Casa del Rey Apartments
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| Location | 111 Oneida Rd., Pontiac, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 42°37′57″N 83°18′39″W / 42.63250°N 83.31083°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1928 |
| Built by | Pryale Construction Company, Inc. |
| Architect | Robert O. Derrick, William C. Zimmerman |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Spanish eclectic |
| NRHP reference No. | 89000787[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 29, 1989 |
The Casa del Rey Apartments is an apartment building located at 111 Oneida Road in Pontiac, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
In the late 1920s, Pontiac was a boomtown, and housing was scarce as workers moved to the city to find jobs in the local automobile factories. Taking advantage of the market, local real estate investor C.L. Groesbeck Jr. began work on the Casa del Rey Apartments in 1928. Groesbeck hired Robert O. Derrick, an architect with offices in both Detroit and Pontiac, to design the building. Derrick's Pontiac office manager, William C. Zimmerman, oversaw the development of plans for the apartment. Pryale Construction Company, Inc. of Pontiac was hired to construct the building. Construction began in 1928 and was complete in early 1929. When completed, the building had 41 individual apartments ranging in size from two to six rooms, and was supposedly the largest apartment building in Pontiac at the time.[2]
In 2014, the apartment had been vacant for years, and was for sale.[3]
In November 2024, construction began on the redevelopment of the Casa del Ray Apartments into 50 affordable housing units. The $15.5 million redevelopment is being led by two Pontiac natives, Gregory and Ronita Coleman as well as the Oakland County Land Bank Authority.[4]
