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The Beginnings of Bloomfield Park
The area of the future Bloomfield Park site didn't start growing until the post-war boom of the 1950s. It saw the development of small, single-family residential homes and a drive-in theater. In the 1970s, the primary road it was situated along expanded, and the area as a whole densified.
It wasn't until 1983 that Schubiner began buying up different parcels of land in the area, envisioning a massive, mixed-use development in the Detroit suburbs. The land just outside the city of Pontiac was the perfect spot for his vision.
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