Busy Bee Redevelopment Brownfield Plan
Detroit
Description
Tax-increment financing of about $2.2 million to reimburse demolition, asbestos/lead abatement, infrastructure, and affordable-housing costs; advanced to full Council with a recommendation to approve.
Impact summary
Covers cleanup and site costs the developer couldn't otherwise afford, enabling the mixed-use rehab to start this summer.
Applicant
- Name
- Busy Bee Development, LLC
- Address
- 1401 Gratiot Avenue, Detroit, MISee this on the map
At a glance
- Hearings
- 2
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 2
Last vote · City Council
Last discussed Jul 21, 2026.
Meeting timeline (2)
City Council Formal Session
Brownfield plan and OPRA certificate for the Busy Bee redevelopment along Gratiot Avenue.
Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee
Tax-increment financing of about $2.2 million to reimburse demolition, asbestos/lead abatement, infrastructure, and affordable-housing costs; advanced to full Council with a recommendation to approve.
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