Lee Plaza in Northwest Goldberg: 117 Affordable Senior Apartments at 2240 West Grand Boulevard, With Rent Tied to Income

Published October 28, 202615 min readBy VoucherMatch Editorial Team

Quick answerAs of October 7, 2026, Lee Plaza at 2240 West Grand Boulevard in Detroit's Northwest Goldberg is still under construction as 117 income-restricted apartments for older renters. The City says residents "will pay no more than 30% of their income in rent". No rents and no leasing site are published. The State opened voucher waiting lists for 29 of the apartments on August 5, 2026; those go through United Community Housing Coalition, (313) 946-1183. For the rest, the State lists Community Management Associates, 877-796-8883.

Last checked: October 7, 2026, against the City of Detroit's multifamily housing dataset, building permits and releases of January 20, 2022 and May 13, 2025; and the Michigan State Housing Development Authority's (MSHDA) Wayne County project-based voucher list, waiting list page, staff report of August 15, 2024 (archived copy), 2026 income and rent limits and payment standards. Confirm dates and eligibility before you apply.

Lee Plaza in numbers

117apartments for older renters, on floors 2 to 10
30%the most of their income residents will pay in rent, in the City's words
29apartments with State project-based vouchers, whose waiting lists opened August 5, 2026
62 of 65apartments with rent assistance in the part of the building the State financed with bonds
15stories in the tower, which opened in 1929
Late 2026when the City expected the first phase to be finished

Photograph of the upper floors of an orange brick tower with rows of empty window openings and steep roofs at its corners, against a blue sky — The upper floors of Lee Plaza, 2240 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, in July 2008, before restoration began. Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped).

What Lee Plaza Is and Who Is Restoring It

Lee Plaza is a 15-story brick tower that opened in 1929 as a residential hotel, stood empty from 1997, and is being rebuilt as 117 income-restricted apartments for older renters.

Names: Lee Plaza; "Lee Plaza Apartments" in the City's dataset; "Lee Plaza I" and "Lee Plaza II" on the State's voucher lists; "the Lee" in the City's 2022 release.
Address: 2240 West Grand Boulevard, written 2240 W Grand Blvd in City and State records.
Developers: the Roxbury Group, Ethos Development Partners and Lighthouse.
Design and construction: Fusco, Shaffer & Pappas is the architect and Sachse Construction the builder, in the City's 2025 release.
Size: permit BLD2024-01896 covers the "Build-Out of 117 Units on Floors 2 thru 10". A second phase "will include up to 65 additional residential units on the upper five floors", according to the City.
How long it stays affordable: "at least 45 years", in the City's release.

2240 West Grand Boulevard, from hotel to senior apartments

1929the building opens as a residential hotel developed by Ralph T. Lee.
1997it closes, according to the City's 2022 release.
January 20, 2022the City announces a $59 million plan for 117 apartments for older renters.
August 15, 2024MSHDA staff recommend a bond-financed loan of up to $24.5 million for 65 of the apartments.
February 25, 2025the City issues the permit to build out the 117 apartments.
May 13, 2025construction formally begins.
August 5, 2026MSHDA's two waiting lists for the building open.

What it means: the City's 2025 release expected the first phase "by the fourth quarter of 2026". The City's dataset still listed the building as under construction on October 2, 2026.

Source: City releases and permits; MSHDA staff report and waiting list page.

Aerial photograph of the top floors of a brick tower with the bare steel frames of its pointed roofs exposed, a work platform hanging on one side and neighborhoods and a distant skyline behind — The top of Lee Plaza with its roof framing exposed during restoration, in the City of Detroit's release of May 13, 2025. Photo: City of Detroit, from its release of May 13, 2025, government photograph, via detroitmi.gov (enlarged and set on a plain field).

Where 2240 West Grand Boulevard Is and How to Get Around

The tower is on West Grand Boulevard near Lawton Street in Northwest Goldberg, next to Northwestern High School, in ZIP code 48208 and City Council District 5.

Stop	Route	Straight-line distance
West Grand Boulevard & Lawton	DDOT 16 Dexter	0.07 miles
Linwood & West Grand Boulevard	DDOT 29 Linwood	0.12 miles
Grand River & Roosevelt	DDOT 3 Grand River	0.33 miles
14th & Ferry Park	DDOT 18 Fenkell	0.43 miles
West Grand Boulevard & Grand River	DDOT 27 Joy and 47 Tireman	0.46 miles

What it means: two bus routes stop within an eighth of a mile and four more within half a mile.

