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DBA board member urges closer scrutiny of city commercial-property sales
Summary
Board member Maggie DeSantis, interviewed for reappointment to the Detroit Building Authority, told the council committee the authority manages commercial property disposition and she urged more public scrutiny and a review of the use of outside real-estate contractors.
Maggie DeSantis, a long-serving appointee to the Detroit Building Authority (DBA), told the Internal Operations Standing Committee on May 7 that the DBA handles management and disposition of city-owned commercial property and that the council should consider closer oversight of that function.
DeSantis, who said she has served on the DBA board since 2014, described efforts to institute an annual budget process, improve community engagement on building authority projects and lift up Black-, Brown- and women-owned contractors. "The building authority is responsible for the…
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