1 bedroom · 860 – 1,120 sq ft
One bedroom
Loft ceilings in the restored buildings, long light in the new one.
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ARDEN
Sixty-eight residences, three buildings and a courtyard, on a block that already had a life.
The block
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The block as found
Two brick apartment buildings and a surface lot.
1890s
- The block as found · 1890sTwo brick apartment buildings and a surface lot.
- Kept · 2Avery House on John R, Watson House on Brush Street.
- Added · 8 storeysArden Court along Watson Street, terraces stepped back at the top.
- The ground · 14,000 sq ftFive shops and restaurants on the street, a courtyard above the parking.
Old brick, new limestone.
Two nineteenth-century shells are restored where they stand. A new limestone building completes the courtyard without pretending to be old.
01 / 03 · The craft
At the center
A curved heated path joins five garden rooms: an arrival, a long-table terrace, a lawn, a fire-table lounge and three private gardens. Fourteen redbuds rise through layered native planting.
Within ARDEN
2 bedrooms · 1,320 – 1,780 sq ft
Two bedroom
Courtyard outlooks, some with a garden or a balcony.
See this residence3 bedrooms · 2,100 – 2,400 sq ft
Three bedroom
Arden Court, upper floors, terrace facing the skyline.
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3–4 bedrooms · 2,480 – 3,100 sq ft
Penthouse duplex
Two levels and a terrace, at the top of each building.
See this residenceAmenities · 01 / 07
Seven rooms that belong to everyone here.
Several are below grade, with others at ground and second-floor level across the three buildings.
01Lower level · Avery House
The bath house
Sauna, cold plunge, two showers and a quiet room, in the original brick vaults. Daylight comes down through a lightwell in the courtyard. Built for a Michigan winter rather than a Mediterranean summer.
02Lower level · Arden Court
Fitness room
Fourteen hundred square feet for daily training, below the new limestone building.
03Lower level · Avery House
The workshop
A bench, a sink, a wall of tools and room for six bicycles. For repairs, projects and the things that do not fit in an apartment.
04Ground floor · Avery House · Courtyard
The long room
A shared kitchen and a table for sixteen, facing the courtyard and bookable by any resident. For the dinner that outgrows your dining room.
05Second floor · Watson House
Guest suite
One bedroom and a bath, bookable by the night, for visitors who would rather not take your sofa.
06Between the three buildings
The courtyard
A curved heated path joins five garden rooms: an arrival, a long-table terrace, a lawn, a fire-table lounge and three private gardens. Fourteen redbuds rise through layered native planting.
07Below grade
Parking
Ninety-two spaces with lift access to all three buildings. Conduit run to every space for charging.
Brush Park
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01 · From ARDEN
The city,
on foot.
10minutes on foot
Ten minutes on foot to Ford Field and Comerica Park
Brush Park was Detroit's first wealthy quarter and then, for forty years, its most photographed ruin. The street grid never stopped working.
02 · From ARDEN
Woodward & Mack
08minutes to the Q-Line
Eight minutes to the Q-Line at Woodward and Mack
03 · From ARDEN
Medical Center
05minutes on foot
Five minutes to the Detroit Medical Center campus
04 · From ARDEN
Eastern Market
12minutes on Saturday
Twelve minutes to Eastern Market on a Saturday
05 · From ARDEN
Midtown
A short ridenorth
The Midtown restaurant blocks, a short ride north
Distances measured from the corner of Watson and John R. Transit and institution locations from the City of Detroit and the published Q-Line route map, checked June 2026.
The block
Five parcels on one Brush Park block.
Parcel A, Avery House, is shown first; choose any parcel on the plan to see what stands there.
Parcel A · Under construction
Avery House
Restored 1890s brick and timber block · 6 storeys · 22 residences
Approved site plan · SP-24-11801 / 05
From the site
What has happened here lately.
Structural work begins on Avery House. The Watson Street sidewalk is closed at the building line until August.
The courtyard trees are in. Fourteen redbuds, planted before the buildings around them are finished.
The first ground-floor tenant signs. A bakery on Watson Street, opening with the building.
Limestone arrives for Arden Court, cut in Indiana, stacked on site through the winter.
Both brick shells confirmed for retention. The facades stay where they are.
Construction notes, openings and tenant announcements, as they happen.
Seventeen facts about the block, each with the document behind it.
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Watson Street, spring