Katrease Stafford

Detroit Free Press

Detroit officials will announce today a $77 million development at the former Wigle Recreation Center site, one of the largest city-owned vacant lots.

The Midtown site, located at 901 Selden Street, will be redeveloped into a 7-acre, mixed use development that will bring "hundreds of new residential units," according to a news release from Mayor Mike Duggan's office. The residential units will include affordable rental units and one acre of public green space and 8,000 square feet of new retail space.

Duggan will make the announcement today with the development team, Councilmember Raquel Castaneda-Lopez and other officials.

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The city originally called for proposals last year for the site, requiring interested developers to craft a plan that included renting 20% of the units at "affordable" rents to households making 80% of area median income or lower.

The site is three blocks west of Woodward Avenue and is the largest publicly held, contiguous parcel available in Midtown.

Contact Katrease Stafford: kstafford@freepress.com or 313-223-4759.