DETROIT, MI – Developers behind one of downtown Detroit’s largest rehab projects said Thursday The David Whitney Building is still on track for an early 2015 opening.
Once complete, the $82 million project will include 105 residential apartments, 135 hotel rooms and ground-level retail.
More details on the interior of the building are expected later this month. in the meantime, we snapped some photos of work on and around the exterior, which can be seen above.
The project is being funded with a mix of historic, brownfield and new market tax credits, as well as money from the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, Invest Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan Historic Preservation Network and the Michigan Strategic Fund.
The project is getting $8.5 million in state grants, coming in the form of a $7.5 million performance-based loan and a $1 million Community Revitalization Program performance-based grant.
Construction of the 19-floor David Whitney Building at 1553 Woodward Ave. was completed in 1915. According to HistoricDetroit.org, it is one of just three remaining Detroit buildings designed by renowned architects Daniel H. Burnham & Co.
