A proposal before Southfield City Council on Monday would turn Shutter Northland Center into perhaps the largest mixed-use apartment development in the state, saving Mall and former JL Hudson’s department store from demolition.
Overall, in two phases, Bloomfield Hills-based contour company LLC’s ambitious vision of a 97-acre area of 120 acres will bring 2,885 ments apartments, lofts and townhouses in three different parts. It’s a former Sears Corp. in Atlanta. The catalog facility will turn the old Hudson store into a 337,000-square-foot food, home decor and entertainment space.
Bruce Copitech, chief architect for Contour Companies, told the Southfield Planning Commission late last month that while other developers plan to demolish the mall, his company sees value in keeping it.
“Other proposals included the idea of demolishing the shopping center and saving the Hudson store, but in our opinion there was an attraction to the original shopping center,” he said. “It would be nice to have this building restored. It was a pioneer when it opened and it was really a national news story at the time.”
The Detroit Historical Society opened at a cost of મિ 30 million in 1954 at a time when the Northland Center was the world’s largest shopping mall. It was closed after two decades. Other The combination of its other amenities, including items such as detours, art, fountains and landscaping, were samples of malls across the country, the historical society says.
Contour – which is registered with David Dedwokaj – is proposing to build 1,339 new workforce apartments in 14-storey buildings, including restaurants with 95,000 square feet of commercial space on six Greenfield Roads, doctor’s office fees and more. Uses.
In addition, the Northland Center’s existing floor retail spaces will be converted into 254 residences such as live-work units or artist lofts, Kopitek said last month.
And Hudson’s former store will be turned into the Hudson City Market, advancing the first phase of the project.
Kopitek said during a planning commission meeting that the second phase on the Northwest Highway and JL Hudson Drive would bring an additional 1,292 units. City Council documents say the second phase includes some townhomes, although the exact number is not known. The second component of the plan includes turning the power plant into a community clubhouse and incorporating a water tower; It is expected that some of the artwork will also be preserved.
