Company name

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Arrive Community Development

Location of Company

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Detroit

Name(s) of the developer. This would include the lead developer, architect, contractor and any community engagement leads.

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Arrive Community Development, Ethos Development Partners

Is the development company a woman or minority owned business?

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N/A

What are any past projects that the developer company has completed in Detroit?

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Arrive is a newly formed nonprofit organization. Our co-developer, Ethos, is very experienced in Detroit. See ethosdp.com

What are the total costs of the development?

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$22+ million

Have you closed your financing?

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No

Are you planning on asking for any of the following tax credits or subsidies?

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HOME

Low Income Housing Tax Credit

Other:

If yes to any of the options above, please indicate amount of award.

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TBD

What is the location of your development?

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NE Corner of Kercheval and Townsend

What neighborhood is this in?

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Islandview

Proposed number of units

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48

Please indicate how many stories the finished product will as well as the square footage.

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4 stories; 51,000 sf

What is the array of bedrooms and their corresponding rents?

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6 studios, 33 one-bedrooms, and 9 two-bedrooms. Rents will be based on federal guidelines for affordability to families at 30% to 80% AMI..

What levels of affordability are going to be instituted, namely, AMI income restrictions and how many units will be at each level?

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Exact unit mix is TBD, but all units will be affordable to households at 30% to 80% of the AMI.

What is the plan for parking?

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New parking lot for residents and retail employees behind and underneath the building

Do you need to rezone the parcel, or obtain a special land use? If so, please describe the current zoning and requested rezoning, as well as what, if any SLU you will ask for.

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TBD

What is your estimated date of breaking ground and what is you estimated time of completion?

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Groundbreaking late 2026/early 2027. Completion early to mid-2028.

Please describe your plan for community engagement on this project, including what stakeholders will be consulted, the number of meetings you will have and what mechanisms you will put in place for sharing and disseminating information.

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We have a community advisory board of residents who meet monthly to provide input on the project. We have had 6 meetings thus far. In addition, we had a larger community meeting at GenesisHOPE and 9 one-on-one meetings with neighborhood organizations and residents. We will continue to provide updates to neighborhood organizations and hold community meetings.

How do you intend to partner with the local neighborhood group in order to foster a healthy working relationship? Examples can include frequently coming to neighborhood association meetings as well as financial from time to time.

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The project's community advisory board is open to neighborhood residents who are interested in providing suggestions so the project can address the community's needs. So far, residents have selected the color scheme and made modifications to the site plan. In the future, residents will write guidelines for the future retailers on the ground floor.

What environmental issues have you uncovered on the site? If there are any, please describe anticipated remediation plans.

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TBD

Are you willing to do a mailing to the houses in a 500 foot radius with information about the development project?

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Yes

How will you improve public transit access? This could range from building a shelter at the nearest bus stop with lights, heat, and electric bus arrival signage, to adding public access to your lobby to allow transit users to wait comfortably year-round.

How will you improve access to other affordable transportation methods like walking or biking? Ideas include easy access to front doors to decrease walk times, ensuring exterior outlets are available for those needing to charge power chairs, installing a MoGo station, and including space for a bike room for secure storage and light maintenance.

What is different about your development that helps to make your project more affordable to Detroiters, besides making rooms smaller? Are you installing energy efficient appliances in order to decrease utility burdens? Are you separating parking fees from rent in order to allow residents to save money by not owning a car?

What are you doing to encourage people with disabilities to rent your units? Are all of your units wheelchair accessible? Are all of your common areas wheelchair-accessible? Do you have cognitively accessible signage? How are you going beyond ADA legal minimums in order to increase your development’s accessibility?

All units will be wheelchair-visitable, meaning there are no steps and doors are at least 32" wide. 5-8 units will be barrier-free, which includes larger areas without walls so people using wheelchairs can turn more easily.

What are you doing to contribute to, rather than diminish, greenspace in the neighborhood? How many trees will be planted as a result of your development? Is there a space for tenants to have a community garden? Do you own nearby vacant land that could be converted to a pocket park, community garden, or other greenspace?

What is your plan for recycling? Composting?

What is your plan for on-site renewable energy or building-scale energy-efficiency measures?Question about this topic

If you have renderings, please email them to mac@thevillagesofdetroit.com.

Please provide a list of required City approvals for this project, including, but not limited to, zoning, historic, tax credit approvals, etc. Please also include information about the timing of these approvals.

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TBD

Are you interested in doing development in other areas of the Villages?

Yes