Politics & Government

Seven Mile Property Plans Remain Unclear

Northville Township officials are meeting with developers to determine plans for the site of the former Northville Psychiatric Hospital.

Northville Township has still not reached any final agreements on plans for the site of the former Northville Psychiatric Hospital. 

The Bloomfield Hills-based developer REIS announced a deal with the University of Michigan last year to build a 100,000-square-foot ambulatory center on 82 acres of the property, at the northeast corner along Seven Mile Road.

Township officials said the deal with the University of Michigan was good news because it would be an anchor for the property and would stir more development. The township will also be able to benefit from taxing the land.

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"Our objective is to capture this revenue," said Township Supervisor Bob Nix at a special meeting Thursday evening.

However, he said the ambulatory center will not be fully taxed until 2014.

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Construction for the center is underway, but other plans for the property are not yet moving forward. 

The township owns 349 acres of the property and developed an $82.6 million master plan for its recreational redevelopment, which was unanimously approved by the Northville Township Board of Trustees last year.

Some of the amenities proposed in the master plan include:

  • a community center
  • picnic areas
  • forested area
  • sledding hill
  • scenic bridges
  • mountain bike park
  • an energy park with solar field and wind turbine

Nix said he has been meeting with other developers, whose first step will be to demolish the former Northville Psychiatric Hospital. This could cost anywhere from $9 to $15 million and that would only be to level the building to the ground, he said.


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