We have a few thread (mostly in the photo section) about the abandonment of Detroit. I thought we should have one on the rebuilding of Detroit.

 

July 20, 2014 7:30 AM

The 5 neighborhoods: Here's the plan

 

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20140720/NEWS/307209968/the-5-neighborhoods-heres-the-plan

 

 

 

 

Hockey, housing and more: Ilitches unveil 'bold vision' for Red Wings arena district

7:39 AM, July 20, 2014

By John Gallagher

Detroit Free Press Business Writer

 

Detroit’s new arena and entertainment district planned by the Ilitch family for the northern edge of downtown promises to be the city’s boldest and most significant development since the Renaissance Center of the 1970s — creating as many as 2,000 new residential units, dozens of shops, walkable European-style streets and perhaps the nation’s most innovative multipurpose arena.

 

Christopher Ilitch, president and CEO of his family’s Ilitch Holdings, provided the Free Pressthe first public renderings and details of the new Red Wings hockey arena and surrounding entertainment and residential district. In a lengthy interview late last week, Ilitch discussed his hopes and plans for the new and sprawling development, which he called “a very exciting and bold vision.”

 

“Our vision is to build out a sports and entertainment district that is world-class and rivals anything in the country, perhaps the world,” he said. “We’re not just building a hockey arena. It’s really about the district.”

 

READ MORE AT:

http://www.freep.com/article/20140720/BUSINESS06/307200102/Ilitch-Red-Wings-arena-Midtown

I've merged this thread with the older Detroit, MI Developments thread since there was already discussion of the arena in that thread.

 

This is really exciting though. I imagine it will be a phased development.

 

Also included in this is building on top of 75 to bridge the gap between Midtown and Downtown.

Wow, I looked for this thread but couldn't find it. Glad somewhere here has eyes that work!

To be honest, it took me a while looking through my past posts to find it. I knew I had posted in it, but I didn't know the name of the thread.

Renderings reveal future of Tiger Stadium, field

 

The City of Detroit is to announce Tuesday that it has selected Larson Realty Group to redevelop the Tiger Stadium site, choosing a proposal that will not only preserve the historic playing field, but add residential and commercial space.

 

Two local developers, Roxbury Group of Detroit, and the Larson Realty Group of Bloomfield Hills, responded to the city's March request for proposals with plans for a mixed-use development including retail and residential space, but multiple sources told the Free Press that Larson had been selected.

 

Larson's plan calls for smaller retail along Michigan Avenue, as well as a mix of for-rent and for-sale housing.

 

 

Don't "love" the building but I do love the layout.  I think it'll be a great addition to Corktown.

Foreign billionaires are on a #Detroit real estate buying spree http://t.co/mnIx9lrhqR

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Oh Danny boy....

 

Billionaire Dan Gilbert Looks To Increase His Real Estate Holdings In Detroit

August 16, 2015 3:11 PM

 

DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – Five years after Dan Gilbert uprooted his online mortgage company from the Detroit suburbs to the troubled city, one of the most prominent players in redeveloping downtown says the deals and dirt-digging will continue.

 

Gilbert said he plans to add to the 78 properties he owns or controls, likely by building office and residential towers and additional acquisitions. The majority owner of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers added a contemporary design for a building on the now-cleared Hudson’s site should be finalized this year, according to a story published Sunday in the Detroit Free Press.

 

Gilbert’s major investment into downtown began five years ago this month, when he moved his company, Quicken Loans, and 1,700 workers – a number that’s grown to roughly 12,500.

 

MORE:

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2015/08/16/billionaire-dan-gilbert-looks-to-increase-his-real-estate-holdings-in-detroit/

How much longer until the City of Detroit sells off naming rights to the city itself to Gilbert?

That's great for Detroit though.  1,700 workers downtown became 12,500.  Hopefully that happens in Cleveland some day too.

Dan Gilbert buys Detroit's Book Tower skyscraper

http://www.freep.com/story/money/business/2015/08/28/book-tower-detroit-sale-gilbert/71306686/

 

Dan Gilbert buys Detroit's Book Tower skyscraper

http://www.freep.com/story/money/business/2015/08/28/book-tower-detroit-sale-gilbert/71306686/

 

The few times I am jealous of Detroit.... Wish we had some of those awesome high rises in Cleveland

Cleveland needs someone to step up like Gilbert has for Detroit.

I doubt that happens anytime soon.

Cleveland needs someone to step up like Gilbert has for Detroit.

I doubt that happens anytime soon.

