Mexicotown Welcome Center and Mercado

Detroit,
MI
(2005)

Mexicotown Welcome Center and Mercado

Community, Incubator

The Mexicantown Community Development Corporation is the community-based developer/owner of the Mexicantown Plaza del Norte Welcome Center, Mexicantown Mercado and Business Incubator and Plaza located at the gateway of the Ambassador Bridge to Canada in southwest Detroit.

Investment

NMTC Amount: $4,098,624
Total Project Cost: $8,279,626

IMPACT

127 FTE jobs
10 construction jobs

CDEs

Local Initiatives Support Corporation

Investor

National City

Project Description

The Mexicantown Community Development Corporation (MCDC) is the community-based developer/owner of the Mexicantown Plaza del Norte Welcome Center, Mexicantown Mercado and Business Incubator and Plaza located at the gateway of the Ambassador Bridge to Canada in southwest Detroit. This complex represents the realization of the long-held-dream of the residents of Mexicantown to have a center of business, cultural and entrepreneurial activities available for the diverse community of southwest Detroit.

MAP

Address: 1552 21st Street, Detroit, MI 48216

Census Tract: 26163521100

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