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Racing the future

Northville ‘Downs’ development is one of largest in state

One of the largest redevelopment projects in the state is
now under way in the City of Northville.
The Downs, a $350 million project of builder Hunter
Pasteur, includes 443 residential units, commercial space and
15 acres of parks and greenspace on 48 acres formerly occu-
pied by the Northville Downs racetrack.
During the official groundbreaking for the massive project,
Northville Mayor Brian Turnbull the project was “truly trans-
formational…not only for Northvillians, but for all southeast-
ern Michigan.
The development will include the “daylighting” or uncov-
ering of the Rouge River which will include the removal of
obstructions around the waterway and restoration of the river Artist's renderings of The Downs development at the former
to the previous condition. Officials have noted that one of the harness racetrack in downtown Northville include 15 acres
of green space.
benefits of the restoration of the waterway will be the reduc-
tion in flooding in communities located downstream from the See Downs, page 14