Source: City of Detroit DDOT Bus Stops dataset, read October 7, 2026. Distances are straight-line from the City dataset's point for the building, calculated by VoucherMatch, so the walk is longer.

Neighborhood names: NW Goldberg on the City's map; "the Northwest Goldberg neighborhood, just west of Detroit's ... New Center area" in the City's release.
Parking: permit BLD2024-01949 covers site work and a parking lot for the building.

Photograph looking along a wide boulevard with houses and an apartment block on the left, street lamps down the median and a tall tower in the far distance — West Grand Boulevard between 12th Street and Linwood in 2008, with Lee Plaza in the distance. Photo: Mike Russell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped).

Rents and Income Limits at Lee Plaza

No rent has been published, because most of the apartments come with rent assistance that sets the tenant's share from income.

Apartments and rent assistance in the two parts of Lee Plaza
Part of the building	Apartments	Rent assistance
"Lee Plaza II", financed with 4% tax credits and State bonds	65	46 under a federal Section 8 contract and 16 with State project-based vouchers; 3 with neither
"Lee Plaza I", financed with 9% tax credits	52	13 with State project-based vouchers; the rest not published

What it means: in the 65-apartment part, 62 households will pay a share of their income, not a set rent. The City's release applies "no more than 30% of their income" to all 117.

Source: MSHDA staff report of August 15, 2024, for the 65; MSHDA's Wayne County voucher list and the City's dataset for the 52.

Apartments at Lee Plaza by income level, number of apartments

30% of area median income

40%

50%

60%

View the data table

Income level	Apartments
30% of area median income	29
40%	7
50%	35
60%	46

What it means: the dataset puts 46 apartments at the 60% level. The City's release says "117 seniors earning at or below 50% of area median income". Ask which limit applies to the apartment you are offered.

Source: City of Detroit, Multifamily Housing Sites Under Construction and Completed, records HRD11154 (52 apartments) and HRD12517 (65 apartments), added together; dataset last edited October 2, 2026.

Maximum yearly household income, 2026
Household	30%	40%	50%	60%
1 person	$22,020	$29,360	$36,700	$44,040
2 people	$25,170	$33,560	$41,950	$50,340

What it means: one person on $20,000 a year is under every limit. A federal contract or a voucher can carry its own, lower limit, so ask.

Source: MSHDA, Income and Rent Limits effective May 1, 2026, Wayne County.

Sizes: the 29 voucher apartments are one-bedrooms, on MSHDA's list. Sizes for the rest are not published.
Age: MSHDA's list says voucher applicants must be 55 or older, and its report calls the 65 apartments "elderly units". The minimum age for the other apartments is not published.
If an apartment has no assistance: the State's 2026 maximum for a one-bedroom, with utilities, is $589 at 30%, $786 at 40%, $983 at 50% and $1,179 at 60%.

Watch outthe 29 voucher apartments are not open to every older renter. MSHDA's list targets them to "Homeless Category 2" and "Special Needs" applicants, and a lead agency decides who goes on the list.

For other counties and household sizes, use the Section 8 income limits tool.

Photograph of a 15-story orange brick tower with empty window openings and steep roofs at its corners, seen from across a street under a blue sky — Lee Plaza, 2240 West Grand Boulevard, in July 2008, when it stood empty. Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (set on a plain field).

Using a Housing Voucher at Lee Plaza

Most apartments here already carry assistance, so a voucher you hold matters only for an apartment without it.

What is settled and what to ask

Assistance attached to the apartmentit stays with the apartment. You do not bring a voucher to it, and you do not take it with you when you leave.
State voucher apartmentsMSHDA says "You cannot apply online to a project-based voucher waiting list. Only a Lead Agency assigned to the property can determine your initial eligibility".
Apartments without assistanceMichigan law bars a landlord with five or more units from denying a tenancy "based on the source of income" of a renter and, where it requires "a certain threshold level of income", from excluding "a rent voucher or subsidy" (MCL 554.601c). See whether landlords have to accept Section 8.
State tax-credit ruleMSHDA's compliance manual lists "imposing minimum income requirements for Section 8/HCV participants" as a prohibited practice.

