Uniroyal factory site

6000 E. Jefferson Ave.

Build:NewAndRehab
Status:Stalled
Uses:
Unknown

What's happening?

Housing, a hotel, a riverboat casino, a "city within a city" and commercial space are some of the many proposals that have been floated for the 42-acre former tire factory site, purchased by the City of Detroit in 1981. Former NFL running back Jerome Bettis had redevelopment rights starting in 2005. Environmental remediation needs are extensive -- the site was home to industrial facilities as far back as 1860 -- and more than $30 million of remediation work has been completed on a portion of the property. On its riverfront edge, the Uniroyal Promenade, the eastern end of the RiverWalk, opened in 2023. The future of the site is unknown after the Bettis agreement was terminated in 2024.

Sources: BridgeDetroit, Detroit Free Press

What are the property details?

Parcel ID:15000009.
Taxpayer:City of Detroit P&DD, Care of DBA
Taxpayer address:65 CADILLAC SQUARE 11TH FLOOR DETROIT MI 48226
Dimensions:1050 ft by 1741.861 ft

Where is it?

Updates

October 23, 2024: Termination of agreement | Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority

will receive $900,000 as partial repayment of work performed on the property.

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The page was last updated at 8:42pm on 10/27/24.