Articles tagged: Y Lot
Ann Arbor hiring broker as council considers selling city-owned property downtown
Posted: Mar 05, 2013A majority of council members decided Monday night the surface parking lot known as the Y Lot at the corner of Fifth and William is no longer needed for public purposes. Read more »
New hotel and conference center idea re-emerges for downtown Ann Arbor
Posted: Jan 15, 2013A longstanding debate about whether downtown Ann Arbor needs a new hotel and conference center re-emerged Monday night during a special City Council work session. Read more »
Ann Arbor DDA lays out plan to make 2 downtown properties a package deal for redevelopment
Posted: Jan 15, 2013Related story: Downtown hotel and conference center idea re-emerges as Ann Arbor DDA delivers report to City Council The Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority's plan for encouraging private redevelopment of city-owned properties drew mixed reactions ... Read more »
Ann Arbor DDA in final stages of Connecting William Street plan for five downtown properties
Posted: Nov 29, 2012After a year of planning and public outreach, efforts to devise a strategy for redeveloping five city-owned properties in downtown Ann Arbor are nearing the finish line. Read more »
Ann Arbor to put proceeds from sale of former YMCA property toward affordable housing
Posted: Oct 16, 2012The Ann Arbor City Council went along with a recommendation from its budget committee Monday night and set a new policy for how to use proceeds from future sales of city property. The policy makes ... Read more »
Q&A: Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje: 'We're starting to get that critical mass of people living downtown'
Posted: Sep 30, 2012Related story: Top 5: Questions Ann Arbor should consider about impact of downtown redevelopment With hundreds of new apartments bringing literally thousands of new bedrooms to downtown Ann Arbor, there are more people than ever ... Read more »
Up to 400 new residents, 900 jobs envisioned with redevelopment of 5 downtown Ann Arbor sites
Posted: Sep 10, 2012If the city were to go forward with the highest-density scenario — including a mix of residential, business and cultural uses — the DDA predicts the project could bring $7.5 million to $8 million in new annual spending to the local economy. Read more »
Proposal to evaluate selling off former YMCA site in downtown Ann Arbor goes down in defeat
Posted: Aug 21, 2012Ann Arbor City Council Member Stephen Kunselman met resistance Monday night when he suggested the city consider selling off the former YMCA site downtown. His resolution quickly went down in defeat, with a majority of ... Read more »
AATA will buy 6-foot strip of land from city of Ann Arbor for $90K
Posted: Apr 27, 2012The Ann Arbor Transportation Authority's governing board on Thursday approved the purchase of a small strip of land downtown from the city of Ann Arbor. The parcel measures 6 feet by 132 feet and is ... Read more »
Ann Arbor wins appeals court ruling in $30M lawsuit over old YMCA site downtown
Posted: Mar 30, 2012The court affirmed the decision of a federal district court judge who dismissed the William Street Station case in May 2010. The property - across from the downtown library - is now a parking lot. Read more »
Ann Arbor DDA invites public to take survey to shape vision for four-block area downtown
Posted: Feb 24, 2012The Downtown Development Authority is inviting the public to take a survey to help shape a vision for four blocks in the middle of downtown Ann Arbor. The survey is the first piece of outreach ... Read more »
DTE Energy plans new substation to meet growing energy needs of downtown Ann Arbor
Posted: Apr 06, 2011Representatives of DTE Energy said today they're planning to invest $10 million over the next two years to develop a new power substation serving downtown Ann Arbor. With new developments like Zaragon Place 2 and ... Read more »
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