A Detroit actual property agency plans to show a 117-year-old former Cadillac meeting plant into 90 residences.

The constructing was constructed in 1905, not lengthy after a fireplace destroyed the unique Cadillac plant on the identical website, in keeping with metropolis paperwork. It was designed by George Mason, whose agency additionally designed Detroit’s Masonic Temple and the Grand Lodge on Mackinac Island in northern Michigan.

Greatwater Alternative Capital bought the constructing for $3.35 million in April and is asking the Historic District Fee for permission to take away some parts that had been added later and are not deemed historic. The agency’s $27 million redevelopment plan additionally replaces the home windows with up to date however traditionally correct ones.

A few of the demolition would start within the spring, with the renovation beginning in the summertime, stated Jed Howbert, co-founder of Greatwater. That is the corporate’s first try at turning an industrial constructing into residential, he stated. Development might take about 12 months relying on the constructing.

“We’re excited to protect this essential a part of Detroit’s industrial heritage, and to make it doable for individuals to name it dwelling,” Howbert stated in an e-mail. “We predict 450 Amsterdam will mix one of the best parts of a historic renovation and new development: the authenticity of the historic construction, plus the facilities of recent development.”