A vacant Detroit hospital parking lot has officially been traded in for keys and new beginnings. Benjamin O. Davis Veterans Village, a roughly $16 million affordable housing complex named for the nation’s first Black Army general, opened this week and is now welcoming residents into its 50 permanent units for veterans and people with disabilities who have experienced homelessness.
The building sits on a former Holy Cross/St. John Hospital parking lot at 4777 Outer Drive East, next to the Connor Creek Health Center, and includes a 1,300-square-foot community room, two supportive service offices and an on-site barber/beauty shop, according to the City of Detroit. The city also lists walk-in closets, dishwashers and central air in every unit, and the property’s listing on Detroit’s Home Connect portal points would-be tenants to Premier Property Management for leasing details…