A bill under consideration in the Michigan Senate would rename a section of Woodward Avenue near Comerica Park after Mike Ilitch.

Ilitch, owner of the Detroit Tigers and Red Wings and the Little Caesars pizza empire, died Feb. 10 at 87.

The portion of Woodward between Montcalm Street and East Adams Avenue would be called Mike Ilitch Boulevard, according to the bill, which was introduced June 15. Its primary sponsor is Sen. Coleman Young II, who is running for Detroit mayor.

Ilitch, a Detroit-born billionaire, parlayed modest roots into a business empire with $3.4 billion in annual revenue in 2016, led by the Little Caesars pizza chain he co-founded with wife Marian. He used the fortune to invest in his downtown Detroit business and real estate ventures that admirers say helped make him a key figure in the city's slow renaissance.