Detroit

With business going strong in the Grand Rapids area, the demand of more hotel space is growing as well. A new hotel project was announced earlier this month by CWD Real Estate Investment, the city’s largest real estate investment and property management firm.

Kellogg, the multinational cereal maker headquartered in Battle Creek, MI, announced plans for a regional service center in Grand Rapids that is part of the company’s four-year restructuring and efficiency program known as “Project K”.

Detroit Medical Center (DMC) Sinai-Grace Hospital recently unveiled its brand new Emergency Department facility in northwest Detroit–a long overdue hospital addition that took two years to complete.

Orion Construction is working on a student housing complex in Allendale Township while 616 Development plans to convert the former Sackner Products Co. building in Grand Rapids into apartments.

The Detroit Blight Authority, a public-private initiative funded in 2013 and led by Bill Pulte, managing partner of private equity fund Pulte Capital Partners LLC, is moving forward with its plan to eradicate blight in Detroit.

TechTown Detroit, a non-profit business incubator and accelerator based in Midtown within the Woodward Technology Corridor SmartZone, seized this opportunity and recently opened a new co-working space designed for entrepreneurs seeking an affordable, flexible and active work environment.

DevMar Development LLC and Burton-Katzman LLC are on track to build the first multifamily complex in Plymouth in almost ten years as the city Planning Commission unanimously approved a new luxury development along Plymouth Road near North Holbrook in the historic Old Village area.

A vacant lot at the corner of Woodward Avenue and Willis Street in Detroit will be replaced by a 30,000-square-foot commercial building that will house Lawrence Technological University (LTU) as the anchor tenant.