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# HBO To Examine Empty Development Promises Of The District Detroit
- URL: https://www.dailydetroit.com/hbo-to-examine-empty-development-promises-of-the-district-detroit/
- Published: 2019-04-22T13:47:28.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-25T22:31:26.000Z
- Author: Jer Staes
- Tags: #wordpress, #Import 2024-02-25 18:12, #admin

The District Detroit was supposed to be a 50-block development that was going to change the landscape of downtown Detroit near Little Caesars Arena.

Well, it has changed. It’s now a sea of $40 parking lots and beautiful architectural husks as development timelines get blown again and again.

Although there were a lot of promises made early on — and hundreds of millions in tax incentives given — the arena is complete and the projects nearby have, for the most part, not happened.

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel is looking at the issue in a episode titled, “Motown Blues.”

According to a trailer for the show posted by HBO, “District Detroit has indeed failed to produce a single house, apartment, or hotel room to date. With little progress in sight.”

Many local voices have highlighted the lack of progress. From the [Terrible Ilitches Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/TERRIBLEILITCHES/) page, to a [Crain’s story that showed how the Ilitch development plans may have been unattractive to outside investors from the start](https://www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/district-detroit-delivering?ref=dailydetroit.com). We’ve talked about the [lack of progress here](http://www.dailydetroit.com/2018/02/02/dear-ilitches-nobody-moves-detroit-surface-parking-lots/) and discussed [how Olympia Development and the Ilitch organization have been poor communicators after taking so much in taxpayer subsidy](http://www.dailydetroit.com/2018/10/30/hef-godwin-talks-about-his-new-restaurant-matt-friedman-on-ilitch-sports-tv-golden-tate-gone-news/). 

The episode of Real Sports airs on HBO this Tuesday night (April 23) at 10 p.m.