From Fail Jail To U of M Innovation Center In 8 Years
Daily Detroit · Jer Staes, Stephen Ross, Mike Duggan, Warren Evans
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Show Notes
The big news this week in development in Detroit is the announcement of a new University of Michigan Innovation Center, bankrolled and supported by billionaires Stephen Ross and Dan Gilbert.
The $300 million building on a $750 million campus will transform a site that was originally planned to be a jail.
But that old jail project was a mess and became the infamous Fail Jail through mismanagement and cost overruns.
After visiting the unveiling, we take a look at the past - how we got here, back to 2011 - and then today, then the future of the site at Gratiot and I-375 in downtown Detroit.
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