Ann Arbor City Council approves City Place plans

The long, strange, arduous journey of the City Place development continues to take another odd turn in downtown Ann Arbor.

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The City Place development got its approval from the Ann Arbor City Council Monday, clearing the path for the downtown development, or not.

The future of the project that has become the poster child of downtown development gone awry is about as clear as mud. Yes, the development now has the city's blessing, but it doesn't with the recently enacted demolition moratorium on the small neighborhood on the southern edge of downtown. The city is studying the idea of designating the newly named "Germantown" neighborhood a historic district.

Ann Arbor Builders wants to raze seven historic homes (including one of the city's oldest) along Fifth Avenue just north of Packard Road to create a dense housing development. Original plans called for 90 brownstone-style condos in a long 4.5-story building that is reminiscent of Beacon Hill. Several months of wrestling with neighbors and city officials created a number of different versions of the plans, but a consensus has proven elusive.

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Ann Arbor City Council approves City Place plans

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