 

what exactly has Gilbert done for Detroit besides swoop up a lot of distressed property at bargain prices.  Has he substantially rehabbed any?  Has he brought any real employment base downtown for the suburbs?  When I lived in Detroit, there was a lot of talk of him bringing 3000 jobs from Livonia but it never happened.

Cleveland needs someone to step up like Gilbert has for Detroit.

I doubt that happens anytime soon.

 

what exactly has Gilbert done for Detroit besides swoop up a lot of distressed property at bargain prices.  Has he substantially rehabbed any?  Has he brought any real employment base downtown for the suburbs?  When I lived in Detroit, there was a lot of talk of him bringing 3000 jobs from Livonia but it never happened.

 

The number I've recently heard touted was 12,000 jobs directly tied to Gilbert in Downtown Detroit. 

 

This article was from last year:  http://www.forbes.com/sites/joannmuller/2014/09/29/gilbertville-a-billionaires-drive-to-rebuild-the-motor-city/

Cleveland needs someone to step up like Gilbert has for Detroit.

I doubt that happens anytime soon.

 

what exactly has Gilbert done for Detroit besides swoop up a lot of distressed property at bargain prices.  Has he substantially rehabbed any?  Has he brought any real employment base downtown for the suburbs?  When I lived in Detroit, there was a lot of talk of him bringing 3000 jobs from Livonia but it never happened.

 

Seriously?. For starters, he brought in over a thousand employees downtown when he moved Quicken Loans HQ down there, and that number is now over 12k. He's done building rehabs and has attracted dozens of retailers and residents to those building. He's helped spruce up downtown to make it more walkable and livable. Not to mention investing heavily in the M-1 streetcar. Like him or not, you can't say he hasn't had a big impact on downtown Detroit.

For generations Cleveland has been waiting for a savior, probably since the day after an angry mob ran Rockefeller out of town.

 

I would rather have a dozen leaders like Geis, Maron, Wolstein, Art Falco, Zack Bruel, Michael Symon, Chris Connor of Sherwin, Beth Mooney of Key, Ann Zoeler of Parkworks, Chris Ronayne, Graham Veysay, and the Ratner Family***

rather than put the future of the city into one man's hands

 

 

***im sure everyone's list of 12 CLE leaders is different

 

 

Cleveland needs someone to step up like Gilbert has for Detroit.

I doubt that happens anytime soon.

 

what exactly has Gilbert done for Detroit besides swoop up a lot of distressed property at bargain prices.  Has he substantially rehabbed any?  Has he brought any real employment base downtown for the suburbs?  When I lived in Detroit, there was a lot of talk of him bringing 3000 jobs from Livonia but it never happened.

 

Seriously?. For starters, he brought in over a thousand employees downtown when he moved Quicken Loans HQ down there, and that number is now over 12k. He's done building rehabs and has attracted dozens of retailers and residents to those building. He's helped spruce up downtown to make it more walkable and livable. Not to mention investing heavily in the M-1 streetcar. Like him or not, you can't say he hasn't had a big impact on downtown Detroit.

 

Good to hear.  I moved back to Cleveland in 2008.  I guess a lot's happened in those 7 yrs

This is a decent read from the Free Press: http://www.freep.com/story/money/business/2015/08/15/quicken-bedrock-dan-gilbert-cavsdan-detroit-downtown-buildings-hudsons-apple-store-retail/31742621/

Gilbert is great for Detroit. He has built new buildings downtown, headquartered all of his companies there. Sadly the city needs about 10 of him. It's hardly making a dent and the downtown is not adjacent to any live able neighborhoods. It will take a couple decades and he knows that. It's still very much quiet after hours as I'm there often for work.  Cleveland has multiple developers (not as aggressive), easy to debate which is the better model. Never good to have all eggs with one person

 

Dan Gilbert buys Detroit's Book Tower skyscraper

http://www.freep.com/story/money/business/2015/08/28/book-tower-detroit-sale-gilbert/71306686/

 

The few times I am jealous of Detroit.... Wish we had some of those awesome high rises in Cleveland

It comes down to the quality of life. This is not a knock on Detroit but Cleveland has a better QOL IMHO.

Oh absolutely. But if I could steal some of their skyscrapers.... I would! :)

Indeed there is still great architecture remaining in Detroit. I had family in Detroit but all have moved or are deceased. Great memories!

