Spring 2019
Finding 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.
Open ArticleWinter 2019
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 ArticleOne Detroit & American Black Journal Roadshow | Lessons Learned in Islandview
January 24th, 2019
Detroit Public TV hosted a special “Solutions Roadshow” before a live audience at the Church of the Messiah in Detroit’s Islandview neighborhood to discuss issues faced by local residents and projects under way to improve the quality of life in the community. The lessons learned in Islandview can help ensure that Detroit’s revitalization touches every neighborhood.
Open ArticleRedevelopment starts at Milwaukee Junction’s ‘Illuminated Mural’ building
January 23rd, 2019
A standout building and mural in Milwaukee Junction will see new life, as the Platform announced the start of redevelopment of the former cold storage building on East Grand Boulevard.
Open ArticleCoworking space, food hall coming to Milwaukee Junction neighborhood
January 22nd, 2019
Detroit — Construction began this month on a $16 million project to transform a long-vacant Milwaukee Junction building known for its rainbow-colored mural into a coworking space and food hall.
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.
Open ArticleFall 2018
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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Orangetheory Fitness to open in new apartment development in New Center
September 12th, 2018
Orangetheory Fitness will open a new location in Detroit-based The Platform LLC’s new apartment development being built at West Grand Boulevard and Third Avenue.
The new location by owner and franchisee Scott Marcus, which would be the 17th in Michigan, is expected to open this winter in development called The Boulevard, which is slated to bring 231 apartments to the market along with 21,000 square feet of commercial space, the developer announced Wednesday during a real estate session of the Detroit Homecoming event.
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