A Southfield-based hospital has changed its name and has out itself in a strong financial position based on a recent Crain’s Detroit Business article. Formerly known as Oakland Regional Hospital, the physician-owned Surgeons Choice Medical Center is thriving in the DDA area. Click here to read more.
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Southfield’s Providence Hospital is now Ascension Providence Hospital
Providence Hospital in Southfield has a new name! Southfield’s largest healthcare facility, and one of the larger hospitals in southeastern Michigan is now Ascension Providence Hospital. Starting this month Providence officially became a part of Ascension Michigan’s hospital system. See more from the June 7 Detroit News article below.
Southfield to Host Public Hearing on DDA Development and Financing Plans
A public hearing will be held on April 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the City of Southfield’s Main Office to discuss the Southfield DDA’s restated development and tax increment financing plans for 2017. Anyone is invited to attend and provide comments. See the full details of the public hearing below. Call the Southfield DDA’s office at 248-796-5190 for questions.
San Diego-based healthcare provider to potentially use part of the former Northland Mall property
Pacific Medical Buildings of San Diego is involved in discussions with the City of Southfield about using and rebuilding up to 25 acres of the previous Northland Mall property for a variety of medical uses. Read more here from CBS Detroit including video. Crain’s Detroit Business also detailed possible plans for a “mega-outpatient” community in this article.
Target building at former Northland Center demolished to make room for redevelopment
In support of the ongoing effort to repurpose and redevelop the former Northland Center property in Southfield, the former Target building was demolished beginning October 26. The Southfield City Council unanimously voted to award the contract for the demolition at the October 23 city council meeting.
More information about the demolition was detailed in this Detroit News article.
A short ceremony was held in front of the Target site on October 26 that included brief remarks from Southfield Mayor Kenson Siver, Council President Myron Frasier and City Administrator Fred Zorn.
The city of Southfield purchased the closed Northland Center mall at Eight Mile Road and the Lodge Freeway, located in the City’s Downtown Development Authority (DDA) District, from the court-ordered receiver in October of 2015 for $2.4 million with plans to remediate, demolish and sell the property to a qualified developer. The former Northland Center site was also recently included as potential location for the new Amazon HQ2 as part of the regional proposal submitted by the city of Detroit and other partners.
The environmental assessment, asbestos abatement and remediation of the former Target and Firestone buildings has been completed. The complete demolition of the Target building was expected to be completed by mid-November 2017, and will be followed soon thereafter by the demolition of the Firestone building. As the environmental assessment and remediation of the remainder of the mall and other buildings continues, further demolition is expected to begin in the spring of 2018.
Learn more about the demolition event by visiting the City of Southfield website.
Former Northland Mall Site in Southfield to be Pitched as Potential Amazon Headquarters Location
The location for the first outdoor mall in the U.S. is also going to be part of a pitch for the second Amazon headquarters. Read more here in this MLive article and from this Detroit Free Press article, both of which ran on September 21.
Exclusive listing agent named for the former Northland Mall site
Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions, one of the nation’s leading providers of commercial real estate services, has been retained as the exclusive listing agent for Southfield’s 125-acre Northland Redevelopment Site within the Southfield DDA. This is a 125-acre redevelopment site.
The current master plan developed offers a mix of housing options, R&D, medical office, local retail, entertainment and dining.
Read more about Friedman’s role as the listing agent and other updates related to the master plan.
