EGLE grant will help bring new affordable housing to Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is awarding an $820,000 grant to a brownfield redevelopment project that will bring 71 new affordable housing units to Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood. The 1.36-acre site at 2302 Rosa Parks Boulevard is currently being used for surface parking. The EGLE grant will help turn it into The Bridge Apartments, a $34 million affordable housing community.
Most of the property was originally developed for housing by the 1880s. A gas station operated on the corner of Rosa Parks and West Fisher Freeway in the 1930s. Demolition started on the houses in 1957. By 1981, all buildings were gone and the property was turned into parking lots for the former Tiger Stadium. Fill material brought onto the site following demolition was contaminated with metals, petroleum, and other chemical compounds. The EGLE Brownfield Redevelopment Grant will pay for:
- Additional environmental assessment activities.
- The excavation, transportation, and disposal of 3,500 tons of contaminated soil.
- Installation of a barrier to prevent contact with any remaining contamination.
The Bridge Apartments will be four stories with 71 units of varying types, all priced for tenants making up to 80% of the Area Median Income. The city of Detroit worked with residents through the Greater Corktown Neighborhood Planning Framework and through the Choice Neighborhoods program.
“Every Detroiter deserves access to safe, high-quality, affordable housing in neighborhoods where they can build a future and thrive. This development reflects our vision of a Corktown for Everyone, a neighborhood where longtime residents, working families and new Detroiters all have an opportunity to call home,” said Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield. “I am grateful to the State of Michigan and EGLE for their continued partnership and commitment to making investments like this possible, and for helping us create more vibrant, inclusive neighborhoods across Detroit.”
Additional funding is being provided by the city of Detroit and the Michigan State Housing Development Authority to help offset the cost of constructing the affordable housing. The Bridge Apartments are scheduled to open in the spring of 2029.
More than half of EGLE’s annual budget supports local projects, protects public health and the environment, and helps create economic growth and jobs for Michigan workers. Redevelopment increases the value of brownfield sites and other nearby properties. In 2025, the EGLE Brownfield program provided more than $23 million in brownfield incentives to 76 projects in 52 Michigan communities. These projects are projected to create more than 440 housing units, 600 jobs, and result in more than $675 million in capital investment.
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