LiveWell on Harrison
A long-vacant property in downtown Flint is undergoing a $41-million transformation into LiveWell on Harrison, a mixed-use development led by Uptown Reinvestment Corporation and HWD Harrison, Inc. Supported by $16 million in New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) allocation from Michigan Community Capital (MCC), the 115,000-square-foot project will bring 50 apartments—19 designated as affordable housing—alongside 7,500 […]
Wrigley Center
Michigan Community Capital provided New Market Tax Credits to The Wrigley Center in Port Huron to support its renovation and expansion in 2020. Led by Larry J. Jones and developed by Wrigley Center, LLC, the project transformed a vacant, obsolete single-story building in downtown Port Huron into a vibrant mixed-use facility. The redevelopment introduced 36 […]
The Broadway Lofts
The Broadway Lofts project marks the largest new development in 40 years in downtown Mt. Pleasant. The mixed-use development on a former brownfield site was announced in 2019 and started construction in May of 2020. Although impacts of COVID-19 created delays and hurdles for the build, residents were able to begin moving into the building […]
The Woodward Lofts
The Woodard Lofts project in Owosso, Michigan, transformed a historic manufacturing building into a vibrant mixed-use development. Originally home to the Woodard Wrought Iron Furniture Company, the facility had become obsolete and environmentally challenged, leading to prolonged vacancy. Through a comprehensive renovation, the building now offers student housing units, office spaces, and retail areas, breathing […]
Temple Lofts
Built in 1917 as a church, this five-story brick building is an iconic property in Old Town Lansing. After nearly a decade of sitting vacant and blighted, Michigan Community Capital purchased the building in 2019. In 2020, construction started on the Temple building which, through adaptive re-use, was reimagined from a two-story building into a […]
Lofts On Rowe
After sitting vacant for nearly 30 years, the 1892-brick building fronting a full city block on the edge of a residential neighborhood just north of Ludington’s downtown was rehabilitated into 67 residential units. Prior to the renovation, the building housed a series of manufacturing businesses including Carrom wooden games and Haskell Canoe Company, and served […]
The Ribbon
The Ribbon is a new mixed-use affordable housing development in Detroit’s East Warren neighborhood. The project is the largest development along the E. Warren Ave. corridor in decades and will bring $8.2m of investment, including brand-new affordable residential housing and first floor retail. The Ribbon will help catalyze the neighborhood’s revitalization efforts, directly responding […]
Andy’s Place: Opioid Recovery and Healing Through Housing
In 2020 alone, 2,684 Michiganders died from opioid-related overdoses – more than any year prior, with a 14 percent increase over 2019. A new initiative launched in the state sees a solution in permanent supportive recovery housing. Through a unique partnership between recovery advocates, Michigan’s drug courts, and housing leaders, the innovative model known as […]
Marygrove Early Education Center (MEEC)
In 2015, an extensive analysis of Detroit’s early childhood education system found that only 21,000 licensed childcare slots were available to serve nearly 44,000 Detroit children aged birth to five, leaving a gap of 23,000 licensed child care slots. “The MEEC will create extraordinary opportunities for Detroit families. A child’s early years lay the foundation […]
Wellspring
Founded in 1986, Wellspring is a faith-based youth development organization whose mission is to help young people in the Brightmoor/Old Redford neighborhood in Detroit develop spiritually, socially, academically, and economically. The nonprofit accomplishes this through Kumon-based tutoring, recreational and community service opportunities, a teen discipleship group, and a six-week summer employment program for teens and […]