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The Manhattaning of downtown Detroit seems to increasingly be taking shape. Some see that as good, others not so much.
It means downtown living will continue to get more costly.
Ian Thibodeau of The Detroit News reports:
Developers plan to open a brand new 11-story luxury condominium complex in downtown Detroit by 2018. Known as The Ashton Detroit, the 83-unit facility will be the first freestanding condo complex built downtown in 20 years.
Once finished, the project on the west end of downtown will stand in what’s currently a parking lot behind the former WWJ building at 600 W. Lafayette, which now houses the Michigan American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 25. Construction on the building will start next year, and is expected to be ready for occupancy by 2018.
The condos, 1,500 to 2,200 square feet, will have floor-to-ceiling windows, and the building will have a pool, fitness center and shops.
