Detroit, MI (1888PressRelease)
January 07, 2009 - The Fort Shelby Tower Apartments, an historic renovation, located at 527 W. Lafayette in downtown Detroit, is now leasing luxury apartments. Scott Allen, President of FOURMIDABLE of Bingham Farms – Fort Shelby Tower Apartments’ management agent – today announced the availability of 54 apartment homes and two penthouses.
The Fort Shelby Hotel originally opened in 1917 and the 22-story expansion tower was added in 1927.The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Fort Shelby Tower Apartments shares a lobby with the newly renovated DoubleTree Hotel. Residents enter their homes through a private elevator.
With panoramic views of the Detroit River and the cityscape, the historic Albert Kahn designed landmark blends grandeur, charm and style with modern conveniences and technology. The apartment homes offer unique floor plans available in one and two bedrooms with libraries/home offices that can be used as a third bedroom, and two two-story penthouses.
The Fort Shelby Tower Apartments offers its residents the luxury of hotel services and year-round maintenance free living. Residents have full access to all amenities of the DoubleTree Hotel including valet parking, 24-hour dining options, uniformed doormen, concierge, housekeeping and dry cleaning services. Additionally, residents have access to the hotel’s fitness and business centers.
“The Fort Shelby Tower Apartments is in the heart of downtown’s 24-hour district, located immediately adjacent to the Albert Kahn designed Detroit News and Free Press Building and WDIV Channel 4’s studios,” Allen said. “The Fort Shelby Tower Apartments offer upper Manhattan style living in downtown Detroit.”
Each apartment home features posh amenities traditionally not found in apartments including granite counter tops, designer cabinetry and lighting, custom window treatments, travertine tiled master baths, six-foot wide hallways and nine-foot tall ceilings. The apartments are located within the 11th and 21st floors of the iconic structure with each floor containing five apartment homes.
The 12 one-bedroom apartments range from 939 - 1,350 square feet with rents ranging from $1,630 - $2,515 per month. Forty-two two-bedroom apartments range from 1,223 – 1,848 square feet with rents ranging from $2,155 - $3,185 per month. The two-story penthouse Sky Suites are 2,097 and 2,231 square feet with rents priced at $4,120 and $4,355 per month respectively.
“Fort Shelby Tower Apartments offers luxury and service,” said Emmett Moten, one of the building’s owners and partner of Detroit-based, MCP Development L.L.C. The Fort Shelby Tower Apartments ownership group also includes: Eugene Curtis, Leo Phillips and Richard Curto, partners of MCP Development.
“Residents will enjoy the ambiance of living in a boutique hotel, being greeted by a doorman, then ascending to an apartment high above the city. We are confident that our in-building health club, sushi bar, restaurants and meeting rooms make our development a premier residence in the Midwest.”
Fort Shelby Tower Apartments is just minutes from a variety of attractions including: the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Fox Theater, Fisher Theater, Hart Plaza, GM/ Renaissance Center, U.S./Canada Tunnel, Cobo Hall, Fox Theatre, Fisher Theatre, Campus Martius, Eastern Market, Greektown, Mexicantown and Harmonie Park.
FOURMIDABLE is a national real estate management company that manages Harbortown, Village Park Apartments, Grayhaven Marina Village, Himelhoch Apartments, Lofts at Rivertown, and 1300 Lafayette East Cooperative in Detroit as part of its portfolio of 9,000 units in eight states.
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