The Parkhurst Apartments are owned by the Washtenaw Affordable Housing Corporation. They closed in 2012, pending demolition to build a new complex. In October 2012, a fire destroyed one building and damaged two others, all of which were vacant.

Plans

Up to 40 firefighters responded to the fire that destroyed a vacant apartment building in Ann Arbor on Saturday morning.

Ann Arbor Fire Chief Chuck Hubbard said the fire was raging through the building - one of three at 1500 Pauline on the city's west side - when firefighters arrived after 6 a.m.​

The plan is to tear down the existing building and construct a new five-building complex with 32 units, a playground and community center, at an estimated cost of $8 million. That cost includes an upfront developer’s fee – typical for nonprofit projects like this – as well as costs associated with relocating current residents and paying for their housing at an alternative site for up to five years, as mandated by federal law under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act.