone are the faux historical styles that marked so many of Detroit’s recent projects. Instead of duplicating the peaked roofs, gables, chimney stacks and bay windows that pass for authenticity, Gilbert’s team opted for a bold modernist look.
