The wait may soon be over for the first groundbreaking for the $1.5 billion District Detroit megadevelopment that was approved back in spring 2023.

But timing for the other projects in the 10-project bundle remains an open question.

Executives with the development's codevelopers — the Ilitch organization's Olympia Development of Michigan and New York-based The Related Companies — said on Tuesday night, Dec. 9, that they plan to start construction on the first of the 10 new buildings and building rehabs in March.

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