Winter 2019
Detroit’s Fisher Building About To Get Serious Renovations
February 17th, 2020
The Fisher Building on W. Grand Boulevard is one of Detroit’s cooler buildings. But in recent years, it has been showing its age. It’s 92 years old and looks it. Now major renovation work is set to begin.
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One Detroit Visits The Boulevard
December 19th, 2019
One Detroit and Nolan Finley take a tour of The Boulevard. It’s the first new residential building of its scale in the New Center area in 30 years. He talks with the developer about this neighborhood investment and the affordable housing it offers.
Open ArticleMassive housing development opens in Detroit’s New Center: What it looks like
December 5th, 2019
The largest new housing development in Detroit’s New Center in over 30 years is now open, offering a mix of market and below-market apartments. The six-story and 231-unit building, called The Boulevard, is at 2911 W. Grand Blvd. between the Fisher Building and Henry Ford Hospital.
Open Article231-unit The Boulevard opens in New Center
December 5th, 2019
A 231-unit mixed-use building, The Boulevard, has officially opened in New Center on the site of a former surface parking lot. Built by the Platform at a cost of $60 million, it’s being hailed as the first major residential development in the neighborhood in a generation. Its 356,000 square feet is spread across six stories, plus 330 underground parking spaces.
Open Article$60 million mixed-use development The Boulevard opens in Detroit’s New Center
December 5th, 2019
The site of a former surface parking lot in New Center has found new use as a $60 million mixed-use development that officials believe will meet the growing need for apartments and retail in the area.
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Group working to develop Detroit’s Milwaukee-Junction neighborhood
March 7th, 2019
Much of the attention on Detroit’s development boom has been centered on Dan Gilbert’s many downtown projects—Little Caesars Arena and the District Detroit—and the new hotels and restaurants popping up.But one of the many projects in progress isn’t in downtown, or even Midtown…it’s in the New Center and Milwaukee Junction area.
Open ArticleAbir Ali named Crain’s Detroit Business Notable Women in Real Estate
February 18th, 2019
Abir Ali has a unique position at The Platform, which has more than $550 million in Detroit residential, retail and office development projects in the pipeline.
Open Article‘Boutique’ Co-Working Spaces Find a Niche Nurturing Small Businesses
January 22nd, 2019
In a refurbished Salvation Army building in downtown Lincoln, Neb., Bob Hinrichs runs a co-working space for about 150 people.
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Crain’s Detroit Business People on the Move: Ed Wizner
December 3rd, 2018
The Platform, a real estate development company specializing in Detroit mixed-use projects, is proud to announce Ed Wizner as executive vice president of development. He will lead and manage its development team and project pipeline. Ed brings more than 25 years of experience in real estate development, specializing in large-scale, mixed-use revitalization projects. He founded Four Corners Land, a real estate development and consulting firm, and worked for RPT Realty, Ford Land, and Grand/Sakwa.
Open ArticleDetroit Homecoming V Recap: Real Estate 101 in the D
September 24th, 2018
When Peter Cummings and his development partners began working with Whole Foods Market in 2011 to build its first Detroit store, a Whole Foods executive projected it would generate perhaps $12 million to $15 million a year.
Those projections were more than a little off. Since opening in 2013, Midtown Detroit’s Whole Foods has been generating $30 million annually, Cummings said.
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