Dearborn completes first business in Warren facade improvement project
Published Sept. 15, 2025
Mayor Abdullah H. Hammoud joined community members and business owners to celebrate the first completed facade on Warren Ave at Nadia’s Pharmacy on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. The ribbon-cutting ceremony marked a major milestone in the City of Dearborn’s Warren Facade Improvement Program (WFIP).
The WFIP initiative awards up to $200,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding with a 10% business match to improve the exterior facade of selected businesses located along the business corridor between Lonyo Ave and Greenfield Rd. The new facades will modernize, enhance, and create a cohesive business aesthetic along critical business corridors. Businesses provide feedback on designs, which align with guidelines developed and adopted by the Warren Business District Improvement Authority.
Mayor Hammoud stated, “Businesses like Nadia’s Pharmacy deserve a refreshed facade to match the quality of service they’ve provided the community for years. It will join other improved storefronts on Warren Ave this year to mark a new transformative chapter for this important corridor.”
Nadia’s Pharmacy has served the community along Warren Ave for more than 35 years. Like many well-loved businesses along one of the city’s main business corridors, the storefront required repair to the outside structure as well as a modernized facelift.
Other staple Warren Ave businesses, including Al-Ameer Restaurant and Cedarland Bakery, are currently undergoing construction with an anticipated completion in November. In addition, construction on the Hamzeh Pharmacy project is scheduled to begin in mid-September and is expected to be finished around the same time, aligning with the completion of the other two businesses. Another wave of projects is slated for completion in Summer 2026.
The WFIP is part of an overall investment of more than $30 million in grants secured by the City for Warren Ave, focusing on facade improvement, pedestrian safety, infrastructure, and placemaking.
For more information on the Warren Ave Transformation Project, visit Dearborn.gov/WarrenTransformation.
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