Detroit has seen a flurry of new development announcements in recent years, and not all of those building projects are getting off the ground.

Some projects get hit with unforeseen delays or rising cost projections, forcing their developers to reconceive or outright cancel plans. Others do eventually get built, but years after the building's anticipated opening date — sometimes even decades later.

This summer, the Free Press spotlighted 10 high-profile development projects in the city that floundered or faced significant delays after their public announcements. Below are 10 additional projects that saw great publicity at the time of their reveal, but which have yet to break ground or reach completion.

Some of the projects are still planned to happen. But a few may never exist outside a developer's imagination.

More:10 Detroit projects that were announced — but never happened

Still awaiting small-format Meijer

There was great excitement in October 2017 when news broke that a small-format Meijer store would be included in a planned $60-million residential and commercial project at 1475 E. Jefferson. The Meijer was to fill the groundfloor of the future five-story building, joining 213 planned apartments on floors two through five.

It was to be the city's third Meijer store, following the respective 2013 and 2015 openings of full-scale Meijers on 8 Mile and in northwest Detroit on Grand River Avenue. The 42,000-square-foot East Jefferson store would be only the second small-format "urban" Meijer.

"We're bringing in fresh produce, fresh meats and affordable pricing for an area that is starved — no pun intended — for a grocery store," one commercial property broker said at the project's official announcement. .

Dennis Archer Jr., a principal in the project and the son of former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer, also addressed the crowd that day.

The mini-Meijer was supposed to open in fall 2019. So far, there has yet to even be a groundbreaking.

In an interview for this story, Archer Jr. said he could not comment at all about the project — including the status of the Meijer plan — but added that he may be able to share some details in coming weeks.

“I do have an update, but it’s not one that I can share with you at this moment," he said. "I can tell you that all the news is positive.“

Magic at the fairgrounds

Basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson heads an investment group that has talked about redeveloping the old Michigan State Fairgrounds in Detroit near 8 Mile and Woodward for at least the past six years.

The group, called "Magic Plus," also includes Lansing developer Joel Ferguson and Detroiter Marvin Beatty. In 2013, they teamed up with Southfield-based developer Redico and made plans to buy the 158-acre fairgrounds from the Michigan Land Bank.

Two years later, the development team revealed what they wanted to do there: build up to 500 housing units there, roughly 400,000 square feet of retail, plus possibly convert the old fairgrounds coliseum into a movie theater.

But none of that happened. And Redico later exited from the project.

In an interview last week, Christopher Stralkowski, a project manager for the Magic Plus group, said the group's initial plans were stymied by unexpectedly high cost projections for environmental remediation of the old fairgrounds' buildings and other facilities.

The project no longer made financial sense with the new cost projections, he said, and therefore had to be reconceived.

In April, Magic Plus finally bought a portion of the fairgrounds from the Michigan Land Bank, but not the full 160 acres it once intended to. Rather, the group purchased a 16-acre sliver along Woodward for $472,000. It is now vetting proposals for possible mixed-use developments there.

The City of Detroit bought the remaining 142 acres from the land bank for $7 million. A city spokesman said Mayor Mike Duggan hopes to attract a major employer to that site, although the spokesman declined to give details on how that search is going.

The state fair left the fairgrounds in 2009.

Woodward megachurch still not done

In 1882 in Barcelona, Spain, construction started on a giant Catholic church named Sagrada Familia. Now, 137 years later, the famous church is still not done and isn't expected to be until 2026.

By that standard, progress on an unfinished megachurch on Woodward just north of 7 Mile has been going swiftly — even as that project drags through its 16th year.

Perfecting Church began construction of its new 5,000-seat megachurch in 2003. Since then, the work has lagged, stalled, stopped cold when money ran out, then started up again.

A Free Press visit to the site last week found the church still surrounded in construction fencing with exposed metal beams visible inside.

Church officials did not return phone messages for comment.

Marvin Winans, founder and pastor of Perfecting Church, told the Free Press in 2011 that the congregation's new church — whenever it is finished — will undoubtedly be beautiful.

"We were moving right along and then we discovered we couldn't borrow any money, so we shut down, and then we just started moving again," he said.

Southwest hospital hoax?

Many were surprised in spring 2018 by the appearance of a "Mixed-use development — coming soon 2020" sign outside the long-derelict and vacant Southwest Detroit Hospital at the edge of the city's Corktown neighborhood.

The sign depicts a fully redeveloped hospital building with several retail and restaurant tenants.

However, there have been few signs of redevelopment activity at the site, 2401 Twentieth St., since the sign went up.

Detroit landlord Dennis Kefallinos has an ownership stake in the property. He was unavailable for comment for this story.

Notable for its space-age exterior that was once covered in stainless steel plates, Southwest Detroit Hospital opened in 1974 and fell into bankruptcy and shut down in 1991. The building reopened with health care-related businesses before closing for good in 2007.

What's up at 1300 Beaubien?

Ownership of the old Detroit Police Department headquarters at 1300 Beaubien, a setting in numerous movies and Elmore Leonard novels, passed to a city creditor during Detroit's 2013-2014 municipal bankruptcy.

