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Commission approves adaptive-reuse rehabilitation and residential facility at 19900 W. 9 Mile amid neighborhood concerns
Summary
The Planning Commission approved PSP25-0004 to convert the former Specs Howard School into a rehabilitation center with a 12-bed licensed adult foster care unit and 24 transitional residential units, adding conditions including repairing and raising a screening wall, following public concern about concentration of group homes and security.
The Southfield Planning Commission voted May 28 to approve PSP25-0004, a site plan to convert the vacant building at 19900 West 9 Mile Road into an outpatient rehabilitation center and a residential component consisting of a 12‑bed adult foster care (AFC) unit plus 24 transitional independent units.
Planning staff said the proposed uses are permitted in the OS office-service district and recommended approval subject to multiple conditions, including development consistent with a revised plan set (BMK Design/Keifton Engineering/J Epic Partners dated 05/16/2025), implementation of security recommendations from the Southfield Police Department, compliance with applicable ordinances and codes, repair and modification of screening walls to achieve…
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