According to the RFQ filings, Sinai Redevelopment Group LLC ismade up of a team of Detroit-based businesses including SchostakBrothers & Company Inc.; Pierce, Monroe & Associates, LLC;Star Development & Financial Corporation; Cullen and FreddieDubose of Painia Development Corporation; and Samuel H. Thomas ofStar Development & Financial Corporation.

The team is 43% minority-owned. "The Detroit Medical Centerremains committed to working with the neighborhood surrounding theformer Sinai Hospital," says Conrad Mallett Jr., chief legal andadministrative officer of the DMC. "Now that we have found aqualified development team, we will spend the next several weeksplanning and outlining the appropriate kinds of housing to bedeveloped as well as determining opportunities for local, state andfederal financial partners."

Initial plans include: o A second round of community meetingsdesigned to introduce the development team and keep the neighborsconnected with the project.