[animatedmartian]

Originally Posted by mousquet

^ I was rather thinking about scheduling. Usually, large plans like this are organized into distinct phases, that allows to choose firms and designs gradually (there must be quite several involved in there), and planners to carry out prospective corrections/improvements. It seems to me that it'd be astonishing to see all of this built in 3 years.

It sounds great as it is introduced anyway, huh. You guys are entitled to be excited. Their fabric of "Euro-style" alleys looks appealing and like some cool change from usual wider street.

Actually, there's already a list of companies involved with more to be announced by the time construction starts.

• Barton Malow Co.: The Southfield-based builder had $1.1 billion in 2013 revenue and most recently was in the news as being named the managing partner of a joint venture overseeing a four-year, $150 million renovation of the 91-year-old Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, Calif.

• White Construction: The Detroit-based firm owned by Bernard White had $31.3 million in 2012 revenue, and was part of the construction management team that built Comerica Park in 2000.

• Hunt Construction Group: The Indianapolis-based firm is one of the largest sports stadium and arena builders in the world. It has averaged $1.9 billion in revenue over the past five years.

• 360 Architecture: The Kansas City-based firm, founded in 2004 after a merger of two other companies, is a major designer of sports facilities, including the new Red Wings arena.

• Street-Works: A White Plains, N.Y.-based firm that will lead the urban planning and design for the arena project, it works on mixed-use and commercial development, planning and financing.

• Olympia Development of Michigan: The real estate arm of the Ilitch family's business holdings, formed in 1996, is responsible for management the arena project and ancillary development.

• Ilitch Holdings Inc.: The Detroit-based management services company for Mike and Marian Ilitch's various business enterprises is headquartered in the Fox Theatre, which was renovated by the family in the 1980s.

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article...strict-project

The thing about Ilitch compared to the more well-known Dan Gilbert is that Ilitch tends to do everything behind the scenes for a while and then surprise everyone at once. Gilbert is the opposite and everyone tends to know what he's up to as he's doing it.