Spring 2023
The Platform begins work on $38.2 million Piquette Flats project
May 2nd, 2023
Detroit-based developer the Platform said Tuesday that work has begun on its $38.2 million project to redevelop the former Studebaker building in Detroit into a 161-unit affordable housing apartment complex.
Open ArticleMichigan Strategic Fund OKs $5M loan for old Studebaker site
September 27th, 2022
The Michigan Strategic Fund approved Tuesday a $5 million state program loan for the redevelopment of a former Studebaker building in Detroit into a 161-unit apartment complex. The board also approved the City of Detroit brownfield redevelopment authority’s request for $882,821 in state brownfield tax incentive reimbursement for the project.
Open Article$37.3 million project to turn old Studebaker site into apartments
June 13th, 2022
Detroit-based developer The Platform plans to begin construction this fall on a $37.3 million project to transform a long-vacant Milwaukee Junction building into a 162-unit apartment complex.
Open ArticleStudebaker building to get $37.3 million redevelopment into Piquette Flats
June 13th, 2022
Detroit-based developer The Platform LLC is proposing to turn the former Studebaker Sales and Service Building it owns in the city’s Milwaukee Junction neighborhood into 162 workforce apartments.
Open ArticleDetroit’s Milwaukee Junction draws investors
May 31st, 2017
Milwaukee Junction is based around the 1-75/1-94 interchange and roughly borders Woodward on the west, East Grand Boulevard/St. Aubin on the east, Holbrook Avenue on the north and East Warren Avenue on the south. The area is mainly industrial with big pockets of blight. “Milwaukee Junction was the Silicon Valley of its day; that day being about 100 years ago,” said Peter Cummings, the other principal of The Platform, while offering details about their purchase of the 100,000-square-foot building at 411 Piquette Ave.
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