 

Dan Gilbert buys Detroit's Book Tower skyscraper

http://www.freep.com/story/money/business/2015/08/28/book-tower-detroit-sale-gilbert/71306686/

 

The few times I am jealous of Detroit.... Wish we had some of those awesome high rises in Cleveland

 

Why "few" times?  Detroit is kicking Cleveland's butt in terms of development IMO.  Their convention center just got a major renovation, their new arena district neighborhood is going full steam ahead, and they have had countless historic renovations of highrises that Cleveland could only dream of at this point.  It's not just talk in Detroit like it is in Cleveland, things are being discussed and they are getting BUILT.  Over the last ten years they have actually put money into their riverfront while Cleveland's lakefront discusses plans like they have for decades.  Midtown is booming, and all up and down Woodward you see large investment in part thanks to the new M1 rail underconstruction.

 

Detroit has a lot of problems, but Cleveland does too.  I have been tired of watching Cleveland take years to figure out what they are going to do with big projects just for them to stall out.  I have watched people here in Youngstown stop going to Cleveland and enjoy the Pittsburgh renaissance that has occurred in that city.  I will be leaving NE Ohio in the beginning of 2016 and was very optimistic about Cleveland's future when I first moved back four years ago, but I have watched other cities make even more impressive comebacks, including Detroit.  Being in cities like Milwaukee, St. Louis, and other Rust Belt cities you realize how much longer Cleveland can continue to neglect so many developments that would propel the city forward.

 

Detroit is certainly coming back, and in a big way.

The Tigers fans I ran into back in June didn't feel that way. They were impressed with Cleveland. I guess It's a matter of opinion. You do realize Cleveland just built a new convention center with a 30 story Hilton next to it? There have also been numerous renovations downtown like the 9 and new developments like the Flats East Bank. I think this morning's article is evidence of this development: http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2015/08/high-rise_apartment_plans_emer.html#incart_river

I do like the fact that CLE's development path has been more diverse, with a variety of developers taking part. 

None of these developers, however, have committed to bringing THOUSANDS of jobs to the center city (granted, none of them own a company like Quicken Loans, either). 

 

Gilbert eats, breathes, and sleeps Detroit revitalization...at any cost.  I don't get that feeling with Ratner, Geis, Maron, etc. but I could be wrong.  I will also say that Detroit had a longer (and still does) way to go compared to CLE's downtown. 

The Ratners certainly don't give a flying s-hit about Cleveland, that's for sure.

I do like the fact that CLE's development path has been more diverse, with a variety of developers taking part. 

None of these developers, however, have committed to bringing THOUSANDS of jobs to the center city (granted, none of them own a company like Quicken Loans, either). 

 

Gilbert eats, breathes, and sleeps Detroit revitalization...at any cost.  I don't get that feeling with Ratner, Geis, Maron, etc. but I could be wrong.  I will also say that Detroit had a longer (and still does) way to go compared to CLE's downtown. 

 

Let's not forget that Dan Gilbert in the mix in Cleveland too, with hundreds, if not thousands of jobs and some development.  I wish more billionare tycoons were as civic-minded as Dan.   

Detroit worse off by an order of magnitude.  Outside of the immediate downtown and midtown areas, everything is a mess there.  Parts of Cleveland are a mess too, but other parts are quite nice.  As to downtown, we had one empty skyscraper but it's taken care of.  They still have several, don't they?  It's a bigger city with a bigger downtown, which is great, but our downtown is in much better condition.  It's almost fully restored! 

 

I'm not denying that Cleveland has had some missteps and missed opportunities, and I agree about getting our act together-- but I think we are safely outside of Detroit's buttkicking range. 

 

Dan Gilbert buys Detroit's Book Tower skyscraper

http://www.freep.com/story/money/business/2015/08/28/book-tower-detroit-sale-gilbert/71306686/

 

The few times I am jealous of Detroit.... Wish we had some of those awesome high rises in Cleveland

 

Why "few" times?  Detroit is kicking Cleveland's butt in terms of development IMO.  Their convention center just got a major renovation, their new arena district neighborhood is going full steam ahead, and they have had countless historic renovations of highrises that Cleveland could only dream of at this point.  It's not just talk in Detroit like it is in Cleveland, things are being discussed and they are getting BUILT.  Over the last ten years they have actually put money into their riverfront while Cleveland's lakefront discusses plans like they have for decades.  Midtown is booming, and all up and down Woodward you see large investment in part thanks to the new M1 rail underconstruction.

