Tiger Stadium was demolished in 2008 after a failed bid to preserve the historic ballpark. Recently, however, a new mixed use development, including a baseball diamond for youth sports programs, was approved to take its place.
Louis Aquilar reports: "Plans to convert the vacant Tiger Stadium land took a big step forward Tuesday as two plans — one driven by the nonprofit Detroit Police Athletic League and the other, a private plan to bring retail and residences to the fabled Corktown site — won key city approval."
The private plan is from by Larson Realty Group of Bloomfield Hills. At $33 million, that proposal would develop "a four-story building along Michigan Avenue with about 30,000 square-feet of retail and 102 residential rental units. Along Trumbull Avenue, 24 town homes are planned that could be for-sale products and intended as homages to the historic town homes of Corktown." That project is known as "The Corner."
"The Detroit PAL plan is an $11 million effort that will preserve the baseball diamond and see a new headquarters built for the nonprofit dedicated to youth sports."
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