This is pretty cool, but it'll need to be self-contained for entertainment purposes since there isn't any nightlife anywhere nearby.
I think this will be the catalyst needed for south downtown. The Sinclair building is planned to be converted to apartments and will have a large infill component to it as well on the surface lots under that same ownership. It will be a mix of affordable & market rate stuff.
If the church that owns all those building on the Southside of 11th including the Foolish Things building renovates those with some more retail that area could come together pretty quick. The corridor of Detroit south of 11th has so much potential too to be a really cool strip of stuff. I think needs some turnover to get out the more industrial/storage tenants to more active retail. The building across from TCC to the east on the Northside of 11th is being renovated and will be office/retail space soon too. I think many of the churches have finally came around to the idea that they can make money off real estate and that's more profitable than having endless amounts of surface parking.
I've heard Ross Group is out of the Brookside deal; currently it's just CBC Builds and their partners.
Probably for the best, CBC seems to do good work.
Ross Group was apparently forced to cut off it's engineering division after running into a snafu with the government over applying for small business contracts that they were too big for. They had to pay a massive fine and there may have even been criminal charges for some? Not sure what the end result of it all was, but they don't advertise for engineering jobs anymore and my old friend who worked there changed jobs suddenly. Ever since that incident, they've been much more quiet...
Would be awesome to see this area fill in with mid-rise residential. That's probably what will ultimately happen, but their timing isn't great due to the current macro issues.
I don't think anyone got charged but they definitely took a big hit on federal contracts. I think having a project that focuses on retail along Elgin and the 6th Street frontage would be a big game changers - as much as Santa Fe Square and the PAC development. That corner has the ability to push development south to 11th and serve as a connector into the Pearl along 6th.
I wonder what is taking the Snyders so long to do anything with the old Nordam site. Seems odd they haven't even thrown out any ideas at all. I've been told they have things planned but no one ever can say with much detail on what the plans are. Way back in the day that site almost got sold to TopGolf who was going to build a giant suburban style development. Glad that never happened.
