24 Ann Arbor developments to watch in 2021 – MLive.com

ANN ARBOR, MI The coronavirus pandemic delayed many construction projects in 2020, but several new Ann Arbor developments are still moving forward.

Heres a look at two dozen real estate developments to watch in 2021.

1. The Standard

Work continues on The Standard, a new apartment high-rise on Main Street between William and Packard, on Dec. 31, 2020.Ryan Stanton | The Ann Arbor News

After demolition of a 1980s office building at the southeast corner of Main and William streets, a 10-story high-rise called The Standard is rising and expected to open in fall 2022.

City Council voted last March to approve plans calling for 218 apartments with 421 bedrooms and over 6,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space.

2. Veridian

Plans for the Veridian development next to County Farm Park on Platt Road in Ann Arbor.Courtesy of Thrive Collaborative

City Council voted in October to approve plans for a housing development officials say could be a shining example of sustainable living and inclusivity.

The solar-powered, mixed-income neighborhood known as Veridian at County Farm is a partnership between Thrive Collaborative and Avalon Housing, including 50 affordable housing units and 99 market-rate housing units.

Its planned to be net-zero for energy use, with no gas lines or combustion appliances, in keeping with the citys carbon-neutral goals. The project could break ground in the spring and take two to three years to complete.

3. Hoover and Greene

Work continues on the Hoover and Greene apartment complex in Ann Arbor Dec. 31, 2020.Ryan Stanton | The Ann Arbor News

A four-story, 171-unit, 182-bed apartment building with some ground-floor commercial space is underway at 151 E. Hoover Ave., where an entire neighborhood block of homes and businesses was demolished.

Pre-leasing now for spring 2021! signs outside the building read, directing prospective tenants to hooverandgreene.com.

4. 2111 Packard

Design by Myefski Architects for a mixed-use redevelopment at 2111 Packard St. in Ann Arbor.Myefski Architects

Plans are in the works for a three-story, mixed-use development at 2111 Packard St. in Ann Arbor.

The project, which received initial approval in December, includes a 72-unit apartment building with 118 bedrooms and two ground-floor retail spaces.

5. The Gallery

Work continues on The Gallery condos at Ashley and Jefferson streets in Ann Arbor on Dec. 31, 2020.Ryan Stanton | The Ann Arbor News

The Gallery, a five-story, 19-unit condo building is under construction at 441 S. Ashley St.

As of Dec. 1, the Ann Arbor Builders website listed 10 units still available, including two-bedroom units starting at $514,000 and three-bedroom units starting at $729,000.

6. Valhalla

Plans for the Valhalla development off South Main Street in Ann Arbor.J. Bradley Moore and Associates and HLR Architects

A 454-unit apartment complex proposed along South Main Street is expected to go before City Council for approval in early 2021. It would rise on nearly 10 acres surrounded on three sides by the University of Michigan golf course.

7. 309 N. Ashley St.

The 309 N. Ashley St. condo development underway in Ann Arbor on Dec. 31, 2020.Ryan Stanton | The Ann Arbor News

A five-story, 17-unit condo building is under construction at 309 S. Ashley St., one of the latest projects from Ann Arbor developer Tom Fitzsimmons, who has built several new condo buildings in the downtown area in recent years.

Nine units are already reserved, according to 309ashley.com.

8. Vic Village South

A rendering by Hobbs and Black Architects for the Vic Village South high-rise on South University Avenue.

A row of one- and two-story commercial buildings on South University Avenue was demolished in December to make way for Vic Village South, a 13-story apartment high-rise catering to University of Michigan students.

Construction is expected to start in 2021 and last into summer 2023, according to developer Hughes Properties.

Plans include nearly 130 apartments with 300-plus beds, including 14 affordable housing units, and ground-floor commercial spaces.

9. Broadway Park West

A city map showing a 14-acre site along the Huron River at 841 Broadway St.City of Ann Arbor

City Council in September approved plans for a $100-million transformation of a riverfront property off Broadway Street. The development could break ground this spring.

Detroit-based Roxbury Group plans to build four six-story buildings with 96 condos, a nine-story hotel with 148 rooms, a riverfront restaurant, commercial spaces, public green space, walking trails, an event pavilion and more.

10. Lockwood senior housing

A rendering by Edmund London and Associates of the Lockwood of Ann Arbor senior housing facility proposed on Ellsworth Road.Edmund London and Associates

A 154-unit senior housing facility proposed at 2195 E. Ellsworth Road received councils initial OK in December and awaits final approval Jan. 13.

11. Brightdawn Village

A site plan by Midwestern Consulting for the 120-unit Brightdawn Village condo development on Burton Road next to U.S. 23 in southeast Ann Arbor.Midwestern Consulting

Council in December OKd plans for a 120-unit condo development on Burton Road. The four-building complex is expected to be built by 2022.

The developer promises theyll be some of the least expensive new condos built in Ann Arbor in years.

12. Near North

A rendering by Jarratt Architecture showing plans for 22 townhouse-style condos on Ann Arbor's North Main Street.Jarratt Architecture

A 22-unit, townhouse-style condo development at 700 N. Main St. awaits city approval.

13. High-rise behind Michigan Theater

Bloomfield Hills-based Cerca Trova LLC is teaming up with Chicago developer CA Ventures to propose mixed-income apartments and ground-floor commercial space to replace four rental houses and an old commercial building along Washington Street behind the Michigan Theater in downtown Ann Arbor.ESG Architecture & Design and J. Bradley Moore & Associates

Plans for a 19-story high-rise behind the Michigan Theater were put on hold in 2020 due to the pandemic, but the project is expected to move ahead in 2021.

