Detroit People’s Food Commons Development

Detroit,
MI
(2022)

Detroit People’s Food Commons Development

Community, Incubator, Mixed-use

This project will finance the construction of a 31,000 sq. ft. multi use development of a co-op grocery store in the Central Woodward neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan.

Investment

NMTC Amount: $19,671,875
Total Project Cost: $20,022,124

IMPACT

151 FTE jobs
24 construction jobs
31,000 sq. ft. of real estate

CDEs

Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Michigan Community Capital, USBCDE

Investor

Chateau

A newly constructed two-story, 31,000-sq. ft. building on Woodward Avenue in Detroit will house Detroit Food Commons. The nearly $20-million project spearheaded by nonprofits Detroit Black Community Food Security Network (DBCFSN) and Develop Detroit (DDI) has been made possible in part with $7 million in New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC) allocated from Michigan Community Capital. The mixed-use building will include Detroit People’s Food Co-op (the Co-op) on the first floor — a community-owned grocery selling healthy, locally sourced food, a deli and bakery, and a neighborhood café. The second floor will include two large and two small licensed incubator kitchens to serve local food enterprises, a 3,800-sq. ft. community event and banquet space, and office space for the headquarters of DBCFSN. The ground-level grocery will provide healthy, affordable options to more than 31,000 low–income community members and over 19,000 food desert residents within a 1.5-mile trade radius. The Co-op already has 1,455 member-owners, underscoring the pent-up demand for high-quality grocers in the neighborhood.

MAP

Address: 8324 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202

Census Tract: 26163511900

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