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Spring 2022

Detroit building owned by The Platform to get face-lift

June 20th, 2022

A building owned by Detroit-based The Platform LLC is in line to get an overhaul of its facade. The Historic District Commission is scheduled to consider whether to allow Peter Cummings’ real estate development, ownership and leasing firm to revamp the exterior of the Lakeshore Global building at 7300 Woodward Ave. at the northeast corner of East Grand Boulevard.

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$37.3 million project to turn old Studebaker site into apartments

June 13th, 2022

Detroit-based developer The Platform plans to begin construction this fall on a $37.3 million project to transform a long-vacant Milwaukee Junction building into a 162-unit apartment complex.

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Studebaker building to get $37.3 million redevelopment into Piquette Flats

June 13th, 2022

Detroit-based developer The Platform LLC is proposing to turn the former Studebaker Sales and Service Building it owns in the city’s Milwaukee Junction neighborhood into 162 workforce apartments.

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DawanaFit Opens in Obama Building Through Motor City Match

March 30th, 2022

City officials and community members celebrated the grand opening of a new woman-centered fitness studio in the burgeoning Old Redford neighborhood today. Dawana Vickers, a Black woman, Detroiter and military veteran opened her new studio, thanks in large part to assistance received through Round 11 of the Motor City Match (MCM) program.

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Winter 2021

Detroit apartment building is almost done

March 2nd, 2022

Construction crews are making steady progress on a long-awaited new and upscale apartment building in Midtown Detroit that recently started pre-leasing and is on pace for completion this summer.

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New retail complex is helping black women drive economic recovery

February 9th, 2022

Built 104 years ago in Northwest Detroit’s Old Redford district and renovated in the depths of the pandemic, The Obama Building is already emerging as a hub for the city’s equitable economic recovery, driven by black women-owned businesses.

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Winter 2021

Woodward West among top projects in 2022

December 22nd, 2021

Below are 10 new developments and redevelopment projects in Detroit that are underway and on pace to either finish in 2022 or make significant progress.

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Details unveiled for affordable housing plan

December 22nd, 2021

Designs for a new 83-unit apartment building with affordable housing near Detroit’s Masonic Temple and Little Caesars Arena were publicly unveiled Tuesday night. The development, called 3rd & Charlotte, would be a three-story, L-shaped building.

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Fall 2021

Hear what inspired the colorful “Girl with the D Earring” mural

November 2nd, 2021

Detroit is known for its grand and vibrant murals that grace the walls of buildings all over the city. The artists who create these masterpieces draw their inspiration from the people and things around them. One of those artists, Sydney James, did just that to create one of the most recognized murals in Detroit. James spoke to Tati Amare to discuss what led her to create “The Girl with the D Earring” mural, and her artistic journey.

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Chroma ready to open new coworking space

October 8th, 2021

Milwaukee Junction is having a moment. Storefronts are filling in along East Grand Boulevard; Vault of Midnight just moved from downtown to a bigger space, new restaurants and coffee spots have been opening, and a grant from the Knight Foundation will spruce up the streetscaping along the Boulevard. Now, its most noticeable building is ready to open its coworking space.

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