 

Detroit has a lot of problems, but Cleveland does too.  I have been tired of watching Cleveland take years to figure out what they are going to do with big projects just for them to stall out.  I have watched people here in Youngstown stop going to Cleveland and enjoy the Pittsburgh renaissance that has occurred in that city.  I will be leaving NE Ohio in the beginning of 2016 and was very optimistic about Cleveland's future when I first moved back four years ago, but I have watched other cities make even more impressive comebacks, including Detroit.  Being in cities like Milwaukee, St. Louis, and other Rust Belt cities you realize how much longer Cleveland can continue to neglect so many developments that would propel the city forward.

 

Detroit is certainly coming back, and in a big way.

 

Your points regarding convention center, districts, and historic buildings- Ummm hello? Convention center- check, districts-east 4, playhouse, flats, Ohio city- check, historic buildings- rotunda, schofield, Hanna,...could go on. That's not a very good argument. I'm a Detroit fan as my company is headquartered in their burbs. But their progress is slower because their hole is bigger to dig out of

 

And as I stated earlier. Detroit has no liveable neighborhoods adjacent to downtown. Cork town has a node of energy but other than that it's creepy at times.  Now once u get to ferndale, and into royal oak there is energy. But the D has a loooooon way to go. There is no Tremont Ohio city or DS equivalents- these are far from perfect but there is at least a good quality of life and you can live in them

^ I get what you're saying, but it's not accurate to say there aren't any "livable" neighborhoods adjacent to downtown. Corktown, Midtown, and Lafayette Park are all perfectly livable. Corktown is fine, but it's development is spread pretty thin. Midtown is a great area with lots of energy as well.

Meanwhile, in Detroit...

 

Gilbert's Brush Park plan offers bold new look in Detroit

 

 

Not since the Lafayette Park project a half-century ago has Detroit seen a residential development as ambitious as Dan Gilbert’s Brush Park project that breaks ground in a few weeks.

 

For one thing, the project — about 100 for-sale units and about 300 rental apartments on 8.4 acres just north of downtown — will come in at the top end of the price range for any rental or for-sale projects in the greater downtown when it opens in a year or so.

 

More below:

http://www.freep.com/story/money/real-estate/2016/06/11/gilbert-bedrock-detroit-architecture-duggan/85640230/

 

 

 

 

 

Nice! I really like the look of this plan. It harkens back to the general layout of the city with mixed-use development lining the roads that radiate out from Downtown and the centers of the blocks being purely residential.

 

And architecturally it's quite interesting and will definitely bring with it press which will hopefully help draw up excitement for the area.

those offset windows are defining our current era just like mesh scrim did for the 'oughts era.

It's like the EPCOT of contemporary clichés. 

Two New Residential Buildings Planned for Detroit’s Capitol Park

 

 

For the first time in decades, Detroit’s Capitol Park district behind the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel will see the addition of new buildings. Over the last three years, the district, built around a triangular park that replaced the first state capitol from 1837, has been undergoing a complete renovation.

 

Capitol Park Partnership in Detroit, which last year completed a renovation of the Detroit Savings Bank building in the district into 56 loft apartments and office space, and is currently renovating two other historic structures — Capitol Park Lofts and the Farwell Building — plans to replace a former restaurant it owns in the district with a mid-rise residential apartment building along with ground-floor commercial space.

 

More below:

http://www.dbusiness.com/daily-news/Annual-2016/Exclusive-Two-New-Residential-Buildings-Planned-for-Detroits-Capitol-Park/

 

Russell Flats Apartment Complex to Open in Detroit’s Eastern Market in 2018

 

 

Jonna Luxury Homes in Birmingham is making its first foray into Detroit with the construction of Russell Flats in Eastern Market, an 82-unit apartment community that is slated to open in spring 2018. Construction on the nearly one-acre site will start next spring, and replace a metal, open-air structure.

 

The project, located at the southwest corner of Russell and Alfred streets (immediately north of Bert’s Warehouse), will offer a mixture of studio, two-bedroom, and three-bedroom residences, along with nine penthouse units on the top floor. Each of the penthouse units, available with two or three bedrooms, will include a small yard.

 

More below:

http://www.dbusiness.com/daily-news/Annual-2016/Russell-Flats-Apartment-Complex-to-Open-in-Detroits-Eastern-Market-in-2018/

Gilbert's casino biz moving to old Greektown school

 

 

Dan Gilbert's casino enterprise plans to relocate its headquarters from one part of downtown Detroit to another and move into a vacant 148-year-old schoolhouse.

