Dearborn mulls options for Montgomery Ward site
Dearborn City Council was presented with four possible developments for the former Mongomery Ward site last week. One scenario calls for an office/commercial complex at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Schaefer with housing built on the south end of the site; the other three options called for ground floor retail topped with housing.
Dearborn City Council was presented with four possible developments for the former Mongomery Ward site last week. One scenario calls for an office/commercial complex at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Schaefer with housing built on the south end of the site; the other three options called for ground floor retail topped with housing.
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The BK/REDICO proposal — as it is known — is different from the other proposals received by the city because it calls for row housing to be built separately from the central facility — on the other side of Calhoun Street. In addition to office space, the 125,000 square-foot development would also have space for four retailers and would be four-stories high — about the same size as the existing building.
“The other three are all similar in nature to the projects we did in West Dearborn,” [Economic and Community Development Director Barry Murray] said.
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