Articles tagged:Georgetown Mall

Posted: Fri May 11 11:43 a.m. by Ryan J. Stanton Political Reporter
$1M state grant will fund demolition of blighted Georgetown Mall property in Ann Arbor

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality on Friday announced a $1 million brownfield grant to help redevelop the former Georgetown Mall site in Ann Arbor.

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Posted: Wed Feb 29 5:57 a.m. by Paula Gardner News Director
Georgetown Mall: Developer's attorney sends neighbors latest update

The development team behind Packard Square - the mixed-use concept approved for the former Georgetown Mall in Ann Arbor - now says it hopes to demolish the vacant structure in April. The condition of the vacant property was raised last week during conversation at a City Council meeting as officials ...

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Posted: Tue Jul 19 3:47 p.m. by Ryan J. Stanton Political Reporter
Michigan approves $2 million in tax assistance for Packard Square project in Ann Arbor

The Michigan Economic Growth Authority today approved a plan to capture $2 million in local and school taxes for the redevelopment of the former Georgetown Mall property in Ann Arbor. The MEGA board's approval comes following approvals by the Ann Arbor City Council and the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners ...

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Posted: Thu Jun 2 5:59 a.m. by Ryan J. Stanton Political Reporter
Washtenaw County officials preparing state grant application for Georgetown Mall redevelopment

Washtenaw County officials said Wednesday night they still plan to go forward with submitting a $1 million grant application to the state of Michigan to use toward a private redevelopment of the former Georgetown Mall site in Ann Arbor.

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Posted: Thu May 19 5:59 a.m. by Kyle Feldscher Crime and courts reporter
Washtenaw County commissioners approve portions of Packard Square project, but delay decision on loan

The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners approved the grant application and the brownfield plan for the redevelopment of the blighted Georgetown Mall property on Packard Road Wednesday, but delayed making a decision on whether to back a $1 million loan on the project. The commission cited public backlash to the ...

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Posted: Wed May 11 4:34 p.m. by Ryan J. Stanton Political Reporter
Washtenaw County commissioners call special meeting to discuss Georgetown Mall redevelopment

The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners has called a special working session for Tuesday to discuss changes to the county's Full Faith and Credit Policy as well as the proposed Packard Square redevelopment project, county officials said. The meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. in the county administration building at ...

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Posted: Thu May 5 5:59 a.m. by Ryan J. Stanton Political Reporter
Washtenaw County commissioners hesitant to approve financing plan for Packard Square project

Washtenaw County commissioners expressed hesitations Wednesday night about helping to finance the redevelopment of the former Georgetown Mall site in Ann Arbor. While the county isn't expected to directly contribute any money to the nearly $50 million project known as Packard Square, it is being asked to approve a tax-increment ...

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Posted: Tue May 3 5:59 a.m. by Ryan J. Stanton Political Reporter
Ann Arbor City Council gives OK to $48.2 million redevelopment of blighted Georgetown Mall property

The Ann Arbor City Council voted unanimously Monday night to approve a site plan for Packard Square, a $48.2 million redevelopment of the blighted Georgetown Mall property. Bloomfield Hills-based developer Craig Schubiner of Harbor Georgetown LLC, who was in the audience but did not speak, plans to move forward with ...

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Posted: Tue Apr 12 5:58 a.m. by Ryan J. Stanton Political Reporter
More than $3 million in school taxes to help fund Georgetown Mall redevelopment in Ann Arbor

About $5.8 million in taxes, including $3 million that would otherwise go to schools, is proposed to be captured over a 14-year period as part of a private developer's plan to finance a redevelopment of the former Georgetown Mall in Ann Arbor.

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Posted: Wed Mar 16 5:55 a.m. by Ryan J. Stanton Political Reporter
Packard Square project criticized by Ann Arbor planning commissioners for 'lack of imagination'

Ann Arbor planning commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday night in favor of a proposed redevelopment of the blighted Georgetown Mall property along Packard Road, but not without first offering several criticisms of the project dubbed "Packard Square." Do you like the design, why or why not?

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Posted: Wed Mar 2 5:59 a.m. by Ryan J. Stanton Political Reporter
Governor's call to eliminate brownfield credits puts funds for Ann Arbor's Georgetown Mall project at risk

Financing an environmental cleanup and redevelopment of the polluted Georgetown Mall site in Ann Arbor is proving to be more difficult than expected for a Bloomfield Hills developer.

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Posted: Sun Jan 30 5 a.m. by Tony Dearing AnnArbor.com
New proposal for Georgetown Mall property deserves a receptive but thorough review

We would love to see the Georgetown Mall property in Ann Arbor redeveloped, and we don’t know anyone who wouldn’t. So we’re glad both the city of Ann Arbor and state regulators are taking an open-minded approach to a $30 million mixed-use project being proposed for the vacant property. But ...

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Posted: Tue Jan 25 6:02 a.m. by Ryan J. Stanton Political Reporter
Owner of Ann Arbor's Georgetown Mall site seeking tax breaks on $30 million project

The owner of Georgetown Mall in Ann Arbor is seeking millions of dollars in tax breaks to help finance a $30 million redevelopment of the former strip mall site along Packard Street. Bloomfield Hills-based developer Craig Schubiner made his case Monday night to the city's Brownfield Review Committee, which offered ...

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Posted: Mon Jan 24 12:15 p.m. by Edward Vielmetti
Monday neighborhood notes: new trees and brown fields

Winter is a time for planning for the projects you hope to start when the earth thaws. Two sets of plans are in progress for development in neighborhoods: tree plantings to replace ash trees kills by the Emerald Ash Borer, and remediation of the contamination underneath the site of the ...

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Posted: Tue Jun 15 6 a.m. by Paula Gardner News Director

The springtime tax foreclosure urgency facing Georgetown Mall has faded, yet many questions still remain for the vacant property along Packard Road in Ann Arbor. What’s changing, however, is that neighbors are getting some answers.

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