Detroit's Leland Hotel building. Photo: Courtesy of Andrew Jameson via Openverse, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
A downtown high-rise's tenants got a short reprieve after being told they might need to move out with little notice, Crain's reported.
Why it matters: The Leland House building's owners are going through bankruptcy and its largely low-income tenants face uncertainty with winter ramping up.
State of play: The Leland owner and DTE Energy agreed to a deadline of today for partial past-due payments, per bankruptcy court filings reported by Crain's. The Leland owner said as of Tuesday it had the funds now to pay the utility company.
DTE told Crain's it was working with the city on potential new housing for residents.
Residents in around occupied 40 units were told Friday they may need to find new housing if a last-minute solution wasn't found before a coming DTE shutoff.
Catch up quick: The building's registered owner is the late landlord Michael Higgins, according to Metro Times. He died in 2023.
As of 2018, Higgins planned an expensive renovation, but since then, the building has languished with code violations and debt, per Metro Times. The city sued the ownership group in 2023 over blight and unsafe conditions, as well.
The 20-story Leland Hotel opened in 1927, according to Historic Detroit. It's also home to the Leland City Club nightclub, which Metro Times writes is closing for now.
