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# Motorama Motel At 8 Mile And Woodward To Become Apartments, Coffee Shop
- URL: https://www.dailydetroit.com/motorama-hotel-at-8-mile-and-woodward-to-become-apartments-coffee-shop/
- Published: 2019-06-25T19:05:47.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-25T22:31:26.000Z
- Author: Jer Staes
- Tags: #wordpress, #Import 2024-02-25 18:12, #admin

The old Motorama Motel at 8 Mile and Woodward in Ferndale is going to see redevelopment.

The 21,000 square foot building will become an Urbane apartment building, with a coffee shop planned on the first floor. The deal closed Tuesday. 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/47/f5/47f528d4-7214-4519-b2b2-26249e48460d/content/images/wordpress/2019/06/floor-plans-motorama-1024x532.jpg)

The development will have 33 one bedroom/one bathroom units for rent, two 2 bedroom/one bathroom units. It’ll be named “Urbane Ferndale.”

Rents right now are planned to range from $875-$950 per month.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/47/f5/47f528d4-7214-4519-b2b2-26249e48460d/content/images/wordpress/2019/06/rendering-full.jpg)

“We feel strongly this is a diamond in the rough,” said Eric Brown of Urbane Apartments. “We want to double down on the 8 Mile location.”

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/47/f5/47f528d4-7214-4519-b2b2-26249e48460d/content/images/wordpress/2019/06/header-ferndale-motorama-1024x548.jpg)

Financing for the project was through the Detroit-based Ferlito Group. No project price was disclosed. An exact timeline for completion was not given. 

[We reported late last year that the property was being shopped as a redevelopment opportunity. ](http://www.dailydetroit.com/2018/10/09/infamous-motel-at-8-mile-and-woodward-being-shopped-for-redevelopment/)

Ferndale officials have long had concerns about the property and the crime problem there. The city’s police chief at the time said that motel was a haven for prostitution, human trafficking, drugs, assaults and other crime. 

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