Detroit
Opus Group Breaks Ground on 13-Story Luxury Housing Building in Ann Arbor
Minnesota-based Opus Group and private investor Dennis Tice, who owns the Pizza House in Ann Arbor’s South University District, have teamed up to develop a new student housing high-rise near the University of Michigan campus.
GM Breaks Ground on New Race Development Center in Pontiac
More than one year after announcing a $200 million investment to build a new 138,000-square-foot test wing in suburban Detroit, General Motors broke ground on a race engine design and development facility at its world powertrain headquarters in Pontiac, MI, the company announced recently.
Microsoft Helps Boost Detroit’s Tech Neighborhood
Advancing Detroit’s reputation as a burgeoning technology cluster, Microsoft has committed to setting up shop at the M@dison Building, Rock Ventures’ five-story office building that serves as the anchor of the M@dison Block, the city’s high-tech entrepreneurial corridor.
Newly Renovated Federal Reserve Building to Become Home for Michigan’s Top Newspapers
By Veronica Grecu, Associate Editor The former Federal Reserve Building located at 160 W. Fort Street in the heart of downtown Detroit will soon welcome three new tenants, according to the Detroit News. Citing a company-wide email sent by Detroit Media Partnership CEO Joyce Jenereaux, the source reports that the Detroit Free Press, The Detroit […]
Walsh College to Start $15 Million Renovation and Expansion Project
A private college in suburban Detroit will embark on an 18-month renovation and expansion that will enhance campus-life experience. The Walsh College Board of Trustees recently approved the $15 million improvement project at the college’s existing campus building that was built in the 1970s.
110-Room Hotel and Retail Project Coming to Downtown Ann Arbor
A new hotel is set to rise on a 0.48-acre site at the corner of Huron and Ashley streets in downtown Ann Arbor is the development team receives the green light from the Planning Commission and City Council.
Downtown Detroit Goes Residential: City Approves First Apartment Projects in Two Decades
As predicted in a market report that Multi-Housing News Online published recently, things are looking up for Detroit’s housing market. Two new apartment projects were approved by the city’s Downtown Development Authority (DDA) which is part of the Detroit Economic Growth Corp (DEGC), marking the first residential buildings to be developed in the downtown area in more than two decades.
Detroit Launches RFP for Housing, Office and Retail Project at Old Tiger Stadium Site
Detroit officials have big plans for Corktown, one of the oldest residential areas in the city and a symbol of the Irish-American community in the region. The site of the Tiger Stadium, the neighborhood’s most famous attractions—or what’s left of it, as the place was demolished in 2008—is about to be converted into a vibrant urban development that will honor the history of the site while also serving as a new tax base for the city.
Developers Add More Housing Units to Growing Midtown Detroit
A Bingham Farms-based real estate management and development company will soon add twelve apartment buildings in the southwest corner of Midtown Detroit as another private developer is ready to commence renovations at the abandoned Tushiya United Hebrew School located on the 600 block of E. Kirby Street.
$11.4 Million Renovation Plan Promises New Life to U-M’s Former Nuclear Building
Ten years after beginning to decommission the Ford Nuclear Reactor, the University of Michigan (U-M) is preparing for a multi-million dollar renovation and expansion of the four-story building that is now entirely free of radiation.