Fall 2022
Detroit-Based Developers Celebrate Grand Opening of Woodward West in Midtown
September 29th, 2022
Detroit-led and Black-developer backed, Midtown’s latest apartment development building has a lot to celebrate its opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in late September with Mayor Duggan and other city officials, including City Council President Mary Sheffield (D-5) and Councilman James Tate (D-1).
Open ArticleDevelopers, officials celebrate Midtown Detroit apartment-retail complex
September 28th, 2022
A decade ago, developers set out with plans to construct an office building on the corner of Woodward and Stinson in Midtown. After they scrapped those plans and pivoted to residential, Woodward West welcomed its first tenants during the summer.
Open ArticleMichigan Strategic Fund OKs $5M loan for old Studebaker site
September 27th, 2022
The Michigan Strategic Fund approved Tuesday a $5 million state program loan for the redevelopment of a former Studebaker building in Detroit into a 161-unit apartment complex. The board also approved the City of Detroit brownfield redevelopment authority’s request for $882,821 in state brownfield tax incentive reimbursement for the project.
Open ArticleSummer 2022
Woodward West opens for residents
July 7th, 2022
A new apartment building is now open in Midtown, welcoming its first batch of residents for move-in last week. Woodward West, a $60 million joint venture between the Platform and Queen Lilian, is currently 72 percent leased for its 204 apartments.
Open ArticleSpring 2022
$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.
Open ArticleStudebaker 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.
Open ArticleDawanaFit 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.
Open ArticleWinter 2022
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.
Open ArticleNew 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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