2 New Residential High-Rises to Overlook Comerica Park

[Gistok]

In all fairness, aside from that one parking garage, Gilbert hasn't built anything [[yet) either.

And the Illitches do at least deserve credit for renovating the Fox Theatre, paying for Wayne Staye's new business school building, playing a critical role in bringing back one of Detroit's professional sports teams from the suburbs and repurposing an abandoned bread factory into a significant revenue generator for the city.

Ilitch does deserve some credit... but not in the last 20 years [[Gores deserves the credit for bringing the Pistons back). Check out one of the 97 buildings Gilbert is restoring... the big one...

http://www.dailydetroit.com/2017/07/...ing-back-life/

The Ilitches have ONLY finished restoring 1 building... the Fox, in 1987-88.... that is 32 years ago! Although "in all fairness"... they have been working on restoring building #2... the Detroit Life Building.... restoration planning work started 6 years ago!!

https://www.friedmanrealestate.com/d...ces-and-shops/

[DetroitSoldier]

"In all fairness"???? Is the glass always half empty with you now that you live in Georgia?

Check out one of the 97 buildings Gilbert is restoring... here... start with the big one...

http://www.dailydetroit.com/2017/07/...ing-back-life/

The Ilitches have ONLY finished restoring 1 building... the Fox, in 1987-88.... that is 32 YEARS AGO!! Although IN ALL FAIRNESS... they have been working on restoring building #2... the Detroit Life Building.... restoration planning work started 6 years ago!!

https://www.friedmanrealestate.com/d...ces-and-shops/

While I agree with you, I think we have to give them credit for Hockeytown Cafe/City Theater too. It's an awful restaurant and the building badly needs an update...but that is beside the point of this thread.

[Gistok]

While I agree with you, I think we have to give them credit for Hockeytown Cafe/City Theater too. It's an awful restaurant and the building badly needs an update...but that is beside the point of this thread.

Haven't been inside there in some time [[not since Second City left)... but that site had 2 previous Hughes Hatcher store reincarnations before it became Hockeytown...

#1 [[early 20th century)....
https://digitalcollections.detroitpu...landora:158445

#2 [[1930s)....
https://www.detroityes.com/mb/attach...4&d=1323457220

I believe they used the structural framework of the previous building, and added onto it. Not sure that could be called a rehab or new build, based on the radical changes.