Proposals for more than $59-million in investment, 179 new residential units, seven new storefronts, and almost an $8 return for every dollar invested by the city.
Those are just a few highlights from a report tracking the progress of Windsor's Downtown Community Improvement Plan.
Council approved $724,000 to attract new development in the city's core in September of 2017, almost a year later; more than $447,000 has been approved to give proposals the push they need to move forward.
Ward 4 Councillor Chris Holt tells AM800 News that push is all some investors needed.
"They want to develop in the core, we just had to help them make the numbers work and apparently we're helping them make the numbers work," he says.
Proposed retail store fronts are what really excite Holt. He says giant investments don't always sustain long-term growth and downtown Windsor is following a proven template that has turned cities around.
"Once you start making the neighbourhoods cool and you bring these small local independent retailers in, that's when the big developers start to take notice," says Holt. "We're starting to see that because the evidence is playing out in front of us. It's wonderful that it's actually happening."
Developers just outside the boundaries of the plan are now lobbying to be included, Holt added.
"It speaks wonders and I think administration and the suite of financial incentives they put together, it's second to none," he says. "It's the missing piece in the jigsaw puzzle that I think we've all been waiting for."
According to the report, the city still has more than $276,000 in incentives available if every approved proposal moves forward.
With files from AM800's Rob Hindi