Wednesday, December 12, 2012
After nearly two hours of presentations, public comment and discussion, the Royal Oak Planning Commission approves the basic concept for a hotel, apartment and office building development on the former Jim Fresard auto dealership site.
Tuesday's Planning Commission meeting left all petitioners pleased. Generating the most anticipation and discussion during the meeting was a proposed hotel complex at 400 N. Main St., which has sat unused since the Jim Fresard auto dealership moved to Ferndale in 2008. Commissioners approved the basic plan and concept for the development of an 8-story hotel, an 8-story apartment building, a pair of office buildings and a 4-level off-street parking deck subject to a list of recommendations on landscaping, screening and site access, both vehicular and pedestrian. Commissioners also requested a parking analysis be commissioned and that, should the development go forward in phases, the proposed 114-room hotel shall be the first component …
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Sunday, December 9, 2012
The meeting to discuss a hotel development on the vacant Fresard auto dealership on Main Street begins at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Royal Oak City Hall.
The Royal Oak Planning Commission will consider special redevelopment of the former Fresard auto dealership at 400 N. Main St. into a potential eight-story hotel complex at its meeting Tuesday. Krieger Klatt Architects, of Royal Oak, will present plans for a 114-room hotel, an 8-story apartment building, a pair of office buildings and a 4-level off-street parking deck to the planning commission. The petitioner, 400 Main, LLC, plans to demolish all existing buildings on the site. The Hilton Garden Inn is involved with the project, but would like to see approval from the city before fully committing, according to architect Jason Krieger. "They like the site and are all for it," Krieger said. Parking consultant Rich & Associates has been …
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400 N Main St, Royal Oak, MI
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Woodward Hunter Shell, Normandy
31786 Woodward Ave, Royal Oak, MI
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503 S Main St, Royal Oak, MI
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612 N Main St, Royal Oak, MI
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Wednesday's Downtown Development Authority meeting is now online courtesy of WROK Cable TV.
At the Royal Oak Downtown Development Authority meeting Wednesday DDA members discussed a proposal for a new boutique hotel to be located in downtown Royal. Royal Oak architect Jason Krieger, who is also a DDA board member, presented conceptual plans to provide some context to the proposed development of an eight- or nine-story hotel with a separate restaurant/banquet facility and a five- or six-story apartment building. The plans were not brought before the DDA to review the actual development, the actual plan or the components of the plan, said Tim Thwing, Royal Oak's planning director and executive director of the DDA. “It’s simply being brought as part of our discussion in looking at what sort of incentives or assistance might be …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
To build a Main Street hotel, a developer is looking to the Downtown Development Authority for incentives or assistance.
As a Southfield real estate broker prepares to gauge the Downtown Development Authority’s (DDA) interest in supporting a hotel and conference center complex on North Main Street, it’s worth reviewing what Tax Increment Financing (TIF) is. In a memo sent to members of the Royal Oak Downtown Development Authority, Tim Thwing, the executive director of the DDA, said David Griffin of CBRE is interested in exploring the redevelopment of the former Fresard auto dealership at 400 N. Main St. into a potential eight-story hotel complex that includes a separate banquet facility and five-story apartment building. Plans of the project are not being submitted for review or approval, but rather to determine whether the DDA is interested in providing …
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Friday, May 11, 2012
Residents living near the vacant Fresard auto dealership on Main Street say they like the idea. 'It's just what Royal Oak has been waiting for.'
A Southfield real estate broker is interested in exploring redevelopment of the former Fresard auto dealership at 400 N. Main St. into a potential eight-story hotel complex, according to a memo sent to members of the Royal Oak Downtown Development Authority. David Griffin of CBRE has submitted conceptual plans designed by Royal Oak architect Jason Kreiger to the DDA. The plans are intended to provide some context to the development in advance of a meeting between Griffin and the DDA members at 4 p.m Wednesday in the City Commission chambers at City Hall. The plans call for a hotel with a separate banquet facility and five-story apartment building. The plans are not being submitted for review or approval. "No official action is being …
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Ronald Wolf
3:23 am on Sunday, December 30, 2012
I agree with you Jody, it also occured to me that what I will refer to as the "If Hotel" could just be a front to obtain immediate approval from the city as well as provide frosting on the cake for future investors in 400 Main LLC. As you point out its a tried and true recipe read before in Royal Oak. more ›