In February 2018, businessman Dan Gilbert's Bedrock real estate firm announced that it had entered a partnership with the former creditor, a subsidiary of bond-insurer Syncora, to redevelop the legendary 1922 building.

However, the announcement didn't say what would go into the former DPD headquarters, or give any timeline for construction.

A Bedrock spokesperson this week said that the company continues to clean and perform environmental remediation at 1300 Beaubien. The building's future use hasn't been decided, the representative said, although a hotel is one possibility.

Future of The Joe's land

Demolition of Joe Louis Arena began this year, nearly two years after the Red Wings relocated to the new Little Caesars Arena. The city currently holds title to the 1979 riverfront arena, but under terms of another real estate deal forged in the 2013-2014 bankruptcy, ownership of the 5-acre site — plus a nearby 3,200-space parking garage — is to pass to another former city creditor once demolition is completed.

At the time the deal was announced, a written contract said The Joe would eventually be replaced with a "first-class" hotel with up to 30 floors and at least 300 rooms. The land's proximity to TCF Center, formerly known as Cobo Center, would in theory be a big plus for a hotel.

But the former creditor, New York-based Financial Guaranty Insurance Co., went on to sue the city in 2018 for more time to submit its redevelopment plans and to gain the flexibility to possibly build something other than a hotel.

News emerged this summer that the company is in talks with an unnamed local developer that wants to buy the arena site and the parking garage. One city official told the Detroit News he had "a high level of confidence this deal will get done."

A city spokesman this week said that nothing further has happened since then.

One 11 West

The Ilitch organization has come under scrutiny for the slow pace of progress in developing a residential and commercial district around the new Little Caesars Arena.

Among the projects that were expected to be completed and open by now is One 11 West, 111 Henry St., a planned eight-story residential building with luxury-style apartments on upper floors and dozens of "micro apartments" on the middle floors. There also was to be ground-floor retail space and, for the building's residents, a rooftop garden patio and community kitchen.

Yet the planned building has yet to rise from the ground.

More:Little Caesars Arena, District Detroit: A look at what's planned

Keith Bradford, senior vice president with Olympia Development of Michigan, the Ilitch organization's development arm, said in a statement Thursday that pre-construction activity continues at 111 Henry.

“Our commitment to the people of Detroit — and the ongoing revitalization of this city — remains steadfast," he said. "With boots on the ground and significant development work currently underway, we are actively driving the transformation that Detroiters deserve."

Hotel Fort Wayne

Another arena district project was the planned renovation of the long-empty hotel The American, originally known as Hotel Fort Wayne. The 1920s building is a short walk from the arena at Cass and Temple, on the same block at the Masonic Temple.

Renderings were released in 2017 showing the defunct hotel redeveloped into 163 new apartments, plus ground-floor retail space. Construction was to begin in 2018.

Today, the hotel remains boarded up and there are few visible signs of renovation progress.

Olympia Development said in its statement that pre-construction activity also continues at the property.

Downtown aquarium

The Detroit Zoo never made any formal announcement, but its director confirmed in spring 2018 that the zoo was actively seeking to build a large aquarium on the downtown Detroit riverfront, specifically next to Hart Plaza on the site of the demolished Ford Auditorium.

"I remain very hopeful that this will happen," zoo Director Ron Kagan said at the time. "(But) there are a million and one things that do need to work out for it to happen."

The proposed location was reportedly pooh-poohed by Mayor Duggan amid concerns that the site was too small for such a big attraction, and could be put to better use.

Asked last month about the status of the aquarium idea, zoo Communications Director Patricia Janeway said in an email that "though we don’t have a timeline, our effort to provide the region with a major, downtown riverfront aquarium continues."

She declined to say whether the zoo still had any particular riverfront spot in mind.

Michael Jackson's 'Majestic Kingdom'

Pop legend Michael Jackson was involved in one of the wildest developments ever proposed for Detroit.

In 1998, Detroit businessman and Las Vegas casino owner Don Barden teamed up with Jackson on a bid to open one of the three casinos coming to the city. Their idea was the most unique.

Under the Jackson-Barden plan, the casino would be one part of a Majestic Kingdom entertainment megacomplex near the Ambassador Bridge, featuring unique nightclubs, a "Thriller Theme Park" encircled by a roller coaster, an underground aquarium stocked with dolphins and an 800-room hotel called "Mansion in the Sky."

To ensure a year-round ridership, the roller coaster was to be enclosed in a transparent bubble during winter months. The entire complex was to connect to downtown via a new monorail, which was to link in with the People Mover.

Despite the duo's media blitz, Detroit voters rejected the Jackson-Barden casino plan in August 1998 and instead supported the three casino preferences of then-mayor Archer. Those winning casinos are the properties that exist today: MGM Grand, Motor City and Greektown.

Once voters killed Barden's casino plan, Jackson's Majestic Kingdom vision also faded away.

Jackson died in 2009 and Barden died in 2011.

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