Got this email today. It is about some projects, and private money, that the Ilitch family is investing in Detroit. This is cool, assuming it's for real.
| Ilitch organization shares bold vision for building |
world-class, mixed-use sports and entertainment
district in Detroit
| Ilitch organization shares bold vision for building | | | world-class, mixed-use sports and entertainment district in Detroit | | | |
- Ilitch organization expands its investment to include tens of millions of dollars in public infrastructure improvements such as lighting, sidewalks, green spaces and streets concurrently with arena construction
- Ilitch organization accelerates private investment of at least $200M for new, mixed-use development to now occur concurrently with arena construction and transform dozens of blighted blocks into five new neighborhoods
- New, world-class arena – future home of the Detroit Red Wings – to open summer of 2017 and feature innovative, neighborhood-friendly and Detroit-fueled design
- Project to generate at least $1.8B in total economic impact, 8,300 construction and construction-related jobs and 1,100 permanent jobs
| DETROIT – Olympia Development of Michigan today announced plans for a sweeping transformation of dozens of underutilized blocks between downtown and midtown Detroit into a world-class Sports and Entertainment District. The project will connect existing and new development efforts in downtown and midtown Detroit along Woodward Avenue with five walkable, livable mixed-use District neighborhoods."
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District Detroit Media Kit
