1530 Winder food incubator rehabilitation
Detroit
Description
A request for a 12-year plant rehabilitation certificate under PA 198 to turn a vacant 1960 spice warehouse into an 18,800-square-foot food-business incubator with five retail bays. The committee voted to send it to formal Council with a recommendation to approve.
Impact summary
The project reactivates a long-vacant Eastern Market building, creating startup food-production space, small retail storefronts, five permanent jobs and about 20 construction jobs — though council members questioned rent affordability and whether it addresses food insecurity.
Applicant
- Name
- BD Venture Studio LLC (Jonathan Updike)
- Address
- 1530 Winder, Detroit, MI 48207 (Eastern Market, Council District 5)
At a glance
- Hearings
- 1
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 1
Last vote · Planning Commission
A recommendation. The council’s outcome is not on record here.
Last discussed Feb 19, 2026.
Meeting timeline (1)
Related issues (1)
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