Motown Construction Partners, LLC offered an Opening Day open house to show off ongoing redevelopment of the 34-story Broderick Tower in downtown Detroit.

(Photo by Jonathan Oosting | joosting@mlive.com)

DETROIT - Two months after their initial move-in date, residents have finally been given the green light to move in to Broderick Tower,

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early last month, when building officials said it was just days away from letting its new tenants in (check out the photo gallery).

The Detroit Free Press reports that after the official call went out to eager tenants at about 3:30 p.m. Friday afternoon, at least five residents

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The highly anticipated residential development has 124 apartments with panoramic views from a prime location on the edge of the Central Business District - an area that developers say is starving for more residential units.

The $53 million redevelopment of the building, which has 34 floors and dates back to 1926, was started by Motown Construction Partners in 2010.

Apartments in the Broderick Tower range from $650-a-month, 650-square-foot studios to a three-floor penthouse for $5,100 per month.