When that program ended, city voters showed their enthusiasm for removing blighted properties by approving Proposal N, a $250 million Detroit-funded plan to continue the demolition program.

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and community members celebrate the 8,000th Proposal N demolition on 14946 Lauder St. in Detroit on Friday, July 18, 2025. This photo was taken after the demolition.

Demolition of the enormous department store building on Grand River, aptly named the Mammoth, began early Monday, Aug. 11, as city officials and residents gathered in Detroit’s west side to ...

A long vacant building on Detroit’s west side is now being torn down. Demolition got underway at the Mammoth building on W. Grand River Avenue and Greenfield Road Monday morning.

Detroit removes thousands of blighted homes Between 2014 and 2019, the city demolished 20,800 blighted properties through the Detroit Demolition Program.