Cold temperatures damage Midtown Detroit apartments
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Water damage collapsed multiple ceilings at the Addison apartments early Christmas morning. Photos: Samuel Robinson/Axios
Single-digit temperatures last week led to major damage at a few Midtown apartment buildings, forcing some residents to be displaced during the holidays.
- The 118-year-old Addison, a former hotel turned residential building above Pho Lucky, suffered some of the worst water damage.
Driving the news: Multiple ceilings collapsed early Christmas morning after a pipe in the fire suppression sprinkler system burst on the top floor. The damage caused at least three Addison residents to be displaced.
- Residents were initially spared from leaking ceilings on the fourth floor now live with a thick odor and mold growing throughout their hallway.
- The six-story building is without elevator access for the foreseeable future, management says.
What's more: The Sheridan Court Apartments were without heat and hot water over the holiday weekend, the Free Press reports.
Between the lines: The Addison building is one of many that belonged to Joel Landy, whose portfolio sprawled across the Cass Corridor neighborhood. Once known as a hot spot for drug dealers and sex workers, the area is now right in the middle of the planned District Detroit.
- A pending $17.5 million sale of Landy's portfolio is being held up by a messy legal battle over who controls the sale process.
- The Detroit-based firm District Capital is the would-be buyer, the Free Press reports.
💠Sam's thought bubble: Yes, I live at the Addison. Being told over the phone to "get here if you want to save your stuff" at 1am on Christmas morning was not great.
- Thankfully, my unit held up as others crumbled, but with the pending sale and a future reconstruction in the works, we're all in the same boat of not knowing how much longer we'll be able to live here.
