District Detroit, a 50-block development between downtown and Midtown that will have the new Little Caesars Arena as its centerpiece, aims to transform a part of Detroit that for years has been made up of vacant and dilapidated buildings, nonprofit offices, bars and liquor stores.

The district represents a commitment by the Ilitch family — owners of the Red Wings, the Tigers and Little Caesars Pizza — to drum up at least $200 million in private investment in exchange for getting public dollars to help pay for the $863-million arena.

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The arena, set for a ribbon-cutting Tuesday, will be home to the Red Wings and the Pistons. The district is expected to also include entertainment, commercial and residential developments.

A rundown of what is planned:

Here, almost here

Woodward Avenue: A four-story building next to the arena along Woodward will feature ground-floor retail as well as Mike's Pizza Bar, an artisanal-style pizza restaurant named for the late Mike Ilitch, co-founder of Little Caesars. The upper floors of the building will house offices for the Red Wings and the Ilitches' Olympia Entertainment. The arena also will have Kid Rock's Made in Detroit restaurant, which will serve "classic Detroit and Southern-influenced dishes."

Henry Street: Another four-story building will hug the arena and face Henry Street. The ground floor will be home to a Red Wings merchandise store and a bar called Sports & Social Detroit. Part of the second floor will house Heritage Hall, a display room filled with historical memorabilia for three of the city's four sports teams: Red Wings, Pistons and Tigers. The upper floors and rest of the second floor will be leased as office space.

More parking: A new parking garage, situated along Cass, will have 1,100 spaces.

Coming soon

One 11 West: This building is under construction at 111 Henry, just south of the arena. It will offer 80 new market-rate residences and ground-floor retail space. It will be attached to a new, 500-space parking garage.

Arena Lofts: This new building at 120 Henry will have 153 market-rate residences and first-floor retail. Construction is set to start later this year.

Eddystone: This long-abandoned 13-story former hotel, just north of the arena, dates to 1924. It will be redeveloped into 96 residences with first-floor retail space. The work is set to start next year. The building's former neighbor, the Park Avenue Hotel, was demolished in 2015 to make way for the new arena.

American: This defunct hotel at Cass and Temple is on the same block as the Masonic Temple. It will undergo redevelopment to house 163 apartments and ground-floor retail. Construction is expected to begin in 2018. The hotel was originally the Hotel Ft. Wayne.

Alhambra: This abandoned building at 100 Temple will be renovated into 46 residential units and shops with work beginning in 2018. The building dates to the late 1890s when it was known as Alhambra Apartments. Forty residents there were poisoned in 1905 after eating arsenic-laced biscuits. Two of them died. The prime suspect was a scrubwoman in the building who was acquitted.

United Artists Theatre: This Ilitch-owned building at 150 Bagley in downtown will be remodeled into 148 apartments and first-floor retail. Renovations could begin later this year.

Further off

Hotel: A proposed hotel could be built at the corner of Woodward Avenue and the Fisher Service Drive. It is expected to have 350 to 400 rooms and be a place for visiting sports teams and fans to stay.

Five neighborhoods: The district is expected to include five new neighborhoods in the city: Columbia Street; Columbia Park; Woodward Square; Wildcat Corners and Cass Park Village. They are set to take shape near the arena, Comerica Park and downtown.