Hockey, housing and more: Ilitches unveil 'bold vision' for Red Wings arena district

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Hockey, housing and more: Ilitches unveil 'bold vision' for Red Wings arena district Details of the plan â Sidewalks and streetlights: Saying âÂÂyou canâÂÂt build a world-class district on top of broken down infrastructure,â Ilitch said his family plans to spend millions of dollars to replace aging and often broken public infrastructure in the district with new street paving, sidewalks, streetlights and other infrastructure, working with the city and utility companies to make that happen. â Bridging I-75: Conceptual plans call for building new structures to span I-75, even on the Woodward Avenue Bridge, so that the below-ground freeway is no longer such a barrier separating downtown and Midtown. â Trend-setting arena design: The arena itself, still unnamed, will be built in a âÂÂdeconstructedâ fashion with the souvenir shops, team offices, restaurants, ticket offices and similar spaces being built outside the arena but linked by a glass-topped interior street that will serve as a year-round venue for events. â Home-grown labor: The Ilitches plan has committed to a goal of buying 80% of construction materials from Michigan suppliers when possible. This is in addition to their previously announced goals of hiring 51% of all construction workers from among Detroit residents and getting 30% of all subcontractors from among Detroit-based firms. â New neighborhoods: Ilitch outlined a plan to create five distinct âÂÂneighborhoodsâ in the district, each with its own special character. Those neighborhoods will be walkable, intimate and, in some cases, modeled after European streets. â Internships: To help the broader community, the Ilitches have committed to starting an internship program for Cass Tech High School students to work in the familyâÂÂs business network, and to lend its development expertise to groups working elsewhere in DetroitâÂÂs neighborhoods. http://www.freep.com/article/20140720/BUSINESS06/307200102/1210/business01

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Hockey, housing and more: Ilitches unveil 'bold vision' forRed Wings arena district

Details of the plan

�Sidewalks and streetlights: Saying �you can�t build a world-class district ontop of broken down infrastructure,� Ilitch said his family plans to spend millions of dollars toreplace aging and often broken public infrastructure in the district with new street paving,sidewalks, streetlights and other infrastructure, working with the city and utility companies to makethat happen.

�Bridging I-75: Conceptual plans call for building new structures to span I-75, even on theWoodward Avenue Bridge, so that the below-ground freeway is no longer such a barrier separatingdowntown and Midtown.

�Trend-setting arena design: The arena itself, still unnamed, will be built in a�deconstructed� fashion with the souvenir shops, team offices, restaurants, ticketoffices and similar spaces being built outside the arena but linked by a glass-topped interior streetthat will serve as a year-round venue for events.

�Home-grown labor: The Ilitches plan has committed to a goal of buying 80% of constructionmaterials from Michigan suppliers when possible. This is in addition to their previously announcedgoals of hiring 51% of all construction workers from among Detroit residents and getting 30% of allsubcontractors from among Detroit-based firms.

�New neighborhoods: Ilitch outlined a plan to create five distinct�neighborhoods� in the district, each with its own special character. Thoseneighborhoods will be walkable, intimate and, in some cases, modeled after European streets.

�Internships: To help the broader community, the Ilitches have committed to starting aninternship program for Cass Tech High School students to work in the family�s businessnetwork, and to lend its development expertise to groups working elsewhere in Detroit�sneighborhoods.

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