 

JACK Entertainment, previously known as Rock Gaming, announced Thursday that it will move from its offices from the One Woodward Avenue building to the old St. Mary's School at 1041 St. Antoine in Greektown. This five-story schoolhouse, built in 1868 across from Old St. Mary's Church, is connected to Gilbert's Greektown Casino-Hotel by a pedestrian skyway and is undergoing a $7 million renovation.

 

More below:

http://www.freep.com/story/money/business/2016/08/25/gilbert-casino-jack-entertainment-greektown/89362432/

Plans for new hotel tower near Cobo Center heat up

 

 

In the year since Crain's first reported that the Crowne Plaza Downtown Detroit Riverfront (still referred to by many as the Pontch) was considering a second tower, there's been little chatter about it.

 

Now things are picking up.

 

More below:

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20160809/BLOG009/160809835/plans-for-new-hotel-tower-near-cobo-center-heat-up#utm_medium=email&utm_source=cdb-afternoon&utm_campaign=cdb-afternoon-20160809

Metropolitan Building hotel redevelopment moving forward

 

 

A few months ago, we brought you the "oh good they’re saving it" news that the Metropolitan Building was going to be redeveloped into the Element Hotel. Today we hear from the Roxbury Group that the building has been purchased from the Downtown Development Authority by Metropolitan Hotel Partners, a joint venture between Detroit-based Means Group and Roxbury Group.

 

The hotel redevelopment is planned for completion in summer 2018.

 

The group will redevelop the 1925 building, which has been empty for 40 years and faced possible demolition in recent years, into a 110-room eco-friendly, extended-stay hotel. The Element Hotel will also have 2,000 square feet of state-of-the-art meeting space on the second floor mezzanine level, approximately 7,000 square feet of retail on the ground floor and lower level, and an outdoor patio on the 11th floor rear rooftop.

 

More below:

http://detroit.curbed.com/2016/8/10/12422808/metropolitan-building-hotel-redevelopment-moving-forward

Two New Residential Buildings Planned for Detroit’s Capitol Park

 

For the first time in decades, Detroit’s Capitol Park district behind the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel will see the addition of new buildings. Over the last three years, the district, built around a triangular park that replaced the first state capitol from 1837, has been undergoing a complete renovation.

 

Capitol Park Partnership in Detroit, which last year completed a renovation of the Detroit Savings Bank building in the district into 56 loft apartments and office space, and is currently renovating two other historic structures — Capitol Park Lofts and the Farwell Building — plans to replace a former restaurant it owns in the district with a mid-rise residential apartment building along with ground-floor commercial space.

 

More below:

http://www.dbusiness.com/daily-news/Annual-2016/Exclusive-Two-New-Residential-Buildings-Planned-for-Detroits-Capitol-Park/

Awesome!

Housing plans on for spring 2018 at Tiger Stadium site

 

 

New housing and retail space should be finished on the corner of Michigan and Trumbull in Detroit by spring 2018 if federal tax credits are approved.

 

Eric Larson, president and CEO of Larson Realty, told The Detroit News his planned $35-million project known as The Corner should break ground by early 2017, and will take about 16 months. There will be about around 105 apartments, 35 townhouses and 35,000 square feet of retail space skirting the ground that once housed Tiger Stadium.

 

More below:

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2016/08/17/tiger-stadium-housing/88930712/

After a decade, is deserted Kmart HQ about to be overhauled?

 

 

Deserted for a decade, Kmart's abandoned world headquarters building in Troy might finally be seeing some activity.

 

The property's owner, the Forbes Co. of Southfield, says it's reviewing development plans for the 40-acre complex at 100 W. Big Beaver Road, across from Somerset Collection. The land includes the retailer's architecturally distinct 906,000-square-foot former corporate headquarters, dubbed "Ft. Kresge" for its imposing look and Kmart's original corporate name.

 

More below:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=403460&page=177

Book Tower restoration just part of developers' ambitious plans for Washington Boulevard

 

 

The most ambitious and perhaps the most architecturally complex project is Dan Gilbert's restoration of the Book Tower, the haunting Italian Renaissance-style skyscraper looming over downtown with its aged copper roof and ornate details designed by architect Louis Kamper.

 

It will almost certainly be the most expensive of the crop, with development experts saying Gilbert's overall redevelopment of the Book Tower and adjoining Book Building could cost $400 million or more (his Bedrock Real Estate Services LLC said total cost estimates have not yet been determined, but did say that historic tax credits are expected to be part of the financing mix).

 

Joe Barbat is just one of the latest investors there, having purchased the Gabriel Richard Building at Washington and Michigan a year and a half ago.

