Eastside Detroit’s infamous Harpos Concert Theatre could be getting a new owner, and hopefully, a facelift.
The venue, which books mostly metal and hip-hop acts, is up for sale via the Southfield-based Farbman Group. The sale price is undisclosed on Farbman Group’s listing .
Farbman broker Brad Margolis told Kurk Pinho of Crain’s Detroit Business that Harpos owner Ruzvelt Stevanovski plans to use proceeds from the potential sale on improvements to the venue.
“The owner is looking to stay and continue running it,” Margolis told Crain’s . “He’s looking for some money to inject into renovations and upgrades to do more shows, looking for Harpos to continue the legacy it has, remain a concert hall, and kind of revitalize it. If someone came in and wanted to change the use, he’s not interested in that.”
Honestly, it needs a lot of TLC.
Harpos was a bit of a dump when I started going to metal shows there as a high school student in the mid-2000s, but that’s also what made it such a great rock ’n’ roll venue.