The planned $32.8 million redevelopment of the Northwood Shopping Center in Royal Oak is expected to be complete in 2018.

The city commission on Monday approved a $3.73 million brownfield tax abatement for work including demolition and asbestos abatement for the Beaumont Health-owned property at the southwest corner of 13 Mile Road and Woodward Avenue.

The development is expected to total 183,000 square feet and include a grocery store, hotel, restaurants and other retail, a Beaumont news release said.

Abatement and soil remediation will begin now and demolition of the existing shopping center will begin this fall, the release said.

The project requires demolition of the existing 199,000-square-foot shopping center plus an 8,000-square-foot commercial building and a pair of townhouse buildings along Coolidge Highway totaling 13,000 square feet, according to a city commission memo.

Beaumont earlier this year surveyed more than 6,000 employees, physicians, medical students and community residents about preferences for the 61-year-old property. The survey showed strong community support for redevelopment, Beaumont officials said at the time. A grocery store, hotel and various retail businesses were among the most-cited options.

Kroger, Office Depot, Dunham's and Leo's Coney Island are among the tenants of the shopping center that left their spaces earlier this year.

The project is expected to create about 150 full-time jobs and require about 200 temporary construction jobs, according to the memo.

The project on the 15-acre site consisting of three parcels is being led by Livonia-based Schostak Bros. & Co. and Bloomfield Hills-based AF Jonna Development LLC.

The architect on the project is Hobbs + Black Associates Inc., which has offices in Ann Arbor and Lansing, and the environmental consultant is Berkley-based PM Environmental Inc.