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A plan calls for the former Victory Inn Motel to be demolished to make way for a 101-unit apartment complex. Mount Clemens city commissioners recently approved the sale of a small parcel of land near the site to the apartment developer.
Photo by Dean Vaglia
MOUNT CLEMENS — Mount Clemens city commissioners approved the sale of a city-owned parcel on April 15 to help with the construction of a new apartment complex.
Taking in $10,000 for the nearly 3,000-square-foot vacant lot, the land will be added to the Manchester Mount Clemens apartments project headed by developer Jim George. The apartments will be built on the former Victory Inn site and will have 101 market-rate units in a new four-story building.
“I think it will be more productive now,” said City Commissioner Erik Rick of the lot.
The sale comes on the heels of the Mount Clemens Planning Commission’s approval of the project and the awarding of a road safety audit grant for the Northbound Gratiot and North River Road intersection, which aims to study the safety of vehicle and pedestrian traffic in light of the apartment development and the opening of the Bloomery dispensary.
DTE rates resolution
Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution opposing DTE Energy’s attempt at raising its electric rates. The electric company is attempting to raise its rates by more than $450 million, coming about four months after the state approved a rate increase of $368 million in December 2023. The proposed increase could see residents paying around $100 more for electricity per year.
“Michigan is the second worst state for power outages between 2000 and 2021 and the fourth worst state for restoration time, while residents pay the eleventh highest rates in the nation for electricity,” City Manager Gregg Shipman said. “The excessive rate hike proposed by DTE, if approved, would result in serious hardship for Mount Clemens residents.”
The resolution urges residents to also oppose the rate increase by contacting the Michigan Public Service Commission at mpsc_commissioners@michigan.gov.
