The District Detroit: the 50-Block Footprint Revitalizing Detroit

The District Detroit will be home to residential space, office buildings, and retail centers and will be one of the largest sports and entertainment centers in the country. This 50-block footprint will connect downtown to midtown, and the new Little Caesars Arena will be right at the center.
The District Detroit is expected to generate $1.8 billion in economic impact, therefore Motor City Electric, IBEW Local 58, and Southeastern NECA implemented the Code of Excellence from day one, encouraging the other trades to do so as well. The District represents a return to excellence for the city of Detroit as well.

[@littlechief31]

God bless Detroit

[@michaelkadar1453]

Yeh, more like God dmned Detroit. The place is a moral wasteland.

[@Lukie2131]

The Comeback is real Detroit!

[@jimbrady735]

3:49 Prince Fielder

[@SteelRhinoXpress]

i like it it has a class look with a modern touch, unlike the new oilers and vegas arena where they look like ufo crash landing sites for an arena.

[@michaelkadar1453]

Yet the crime is still high. You can parge over the blight but its still there. EVERY US city does the same trick but it never works. Eventually the crime culutres moves in and victimises whte tourists and then they flee again

[@averygentry35]

Theres no way thats 50 block foot print. Maybe Five!

[@sixmile2360]

No it's actually fifty five blocks. I live right across the street from the new arena. This project is being done in phases. Phase one encompasses about twelve blocks. What is encouraging to us is that it includes over three hundred housing units across the rent spectrum.

[@lmiller23719]

Six Mile Literally nothing has been done as far as new restaurants or housing in 3 years 😂

[@sadgodzilla9687]

Building a new stadium doesn't revitalize a neighborhood. In some cases like the Miami Marlins stadium, it decreases economic growth. If you want to revitalize a neighborhood, do it by building new infrastructure, invest is business around the area, and making a neighborhood more attractive to people who want to move to a city.

[@sixmile2360]

I live near the stadium and you are right. Stadiums alone are only a small part of the solution. What impresses me is the balanced approach being taken to develop the city. Ford Motor just announced that they ar moving back into the city and rebuilding the old, abandoned rail station as part of a huge engineering campus bringing in a minimum of 2500 jobs. There are over sixty residential conversion or construction projects underway downtown as we speak. Lear Seating just moved back downtown. Little Caesars is finishing up it's new world headquarters, Flex N Gate just opened a huge new manufacturing campus with 500 new jobs, Mahandra is building a new assembly center with 650 new jobs. The neighborhoods, schools and neighborhood crime need to be addressed but progress is being made. The stadiums do draw people in to the city core. Dozens of bars and restaurants have opened in the past couple of years.

[@FrustratedCat33]

atleast it revitalizes the red wings from their old ass arena

[@ricardoiglesias8877]

All that has been built up to date is that stupid pizzarena and a bunch of parking lots!.....No residential or retail

[@michaelkadar1453]

because the local democrats dont wanna arrest and imprison criminals. SO why would whte people ever come to those areas?

[@mrhelsel]

What a joke 3 years later nothing has happened

[@josecarranza7555]

Why?

[@michaelkadar1453]

Never will happen. Seen teh mayhem that is normal in that culture when they have city commission meetings. THeyll NEVER build it because the city is a moral cesspool

[@sniper6081]

Gentrifying bad neighborhoods doesn't fix their underlying problems. How many times does it need to be said? Top down approaches don't work. Even if this actually happens and is completed to its fullest extent, all it's going to do is price poor people out of the market. Detroit can put on a pretty face as much as it wants, but at the end of the day, taxes are still too high, the government is wickedly corrupt, and regulations are as numerous as there are stars in the sky.

[@94fleetwood49]

I lived in Detroit for over 25 years and have always payed my taxes. My dad himself owns 4 homes, 3 of which he rents out to immigrants and 1 building on Michigan Ave that he has been clean/fixing it up for future use. *The city is massive,* how are "poor" people going to get priced out? Please explain? Although I can agree on many regulations aspect, but how can you expect to live in downtown/midtown with a 9/hr salary?

[@sniper6081]

"but how can you expect to live in downtown/midtown with a 9/hr salary" >_>

[@richardnunez3474]

Buff Awesome i never been to Detroit. I live in California but ive been watching and reading a lot of stuff on the D over the last 5 or so years because its history and what its place on a very important time in America. Without Detroit im not sure where we would be but in all ive arrived at the same place with your comment here. So sad for all that has grinded their whole life in the D.

[@sixmile2360]

Hello Buff, Do you live in or near Detroit? I lived there for fifty years. Good times and bad. First... Yes corruption was a problem but the new mayor and council are dynamic and above board. They are working hard to restore basic services and improve quality of life in the neighborhoods. It took four decades for the city to decay. It will take some time to restore neighborhoods. Taxes? Too high. Regulations? Too many. The difference is that officials are serious for the first time about slashing regulations and eliminating city income tax. The socio economic reasons for inter city decay are complex but I sense a real change by both officials and residents on how to tackle tough issues. I am encouraged. Finally. Gentrification. We need young people to move into the city. They help drive positive change. Black, white, Asian and, yes, middle eastern twenty and thirty somethings are moving in and I for one welcome them. They are energetic, engaged and creative. Buff, if you are not a Detroiter come visit. You will witness an incredible downtown and New Center area contrasted by devastated neighborhoods. The difference between now and the past is that city leaders, businessmen and residents are uniting to change our city for the good.

[@sixmile2360]

Hello Aerin, I am black. I lived in Detroit for fifty years. (Retired to Georgia last year) Do you live in the city? Poverty and opportunity in the neighborhoods is a real problem. The school system has been a disgrace. But... Things are changing. The school system is being redesigned to help emphasize college prep and real world job skills. City officials are focusing on both the downtown and restoring services to the core neighborhoods. One thing to remember is that the boom in downtown Detroit is primarily being accomplished with private money. Many, many socio economic issues remain but today you can feel the positive energy. I grew up poor. The classic broken household. But, in large part because of my mother, I went to college and worked hard while raising a family. City officials cant keep families together. They can, in the case of Detroit, provide opportunity. Things are changing for the better. Believe me I lived it.