Detroit’s Spaulding Court offers car free discount
Spaulding Court is offering a $450 monthly rent discount if you live car free.
This is serious savings given that the normal rent for the newly renovated townhouse is $1,200 a month.
These community-owned townhouses are in North Corktown, which is very bikeable. Their brochure even provides ride times to nearby locations, including:
- 7 minutes to the Honey Bee (grocery store)
- 8 minutes to Downtown
- 11 minutes to the Riverfront
The townhouses also include free water, wireless Internet access, brand new kitchen and appliances.
We asked what was the motivation to offer such a deal to those living car free. Is this a program underwritten by a generous foundation?
We’re not getting any funds for it though a major consideration is the future cost of parking arrangements. Since our mission is broader than just the building, the benefit to the neighborhood of having folks who are disinclined to spend their time/money too far afield is a big plus as well.
Model D Media recently wrote about the restoration efforts:
Two years ago, the stone walls of the Spaulding Court townhouse complex housed nothing but blight and trouble for the North Corktown neighborhood. As the first completely-renovated townhouse unit comes available for rent in the 99-year-old structure, it represents a victory for neighborhood resident Jon Koller and the work of 9 other residents, most of whom live within 150 yards of Spaulding Court, who worked together to redevelop the building.
Koller calls North Corktown an undiscovered haven of “rural Detroit.” A second townhouse will be available for rent or sale by the end of the summer. For more information, visit spauldingcourt.com
For more information, email rent.spaulding@gmail.com or 313.288.9255.