State maximum rent for a one-bedroom at Lee Plaza against MSHDA's payment standard for ZIP code 48208, dollars a month

State maximumMSHDA payment standard

30%

$589

$968

40%

$786

$968

50%

$983

$968

60%

$1,179

$968

View the data table

Level	State maximum	MSHDA payment standard
30%	$589	$968
40%	$786	$968
50%	$983	$968
60%	$1,179	$968

What it means: this applies only to an apartment without assistance. There, a rent at the 30% or 40% maximum would be $379 or $182 under the standard, one at 50% would be $15 over and one at 60% $211 over.

Source: MSHDA's 2026 rent limits and its Housing Choice Voucher Payment Standards effective December 2, 2025, ZIP code 48208, unchanged in the schedule for December 2, 2026. Both columns include utilities.

Two agencies issue vouchers in Detroit. MSHDA publishes a standard for every ZIP code. The Detroit Housing Commission has not published a 2026 table of its own; HUD's table for fiscal year 2026 lists $880 for a one-bedroom in 48208. See how much Section 8 pays in Detroit and the Detroit Section 8 guide.
Utilities: who pays them is not published. See how the Section 8 utility allowance works.

How the Caps Compare With Rents in ZIP Code 48208

A renter paying 30% of income pays less than HUD's estimate for the ZIP code on any income up to $37,600 a year, and the State's caps pass that estimate at the 50% level.

State maximum rent for a one-bedroom at Lee Plaza against HUD's fiscal year 2027 fair market rent for ZIP code 48208, dollars a month

State maximumHUD fair market rent, ZIP 48208

30%

$589

$940

40%

$786

$940

50%

$983

$940

60%

$1,179

$940

View the data table

Level	State maximum	HUD fair market rent, ZIP 48208
30%	$589	$940
40%	$786	$940
50%	$983	$940
60%	$1,179	$940

What it means: the 30% and 40% maximums are $351 and $154 under HUD's figure. The 50% maximum is $43 over it and the 60% maximum $239 over.

Source: MSHDA's 2026 rent limits; HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents for fiscal year 2027, in effect since October 1, 2026: HUD's estimate of the 40th-percentile rent in the ZIP code, utilities included.

What 30% of income comes to: on $20,000 a year, $500 a month. That is $440 under HUD's figure for a one-bedroom in 48208.
Rent data for this ZIP code: see Section 8 rent limits for 48208.
Apartments nearby: see voucher apartments in 48208, in Core City and in New Center.

Photograph taken on a damaged rooftop between two sloping metal roof faces covered in graffiti, with small trees growing in the gutter and a brick chimney beyond — The roof of Lee Plaza in September 2016, before restoration. Photo: RomanKahler, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped).

Preferences and What the Building Will Include

The only published preference is on the 29 voucher apartments, and the apartments' own features have not been published.

Preferences and set-asides

Voucher apartments13 on the first list and 16 on the second, targeted on MSHDA's list to "Homeless Category 2, Special Needs" applicants 55 or older.
Accessible apartmentsfour of the 65 in MSHDA's report.
County residencyMSHDA says "county residency is not a requirement for PBV waiting lists."

Planned, and not yet published

Restored spacesthe art deco front and "its grand first-floor common areas", in the City's 2025 release. The 2022 release counted 4,500 square feet of main-floor common space.
Parkinga lot on the site, in permit BLD2024-01949. The cost is not published.
Not publishedapartment sizes beyond the voucher one-bedrooms, appliances, laundry, air conditioning, pets and who pays utilities.

Source: MSHDA's Wayne County voucher list and waiting list page, read October 6 and 7, 2026; MSHDA staff report; City releases and permits.

How to Apply for an Apartment at Lee Plaza

There is no lottery and no leasing site: the voucher apartments are applied for through a lead agency, and the State's list gives a housing agent's number for the building.

Getting on a list at Lee Plaza

1Check your age and income55 or older for the voucher apartments, and under the limit in the income table above.
2For a voucher apartmentcall United Community Housing Coalition, the lead agency on MSHDA's list, at (313) 946-1183. Ask whether you meet the target groups for either of the building's two lists.
3For the other apartmentscall Community Management Associates, the housing agent on MSHDA's list, at 877-796-8883. Ask when leasing starts and how to get an application.
4Ask five thingsthe minimum age, which income limit applies, whether the apartment carries rent assistance, who pays utilities, and the move-in date.
5Keep a recordwrite down the date you called and the name of the person you spoke to.