 

More below:

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20160911/NEWS/160919981/book-tower-restoration-just-part-of-developers-ambitious-plans-for

Brewster-Wheeler, Eastern Market, Brush Park plan increases to $416.6 million, 1,037 housing units

 

 

More details of one of the most sweeping development plans in greater downtown in recent memory were unceremoniously made public Friday on the city of Detroit's website.

 

In all, the effort to redevelop the property best known for being the home of the Brewster-Douglass housing projects and three sites in Eastern Market and Brush Park has increased from $267 million to $416.6 million, a 56 percent spike.

 

As part of the plan to bring 1,037 residential units to the approximately 25 acres the four sites encompass, the city also plans things like enhanced health, education, workforce development and youth services; a new 1-acre public park called Douglass Park at the Brewster-Douglass site; and improvements to and restoration of the street grid and pedestrian access from Brewster-Douglass/Brush Park into Eastern Market over I-75.

 

More below:

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20160912/NEWS/160919958/brewster-wheeler-eastern-market-brush-park-plan-increases-to-416-6

Brewster-Douglass redevelopment to target all incomes

 

 

Detroit's former Brewster-Douglass public housing site could someday be home to one of the most income-diverse neighborhoods in the city.

 

Newly released redevelopment plans for the vacant 22-acre land along I-75 near downtown call for building 850 apartments and townhouses where old graffiti-covered high rises and burned-out row houses once stood, according to a new 27-page "Neighborhoods Transformation" master plan posted to the city's website.

 

The plan shows how the new development — branded the Frederick Douglass Homes — would comprise blocks of ultra-modern apartment buildings surrounded by green space, lush landscaping and a new one-acre Douglass Park to be placed nearby.

 

 

 

 

More below:

http://www.freep.com/story/money/business/2016/09/12/brewster-douglass-redevelopment-target-all-incomes/90256676/

Housing plans on for spring 2018 at Tiger Stadium site

 

 

New housing and retail space should be finished on the corner of Michigan and Trumbull in Detroit by spring 2018 if federal tax credits are approved.

 

Eric Larson, president and CEO of Larson Realty, told The Detroit News his planned $35-million project known as The Corner should break ground by early 2017, and will take about 16 months. There will be about around 105 apartments, 35 townhouses and 35,000 square feet of retail space skirting the ground that once housed Tiger Stadium.

 

More below:

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2016/08/17/tiger-stadium-housing/88930712/

 

I missed this when ColDay posted it...

 

Great news.  I know Michigan & Trumbull where Tigers' Stadium sat is like Holy Land to many Detroiters, but it's been an empty eyesore since the decaying building was finally demolished in 2009 after the Tigers split for Comerica Park.  At least, apparently, the ball field itself will remain... Also Corktown needs a spark.  While there are some funky clubs along Michigan Ave -- most notably Slows -- and interesting old homes are in Corktown, the area seems dead and forlorn.  This should definitely help.

 

^The Brewster-Douglass development is huge and very sexy looking... Central Motown is seriously on a roll.

Shinola, Gilbert to open Shinola Hotel in downtown Detroit

 

 

Shinola/Detroit LLC and Dan Gilbert's Bedrock Real Estate Services LLC are teaming up on an independent boutique hotel in downtown Detroit.

 

The red eight-story building downtown at 1400 Woodward Ave., which began life as a hardware store and most recently housed Eastern Wig & Hair Co. LLC, will be renovated into a hotel meshing the craftsmanship Shinola is known for with Bedrock's urban development experience, the developers say. The four-story building two doors down at 1416 Woodward Ave. is also part of the project. It was designed by Smith Hinchman & Grylls in 1936 for Singer Sewing Machine Co.

 

Developing a hotel is a step well outside Shinola's previous retail focus, which encompasses watches, bicycles and other items, assembled in Detroit.

 

Renovations on the building are set to begin in November and wrap up in time for a fall 2018 opening of the 130-room Shinola Hotel.

 

More below:

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20160913/NEWS/160919920/shinola-hotel-planned-for-downtown-as-company-gilbert-team-up#utm_medium=email&utm_source=cdb-breakingnews&utm_campaign=cdb-breakingnews-20160913

Detroit Shipping Co. Food Hall Ground Breaking

 

If all goes as planned, the food hall located on Peterboro Street near The Peterboro and 8 Degrees Plato Detroit could launch as early as December. Detroit Shipping Company will house five small-scale, independent restaurants, two bars, and communal seating with additional space for vendors, a pop-up gallery, and a live performance venue.