On March 21, ground was broken on Wayne State University's South University Village, a $36 million project hailed as the first major market-rate residential project of its kind in Detroit in more than 30 years. Located on the former site of the old Vernors ginger ale factory, South University Village will be a major commercial corridor marked by exciting shops and restaurants, state-of-the-art residential facilities and a thriving gateway to the WSU campus.