Pharrell Williams
Recording artist Pharrell Williams, perhaps best known for his hit song "Happy," is eying a real estate project in Detroit, possibly in north Corktown, The Detroit News reports.
Williams is partnering with an acclaimed New York architect, Louis Aguilar writes. Some North Corktown residents who've seen plans say it involves empty city-owned properties west of Burton International School at 2001 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, and that it would include dozens of housing units, The News reports:
The project is being described as a working plan that has not yet secured the necessary land or city permission to make the project reality.
Williams and the Detroit project were mentioned in the December edition of Architectural Digest magazine. It’s part of a brief profile of Alexander Gorlin, whom the publication recognized as among the top 100 architects and designers working today. Here is what Gorlin said about his current projects: “Teaming with musician Pharrell Williams on prefab housing in Detroit.”
The term “prefab” is short for prefabricated housing, a broad term referring to any home that has sections of the structure built in a factory and then assembled on site.
