The Ann Arbor City Council is scheduled to vote on the largest brownfield project in the city’s history tonight, but not everyone is on board.
A vote on the Arbor South development was postponed last meeting due to not having eight council members available.
The $600 million project includes about 1,000 apartments with 200 set aside as affordable housing. It also includes a hotel and 100,000 square feet of commercial and retail space.
The cost to the city has garnered concerns. The brownfield will cost $300 million. Council member Erica Briggs plans on voting against the project.
“This brownfield is the largest, 12 times larger than any past brownfield, and it doubles down on auto-oriented, suburban development vision.”
The Council is also being asked to issue bonds to purchase and operate three parking decks to be constructed as part of the project.
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