This development will increase the taxable value of the property and is projected to capture $41,055,415 over the next 20 years to the City of Romulus. This development benefits the General Fund and would provide $25.9M to the School District, $7.1M to the City, $5.6M to the County and $2.4M to Fire and Police. This is especially meaningful given the challenges to develop the site over the last couple of decades which now can create an economic benefit for the City.

This project will also serve as a funding catalyst to widen and upgrade infrastructure along Ecorse Road through the LDFA District aligning with the City’s Ecorse Road Corridor Planning.

There are also two parcels on Ecorse Road dedicated for retail uses such as food and beverage, coffee, office, healthcare and other community serving uses. An industrial use will NOT be allowed on this portion of the site.

The project is estimated to add approximately 300 permanent jobs once completed and operational.

No. A key condition of our approval is a legal guarantee that there will be no vehicle access of any kind built between the development and Beverly Road. Further, the proposed development would vacate a portion of Henry Ruff Road, ensuring that no vehicles, except for emergency services vehicles, have direct access to local roads. The only entrance and exit for the site will be on Ecorse Road.

A comprehensive, third-party traffic study confirmed that Ecorse Road can handle the additional traffic without impacting the current level of service. Our site plan includes extensive on-site queuing lanes and deceleration lanes to ensure that traffic is retained on-site and not backed up on public roads. Further, tax revenue from the project will contribute to funding future improvements to Ecorse Road to widen and upgrade infrastructure along  the LDFA District aligning with the City’s Ecorse Road Corridor Planning.

We are placing a minimum of 15% of the existing, mature tree canopy into a permanent conservation easement, where it can never be removed. This exceeds the city's 10% ordinance. The development is designed as a "donut," leaving a wide perimeter of existing forest untouched to preserve wildlife corridors. This includes a 550-foot building setback from the northern property line and the preservation of a natural, mature tree buffer up to 500 feet wide. For example, the 550 foot setback combined with the heavy tree buffer will leave minimal if any viewshed to the project from Beverly Road. The proposed setback are more than two times greater than what the zoning ordinance requires. This ensures the development will have a minimal visual and audible impact on adjacent residential areas.

The development is utilizing deep setbacks, added landscaping, berming and preservation of existing forest to screen the development from adjacent properties. All exterior lighting will be "dark sky" compliant, meaning it is shielded and directed downward. Areas close to residential will utilize shorter light poles to further limit light visibility exposure.

A third-party sound study concluded that with the significant setback distance from the buildings to the property lines, combined with the dense, natural tree buffer, will effectively mitigate operational noise. The sound study concluded the project complies with the noise ordinance and does not exacerbate existing conditions.

The site has been carefully designed to minimize environmental impact. Of the 23 acres of regulated wetlands on the property, our plan disturbs only 3.9 acres. To compensate, the project team is proposing to construct new, high-quality wetlands on-site and preserve them in a conservation easement.

No, this project will provide a benefit to the area's drainage system. We will be making significant improvements to the Black Creek drain that crosses the property by increasing its capacity. This will help alleviate existing downstream flooding issues.

This development would propose the vacation of Henry Ruff Road, affirming our stance to not allow any on-site traffic direct access to local roads apart from Ecorse Road. After discussions with the community members along Henry Ruff Road, this will also reduce concerns of how this road currently operates as a cut-through route for unwanted traffic and end the littering and dumping along the roadway. For community-safety purposes, access will be available exclusively for life safety services such as Fire and Police.