noticed the building at Kalamazoo and Pennsylvania [ a long-time eye sore] has been renovated at least on the outside with the sort of common steel and rock faced brick style of facade you see these days.
Passed this for the first time, today. I'd actually been to the QD across the street I thought not that long ago, but maybe it was much longer than I realized, because I did not remember seeing this renovation. lol Whoever owned it had been renovating it for a long time, and the last time I remember seeing it, it was just sticks. I was pretty well shocked to see what they did with it. It's a nice-looking building, better than what I'd expect for that corner.
Not a fan of the big metal-looking panels, but I always appreciate bricks and stone. It shows that you don't have to spend a lot of money for a decent-looking small commercial building. I'm going to have to look through city records to see who they used, architecturally, for the project.
Edit: Not seeing any architects, but the renovator is a small builder out of Farmington Hills. Permits speak of a convenience store and/or carry-out restaurant. Records show lots of cancelled permits from late last year, so it looks like this has been in flux.
I drive by this pretty regularly. It did move fast after several stalls. I figured it was a design build project based on how it it was progressing and how unprofessional/sporatic the whole renovation was. I've got to admit, it turned out better than I'd have expected for the use and area. I'm sure it will be plastered with signs and ads plastered on the windows like most of these corner stores once it opens.
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Passed this for the first time, today. I'd actually been to the QD across the street I thought not that long ago, but maybe it was much longer than I realized, because I did not remember seeing this renovation. lol Whoever owned it had been renovating it for a long time, and the last time I remember seeing it, it was just sticks. I was pretty well shocked to see what they did with it. It's a nice-looking building, better than what I'd expect for that corner.
Not a fan of the big metal-looking panels, but I always appreciate bricks and stone. It shows that you don't have to spend a lot of money for a decent-looking small commercial building. I'm going to have to look through city records to see who they used, architecturally, for the project.
Edit: Not seeing any architects, but the renovator is a small builder out of Farmington Hills. Permits speak of a convenience store and/or carry-out restaurant. Records show lots of cancelled permits from late last year, so it looks like this has been in flux.