detroit news: Could 220-acre development for Chinese immigrants be headed for Milan area?

Posted on Tue, May 15, 2012 : 5:59 a.m.

This Monday photo shows a property on the border of Milan Township and London Township, which is slated for residential development by a Chinese investment group. The 415-home community will be part of a development for Chinese immigrants in Michigan.

AP Photo/Detroit News, Robin Buckson

Property purchase records in Monroe County's Milan Township - located just southeast of a US-23 exit to Milan - indicate that a US-based Chinese investment firm has bought 220 acres, with township officials saying they may be planned for a 415-home upscale development, according to a report in the Detroit News.

The investors have met with Milan city officials to discuss running city water lines to the property, according to the report.

Their ultimate goal, according to the story, is to let residents of the property attend the University of Michigan for in-state tuition rates.

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