Could the vacant Philip J. Neudeck office building at 415 Clifford Street in downtown Detroit become downtown's ugliest apartment building?
That's what Paul Beshouri of Curbed Detroit suggests.
Beshouri writes:
After 5 years of vacancy, the Neudeck Building has moved closer to becoming downtown's ugliest apartment building. Wayne County just issued a press release declaring that Neudeck will be sold for $2.3M to developer Joseph Barbat, who first revealed plans for a 100-apartment conversion back in June. To be fair, the Neudeck wasn't always so strange-looking.
No word on when construction will start, but it might not be for some time. Barbat is in the midst of renovating the former Park Apartments into a ritzier apartment building called Briggs House.
Kirk Pinho of Crain's Detroit Business writes that Barbat, in an email, said that a $6 million renovation is planned to convert the building into about 100 apartments or condominiums, and that the first floor will be for retail space.
The building will be renamed the Philip House.