What happens after you call

August 5, 2026the date MSHDA gives for the opening of both voucher lists. MSHDA says such lists "MAY remain open".
Screening by the lead agencyit decides "your initial eligibility for placement" on a voucher list.
Move-innot published. The City's dataset listed the building as under construction on October 2, 2026.

What it means: a place on a list is not an apartment. Ask the lead agency how the list is ordered.

Source: MSHDA's waiting list page and Wayne County list; City dataset.

Documents to have ready

Government ID. showing your date of birth
Proof of income. Social Security or pension award letters, pay stubs or a tax return
Social Security card.
Bank statements. and other asset records
For a voucher apartment. whatever the lead agency asks for to show you meet a target group

Source: no document list is published for Lee Plaza. This one is VoucherMatch's, from what a tax-credit building for older renters has to verify. Ask the agency for its own.

What Is Known and What Is Not Yet Published

City and State records settle the count, the income levels and who takes names for the voucher apartments. Rents, sizes and a move-in date are not published.

Known and not yet known, as of October 7, 2026

Known117 apartments for older renters on floors 2 to 10; 29, 7, 35 and 46 at 30%, 40%, 50% and 60%; 29 State voucher apartments with lists opened August 5, 2026.
Sources disagree on the income ceiling50% in the City's releases, 60% for 46 apartments in the City's dataset and for the 65 in MSHDA's report.
Sources disagree on the managerMSHDA's 2024 report names KMG Prestige; its voucher list names Community Management Associates as housing agent.
Not publishedrents, apartment sizes, a leasing site, the move-in date, the minimum age outside the voucher apartments, features and pet rules.
Planned nextup to 65 more apartments on the upper five floors, for which the City said the developers were still seeking financing in May 2025.

Community Management Associates, at 877-796-8883, is the place to ask about anything on the not-published line.

If You Need an Apartment Sooner

The building is not finished, so keep other options moving.

Voucher in hand: browse Section 8 apartments in Detroit, or one-bedrooms.
No voucher yet: both Detroit voucher waiting lists were closed on October 6, 2026. Check which waiting lists are open and the Wayne County page.
Other buildings for older renters: see low-income senior apartments, and the Detroit Housing Commission's project-based voucher list, which showed 42 properties with every list open on October 6, 2026.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Lee Plaza open?

Not yet, as of October 7, 2026. The City's dataset listed 2240 West Grand Boulevard as under construction on October 2, 2026. The City's 2025 release expected the first phase by the fourth quarter of 2026.

How much is rent at Lee Plaza?

No rent is published. The City says residents "will pay no more than 30% of their income in rent". State records show rent assistance on 62 of the 65 apartments in one part of the building.

Who can live at Lee Plaza?

Older renters under an income limit. MSHDA's list says applicants for the 29 voucher apartments must be 55 or older. In 2026, one person can earn up to $36,700 at the 50% level and $44,040 at 60%.

Does Lee Plaza take Section 8?

Most apartments already have assistance attached: a federal Section 8 contract on 46 and State project-based vouchers on 29. For an apartment without it, Michigan law bars a landlord from refusing a renter over a voucher.

How do you apply for Lee Plaza?

For the 29 voucher apartments, call United Community Housing Coalition at (313) 946-1183; the State does not take these applications online. For the rest, call Community Management Associates at 877-796-8883.

Is Lee Plaza the same as Lee Plaza I and Lee Plaza II?

Yes. "Lee Plaza I" and "Lee Plaza II" are the names on the State's voucher lists for the two financed parts of the one building at 2240 W Grand Blvd, with 52 and 65 apartments.

Will rents at Lee Plaza be below market?

For a renter paying 30% of income, yes on any income up to $37,600 a year: $500 a month on $20,000, against HUD's $940 for a one-bedroom in ZIP code 48208.

Sources for this article (14)

multifamily housing dataset (data.detroitmi.gov)
building permits (data.detroitmi.gov)
January 20, 2022 (detroitmi.gov)
May 13, 2025 (detroitmi.gov)
Wayne County project-based voucher list (michigan.gov)
waiting list page (michigan.gov)
staff report of August 15, 2024 (web.archive.org)
2026 income and rent limits (michigan.gov)
payment standards (michigan.gov)
DDOT Bus Stops dataset (data.detroitmi.gov)
MCL 554.601c (legislature.mi.gov)
compliance manual (michigan.gov)
Small Area Fair Market Rents (huduser.gov)
project-based voucher list (dhcmi.org)

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