DETROIT CITIZEN (Supplement to the Michigan Citizen) Week of Dec. 19-26, 1993
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ew·HP
hopping
center i' boo t
to city's fu ure
By Ron Seigel
IDGHLAND PK.- A
new shopping center at
Woodward and Manches
ter, which opened Satur
day December 11 in a Five
hour celebration, will lead
to new I ife and growth for
the city, according to Mil
ton Downes; a citizen ac
tively participating in the
planning, who served as
Master of Ceremonies dur
ing the speeches.
, Among the businesse
now open at the Plaza are
Perry's Drug Store, Dollar
Daze and One Price Seven
Dollars, a women' fash
ion store, and Fa hion
Sen e.
Si bley Sho has been
relocated 'at the shopping
center and the Secretary of
State's office wi II be relo
cated there next year. Sev
eral stores, including Pizza
Hut and China Star, are
slated to open there in
early 1994, and Omni
bank, in River Rouge, will
build a Facility there.
Harriet B. Saperstein of
Highland Park Devco, the
non-profit group which
helped secure financing
for the project, stated that
on opening day, people
were waiting in line to get
to· orne of the e tores.
Downe aid that the
heavy demand for hop-
I ping wa continuing day
I after.
In her peech, ap r-
I stein "challeng d" res i
den to hop in Highland
I Park and city businesses to
I offer qual ity g ds.,
Howev r, D wnes t Id
th Michigan Citizen that
because of its parking fa
ciliti , general conven
ience, and the fact that
there w uld b a Secretary
of tate' office, many
who lived outside the city
would hop there, just as
they u ed to in th past.
County Executive Ed McNam ra ( eond from right) congratul ted tho who
worked for month to help m ke th Plaza reality for the city. They re: (1-11)
Harri t B. per ein, 'dent of HP DEVCO, Inc.; W rren Terrace, partner, Fi
Comm rcial Realty and Development Co ---the Plaza developers and m n 1'5.
Will m E. Watch, partner Irst Com mercial; and Denni S. Ev ns, director of
Highland Park Community and Econmlic Development Department.
He said that because of
the presence of the shop
pi ng center, many nearby
businesses were getting
loans to beautify their
prem ise and attract cus
tomer.
Dennis Evan, Director
f Highland Park' Com
munity D veloprn nt De
partment declared
business were interested
in moving into the city,
partly because of th 'hop
ping c nter, ut al be
cau of th natural
advantages f the ity,
I uch as it I ati n, cl e
I to expr way.
He added that th ad-
I " , •
I mrmstrau n II t ned to j
busin people. Highland
Park May r I_j nsey P Iter
indicat d that while the
hopping center repre
ented major progress in
I Highland Park, it wa ria I
I continuation of g
t?in,? going on in the I Highland Park Plac I ,----------
city. I was a c pcrative ffort of
'I' 'Fir t C m m rical Realty I
r----------------------�------ ..... .:....--- and Devel prnent om- I
I pany·!n�. of ?uthfi Id, in
a S ciauon with the ity
and the Highland Park. Tax
Incr m n t Fi n a n c c
uthority (TI A]. High
land Park D vco, a non
pro it . o n o m i c
d v I pm nt ag ncy, co
spon r d by th city and
hrysl r rp rati n pro-
vid d financial and t chm
al hlp t th pr j .t.
Hi hi nd Park PI ., i.
part of a Highland Par
11 wn cnt r that Will In
dud Manch t r Plar' , a
r idcntial d v I pm nt
1 4 units, in luding 1-2
b dro m garden part
m nts and 2-3 b dr m
t wn hous .
P b fo'r