The developer behind a 58-unit town home development plans for construction to begin on the $10 million project this spring.

Julio Bateau, developer and managing partner of Detroit-based Nailah LLC, expects the Nailah Commons development on East Ferry Street west of Chrysler Drive to start accepting residents by the end of the year.

"This is going to fill the large vacant parcels in the Midtown area," he said. "It is the gateway to Midtown and the Cultural Center specifically from the east."

Bateau said the project is being financed with funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Invest Detroit and Capital Impact Partners.

Twenty percent of the 46 one-bedroom and 12 two-bedroom units will be for affordable housing, he said.

Units will range from 708 square feet to 941 square feet for rent.

The development, which would sit on 1.2 acres, is expected to consist of eight three-story brownstone buildings.

Nailah Commons had been proposed prior to the recession as a 35-unit development with for-sale town homes between $125,000 and $200,000, but the project had to be abandoned due to the economic climate, Bateau said.