Billinghurst Apartments Redevelopment Brownfield Plan
Detroit
Description
The committee held a public hearing and recommended approval of the Brownfield plan for redeveloping the vacant 1922 Billinghurst Apartment Hotel into 31 apartments with ground-floor retail, seeking about $1.33 million in tax increment reimbursement on a $9.5 million project.
Impact summary
Would bring a long-vacant historic building back as housing, pending the public hearing.
Applicant
- Name
- Billinghurst Apartments LLC
- Address
- 69 West Willis, Detroit, MI
At a glance
- Hearings
- 2
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 2
Last vote · Planning Commission
A recommendation. The council’s outcome is not on record here.
Last discussed May 14, 2026.
Meeting timeline (2)
Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee
The committee held a public hearing and recommended approval of the Brownfield plan for redeveloping the vacant 1922 Billinghurst Apartment Hotel into 31 apartments with ground-floor retail, seeking about $1.33 million in tax increment reimbursement on a $9.5 million project.
City Council Formal Session
A resolution scheduling a public hearing on the brownfield plan to redevelop the vacant 1922 Billinghurst Apartment Hotel into mixed-use housing was referred to committee.
Related issues (1)
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