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Village Green to Revive Downtown Icon

LOUISVILLE—The Michigan developer specializes in renovating historic properties and now plans to return 800 Apartments to its glory days.

By Brian J. Rogal | Updated on June 16, 2015

LOUISVILLE—When it was finished in 1963, the 800 Apartments building in downtown Louisville was the city’s tallest and a glamorous place to live. It declined in the intervening years as downtown living became unfashionable, hitting a nadir in 1997 when it was sold for less than $4 million.

But Village Green, one of the nation’s largest and oldest privately-owned developer, owner and manager of luxury apartment communities, recently unveiled plans to revive the 29-story building by adding a boutique hotel style lobby, a 29th floor Sky Club and rooftop Sky Park, and extensive exterior improvements and apartment upgrades. Louisville media outlets have reported that the Farmington Hills, MI-based company, which specializes in the renovation of historic buildings, has the property under contract and has already held extensive meetings with neighborhood residents.

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