Two historic apartment buildings at the corner of Cass and Martin Luther King are being renovated for lower-income people. (Photo by Steve Neavling/Motor City Muckraker)
There's been some pushback against gentrification in Detroit.
Two historic, abandoned apartment buildings at the corner of Cass and Martin Luther King in the Midtown area could have been converted into swanky digs for young professionals, Steve Neavling reports at Motor City Muckraker.
Instead of becoming the next trendy spot for new Detroiters, the apartments will be rented to low-income workers because of deliberate, persistent efforts to curtail the negative impact of gentrification on an area that has become a safety net for people struggling with poverty, drug addiction and mental illness.
Leading that effort is the Cass Corridor Neighborhood Development Corporation, which is spending $16.7 million to renovate the three-story, 109-year-old Davenport and the six-story Cass Plaza, which was built in 1924. The apartments will be reserved for low-income people.
