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# Riverfront Property In Detroit To Become A Big Parking Lot Under DTE Land Swap
- URL: https://www.dailydetroit.com/riverfront-property-in-detroit-to-become-a-big-parking-lot-under-dte-land-swap/
- Published: 2019-03-26T19:17:22.000Z
- Updated: 2019-03-26T19:26:59.000Z
- Author: Sven Gustafson
- Tags: #wordpress, #Import 2024-02-25 18:12

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Welcome to your Tuesday edition of Daily Detroit, where we deliver two pieces of big news:

1. Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson says he has stage four pancreatic cancer and won’t seek an eighth term in 2020.
2. DTE Energy says it expects to sign a deal with the city to swap a decommissioned power plant on the east riverfront so it can be used to store Jeeps built at a new factory being pursued by parent Fiat Chrysler. \[[Freep](https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/chrysler/2019/03/26/dte-deal-conners-creek-jeep-complex/3276380002/?ref=dailydetroit.com)\]

Why is this sad, you ask? This is the important line.

> FCA said it needs DTE’s Conners Creek land for storage of vehicles for the Jeep plant to be built at Mack and St. Jean.
> 
> Detroit Free Press 

Because it assures that most of a valuable piece of riverfront — reportedly the largest contiguous parcel of riverfront property remaining — will be used to park cars. 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/47/f5/47f528d4-7214-4519-b2b2-26249e48460d/content/images/wordpress/2019/03/google-DTE-land-1024x576.jpg)

 Approximate current DTE land – Connors Creek site

In my opinion, this somehow feels quintessentially Detroit, a repeat of what we’ve always done: surrender to the automobile. Weren’t we supposed to be trying to *reclaim* our riverfront? And wasn’t DTE Energy crowing about redeveloping that parcel? (Why yes. [Yes, they were](https://empoweringmichigan.com/envisioning-new-future-connors-creek/?ref=dailydetroit.com).)

In other news, measles cases are on the rise in Oakland County after being traced to a man who visited the area from Israel, circa New York City. We [recently spoke with an infectious disease specialist](http://www.dailydetroit.com/2019/03/14/a-shipping-container-home-in-ferndale-lists-for-450000-plus-the-measles-are-back/) from Beaumont Health about measles and why it’s coming back.

On the lighter side, both [John King Books](http://mentalfloss.com/article/577201/best-bookstores-all-50-states?ref=dailydetroit.com) and [Motor City Gas](https://www.yelpblog.com/2019/03/top-50-whiskey-bars-in-the-u-s?ref=dailydetroit.com) get nods for their excellence from [Mentalfloss](http://mentalfloss.com/article/577201/best-bookstores-all-50-states?ref=dailydetroit.com) and [Yelp](https://www.yelpblog.com/2019/03/top-50-whiskey-bars-in-the-u-s?ref=dailydetroit.com) respectively.

And finally, Jer speaks with James Chapman of Rock Ventures about the [Quicken Loans Demo Day](http://www.detroitdemoday.com/?ref=dailydetroit.com) on June 14 and how you can get involved.

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