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When Tony Goldman was in town last month, the Crain's video team did a GREAT video on his thoughts about Detroit. It very much sounds like he's coming here.
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FYI, the Quicken folks are going public on the idea of a residential/retail project on the site.
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I've got a lot of the details in this story, link below. The youngest of the family members put out a press release today indicating the store will close. However, his uncle is now taking over the...

He said he wasn't ready to publicly commit to anything else, but did point to a few buildings that are within view from the apartment's penthouse, sort of as a sweeping gesture. As in, "there are a...

Not confirmed by Quicken, but confirmed by plenty of other people in town, Dan Gilbert won the auction on the tax auction at 1550 Woodward Ave. He'll be sitting on four buildings near Grand Circus...

OK, the obstructed views in Tiger Stadium were legendary. But as far as I knew, there weren't any obstructed views in Comerica Park, right? No. I bought some playoff tickets [[fingers still crossed)...

FYI, here's a story I wrote on Friday about the clean-up plans. I omitted the quote from Jerome Bettis, which we included in our Rumblings section, in which he said that as a kid he thought "people...

If there was anything out there that could be repeated, believe me, I'd blog it. Cool space, but from what I've heard, it's pricey.

A major score for 1001 Woodward, University of Phoenix will not only take a full floor in the office building, but will be occupying the large, vacant, street frontage along Woodward and Michigan...

I've quite quite a few sources telling me that as long as this development is approved by the city, Meijer will lease the space.
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To your point, JD, when I spoke with the developer of the Studio One apartments, he told me that his project was the first new construction, market-rate apartment building put up in Detroit for last...

Glad to help out.
We reported in July, 2009 that it was a $47.2 million tax credit given to Quicken. At the time, his plans still included the construction of a new headquarters by 2013, but his...

Thanks for the props esp1986. Here's the link to my blog detailing the deal. And, my own analysis, is that Gilbert will be second only to General Motors in terms of non-government landlords in...

There's actually a quirky back story to the zoning issues. GM wanted to put a rainbow up for the gay pride folks, prompting a whole bunch of questions from the city:
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The folks at Centerplate have put out a little more info on their side of things. The Simons, also, have filed a Federal lawsuit on this issue:
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A great friend of mine explained the philosophy of African Americans moving into Jewish communities very aptly once. She said that back in the day, black families would get harassed, vandalized or...