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Old Posted May 30, 2011, 2:10 AM
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Private money on the line: Woodward rail donors wait for layout they like
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Until an accord is reached on critical aspects of the Woodward light-rail line, a consortium of private-sector donors who have pledged $100 million toward the project's $528 million capital costs won't commit any money.

"We'll wait to see if there's a project that makes sense and is viable. Then we'll be prepared to invest," said Matt Cullen, CEO of M1 Rail, the coalition of project financial backers who mainly favor a curbside alignment for the line rather than the median-running layout apparently preferred by the city.
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Old Posted May 30, 2011, 2:47 AM
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Why is it such a big deal to them? I don't care where it is as long as it is built. While I prefer to see a dedicated LRT right of way, I'll take anything over nothing at all.
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Old Posted May 30, 2011, 10:14 PM
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Michigan's only urban state park sees nature taking root in vacant Detroit plant



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[Michigan's only urban state park is planning to turn half of a more than century-old manufacturing site into something far removed from its ship engine-building heyday: an adventure and discovery center with rock climbing, zip lining and other outdoor activities.

The transformation of the vacant Globe Trading Company complex is the jewel in the crown of a plan to expand and enhance the William G. Milliken State Park & Harbor across the street and turn the Detroit riverfront park into a launching pad of sorts for Michigan's nearly 100 state parks. The plans are backed by more than $34 million in grants from the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund, which collects royalties paid by oil and gas companies that lease state-owned mineral rights.

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Old Posted May 31, 2011, 5:35 AM
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A renovation of the Globe building will do a lot for this area. I wonder if the lofts in the "other half" are still on track.
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Old Posted May 31, 2011, 6:55 PM
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Dan Gilbert announced today that he's purchasing the First National Bank Building downtown, and said that future tenants will "be filled with companies not related to Quicken."

http://www.detnews.com/article/20110...troit-building
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Old Posted May 31, 2011, 10:45 PM
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If he could buy the rest of the buildings that the Northern Group ran into the ground it would be great.

Even if he doesn't go out and personally fill them with companies he's convinced to move, I think one of the greatest obstacles for downtown is just solid ownership/management in the first place. Just having quality space in itself will get more people downtown.
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Old Posted Jun 9, 2011, 5:46 AM
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What's going on with that tiny glass building right next to the Guardian Building? (I think they wanted to make that a parking structure site some years ago)
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Old Posted Jun 9, 2011, 6:00 PM
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I think they're currently going to cover the building in big screens or something. I don't know.
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Old Posted Jun 21, 2011, 7:07 PM
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Dan Gilbert is on a roll...

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Quicken Loans' Dan Gilbert adds Dime Building to downtown Detroit holdings

Quicken Loans founder and chairman Dan Gilbert and his partners have placed yet another downtown skyscraper under contract to purchase – the 1910-era Dime Building on Griswold near Campus Martius, real estate sources confirmed today.

Purchasing the Dime Building at 719 Griswold gives Gilbert control of the Chase Building, First National Building, Madison Theatre Building, and soon the Dime, as well as space that Quicken leases in the Compuware Building.
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Old Posted Jun 22, 2011, 7:48 AM
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He's building himself quite the city center empire, huh? The awesome thing about it is that he's not some out-of-town speculator that couldn't give a crap about the properties, which is why many of these properties have had such low vacancies, recently, to begin with. It seemed like they swooped in during the middle of last decade when everyone was really bullish on downtown real estate, and didn't see the real estate recession coming.

I was still kind of surprised, though, to find that the Dime had fallen into foreclosure. Anyone remember who owned it after the 2002 renovation? I recall a local company did the renovation, and I think someone locally owned it. It was one of the first really big downtown success stories in renovation.
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Quicken Loans considers incentives to lure workers to Detroi
The Detroit News June 22, 2011
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Quicken Loans Inc. is exploring whether to offer financial incentives for its employees to buy housing in Detroit, a spokeswoman for the online mortgage company said today.

At least 100 employees between Henry Ford Health System and Wayne State University have signed up for the Live Midtown program, a financial incentive available to about 30,000 employees of the Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford and Wayne State that entices them to buy a house or rent an apartment near their Detroit workplaces.
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Old Posted Jun 25, 2011, 3:17 AM
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Michigan battles to lure Sears headquarters, 5,000 jobs

Michigan battles to lure Sears headquarters, 5,000 jobs

By John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press/MCT
5:53 p.m. CDT, June 24, 2011

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A package of incentives worth at least $50 million is being offered to Sears to relocate its headquarters and some 5,000 jobs to the Detroit metropolitan area, two sources familiar with the talks said Friday.

