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Bloomfield Township Tables Bloomfield Hollows Event Center Proposal After Heated Meeting

The planning commission delayed votes on Bloomfield Hollows following resident objections over scale.

Overview

  • Commissioners tabled both the site plan and a proposed zoning change tied to the event venue.
  • A board member described the session as the most contentious meeting in more than 15 years.
  • Residents near the roughly 30-acre site east of Franklin Road say they learned late and warn of 700–1,000 daily attendees with alcohol service from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m.
  • Homes sit as close as about 80 feet from the property line, and opponents cite concerns about noise, traffic, lighting, and declining property values.
  • Developer Zach Sklar of Peas & Carrots attended as an engineer discussed wetland mitigation, and Sklar declined CBS News Detroit’s request for comment after earlier nonresponses reported by Local 4.