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Township May Buy Land to Stop $300-Mil Project

PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI-A new board and residents are against a plan for a new 530-acre, mixed-use urban village that would include retail, offices, apartments and single-family homes.

By Robert Carr | Updated on August 29, 2001

PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI-In an attempt to stop a $300.5-million “new urbanism” mixed-use development, the township board of trustees has hired an appraiser to value the 530-acre parcel. Township Supervisor James Walter hinted the appraiser was to find out how much it would cost the township to purchase the property.

The property, located along I-94, US 23 and US 12, is owned by Real Estate Interests Group Inc. of Bloomfield Township and Newmarket LLC. The two want to build 1,100 dwelling units in one organized village and two “hamlets,” as well as 120,000 sf of retail and office space.

Housing types would include senior apartments, traditional homes and villas. The former township board approved the development with a 4-3 vote last year. However, each of the four “yes” votes were not elected to the board in November, and the majority of the new board is against the plan, Walter says.

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