Riverfront Towers

The three buildings are examples of modern architecture. Towers one and two are apartments, Tower three contains condominiums.

• Riverfront Tower 100 is a 275 unit high rise at 100 Riverfront Drive, built in 1991 and finished in 1992.
• Riverfront Tower 200 is a 280 unit high rise at 200 Riverfront Drive, built in 1982 and finished in 1983.
• Riverfront Tower 300 is a 295 unit high rise at 300 Riverfront Drive, built in 1982 and finished in 1983.[4]

The towers include a large pool and a fitness center.

Riverfront Towers had 27 vehicles broken into stealing electronics in 2016.[5]

On Monday 8 January 2018, a pipe burst on the 6th floor of Riverfront Towers at Building 100. The Alarms went off at 6 a.m. in the morning.[6] On Monday Sep. 10th 2018 at around 8:00 PM, power to building 200 was lost. The building was evacuated under emergency conditions. The fire department arrived to verify why the fire alarm went off and determined it was due to loss of power to the building. For the next few days, building 200 did not have running water. The Riverfront management worked to get a temporary generator unit in to have basic power supplied to building 200.

On Feb. 8th 2019, there was a pipe burst that flooded 22 apartments in building 200 of Riverfront towers. According to the Detroit Free Press, there was "no expect completion date for repairs and renovations to the apartment." [7]

The primary owners of Riverfront Towers decided to charge a parking fee, whereby lost tickets would be charged 40 dollars. Owners of apartments feel this is unfair as they have a property interest. The unit owners believe that they are "entitled to 302 spaces and we pay for 302 spaces for resident parking on a monthly basis." [8][9] The issue ultimately went to court where a judge temporarily allowed Riverfront Towers to continue charging parking fees for all visitors, including visitors of those who own condos. Owners of the condos believe their property value will decline as a result. Owners also believe it will be harder to sell the value.[10]

Riverfront Towers had brown water in Sep. 2018, no electrical power for 3 days in Sep. 2018, and had hot water issues for six months from Sept.

Residents are zoned to Detroit Public Schools. Residents are zoned to Owen Academy at Pelham (K–8) and King High School.[11][12][13]

• 'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin lived, and died, in an apartment in the towers in August 2018.
• ‘Mother of Civil rights movement’ Rosa Parks lived, and died in her apartment as well in October 2005.
• Former Detroit Mayor Coleman A. Young

• 
  Riverfront Apartments & Condominiums, which have parkland between each building.
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  Riverfront Towers (left).

• Alden Park Towers
• International Riverfront

• Hill, Eric J. & John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3120-3.
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• Riverfront Towers Apartments – official Website
• Luxury Penthouse & $5 Million Renovation of Riverfront Towers Apartments – Michigan Business (MLive) July 11, 2013
• "Riverfront Towers - Tower 300". SkyscraperPage.