Celebrate construction kick-off for Newberry Hall on May 6

It's getting hard to keep count of all of the historic rehabs going on in Midtown, Detroit's most vibrant and dynamic neighborhood. The latest addition to that list of investment is the new life that is being breathed into the Newberry Hall by the Detroit Medical Center.

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It's taken 4 1/2 years to get off the ground, but renovation is now underway at Newberry Hall, the former nurses' housing located on John R at Willis in Midtown. Built in 1898, funded by the Newberry family -- major investors in the Packard Motor Co. -- and designed by Elijah Meijer, the architect who designed the Michigan State Capital among several others, the building has "social importance to Detroit and architectural importance to Detroit," says Ernie Zachary of development and finance consultant firm Zachary and Associates. "It's a really important building and to lose this building would be criminal."

Over the past few years, the developer has changed, but the goal has remained consistent: to renovate the structure into housing. There will be 28 rental units ranging in size from 700 to 900 square feet available for $1.30/square foot. Zachary expects construction to take a year.

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Celebrate construction kick-off for Newberry Hall on May 6

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