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Committee advances two neighborhood-enterprise-zone certificates for North Corktown and Central Detroit Christian
Summary
The committee voted to send two Neighborhood Enterprise Zone certificate applications — for a renovated rental at 3302 Harrison in North Corktown and a homeowner renovation at 740 Pingree in the Central Detroit Christian NEZ — to formal consideration with recommendations to approve.
The Budget Finance Audit Standing Committee moved March 11 to send two neighborhood enterprise zone (NEZ) certificate applications to formal consideration with recommendations to approve.
Staff from the City Planning Commission presented both applications. Chris Gulak said the 3302 Harrison property in North Corktown (petitioned by Lucas Bondi / Bondi Construction) is an existing one-story house built circa 1885 that the petitioner bought from the land bank in April 2022 for $44,000 and has substantially renovated. The staff memo and resolution recommended approval of the NEZ certificate for continued rehabilitation; the petitioner said the remaining major work is replacing a slab under the building estimated at about $14,000. Gulak confirmed the property is in the North Corktown NEZ area.
Council member Mary Waters asked about the petitioner’s $2,400 rent estimate, accessibility plans and parking. Bondi said the $2,400 figure is an estimate, that he owns roughly 10–12 rental units and that accessibility modifications (ramps and railings) would be added if requested. He said the rear parking pad had been replaced with concrete three or four years ago and that there is a streetlight at the nearby intersection.
Separately, staff presented 740 Pingree in the Central Detroit Christian NEZ, a 1½-story house purchased in January 2026 for $170,000. Petitioners plan about $60,000 in renovations (brick repair, garage rehab, gutters, roof, siding, plumbing, electrical and HVAC) and intend the home as their primary residence, with renovations to be finished under their bank timeline by June 2026. Staff confirmed NEZ eligibility and recommended approval; the committee moved and approved sending 6.2 to formal consideration with a recommendation to approve.
Staff explained that an NEZ rehabilitation approval freezes the assessed value for tax purposes at the pre-rehab level subject to the state Tax Commission sign-off; the application proceeds to state consideration after council action.
Both motions to send the items to formal with recommendations to approve were carried with no objections recorded in the committee transcript.
