Old Wayne County Building in downtown Detroit finds new owner
The Farbman Group has been trying to find a new owner since Wayne County vacated the Beaux Arts-style building in 2009.
Brazen scrappers destroy roof of abandoned Eastown Theatre in Detroit
The ornamental, dome ceiling on the long-abandoned Eastown Theatre in Detroit has collapsed as scrappers continue to remove steel beams from the historic movie palace.
Historic Detroit fire headquarters to be converted into upscale hotel
The mighty downtown headquarters was built at a time when Detroit had one of the largest populations in the U.S.
Exclusive: New Packard Plant owner at risk of losing property over delinquent taxes
Peru-based developer Fernando Palazuelo is more than $80,000 delinquent on property taxes and late fees on the abandoned Packard Plant that he purchased six months ago at a tax-foreclosure auction.
Lens on Detroit: Historic Second Ave. undergoes transformation in Cass Corridor
Beginning next week, Second Avenue in the Cass Corridor and Midtown will become a two-way street, a sign of the incredible decline of the street since the 1930s.
Vacant CPA Building in Detroit’s Corktown sells for $900,000
The six-story building along Michigan Avenue is considered a key piece to the continuing revitalization of Corktown.
New life for Detroit’s train station? Billionaire Moroun pledges more rehab
Billionaire Matty Moroun has pledged for years to clean up the Michigan Central Station, one of Detroit’s most iconic symbols of decay.
Up close: 8 most abandoned neighborhoods in Detroit
More than a third of the houses and buildings are vacant in eight Detroit neighborhoods.
8 elegant churches, synagogues on Woodward in Detroit
They are architectural gems, many of them more than a century old, with fascinating histories.
Take before-and-after tour of Detroit’s most vacant neighborhood
Detroit’s most desolate area is in the shadow of the Coleman A. Young International Airport on Detroit’s east side, where entire blocks are overgrown parcels.