Park Avenue House owner Sean Harrington has rescinded the 30-day eviction notices for residents of the downtown Detroit hotel, after striking a deal with the building's buyer.

While the sale of the historic building to Troy-based MKiezi Investments won't close until January 30, residents — who were given notice last month that they had to vacate the building next week — will now have until June 30 to find new housing options, according to stipulations in the deal.

The sale price of the 180-unit, 13-story building hasn't been made public. A close source to the deal, however, told the Free Press last month that the negotiation price was around $13.5 million.

Park Avenue House — a hotel that has attracted a number of low-income, long-term guests over the years — become a flashpoint in conversations around equity and affordability in Detroit last month after Harrington gave residents the 30-day notices.

"As one of the last affordable places to live, this is displacing many poor and low-wage working people," resident Richard LaBelle wrote in an email to the Free Press. "It is a shame, and it would be nicer if we had more time, or some assistance — at least some publicity in our plight!"

Following news of the evictions, the City of Detroit and MKiezi — who plan to keep the building as a hotel — urged Harrington to reconsider the deadline.

"MKiezi met with the mayor last Friday ... to resolve the issue in a way that's respectful to residents that are there, to give them time to find another place to live," the firm's spokesperson Bill Nowling told the Free Press last month, explaining that if the sale went through, building renovations likely would not happen until the third or fourth quarter of 2019, meaning there would be plenty of time to work with residents to find alternate housing.

"It takes time to get permits, to get vendors lined up," Nowling said. "The mayor said let's use the time to work with residents."

In addition to pushing Harrington to reconsider, Detroit City Council approved a motion last month to move $350,000 in emergency funds to United Community Housing Coalition (UCHC), a local nonprofit that works on housing issues in the city. The money was allotted to provide moving assistance to those who want to move, as well as free legal help for those who want to fight the eviction.

While it seemed unlikely that Harrington would budge — last week the City of Detroit sent a cease and desist letter to the building after Harrington asked a maintenance man to remove all hotel-owned appliances (microwaves and refrigerators) from the rooms — the last-minute deal changes this.

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"The mayor appreciates the new owner for stepping up and working with the city to give the Park Avenue residents the time they need and deserve," Mayor Mike Duggan's Chief of Staff Alexis Wiley said, explaining that they and United Community Housing Coalition will spend the next eight months working with residents to find new housing. "We look forward to working with them and UCHC in the coming months."

The Free Press reached out to Harrington but did not immediately receive a response.

Harrington will continue as the residents' landlord until the deal closes. At that point, MKiezi Investments — who claim they were unaware that so many people in the building had lived there for so long — will become the landlord.

Read more about the Park Avenue House, the 30-day notices and the growing struggle to find true affordable housing in Detroit here.

Allie Gross is a business reporter with a focus on development, housing affordabilityand income inequality. Contact Allie Gross at AEGross@freepress.com. Connect with her on Twitter @Allie_Elisabeth.