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City and community leaders gathered on Thursday, May 15, 2025, to mark a major milestone in the revitalization of Detroit’s Woodbridge neighborhood with the official groundbreaking of 4401 Rosa Parks Apartments, a new affordable housing community that will bring 60 high-quality homes to the area.

• Art Deco gem has been vacant for nearly 30 years and has been Detroit’s last remaining vacant high-rise
• Development team closed last week on complex financing package, allowing full restoration work to begin this week

• DFD Safety Series webinar to be held Wednesday, May 14 at 6pm
• Residents can learn live and ask questions in real-time by joining the webinar at

• Drop-in programming begins Monday May 12; scheduled programming begins Monday May 19.
• This project was funded through American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) ($5.9 million) and unlimited Tax General Obligation (UTGO) bond ($5.1 million).
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The City of Detroit’s Planning and Development Department (PDD), in collaboration with Invest Detroit, Fifth Third Bank, Better Block, and Matrix Human Services, celebrated the successful culmination of the temporary activation along Gratiot Avenue near East McNichols.

• $20.49 million redevelopment that revitalizes historic school on Detroit’s east side
• 46 affordable apartments; 25 units reserved for permanent supportive housing for those who previously experienced homelessness.
• Mayor Duggan returns to cut the ribbon on new affordable housin