MARQUETTE, MI (AP)-- A Detroit-area development company is planning to turn the long-deserted
Marquette orphanage into affordable housing for veterans and families with low and moderate incomes.
Home Renewal Systems LLC of Farmington Hills is calling the project Grandview Marquette. The $15 million project would be financed partly with federal low-income housing and historic rehabilitation credits.
The 75,000 square-foot building would be renovated into a 56-unit complex with one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Monthly rental rates could range between $240 and $825.
The Marquette Diocese operated Holy Family Orphanage from 1915 to 1965. The last residents were a group of refugee children from Cuba after the Castro-led revolution. The building served as office space until 1982.