Recently closed pawn shop next to Nemo's

[JStone]

Does anyone know what's going on here?

I noticed on my walk today that the windows on the second floor, 8th Street side had been unbricked/unboarded and a bull dozer was parked on the side walk. From the exterior, this building looks very nice. I would have investigated further but I was running late. Has anyone heard anything?

[DetroitHabitater]

whoo-hoo second pawn shop to close in corktown in 2 years.

On a related note Maxies Deli at 'the corner' over the weekend had a gondola dumpster and a rather large front loader pulling booths out of it, any info?

[Detroitnerd]

I'm surprised they're closing. I heard that one of the demands Archer made before green-lighting the casinos was that no new pawnshops were to be licensed inside the boulevard. With that kind of enforced shortage, you'd think they'd be hopping each morning with people who bombed at the casinos.

[detroitsgwenivere]

any info?

Don't worry fellas, I gots whatchu need....

I spoke to a guy named Joe M in the parking lot at Maxi's on Sun, who tells me that the building is about to undergo a full renovation and will become a new restaurant/ coney island. He is the brother of the owner, Brian B., who has also recently acquired the above pictured pawn shop [[ahah!). That building will also be renovated and become commercial something on the first floor, apartments on the upper floor. That pawn shop, buy the way, wasn't your run-of-the-mill ghetto hock. They mostly carried power tools, musical instruments, and old stuff your mom probably wouldn't have saved.

Also in Corktown development news, I hear that O'Conner will be moving east down MI ave and Slows will be expanding into their former location. A coffee shop is also in the works next to where O'Conner is moving from [[you know, the ballerina with the machine gun mural).

Corktown housing will be planting a beautiful tree farm this year, complete with over 200 shade and ornamental sapplings, shrubs, flowers, a woodchip path, the works. It will be located north of I-75, east of Wabash. The trees will be replanted throughout Corktown and Detroit in a few years when the time for a new housing development comes.

That's all I've got for now folks. Stay tuned.....

[reddog289]

I think the pawn shops are moving west.As to Wayne. Have to take a ride to Corktown it's been a while.

[Gsgeorge]

Don't worry fellas, I gots whatchu need....

I spoke to a guy named Joe M in the parking lot at Maxi's on Sun, who tells me that the building is about to undergo a full renovation and will become a new restaurant/ coney island. He is the brother of the owner, Brian B., who has also recently acquired the above pictured pawn shop [[ahah!). That building will also be renovated and become commercial something on the first floor, apartments on the upper floor. That pawn shop, buy the way, wasn't your run-of-the-mill ghetto hock. They mostly carried power tools, musical instruments, and old stuff your mom probably wouldn't have saved.

Also in Corktown development news, I hear that O'Conner will be moving east down MI ave and Slows will be expanding into their former location. A coffee shop is also in the works next to where O'Conner is moving from [[you know, the ballerina with the machine gun mural).

Corktown housing will be planting a beautiful tree farm this year, complete with over 200 shade and ornamental sapplings, shrubs, flowers, a woodchip path, the works. It will be located north of I-75, east of Wabash. The trees will be replanted throughout Corktown and Detroit in a few years when the time for a new housing development comes.

That's all I've got for now folks. Stay tuned.....

Awesome! thanks for the info! When i saw the bulldozer I worried about demolition. Dibs on that second-story apartment! Great to hear about the tree farm too.

[gumby]

Good to hear about Slow's expanding as well. I recently went there with 2 friends on a Saturday and had a 3 hour wait. It was ok because the food is worth the wait and we went down to LJ's for about an hour to eat up some of the time.