Winter 2019
Coworking 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.
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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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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.
Open ArticleCivil rights struggle comes to life with Fisher Building art exhibit
September 12th, 2018
If you haven’t been to the Fisher Building lately, the installation of “Olayami Dabls: Absorb, Reflect, Transmit” gives you a great reason to revisit the storied Art Deco skyscraper.
Nineteen paper cut-out “paintings” by artist Dabls documenting key moments in the civil rights movement from 1955-1965 have been scanned and blown up huge, completely filling the illuminated glass vitrines that line the ground floor of the Fisher arcade.
Open ArticlePortal 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.
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