DETROIT — The Community Builders has broken ground on the first phase of Preserve on Ash, a mixed-income housing development that will comprise 600 new and preserved units of affordable housing in the Greater Corktown neighborhood of Detroit.
Phase I will comprise five buildings housing 69 apartment units and more than 5,800 square feet of retail space. Of the total unit count, 48 will be reserved for households earning up to 60 percent of the area median income. Phases II and III of Preserve on Ash are expected to begin construction next year.
The project was made possible through a $30 million Choice Neighborhoods grant that the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development awarded to the city of Detroit in 2021. The city had sought the grant anticipating the rising rents that would be coming to Corktown as a result of Ford’s revitalization of Michigan Central Station.