Garden View Estates PD Modification
Detroit
Description
A modification of the existing Planned Development zoning (Ordinance 15-10) to allow 102 affordable housing units — a three-story apartment building and townhomes — on two vacant blocks of the old Herman Gardens site. The City Planning Commission recommended approval with conditions, and the committee sent it to formal with a recommendation to approve as amended.
Impact summary
This puts deeply affordable, accessible housing on land that's sat vacant since Herman Gardens was demolished, with remediation of contaminated soil planned before construction.
Applicant
- Name
- MHT Housing / Detroit Housing Commission
- Address
- 8045 Rutland Avenue and 8255 Rutland Avenue, Detroit, MI
At a glance
- Hearings
- 1
- Public comments
- 3
- Total mentions
- 1
Last vote · Planning Commission
A recommendation. The council’s outcome is not on record here.
Last discussed Jun 11, 2026.
Meeting timeline (1)
Related issues (1)
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