For the second week in a row, Model D has good news about a grocery store? Maybe the times, they really are a-changing ...
Metro
Food Center will relocate to the southeast corner of Livernois and
Warren — from its smaller location across the street — into a
40,000-square-foot rehabbed building. A 20,000-square-foot addition,
replacing a portion of the building that will be demolished, will house
an 8,000-square foot beauty supply store with room for additional
retail.
As soon as brownfield and City Council approvals are in
hand, demolition and site clean up will begin. Developer Mike Dikhow
estimates this phase will run four months with construction taking
another 12 to 18.
Three lots, one fronting Warren and two
fronting Livernois, are also available for sale or lease. Another
future development parcel faces McGraw to the east of the site. "Since
it doesn't front Livernois or Warren, it wouldn't work for retail,"
says David Shanaman, a broker at Collier's. He envisions an industrial,
office or medical use for that portion of the site.
Both Dikhow
and Shanaman are adamant that this area of the city is underserved by
retail. "There are close to 30,000 people with a one-mile radius, and
that is just from the census data," says Shanaman. "They are going to
Dearborn and other parts of the city for their shopping."
Dikhow says the project would not have gotten off the ground without the assistance of the
Wayne County Land Bank, an initiative that aids development by lessening the developer's tax burden.
Sources: David Shanaman,
Collier's International, and Mike Dikhow
Writer: Kelli B. Kavanaugh
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