Spring 2019
Gathering space opens in Detroit’s Fitzgerald neighborhood
April 29th, 2019
The 4,000-square-foot building at 7426 W. McNichols will be home to the Live6 Alliance, an economic development organization started in 2015 and supported by the Kresge Foundation and University of Detroit Mercy.
Open ArticleFitzgerald neighborhood takes innovative approach to reactivating vacant land
April 29th, 2019
The San Juan block of northwest Detroit’s Fitzgerald neighborhood has seen its share of ups and downs. Historically, it’s been a stable street with lots of young families and children. But over the last decade, neighbors have had to contend with the slings and arrows of the foreclosure crisis, vacancy, and blight.
Open ArticleCrain’s panel: Detroit residents’ retail needs are path to profit, neighborhood resurgence
April 25th, 2019
Open ArticleFinding a Platform for Success
April 22nd, 2019
Clarke Lewis, M.Arch ’15, and Myles Hamby, M.U.P. ’14, aren’t Detroit or Michigan natives. But as development managers at The Platform, a Detroit real estate development company, they are all in on the city’s potential, and they are working on its revitalization with insiders’ views as residents. “Detroit is one of the most interesting urban labs in the world,” says Lewis, who grew up in Pittsburgh.
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