DETROIT -- Ground was broken Monday for a special project in Detroit to help military men and women who need housing help.

The project is called Piquette Park. It is a complex that will provide 150 apartments for homeless veterans in Detroit.

Monday's ceremony was held at the site of the old Studebaker plant on Piquette Street on the city's East side.

"Here in Detroit, one in three homeless people are veterans," said John Van Camp, CEO of Southwestern Solutions, one of the project's developers. " It's unconsciable, first of all that we have homeless, but second, that there is such a high proportion of people that are veterans."

According to Van Camp, Piquette Square will be the largest project of its kind in the nation, but several other centers are still needed to address the growing problem of homelessness among military veterans.

The Piquette Square Complex is scheduled to open next spring.