Downtown Detroit Partnership announces conclusion of I-75 cap feasibility study
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I'm very happy for Detroit. I'm hoping everyone involved in the 2015 CityArchRiver project that shunned the boulevard concept and completed only a one-block highway cap will take notice.
3 blocks isn't really a home run either. Still doesn't make the caps desirable real estate, same as anywhere along I-44. It's noisy and completely absent of peace you'd expect from 'reclaimed' green space.
Yea I think the caps/green space changes are kind of bad investments even if an improvement. Though I wish StL would at least be trying to get these if they are what will be funded, particularly to connect our historic south side neighborhoods that are cut through horribly by 55
44 should be a normal street coming north off 64, not an interstate
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44 should be a normal street coming north off 64, not an interstate
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No disagreement and I also don't get what the big pushback is on even exploring it. Did anyone do a traffic study while I-44 was closed due to the sinkhole to monitor how much it impacted commutes? I imagine no one really cares to change status quo either, so no one thought to do so. Ultimately, what was the point of the Stan Span if not to add a northern attachment point to Illinois for commuters? There seems to be little reason for it to exist except for ultimate convenience.
Lot of people whined about it as if they are entitled to a 4-8 lane highway through the core of our city.bwcrow1s wrote:No disagreement and I also don't get what the big pushback is on even exploring it. Did anyone do a traffic study while I-44 was closed due to the sinkhole to monitor how much it impacted commutes? I imagine no one really cares to change status quo either, so no one thought to do so. Ultimately, what was the point of the Stan Span if not to add a northern attachment point to Illinois for commuters? There seems to be little reason for it to exist except for ultimate convenience.
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Renaissance Center redevelopment plan seeks $548 million in public subsidy
Dan Gilbert and GM are now seeking over half a billion dollars in incentives to tear down half the Ren Cen and renovate the other buildings. Half a billion dollars to essentially eliminate 1.5 million square feet of commercial space downtown. Even with this massive subsidy, the project has a projected return of 1%.
Mind you, GM left the RenCen for Gilbert’s Hudson Tower, which was also subsidized to the tune of several hundred million dollars. Between these two projects, almost a billion dollars worth of subsidy to move GM down the street and ultimately see a net loss of square footage.
This is the downtown that’s supposedly beating the “doom loop”, according to WSJ.
Dan Gilbert and GM are now seeking over half a billion dollars in incentives to tear down half the Ren Cen and renovate the other buildings. Half a billion dollars to essentially eliminate 1.5 million square feet of commercial space downtown. Even with this massive subsidy, the project has a projected return of 1%.
Mind you, GM left the RenCen for Gilbert’s Hudson Tower, which was also subsidized to the tune of several hundred million dollars. Between these two projects, almost a billion dollars worth of subsidy to move GM down the street and ultimately see a net loss of square footage.
This is the downtown that’s supposedly beating the “doom loop”, according to WSJ.