Company name

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Capuchin Soup Kitchen

Location of Company

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1264 Meldrum St, Detroit, MI 48207

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

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Capuchin Soup Kitchen (Developer/Owner), Hathorne PLLC (Project Architect), Tri-Phase Construction (General Contractor), Tim Hinkle (Capuchin Director of Public Relations and Community Engagement Lead)

Is the development company a woman or minority owned business?

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Woman owned

BIPOC

LGBTIA

N/A

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

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St. Bonaventure Monastery and Chapel (1882 and subsequent additions), Solanus Casey Center (2002), Solanus Casey Center expansion (2022), Capuchin Soup Kitchen (1929 and subsequent additions expansions)

What are the total costs of the development?

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Estimated at $3.1 million

Have you closed your financing?

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Yes

No

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

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Neighborhood Enterprise Zone

Obsolete Property Rehabilitation Act

Public Act 210

Tax Increment Financing

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CDBG

Detroit Housing Fund for the Future

Strategic Neighborhood Fund

Low Income Housing Tax Credit

New Markets Tax Credit

Other:

None of the above. No public financing sought.

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

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N/A - no public financing sought

What is the location of your development?

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1264 Meldrum St, Detroit, MI 48207

What neighborhood is this in?

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Proposed number of units

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0 (non-residential project)

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

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Two stories, 15,233 sq. ft.

What is the array of bedrooms and their corresponding rents?

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0 - This is a nonresidential project

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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0 - This is a non-residential project

What is the plan for parking?

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There is an existing parking lot for guests, volunteers and staff. The lot will be closed for construction staging during the project. We have executed an agreement with Second Evergreen Church to utilize their parking lot on Meldrum temporarily during construction.

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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No.

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

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Estimated start of construction on March 1, 2023. Estimated completion by September 2024.

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 convened internal stakeholder meetings during pre-development, have announced the project via our print newsletter during pre-development and will continue to share updates via our social media, web and in 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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Our parent organization has a representative on the Villages CDC board and we are open to communicating project updates periodically in developer town halls or other functions hosted by the Villages CDC or in other venues.

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

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None

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

No

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.

We currently have three bike racks on our property and will be relocating them to the sidewalk to allow for bike parking during construction. We are also exploring installing a MoGo station around the corner near the Solanus Casey Center and have been in contact with MoGo Detroit leadership about this.

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?

N/A - nonresidential

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?

N/A - nonresidential

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?

We will be planting a small lawn with trees on the property to add greenspace to the Soup Kitchen entry. We operate Earthworks Urban Farm, a 1.25-acre certified organic urban farm in the immediate vicinity. Earthworks grows tens of thousands of seedlings each year that are distributed to Detroiters in partnership with Keep Growing Detroit's Garden Resource Program. The farm will continue to operate during construction.

What is your plan for recycling? Composting?

We have a recycling contract for the Soup Kitchen. Food scraps go to the compost pile at Earthworks Urban Farm.

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

After project completion, we will be exploring rooftop solar.

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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Zoning approval and building permits have been obtained.

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

Yes