Ann Arbor gives thumbs down to City Place development

Student housing is the “In” project in downtown Ann Arbor these days.

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More and more development pressure for new student housing in downtown Ann Arbor is mounting. The latest example is the City Place development, which hoped to bring more density to downtown. Unfortunately that won’t be anytime soon after the City Council voted it down Monday.

The proposal called for a five-story brick-and-limestone apartment building on the east side of Fifth Avenue between William and Jefferson streets next to Blimpy Burger. It would house 164 bedrooms in 90 units. Those would go over one level of underground parking with enough space for 97 vehicles.

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