Southwest Detroit Hospital has been vacant for about 18 years and many nearby residents consider it an eyesore.
Detroit just struck a deal with the owner of scores of empty buildings. Both sides hope it will be a reset and result in fewer empty blight buildings.
Detroit City Council has voted against a historic designation study for the RenCen, pursuing redevelopment instead.
A study that two of us published in 2017 answered this question in the affirmative: Tearing down an abandoned building in Detroit does increase the value of nearby properties by a small amount ...
Southwest Detroit Hospital opened in the mid-1970s and the building — once clad in shiny stainless steel — has been completely vacant since 2007 and can be seen by passing motorists on ...