The high-rise includes 51 studios, 90 one-bedroom units, 39 two-bedroom units, 14 three-bedroom units, 25 four-bedroom units and 21 five-bedroom units, as well as a ground-floor restaurant along Washington Street. Its expected to attract people with a mix of incomes with 19 affordable housing units.

A six-story companion building next to it will include 19 more apartments billed as workforce-housing micro units.

14. New downtown hotel

A proposed development site at the northwest corner of Huron and First streets in downtown Ann Arbor on Aug. 25, 2020, where a five-story Fairfield Inn is proposed to replace the RelaxStation massage business, Ellmann and Ellmann P.C. law offices and the Center for Eating Disorders.Ryan Stanton | The Ann Arbor News

Plans are in the works for a five-story, 95-room hotel at the northwest corner of Huron and First streets.

Initial designs for a Fairfield Inn and Suites by Marriott were submitted last summer and a formal site plan was submitted in the fall, now awaiting approval. Construction could begin by next October, plans state.

15. Affordable housing

A view of a proposed high-rise development on the Y Lot looking west along William Street past the downtown Ann Arbor library.SmithGroup

With recent city voter approval of a 20-year tax for affordable housing, city leaders are exploring building affordable housing on several city-owned properties.

Any of the city-owned properties could move forward in 2021, said Jennifer Hall, Housing Commission director, adding she thinks a high-rise project on the Y Lot at 350 S. Fifth Ave. could be among the first to advance.

16. Liberty Townhomes

A rendering by Jarratt Architecture for the Liberty Townhomes development in Ann Arbor.Jarratt Architecture

Council in August approved plans for 52 townhouse-style apartments in nine three-story buildings on the north side Liberty Street east of Interstate 94.

17. Prentice 4M

The 4M development at 830 Henry St. off East Stadium Boulevard in Ann Arbor on Dec. 31, 2020.Ryan Stanton | The Ann Arbor News

A new aligned living housing development at 830 Henry St. is nearing completion, featuring 10 six-bedroom units and one three-bedroom unit, with rooms marketed at $75-$85 per night. First tenants are scheduled to arrive Jan. 11.

The development includes co-working spaces and units feature big common areas and video conferencing centers.

18. Beekman on Broadway

A small solar array at the new Beekman on Broadway Apartments at 1200 Broadway St. in Ann Arbor on Oct. 24, 2020.Ryan Stanton | The Ann Arbor News

The first phase of the new Beekman on Broadway apartments just opened, with studios priced at $1,770 to $1,980 per month, one-bedroom units priced at $1,740 to $2,380 per month, two-bedroom units priced at $2,660 to $3,260 per month and a three-bedroom unit priced at $3,240 per month.

There also will be 15 below-market-rate apartments in the three-building development, which has two more phases to go.

Following the first 254-unit apartment building, the second phase in 2021 will be a 277-unit apartment building with 4,600 square feet of ground-floor retail space.

The developers plans for an 86-unit condo building were put on hold due to slow pre-sales.

19. The Garnet

Rendering by J. Bradley Moore and Associates Architects.Rendering by J. Bradley Moore and Associates Architects

The Garnet, a five-story, 10-unit condo building at 325 E. Summit St. is expected to break ground in 2021.

20. Main and Davis

A rendering by Royal Oak-based BMK Design and Planning showing plans for a 36-bed student apartment building at 907-913 S. Main St. in Ann Arbor.BMK Design and Planning

Two houses on South Main Street are proposed to be demolished to make way for a six-unit, 36-bed student apartment building. The project awaits approval.

21. The Madison on Main

The Main and Madison development site in Ann Arbor on Nov. 27, 2019, where underground site-prep work was recently completed in anticipation of vertical construction in 2020.Ryan Stanton | The Ann Arbor News

A long-delayed development known as The Madison on Main is expected to move forward in 2021, according to the developer.

Plans include a roughly 40-unit, 46-bed, five-story apartment building with ground-floor commercial space at 600 S. Main St.

22. The Glen

Plans for The Glen, a mixed-use development including hotel, apartment and retail/restaurant uses on Glen Avenue between Catherine and Ann streets submitted to the city of Ann Arbor in August 2017. The project architects are Neumann/Smith Architecture of Southfield and J Bradley Moore & Associates of Ann Arbor.

Another long-delayed development is the nine-story project known as The Glen, which includes a 162-room hotel, plus 24 apartments and ground-floor restaurant/retail spaces at the corner of Glen Avenue and Ann Street.

The development team applied for a building foundation permit last March before things were put on hold.

The site remains vacant, but the development team recently indicated plans to break ground in 2021.

23. Ann Arbor Campus Hotel

Design rendering submitted to the city of Ann Arbor by ESG Architects and Mortenson Development Inc. showing plans for a nine-story hotel where the Firestone auto repair shop now stands at 402 E. Huron St.ESG Architects

Theres uncertainty about whether a nine-story hotel proposed for the Firestone auto repair site at Huron and Division streets could go forward.

The project went before the citys Design Review Board in 2019, but a formal site plan was never submitted. The city hasnt heard anything from the development team in a while, said Brett Lenart, city planning manager.

As of early 2020, the project was still in the works, according to Minneapolis-based Mortenson Development Inc.

A development team representative couldnt be reached for comment this past week.

24. 327 E. Hoover

A four-story, six-unit, 18-bed apartment building planned at 327 E. Hoover Ave.Myefski Architects

Another approved project is a four-story, six-unit, 18-bed apartment building overlooking UMs Elbel Field at 327 E. Hoover Ave. The project received councils OK in 2019 but has yet to move forward and it may not in 2021.

As of now, the plan is to break ground in 2022, said Dan Williams of Ann Arbor-based Maven Development.

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