The plans to slip a CVS Pharmacy behind a historic storefront in downtown Ann Arbor are about to go before the City Council Thursday for approval.

West Bloomfield-based Velmeir Construction plans to tear down the old Queen Anne house behind the 2-story storefront at 209-11 S. State St. In its place will go a 13,000-square-foot CVS Pharmacy.

The building is one of a handful of old houses that have morphed into the storefronts over the 20th Century. Concentrate featured this building earlier this year as an example of these transformations.

The city Historic District has approved the plans. The city Planning Staff has also recommended approval of the plans. Once the City Council approves the plans the developer will basically have the green light to begin the project. Repeated calls to Velmeir Construction for comment were not returned.

Source: City of Ann Arbor
Writer: Jon Zemke