Construction of a new nine-story residential building in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood could get underway this September.
The 60-unit upscale apartment building with ground-floor retail would be built on a vacant lot at 1728 Michigan Ave.
The $31.3 million project received approvals on Tuesday, July 14, from Detroit City Council for a Neighborhood Enterprise Zone tax abatement and a Brownfield future tax capture.
The building is being developed by trucking magnate Andra Rush and her three adult sons through a limited liability corporation, called Corktown Development Properties.
Construction is expected to begin in September and could take about 18 months to finish. The building would contain 15 studio apartments, 35 one-bedrooms and 10 two-bedroom units, according to planning documents.
A full 20% of the apartments will be set aside as affordable at below-market rents for those making no more than 80% of area median income, which is $58,720 for an individual or $67,120 for two people.
“We’re grateful to Detroit City Council for its continued engagement on 1728 Michigan Avenue and for approving the incentives that allow this project to move forward,” Chance Sztanyo, one of Rush’s sons, said in a statement.
“This project will bring much needed mixed-income housing, ground-floor retail, and construction jobs to a currently vacant site in Corktown,” he continued. “We look forward to breaking ground and to continuing to work closely with the city, our labor partners and the community as construction begins.”
Andra Rush’s Wayne-based Rush Trucking Corp. was one of the largest female-owned businesses in the region before its 2020 sale and her Rush Group family of companies, which includes Dakkota Integrated Systems, regularly makes lists for the largest Native American-owned business enterprises.
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