Overview
- Council voted unanimously to transfer the 42-acre site to the Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority and approve a 30-year tax capture to fund environmental cleanup.
- The authority is expected to enter a long-term ground lease with W-Detroit Property LLC, a Pistons-led entity that will develop and own the complex.
- Plans detail a roughly $50 million, 75,000-square-foot headquarters and practice facility on the east riverfront near Belle Isle.
- Construction is targeted for 2027 through early 2029, with projections of 291 temporary construction jobs and 71 permanent full-time-equivalent positions.
- The WNBA team name is still undecided as options including Detroit Shock are explored, with current trademark rights held by an outside entity and a separate application by WNBA Enterprises.