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Highland Park details housing pipeline and aims to shrink city‑owned inventory by 20%
Summary
Community and Economic Development Director Carlton Clyburn outlined plans to sell city‑owned lots, reported recent lot and house sales, and described a $135 million housing investment pipeline totaling 744 units aimed at increasing tax revenue and reducing public inventory.
The city of Highland Park plans to reduce its inventory of publicly owned parcels and leverage new development to expand the tax base, Carlton Clyburn, director of Community and Economic Development, told residents at a town hall.
CED reported that the city owns roughly 1,450 parcels and that county and state ownership brings the total of publicly owned properties in the city to more than 2,000 — about one‑third of the city—s parcels. Clyburn said the city sold 19 vacant residential lots that brought in $9,500 and completed an auction that produced $58,850 from…
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