What To Know And Where To Go In Southeast Michigan
Your Daily Detroit team spends a lot of time these days in Midtown the Cass Corridor, which remains one of few neighborhoods in the city where it's easy to walk to and from things. Specifically, bars. There are a lot of 'em here. So we put together this handy (and admittedly subjective) guide to touring some of the finest drinking establishments in the once-seedy …
There's been a ton of scrutiny, including from this podcast, about the Ilitch family's failure to follow through on its promises to develop the District Detroit. Now, The Detroit News reports that the Ilitches also own 44 vacant lots and eight empty buildings surrounding the MotorCity Casino Hotel complex, where the family now hopes to build a seven-story parking …
The Detroit Shipping Company is a recent business success story on Peterboro, just west of Cass. The "shipping company" part, if you didn’t know, doesn’t refer to logistics and freight but to the 21 shipping containers that make up the two-story building. Built a year ago, it’s about 10,000 square feet of food and beer hall with a variety of culinary outposts and a couple …
Cleveland. It's a city that is often compared to Detroit, and not always for their positive attributes. And nothing against our Rust Belt cousin, but it turns out it's one of the prime destinations for renters around metro Detroit who are looking to get out of town. And apparently there are a lot of people in that category. A new "Renter Migration Report" from Apartment List …
Welcome back to the week! There's a lot in our latest episode. Let's dive in. - The Ilitch organization will receive another $74 million dollars in taxpayer subsidies for the District Detroit. - John Beilein is leaving his job as coach of the University of Michigan Men’s basketball team to take over as head coach of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers. - …
As we said earlier this week, a heat wave is coming this weekend. In response, the city of Detroit will open six air-conditioned recreation centers on Saturday and Sunday. The cooling centers will be open during regular business hours on Friday and from 12:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Here is the …
