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street from Akiva. "They're looking to
create a city center in that area, and
I'm hoping to develop a small family-.
oriented shopping plaza with nice
shops and a small community feel,
like what you'd find in downtown
Birmingham."
Surnow is working on architectur-
al plans for the center, which he
hopes will retain part of the existing
building in its structure. He has not
yet filed for plan approval and is not
certain how long the process will
take.
Lathrup Village Mayor Frank
Brock said he could not predict
whether the plan would be approved,
but noted that preliminary discus-
sions have been encouraging, with
Surnow expressing more sensitivity to
community concerns than when he
made his 1995 proposal. Whereas
three years ago, Surnow planned to
raze the building and erect a large
strip mall, now he-is talking about
preserving the historic elements of
the school, said Brock.
According to Akiva's immediate
past president, Stuart Teger, the
school is preparing to launch a capi-
tal campaign for renovation of Beth
Achim, which he anticipates will
cost between $1.5 million and $2
million.
Akiva has not yet finalized the
renovation plans, nor has it settled
on an architect for the project.
Nonetheless, Teger is excitrd at the
prospect of moving, ideally by
,September 1999.
"The new building will be more
spacious and more commodious, and
it will have no leaking windows or
heating problems," said Teger. "The
[Southfield Road] building is not a
very comfortable place for our kids,
and we've made do with some very ad-
hoc kinds of arrangements, such as
holding small classes in the kitchen
and in closets."
Akiva, which received a $385,700
allocation from Federation for 1998-
99, is not the first Orthodox day
school to benefit from the UJF buying
a Conservative synagogue. In 1990,
UJF bought Congregation B'nai
Moshe in Oak Park, leasing it to
Yeshiva Beth Yehudah's Sally Allan
Alexander Beth Jacob School for Girls.
However, unlike Akiva, the 755-stu-
dent yeshiva, which received $546,500
in Federation allocations this year,
pays rent. Federation's Davidoff
declined to state how much rent UJF
charges the yeshiva, but described it as
a modest amount."

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