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Committee sets public hearing for rezoning of former Alice Bochne Elementary site for senior housing

Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee (Detroit) · January 29, 2026
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Summary

Members agreed to set a public hearing on a rezoning request to change the former school site at 4094 Duane Street from R2 to SD1 to allow multifamily mixed-use with a senior housing component managed by Presbyterian Villages of Michigan.

The committee voted to send a rezoning request for 4094 Duane Street to the council’s formal docket and to set a public hearing. City planning staff described the parcel as approximately 5.5 acres (the former Alice Boerne Elementary School site), city-owned and currently offered through an RFP for redevelopment.

Staff said the petition seeks to rezone the site from R2 (two-family residential) to SD1 (special development district, small-scale mixed use) to permit multifamily and mixed uses with a senior housing component developed and managed by Presbyterian Villages of Michigan. The proposal will return to the committee and council with the developer’s expanded presentation ahead of the public hearing.

Council members did not raise objections at the Jan. 29 meeting and moved the matter forward for introduction and hearing scheduling. The public hearing will allow residents to review detailed site plans and ask questions of the development team.

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