Wayne
County
gets new
criminal
justice
center,
Rock
Ventures
gets
downtown
site
By
Wendell
Bryant
Tell Us
Detroit
DETROIT
– On
Thursday,
Wayne
County
Executive
Warren
C. Evans
applauded
the
approval
of the
definitive
agreement
with
Rock
Ventures
to
construct
a new
criminal
justice
center
on East
Warren
Ave near
the I-75
service
drive.
The
Wayne
County
Commission
approved
the
agreement
by a
vote of
14-1,
clearing
the way
for work
to
startin
the
fall.
The vote
comes
the day
after
the
Wayne
County
Building
Authority
also
approved
the
deal.
Work
on the
$533
million
complex
could
start
this
fall. It
is
expected
to be
completed
in 2022.
“I
applaud
Chairman
Woronchak
and the
Commission
and
Building
Authority
for
their
due
diligence,
and
ultimately
their
support
of this
deal,
which
was the
best
value
and path
forward
given
the
circumstances,”
Evans
said.
“We
desperately
need
these
new
facilities
and
shovels
can’t
get into
the
ground
soon
enough.
The
deal
includes
a
2,280-bed
jail,
sheriff
and
prosecutor
offices,
criminal
courthouse
and
juvenile
detention
facility.
Wayne
County
will
invest
$380
million
in the
project.
Rock
Ventures
will
cover
the
remaining
costs
and any
overruns.
In
exchange,
the
company
will get
the
sites of
two
current
jails, a
juvenile
detention
facility
and
county
courthouse.
Detroit-based
Rock
Ventures
also
will get
the site
of an
unfinished
county
jail
project
where it
plans a
major,
mixed
use
development.
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