Spring 2017
Baltimore Station breaks ground in New Center
March 30th, 2017
Baltimore Station will bring about 8,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor and 23 apartments on the second and third floors to two long-empty buildings.
Open ArticleBaltimore Station Developer Teases ‘Artisan Bakery’ Setting Up Shop in New Center
March 30th, 2017
Construction has finally begun on Baltimore Station, a new mixed-use development headed to the Milwaukee Junction neighborhood near New Center. Clawson’s Woodpile BBQ Shack has already leased space for a second location at the site, that includes the renovation of two buildings at the corner of Woodward Avenue and East Baltimore Avenue.
Open ArticleBaltimore Station breaks ground in New Center
March 30th, 2017
Another construction project along Woodward in New Center has begun. Baltimore Station, which will be located near the Amtrak Station, will bring about 8,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor and 23 apartments on the second and third floors to two long-empty buildings.
Open ArticleProject planned for Detroit’s Islandview neighborhood
March 29th, 2017
The Big Boy restaurant on East Jefferson near Belle Isle has been purchased as a part of larger development plan for the Islandview neighborhood.
Open ArticleThe Platform’s Islandview redevelopment plans revealed
March 29th, 2017
Last year, we heard that Peter Cummings’ development group The Platform would undergo a lot of work in New Center, Brightmoor, and Islandview. We’re finally getting a clearer picture of the Islandview redevelopment, which could be seen as a gateway to Belle Isle.
Open ArticleBig Boy demolition and historic rehabs planned near Belle Isle
March 29th, 2017
One of Detroit’s most active development teams sees the potential in large-scale projects that will have immediate and obvious impact on the central city. But they also recognize how, in a city the size of Detroit, targeted smaller projects deliver value in a different way: They re-create community.
Open ArticleSources: Building with ‘bleeding rainbow’ mural under contract to The Platform
March 28th, 2017
Winter 2016
Motown Movement Aims For Affordable, Sustainable Housing
March 17th, 2017
Dutch architecture students are turning blighted home into neighborhood education center.
Open ArticlePeter Cummings’ The Platform under contract on Piquette Ave. building
March 9th, 2017
Correction appended Detroit developer Peter Cummings’ The Platform LLC real estate company has another greater downtown building under contract for purchase. The building, located at 411 Piquette Ave. at Brush Street, is about 110,000 square feet, according to the current owner, Hannah Wickins, who said she bought it in 1989.
Developer Peter Cummings is moving Detroit forward!
March 3rd, 2017
WXYZ editorial shining a light on a developer making a big impact on our city. It will take many players to move Detroit forward. Deserving recognition is developer Peter Cummings. The low profile son-in-law of the late philanthropist Max Fisher, has renewed his commitment to Detroit. The opening of the city’s first Whole Foods store on Woodward Avenue in 2013 set off a spark in Cummings.
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