Three years ago, the Detroit City Council approved 10 projects in the District Detroit development — a joint development by the Ilitch organization’s Olympia Development of Michigan and its New York-based partner, The Related Companies.
Had the development been built according to how it was publicly pitched and planned, eight of the 10 projects would be underway or completed by now. So far, however, construction has begun on only one; the others exist only on paper.
The developers have since emphasized that the timelines set out in the original plan were only estimates. Yet those timelines remain the basis for what is currently a spring 2028 deadline for work to at least be started on all the projects.
For now, the developers are staying tight-lipped about when they expect work to begin on the nine projects still to go.
Here is a look at the timelines for each project.
The 10 projects in District Detroit and timeline
Source: The official Transformational Brownfield “Reimbursement Agreement” between the District Detroit developers, the Michigan Strategic Fund, the Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority and the Michigan Department of Treasury, dated Nov. 1, 2023.
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