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City-Owned Rural Land Eyed for Development

DETROIT-Northville and Plymouth Townships want to build on about 900 acres of

By Robert Carr | Updated on March 21, 2001

DETROIT-The city of Detroit owns 461 acres in Northville Township and 427 acres inPlymouth Township, land that the communities want in order to sell for a profit. Detroit has owned the three neighboring parcels along Five Mile Road between Napier and Beck roads for the building of prison land. The land includes the former site of the Detroit House of Corrections farm. Two women’s prisons already exist nearby, the Western Wayne Correctional Facility and the Scott Correctional Facility, both owned and run by the state.

However, the city does not seem to have a desire to build on the land, and the two townships are floating ideas with Detroit officials and developers to acquire the property for development. It’s zoned for industrial use and research and development in both townships.

“Our board of trustees has been talking about buying the land to sell to a developer for projects that would be consistent with the zoning and would improve on the land,” says Chip Snider, manager of Northville Township. About 83% of the township tax base is from residential property, Snider says. The board would like to own the 461 acres and build a research park on the property.

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