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Sorry, haven't been on here in a minute, but here's a clip from the Memorandum of Understanding between the city and the Illitches. They only need to cause the development to happen, unless something...

The Illitch's don't have to be the ones to spend the $200 million, they just have to cause it to happen, so if they get someone else to build a hotel, it counts. They also don't have to spend the...

Going by the boarders in Google Maps, it sure looks like the Shake Shack in is Park Slope, if just barely. And yes, while the Barclays Center is not in Park Slope, it is right across the street. Stop...

No offense, and I have next to no experience with Brooklyn, but if you look up the house that he posted, it does fit into the boundaries of Park Slope that I found in a quick google search. The house...

PJ's Lager House in Corktown and the Bronx in Midtown both do great brunches.

Isn't this the same project that was announced a couple months ago?

Let's not forget that Penske is also the reason all of the Pewabic tile that used to be in the bowl of the fountain was destroyed and ultimately removed.

Perhaps they should have thought about that before designing the arena to require the demolition of a historic and protected building. they knew there would be resistance, they just figured they...

I just don't understand why it takes so long to set everything up and take it down. It seems like they should be able to do it in a couple weeks on either end.

If Illitch was willing to sell, I bet it would get redeveloped, even if the arena weren't going to be there. It's close enough to downtown and Midtown that development would reach there in a few...

I'd be shocked if they HDC didn't deny this. That said, Illitch will probably accidentally swing a wrecking ball into the building deeming it structurally unsound and in need of an emergency...

Olympia keeps talking about how they need this approved so they can start construction and they are running out of time, but they are the ones that took three months to revise their zoning change...

Dave,

You're missing a few things here. Meijer is definitely in the same business as Target and Walmart, though they do tend to have a bit more food. Also the Detroit Meijer would have never been...

Fine. How about a more relevant example then...

The Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh broke ground it 2008. It has a church and a hotel right next to it, as well as an intact city block across...

We don't. Unless City Council sticks to their guns and demands that Olympia does as they ask. The project is too far along and they won't move to a different location, but Council has to be strong on...

The DDA has been around for a long time. It isn't something new that was created just to fund the arena. I'm all for wealthy team owners paying for their own buildings, but this money can only be...

Sounds like Olympia made their presentation, proposing to tear down Hotel Park Ave. and then took off without any public commentary.

And none of the money being spent on the arena could be used for any of that, since it is DDA money that has to be spent within DDA boundaries.

It's not like they designed it for hockey and just messed up. It was only designed for basketball and it seems to work fine for that, so I don't know what the complaint is. Should they have made it...

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Why can't they just make the units face the street like normal? Nobody is ever going to use that courtyard and gazebo. I don't get why developers insist on these things. Not to mention the one...

There's also the slight issue of zoning that has yet to be resolved. Can they start construction if the zoning changes haven't been approved?

Not a big fan of this information. There is no way that that is a historically accurate color and I don't think it will look good at all. I don't know if the building is in a historic district, but...

Not to mention that none of these new projects would be able to get financing if the banks didn't think they would succeed.

It's been done plenty of times all over the country. It's a relatively new concept for Detroit, but that's just because we tend to be behind the times. It is generally considered to be the best...

You said there were sound economic reasons for every demolition and I provided you with an example of one that did not have those reasons. That lot would be far more valuable with the building on it...