Rehab and Lease
The City of Detroit General Services Department is seeking partner entities to help revitalize and activate Historic Fort Wayne through the rehabilitation and adaptive use of the site’s many vacant buildings. Respondents must have the capacity to rehabilitate and occupy or operate one or more buildings at Historic Fort Wayne The uses of rehabbed buildings must be compatible with and appropriate in a historic park setting.
Please use the links to the right to view the Request for Information (RFI) and related documents. The RFI is now closed. For inquires regarding future opportunities, please contact the General Services Department staff by email at historicfortwayne@detroitmi.gov or by phone at (313) 628-0796.
Historic Fort Wayne Request for Information (PDF)
Appendix A: Historic Fort Wayne Parking Plan (PDF)
Appendix B: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (PDF)
Appendix C: Historic Fort Wayne Master Plan (PDF)
Appendix D: 2015 Community Visioning Workshop Maps (PDF)
Appendix E: Draft Preservation Covenant (PDF)
Appendix F: Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation (PDF)
Press Release: City of Detroit Seeks to Revitalize Historic Fort Wayne (PDF)
Featured Buildings
Selected buildings that, due to their condition, location, or other features, are prime candidates for rehabilitation and adaptive use.
Building 108: Duplex Officer's Quarters
Year Built: 1890
Current Use: Vacant
Square Feet: 4,672
Rehab Cost Estimates: $650,000 to $934,400
Building 109: Duplex Officer's Quarters
Year Built: 1880
Current Use: Event Space*
Square Feet: 4,837
Rehab Cost Estimates: $640,000 to $974,600
Building 114: Officer's Quarters
Year Built: 1906
Current Use: Vacant (first and second floors); Public Restrooms (Basement)*
Square Feet: 8,574
Rehab Cost Estimates: $500,000 to $857,400
Building 201: Post Engineer's Storehouse
Year Built: 1897
Current Use: Vacant/Storage
Square Feet: 5,640
Rehab Cost Estimates: $235,000 to $564,000
Building 207: Post Headquarters
Year Built: 1904
Current Use: Vacant
Square Feet: 7,920
Rehab Cost Estimates: $1,118,000
Building 302: Guard House
Year Built: 1905
Current Use: Vacant
Square Feet: 4,730
Rehab Cost Estimates: $709,500 to $770,000
Building 303: Post Theatre
Year Built: 1930
Current Use: Vacant
Square Feet: 3,470
Rehab Cost Estimates: $520,500 to $760,000
Building 313: Post Bakery
Year Built: 1904
Current Use: Vacant
Square Feet: 1,000
Rehab Cost Estimates: not available
Additional Buildings
These buildings are primarily suitable for inclusion as part of a larger, comprehensive project.
Click on each building to download the factsheet.
Building 102: Duplex Officer's Quarters
Year Built: 1898
Current Use: Vacant
Square Feet: 7,624
Rehab Cost Estimates: $1,260,000 to $1,580,000
Building 103: Duplex Officer's Quarters
Year Built: 1898
Current Use: Vacant
Square Feet: 7,624
Rehab Cost Estimates: $1,260,000 to $1,580,000
Building 104: Duplex Officer's Quarters
Year Built: 1898
Current Use: Vacant
Square Feet: 7,624
Rehab Cost Estimates: $1,260,000 to $1,580,000
Building 105: Duplex Officer's Quarters
Year Built: 1890
Current Use: Vacant
Square Feet: 4,672
Rehab Cost Estimates: $650,000 to $934,400
Building 106: Duplex Officer's Quarters
Year Built: 1890
Current Use: Vacant
Square Feet: 4,672
Rehab Cost Estimates: $650,000 to $934,400
Building 107: Duplex Officer's Quarters
Year Built: 1890
Current Use: Vacant
Square Feet: 4,672
Rehab Cost Estimates: $650,000 to $934,400
Building 111: Duplex Officer's Quarters
Year Built: 1890
Current Use: Storage*
Square Feet: 4,672
Rehab Cost Estimates: $650,000 to $934,400
Building 117: Officer's Quarters
Year Built: 1906
Current Use: Vacant
Square Feet: 7,732
Rehab Cost Estimates: $740,000 to $1,546,400
Building 211: Noncommissioned Officer's Quarters
Year Built: 1931
Current Use: Vacant
Square Feet: 2,920
Rehab Cost Estimates: $395,000 to $637,500
Building 212: Noncommissioned Officer's Quarters
Year Built: 1900
Current Use: Vacant
Square Feet: 2,920
Rehab Cost Estimates: $690,000 to $876,000
Building 213: Noncommissioned Officer's Quarters
Year Built: 1905
Current Use: Vacant
Square Feet: 2,920
Rehab Cost Estimates: $690,000 to $876,000
Building 214: Noncommissioned Officer's Quarters
Year Built: 1897
Current Use: Vacant
Square Feet: 2,920
Rehab Cost Estimates: $690,000 to $876,000
Building 215: Noncommissioned Officer's Quarters
Year Built: 1931
Current Use: Vacant
Square Feet: 2,920
Rehab Cost Estimates: $395,000 to $876,000
Building 216: Noncommissioned Officer's Quarters
Year Built: 1939
Current Use: Vacant
Square Feet: 2,550
Rehab Cost Estimates: $600,000 to $750,000
Building 217: Noncommissioned Officer's Quarters
Year Built: 1939
Current Use: Vacant
Square Feet: 2,550
Rehab Cost Estimates: $600,000 to $750,000
Building 218: Noncommissioned Officer's Quarters
Year Built: 1939
Current Use: Vacant
Square Feet: 2,550
Rehab Cost Estimates: $510,000 to $750,000
Building 219: Noncommissioned Officer's Quarters
Year Built: 1939
Current Use: Vacant
Square Feet: 2,330
Rehab Cost Estimates: $510,000 to $750,000
Building 222: Stable
Year Built: 1890
Current Use: Storage*
Square Feet: 4,672
Rehab Cost Estimates: $220,000 to $1,659,220
Building 311: Enlisted Men's Barracks
Year Built: 1894
Current Use: Vacant
Square Feet: 21,684
Rehab Cost Estimates: $5,240,000 to $6,972,000
Building 312: Service Club and Post Gymnasium (Visitors Center)
Year Built: 1903
Current Use: Events*
Square Feet: 17,867
Rehab Cost Estimates: $2,680,050
Building 314: Enlisted Men's Barracks
Year Built: 1906
Current Use: Vacant/Storage*
Square Feet: 21,684
Rehab Cost Estimates: $3,525,600 to $6,550,000
Building 507: Barracks
Year Built: 1848
Current Use: Events*
Square Feet: 29,400
Rehab Cost Estimates: $1,415,000 to $4,400,000
Additional building information will be added here as it becomes available.
*Proposals for any occupied building are strongly encouraged to include a strategy for the continuation of any existing uses.