Two potential sites in metro Detroit are being offered to Sears. One is Regent Court, a Ford Motor office building in Dearborn. The other is the former Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan complex in Southfield, which is on the market as BCBSM moves employees to downtown Detroit.
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New Children's Hospital center reaches construction milestone; more projects in pipeline
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The $43.45 million Children's Hospital of Michigan Specialty Center is going up across the street from Children's Hospital. The five-story, 106,500-square-foot specialty center should open for patients next May, said Dr. Herman Gray, president of Children's Hospital.

Hospital employees, physicians, patients, families and the community wrote messages on the beam, and an evergreen tree, which will be planted on the grounds of the center, was atop the beam as it was raised into place on the top floor.
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Whole Foods continues discussion on possible Detroit store at meeting
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Whole Foods Market today is holding its second community meeting about possibly opening a store in the city.

While the organic and natural foods grocery company has emphasized that it has not made a decision about whether to open a store here, one of its representatives today went to great lengths to talk about the merits and philsophy of the upscale chain. The company is emphasizing that its stores create jobs with benefits, use local foods and reach out to the community.
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Old Posted Jun 29, 2011, 3:49 PM
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Woodward light rail project surges ahead after Detroit, feds agree on a route

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Light-rail cars would travel down the center of Woodward between 8 Mile on the city's northern border and Adams Street in Grand Circus Park, and then change gears and run along the avenue's outer lanes through downtown's core.

The rail would loop west to Washington Boulevard and to the Rosa Parks Transit Center at Michigan and Cass, connecting the new rail line to downtown's main transfer point for city and suburban bus riders.

The trains would serve 19 stops along the 9-mile route, including 10 on Woodward between Campus Martius downtown and Grand Boulevard in the New Center -- prime locations where the city is banking on transit to stimulate promising clusters of commercial and residential redevelopment.
http://www.freep.com/article/2011062...text|FRONTPAGE
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Old Posted Jun 29, 2011, 8:45 PM
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I think the compromise is a win. It runs in the middle in midtown. It was always going to run with the street traffic downtown. The compromise seems to be that there is a large number of stops midtown rather than a small number of stops. In other words I think it's the side-running station positions, with a middle running train.
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Old Posted Jun 30, 2011, 12:48 PM
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A second Meijer in Detroit?

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With developers still pushing hard to get a Meijer built as part of a retail development on Woodward Ave. near 8 Mile, the Grand Rapids-based grocery and retail company has another store in the works.

The former Redford High School will be redeveloped and home to a new Meijer store as well as some smaller retail shops, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the deal.

Meijer, however, is not ready to discuss the idea.

Frank Guglielmi, director of public relations said the company "does not currently have plans for a second store in Detroit."

"When we are ready to build a project, we announce it," he said.
http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article...OG08/110629856
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Old Posted Jun 30, 2011, 9:36 PM
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University of Phoenix to put classroom, resource center in First Federal Building
By Daniel Duggan
June 30, 2011
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The University of Phoenix is set to move into 20,000 square feet of space in the 1001 Woodward building in the Campus Martius area of downtown Detroit.

In addition to classroom space in the building, the company also will have a resource center in the former First Federal bank branch space fronting both Woodward and Michigan avenues at street level.

The national education company will move into the building by fall, according to the Washington, D.C.-based CoStar Group.
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Old Posted Jun 30, 2011, 9:40 PM
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Grosse Pointe Park offers to pay part of students' rent if they'll move there
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Grosse Pointe Park thinks it has a solution to the flood of vacancies in the city's rental districts: offer rent subsidies of up to 50% or $350 to college students.

The districts have been hard-hit by the collapse of the real estate market, making rentals hard to fill, officials said.

"We're looking to attract four-year university students," said Grosse Pointe Park City Manager Dale Krajniak. "We need to stimulate the district. We need to increase the demand for our units."
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Cool factor lures the young, artsy to Detroit
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Detroit, city of 100,719 vacant parcels and three Starbucks, has discovered its marketing niche: land of the young, daring and bohemian. And more businesses, foundations and city leaders are investing in the idea.

It celebrates the city's gritty appeal to youthful adults and the artistically inclined — think of Chrysler LLC's "Imported From Detroit" slogan that debuted in a Super Bowl commercial featuring Eminem — as the source of a raw creativity that makes Detroit unique.

It's the ethos that seems to drive many events and investments in Detroit these days even as the city undergoes an epic battle against dwindling population and prosperity. The push is on in tourism, private investments, housing plans and marketing.

And there are growing grass-roots efforts by artists and foundations to promote Detroit.
http://detnews.com/article/20110629/...#ixzz1QhItmuBQ
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