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Herkowitz said, offers “best-in-class design,
which takes inspiration from the traditional
brick industrial buildings of Corktown and
merges with a contemporary esthetic.”
Residents will enjoy a full range of onsite
amenities and year-round activities, and they
and visitors will have access to more than
12,000 square feet of retail space. Perennial
Corktown is located near the 227-room,
seven-story Godfrey Hotel Detroit, at 1401
Michigan, another Hunter Pasteur devel-
opment in partnership with Oxford Capital
Group and the fifth Godfrey property nation-
ally. It is set to open this month. Hunter
Pasteur’s final project in Corktown is the Red
Arrow Lofts. A former storage building will be
turned into 28 apartments, with construction
expected at year’s end.
RESTORING BUILDINGS
TO THEIR FORMER GLORY
“We are blessed that developers in our area
are not just ripping down the old buildings
but restoring them to their prior glory,” said
Nachman, adding that he “especially liked
seeing what’s going on at the old Michigan
Central train station. The imposing building in
Corktown was “decrepit and could have been
taken down many times.”
When Ford Motor Company bought the
station and the adjoining Book Depository in
2018, the automotive manufacturer envisioned
creating a futuristic mobility innovation hub. It
would be a platform for “engineers, entrepre-
neurs, thought leaders, researchers, artists and
R
abbi Aaron Starr, spiritu-
al leader at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek (CSZ),
approached communal-minded
member Joy Nachman last year about
sponsoring new programming. Starr
wanted something that would specif-
ically benefit the many active retirees
attending the Southfield synagogue.
The result was Coffee House, a lec-
ture series intended “to expand their
minds,” said Nachman. The series,
focused on learning and community,
is open to CSZ members and others
in Metro Detroit, age 60 and up.
Director of Engagement Alaine
(Waldshan) Ashkenazi is the CSZ
staff working with a host committee
to plan eight in-person programs a
year. The most recent Coffee House
on Aug. 21 presented University of
Michigan History Professor Deborah
Dash Moore on the topic, “Jews on
the Move: Mobility in Motown,” a
discussion of Jewish migratory pat-
terns in southeast Michigan.
Coffee House is now on hiatus for
the High Holidays and will be again
the winter months of January through
March. The series will resume around
Passover. The programs, usually
attracting 80-100 guests, include a
ESTHER ALLWEISS INGBER
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Coffee
House at
Congregation
Shaarey
Zedek