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New apartment building in
Midtown Detroit wows a
crowd at grand opening.
ROBIN SCHWARTZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Scott at Brush Park is located
at 3150 Woodward Ave. For details,
visit thescottdetroit.com or call
(313) 818-3703.
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stunning glass fireplace cast a warm glow; there was live
music, food and drinks, and cozy furniture to sit on — but
a steady stream of guests kept wandering outside on a
19-degree December night for the breathtaking view.
The second-floor deck of The Scott at Brush Park on Woodward
Avenue features a stainless-steel swimming pool, hot tub, outdoor
kitchen, fire pit and heated floors against the backdrop of Midtown
Detroit.
Back inside, guests took tours of furnished and unfurnished studios
as well as one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments (199 units in all),
a lobby, lounge, fitness facilities and more.
“The ‘wow factor’ will blow people away,” said Todd Sachse, whose
company Sachse Construction built the five-story building from the
TOP: Guests at the grand opening
congregate in the second-floor
community lounge.
BOTTOM LEFT & RIGHT:
Developers Todd Sachse, CEO, Sachse
Construction; Lee Hurwitz, chief
investment officer, Broder & Sachse
Real Estate; and Richard Broder, CEO,
Broder & Sachse Real Estate.
A second-floor deck features a pool,
fire pit, outdoor kitchen
and heated floors.
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ground up. “There’s nothing like this in Detroit; there are very few
places like this in the Midwest.
“I think when people come down here they’re going to realize this
is real — what’s happening in Detroit is real. It’s not just what you
read in the paper. You have to see it, feel it, and you’ll believe it.”
Sachse developed the $65 million project with business partner
Richard Broder. Groundbreaking took place in July 2015. Now, tenants
are moving in. Eight studio apartments are already leased with doz-
ens more units of varying sizes going fast. Starting prices range from
$949 to $2,765 a month. The apartments are 450 to 1,380 square feet.
Who’s moving in?
“We’ve got millennials, empty nesters, young couples, profession-
als,” Broder says. “The diversity of people here is exciting.”
Amenities include a 24-hour concierge service, dry cleaning deliv-
ery, washers and dryers in every unit, stations for pet grooming, and
bicycle parking, storage and repairs. There is a fourth-floor confer-
ence room called “The Center,” a fifth-floor library and reading room
known as “The Stacks,” and a private underground parking garage.
The decor includes artwork by Detroit-based artists like Joseph
Konert, whose striped paintings pop with color. The first floor of the
building features 15,000 square feet of retail space.
“It’s really exciting and gratifying to see a crowd hanging out at our
new place,” Broder said. •