 In November 2004, after 25 years of nomadic existence, CAID took up residence at 5141 Rosa Parks Boulevard, in the space formerly occupied by the Detroit Contemporary .The newly remodeled gallery serves as an exhibition and performance space, along with the administrative offices for the organization.Early Saturday morning, May 31, 2008, a Detroit police SWAT team raided the museum during its monthly Funk Night, forced more than 130 people to the ground at gunpoint citing "after-hours dancing and drinking" without proper permits 
charged 116 people with loitering and impounded 44 cars .