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Developer Wants School Site for Seniors Complex

WESTLAND, MI-Southfield-based developer Frank Jonna wants to turn the abandoned Cooper School site into a senior citizen multifamily rental complex.

By Dan Heaton | Updated on November 02, 2004

WESTLAND, MI-A Southfield-based developer is moving forward with plans to redevelop the abandoned Cooper School site which has stood vacant since the 1990s. Developer Frank Jonna would like to take the 35-acre property and build a senior citizen multifamily rental complex, medical office building and golf driving range, provided the Livonia public school system is game to sell the site.

The Cooper school was built on a landfill that was operated by Detroit until the 1950s, when it was closed and capped with a layer of clay. The school opened in 1966.

But in 1991, a woman reported finding a substance leaking from the landfill. The building was closed, and soil tests showed that it contained common household waste and toxins such as mercury and cadmium.

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