jews jews d d in in the the section name A view of the DuCharme Place Sky Terrace, a common area for residents complete with a pool, spa, Zen garden and fitness area ‘ E S J O DuCharme Place PRO D UC E New luxury living near Detroit’s Lafayette Park. JOYCE WISWELL CONTRIBUTING WRITER Gourmet Market M aybe they didn’t think of everything, but father-and- son developers Walter and David Cohen came pretty close when designing DuCharme Place, a $45-mil- lion luxury apartment complex near Detroit’s Lafayette Park. Gourmet appliances? Check. Fitness center and pool? Check, check. Zen garden? Check. On-site, secured park- ing? Check and mate — the garage also includes a car-washing station and another to bathe dogs. The list of features, which also includes in-unit washer/dryers, com- munal barbecue grills and a bocce ball court, becomes even more impressive when you consider that the Cohens conceived of this project long before Downtown Detroit’s remarkable upswing. “When we started this five years ago, people looked at us like we were crazy — ‘You’re building luxury hous- Here’s to a Healthy Happy New Year! You’ll Discover 5 Fresh fruits & vegetables with a large selection of organic produce 5 Fire-baked pizzas from their brick oven 5 Large café & pastry counter with beautiful desserts house-made daily & freshly roasted coffee 5 House-made entrees – daily & weekly specials that will be the highlight of your palate 5 Joe’s Meat and Seafood – largest butcher counter in the area with USDA Prime Choice meats, wild caught & farmed raised fish & seafood 5 Handcrafted, stone-oven baked goods from the Art of Bread at Joe’s Explore Joe’s Produce Gourmet Market Joe’s Meat & SeaArt of Bread s Gourmet Catering Call 248.477.4333 to order or for more information. 33152 W. Seven Mile Road, Livonia, MI 48152 000000 September 14 • 2017 jn LIVING SPACES DuCharme consists of 185 apart- ment units of studios, one-bedroom and two-bedroom, two-bath units that range from 640 to 1,100 square feet. The first tenants moved in dur- ing spring; and now about 100 units are occupied, with another 40 or so preleased. Monthly rent ranges from $1,200 to $1,900. continued on page 28 So different from the big supermarkets – because Joe’s is truly a neighborhood market with experts who are obsessed with your satisfaction. 26 ing in Downtown Detroit?!’ In 2012, you have to remember, we weren’t fully out of the financial crisis yet and people were still concerned that we could tailspin back into a recession,” said David Cohen, 35, of Bloomfield Hills. “There weren’t even streetlights in Detroit then. We were in the fore- front.” Now, he noted, “Detroit — the word and the city — has become its own brand, which has become really inter- esting.”