Mayor Duggan secretly worked with EM to abolish state-mandated transparency law
This isn’t about the effectiveness of a city ordinance or emergency management. It’s about a mayor intentionally misleading the public.
Works begins on restoring long-neglected Packard Plant, iconic bridge
After enduring decades of abandonment and vandalism, the Packard Plant is coming back to life.
Mayor Duggan to announce fate of Brewster-Wheeler Recreation Center
Preservationists are hoping the city is close to finding a developer to prevent looming demolition.
Signs of hope emerge at last minute for Brewster-Wheeler Recreation Center
As threats of demolition loom over the long-abandoned recreation center, the city suddenly is sprucing up the building.
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.
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.
Meijer to break ground on second Detroit store at former school site
Meijer plans to open its second store in Detroit by next summer after announcing today that it will break ground on its newest site on the northwest side Monday.
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.
Detroit sues owner of intentionally burned historic church over cleanup
Soon after the fire gutted the 124-year-old Romanesque Revival building, the owner ordered his demolition crew to topple the final stone walls even as darkness settled in.