HOWELL — The 273-acre Motorsports Gateway Howell development continues to get closer to the completion of its first phase.
The mixed use automotive district development is located on the north side of I-96 between Michigan Avenue and Lucy Road and sits about five minutes from downtown Howell. It will feature an automotive country club with fee-paying members and a trackside garage condo community of 68 planned units. The track adjacent to this condo community is known as the South Circuit. Paving begins on that track this month.
Phase two will include an automotive innovation park to help support advancements in mobility innovation with OEMs, suppliers and mobility vendors renting the space in an effort to create new transportation possibilities. The hope is that this phase will be completed midway through 2026.
The third phase is a public entertainment zone that is expected to offer dining, retail and entertainment options to families, couples and individuals. Ground has not yet broken on this phase, although there is hope that parts of the zone will be open to consumers by 2027.