Wendy Lewis Jackson and Rip Rapson of the Kresge Foundation speak to reporters Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Photo: Samuel Robinson

The Kresge Foundation is moving its headquarters from Troy to Detroit and will invest $180 million to improve the Livernois-McNichols corridor.

Foundation leadership told reporters during a Thursday roundtable at the foundation’s Midtown office the plans to build its headquarters at the Marygrove Conservancy campus in Northwest Detroit include a five year investment to stabilize housing, home ownership, public space enhancements and commercial corridor revitalization.

The target neighborhoods include the Fitzgerald, Bagley, University District and Martin Park.

The foundation didn’t offer renderings of the proposed 70,000 sq ft headquarters at the campus, but s

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