Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The following information was supplied by Northville Township police. Arrests do not indicate convictions.
Four people were caught trespassing at the former Northville Psychiatric Hospital around 5 p.m. May 15, according to a Northville Township police report. An officer searched the property and found three men and one woman coming out of the main building, the report said. The officer ordered them to stop, but the three men ran back into the building while the woman stopped, according to the police report. The officer arrested her and contacted Livonia police because she had a criminal bench warrant for contempt of court from that department, the report said. The officer could not find the three men. The officer transferred the woman to Livonia police after issuing her a ticket for trespassing, the report said. She has a court date June 5 at …
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
The following information was supplied by the Northville Township Police Department.
Northville Township police cited a man at 8:34 p.m. on April 22 for trespassing at the former Northville Psychiatric Hospital, 41001 Seven Mile Road, according to a police report. While patrolling the Seven Mile Road property, the office saw a white 2011 Ford Ranger on Wayne Avenue between the Haggerty Road gate and Michigan Avenue, the report said. The man said his friend told him that it would be “cool to drive back onto the property and check it out,” the report said. The man said he did see the no trespassing signs and understood what they meant, according to the report. He was cited for trespassing and has an 8:30 a.m. hearing May 8 at 35th District Court. For questions about this crime report, email aysha.jamali@patch.com.
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What do you think should go at the site of the former Northville psychiatric hospital?
A recent step brings Northville Township closer to demolition of the former psychiatric hospital on Seven Mile Road and closer to beginning the $82.6 million master plan for its redevelopment. The Northville Township board of trustees approved last week the spending of an additional $288,000 from the township's general fund so the former psychiatric hospital’s powerhouse could be safely demolished. The recreational redevelopment plans for the property include a community center, picnic areas and an energy park with a solar field and wind turbine. However, nothing is final and the plans remain up for discussion. Northville Patch reader John said in his comment on a previous story that a place for outdoor performances should be considered. "…
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
The following information was supplied by the Northville Township Police Department.
Northville Township police issued a misdemeanor citation for trespassing to a man 6:15 p.m. March 7 at the former Northville Psychiatric Hospital, 41001 Seven Mile Road, according to a police report. Three officers arrived at the scene where a man near the old laundry building was dragging a large gauge steel cable, the report said. He said he was there cleaning the place up and and trying to make money by recycling in the process, according to the report. The officers told him that the property was owned by the township and anything he took from the property would be stealing, the report said. An officer asked the man if he had stolen anything yet, the report said, and the man said no but the officer could check his vehicle. The officer …
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Friday, March 8, 2013
Township considers methods to discourage trespassers.
Northville Township Police issued 222 trespassing citations on 608 runs in 2012 for those caught trespassing at the former Northville Psychiatric Hospital site at Seven Mile and Haggerty, according to Public Safety Director John Werth. Werth and township officials are looking at ways to discourage unwanted visitors from trespassing onto the grounds of the blighted psychiatric hospital, including exploring new technologies and utilizing the grounds for training exercises to maintain a frequent uniformed presence at the site. The site often is a popular spot for urban explorers and those intrigued by the site's supposedly haunted origins, but Werth said the blighted property poses a safety hazard to those who trespass. In a special meeting…
The Northville Township Police and a dozen Southeast Michigan specialty teams will practice realistic scenarios on Tuesday.
Several SWAT teams, bomb squads and Hazmat officers will descend on the former Northville Psychiatric Hospital grounds on Tuesday. But don't worry, it's just a drill. Northville Township is hosting 13 Southeast Michigan First Responder Specialty Teams at the former Northville Psychiatric Hospital property in a multi-jurisdictional, multi-disciplinary training event. The purpose of the exercise is to evaluate the ability to respond to a major terrorist event involving multiple active shooters, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) or bombs and hazmat situations involving chemical weapons, according to a a press release from the Northville Township Police Department. “Northville Township supports this training exercise both as a means to test…
Friday, February 8, 2013
Township police made nearly 200 arrests for trespassing on the property last year, but now the grounds could be free to use.
Northville Township hopes to address the trespassing issue at the former Northville Psychiatric Hospital property by opening up the grounds for recreational use. Township Manager Chip Snider said he wants to make the Seven Mile Property grounds open to the public for their enjoyment. "I would like to open it up to encourage and inspire - to get people involved, to get enthused about utilizing the land," Snider said. Snider said the township does not have a finalized plan, yet, but several volunteer groups have stepped up and would like to begin creating bicycling, mountain biking and walking paths on the property as soon as this spring—and at no cost to the township. >>Read about the township's $82.6 million park plan for the property …
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
The 100,000 square-foot building will be constructed on part of the Seven Mile Property.
The new University of Michigan health center being built on land at Seven Mile and Haggerty roads expects to see 715 visitors a day when it is up an running, according to an article on AnnArbor.com. The 100,000 square-foot facility in Northville Township will offer primary and specialty care, musculoskeletal care for bones and muscles, joint care, eye care, radiology services, ultrasounds, and infusion treatments for cancer and non-cancer treatment. The health center is being built on 82-acres of land purchased by REIS on the Seven Mile Property. The township owns the other 349 acres of the property, on which the former Northville Psychiatric Hospital stands. The township plans to develop its portion of the property into a park. The U-M …
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Monday, January 14, 2013
The Board of Trustees has formed a sub-committee to begin planning the park that will be developed on the site of the former Northville Psychiatric Hospital.
Although demolition of the former Northville Psychiatric Hospital is not expected to happen for years, the township has decided to begin the process of redeveloping the land now. The township plans to develop its 349 acres of the Seven Mile Property into a park, which could include a community center, pool, band shell, natural wooded areas, mountain bike park and an energy park. The township Board of Trustees officially formed a sub-committee Thursday night that will start the long-term research process in order to be ready to hit the ground running when the land is ready to be developed. The subcommittee will focus on exploring the possibilities of development for sections of the property that are not contaminated and to maintain certain …
Friday, January 11, 2013
The township hopes to use revenue generated from a development on the Seven Mile Property to finance the demolition and clean up.
Northville Township will not begin demolition of the former Northville Psychiatric Hospital until it receives revenue from the development being built on the the corner of Seven Mile and Haggerty Roads. Revenue is not projected to come in for at least two years. The township owns 349 acres of the Seven Mile Property, on which the psychiatric hospital stands. The township sold 82 acres of the property to REIS last year, and the company plans to develop a 100,000 square-foot University of Michigan ambulatory center and other structures on the site. The majority of the buildings that are part of the psychiatric hospital are on the township's land, but a few of the buildings are on REIS' land. Township Supervisor Bob Nix said the township …
Tracy Walker
6:06 am on Thursday, May 2, 2013
Lol for real? They should offer tours, eliminating this problem. Don't our officers have better things to do? more ›