Winter 2020
Luxury Detroit beauty salon celebrates groundbreaking
January 28th, 2021
“I just feel extremely blessed. I have put in a lot of hard work.” said Crème Brûlée owner, Katrina Wilson who is getting ready for the groundbreaking of her new luxury salon and spa in Detroit’s Milwaukee Junction neighborhood. She created this space to serve clients of all different races and ethnicities. The project was stalled for more than a year because of the pandemic but that didn’t stop her from pushing forward. Through her own hard work, talent and perseverance along with assistance from the city’s Motor City Match program her dreams are moving forward.
Open ArticleCrème Brûlée Salon to Open in Detroit’s Milwaukee Junction Neighborhood
January 27th, 2021
Crème Brûlée, a multicultural salon, is slated to open this spring inside The Platform’s Baltimore Station development in Detroit’s Milwaukee Junction neighborhood. “We are committed to creating opportunity in Detroit’s neighborhoods,” says Peter Cummings, executive chairman and CEO of The Platform. “This stretch of Woodward is seeing an abundance of new life and investment, and more residents are discovering why the greater New Center area is such a compelling place to live. We look forward to Katrina opening her doors this spring and bringing this much-needed service to the neighborhood.”
Open ArticleFirst tenants move in to completed Baltimore Station 1 apartments
May 6th, 2019
A number of developments are underway New Center and Milwaukee Junction, and The Platform, which owns the Fisher Building, is involved in many of them. Tenants are moving in to the first of its completed buildings, Baltimore Station 1 on Woodward Avenue, which has been under construction for a couple years. This 27,110-square-foot mixed-use building has 23 apartments. Five of the units will lease for 80 percent of the area median income, or for households that make less than $45,440 per year.
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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 ArticleMapping the developments in the works in and around New Center
April 26th, 2018
One neighborhood that will change dramatically over the next few years is New Center. Anchored by the Fisher Building, new construction and renovations are well underway in the neighborhood and surrounding areas. While plenty of redevelopment is still happening in Midtown, the momentum seems to be shifting just north into this centralized neighborhood.
Open ArticleCo-living space, yoga studio and community garden planned in Detroit development
April 11th, 2018
Developers broke ground this week on a $29-million modern residential project in Detroit’s Milwaukee Junction neighborhood near New Center.
Open ArticleRENDERINGS: Baltimore Station Projects In Detroit Make Progress
April 11th, 2018
If you’ve driven through Detroit’s New Center on Woodward Avenue you probably noticed a major new renovation project. It involves two buildings on the east side of the street… and it was spawned by graduate students at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.
Open ArticleFirst phase of Baltimore Station to open this summer
April 11th, 2018
One of many construction projects in New Center is moving right along. Construction continues at Baltimore Station, on the corner of Woodward and Baltimore, with leasing underway for the 23 “glass-walled loft apartments” and 10,000 square feet of retail space, according to a release from the Platform. They’re expecting to finish with this phase this summer.
Open ArticleBaltimore Station breaks ground in New Center
March 30th, 2017
Another construction project along Woodward in New Center has begun. Baltimore Station, which will be located near the Amtrak Station, will bring about 8,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor and 23 apartments on the second and third floors to two long-empty buildings.
Open Article7 of the most exciting developments in Detroit for 2017
January 16th, 2017
From the city’s nonprofit organizations to its biggest corporations, a range of contributors are set to alter Detroit’s landscape in 2017. Several hundred apartments units will become available in the greater downtown area this year while community development corporations plan to re-energize their neighborhoods with projects of their own.
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