Summer 2018
Portal looks to help fill Pistons headquarters construction jobs with Detroit residents
September 12th, 2018
Portal looks to help fill Pistons headquarters construction jobs with Detroit residents
Open Article3 houses for sale advance blight-fighting effort in northwest Detroit
September 8th, 2018
A complicated project to renovate more than 100 vacant homes in Detroit’s Fitzgerald neighborhood took a step forward this week as the first handful of houses went up for sale.
Open ArticleFirst three houses in Fitzgerald redevelopment hit the market
September 5th, 2018
One of the larger developments in Detroit outside of the central business district is the redevelopment of a whole neighborhood. The Fitzgerald redevelopment aims to take a neighborhood that had many blighted houses and lots, and renovate homes (for sale and for rent) while adding more green space to the neighborhood. It’s a huge endeavor, and one that’s being led by Century Partners and the Platform on a team called FitzForward.
Open ArticleFisher building to get new tenant: United Way for Southeastern Michigan
August 17th, 2018
Facing rising costs of downtown Detroit office space, United Way for Southeastern Michigan announced it is moving its corporate office from the First National Building in downtown Detroit to the historic Fisher building in New Center.
Open ArticleNew luxury condominium development setting the bar higher in Detroit
June 28th, 2018
“Dream Big in Detroit” — That seems to be the mantra these days as new businesses and housing opportunities make their way to the city. Lisa Nederlander is featured in this edition of “Love This House” on Fox 2 News, giving anchor Monica Gayle an inside look at CASS & YORK, an exciting new luxury condominium development for the city dweller who is ready to take it up a notch.
Open ArticleDetroit home project targets Fitzgerald neighborhood
June 27th, 2018
A two-story house on Lilac Street was once filled with debris from the basement up.It’s now been gutted and is undergoing a complete renovation as part of a $4 million project the city announced last year in an effort to makeover a portion of one Detroit neighborhood.
Open ArticleDeveloper aims to overhaul entire neighborhood on Detroit’s northwest side
June 27th, 2018
Detroit’s Fitzgerald neighborhood sits in the far northwest corner of the city. On Wednesday, developers announced they were buying more than 300 parcels in the neighborhood. They said they aren’t wiping everything out to start over.
Open ArticleBest in Class Real Estate: Developer of the Year: The Platform
June 27th, 2018
In less than three years, Detroit-based The Platform LLC has become one of the most formidable development companies in the city. Headed up by Peter Cummings and Dietrich Knoer, it has projects underway in its New Center area home base, as well as neighborhoods outside of the greater downtown, including northwest Detroit and Islandview, among others. It has been completing projects along Woodward Avenue and West Grand Boulevard, and has its eyes set on many more developments and redevelopments in the coming years.
Open ArticleSpring 2018
Tata Technologies to move HQ, 150 workers from Novi to Detroit’s TechTown
May 25th, 2018
Tata Technologies is the latest company that will move its headquarters from the suburbs to Detroit. The Novi-based division of Tata Group is leasing the 20,000-square-foot top floor of the Albert Kahn-designed building at 6001 Cass Ave. at York Street from Detroit-based The Platform LLC and will bring its more than 150 employees there by the early part of next year, the two companies announced Friday afternoon.
Open ArticleTech company leaving Novi, bringing headquarters to Detroit
May 25th, 2018
Tata Technologies, a growing global engineering and consulting firm, announced Friday it is moving its North American headquarters — and 150 jobs — from Novi to a formerly empty Albert Kahn-designed building in Detroit’s TechTown.
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