What To Know And Where To Go In Southeast Michigan
The Colony and Fisher Arms apartments at 9303 East Jefferson in Detroit has had a troubled past. For instance, in November of 2013, more than 150 law enforcement officers from the Detroit Police Department, Michigan State Police, and the FBI raided the apartment building and arrested 32 residents. That's after receiving about 600 calls for service at the building in that …
There's a lot of talk on the high price end about Detroit real estate as of late, especially in the Midtown neighborhood. But here's something different. The four-story Treymore building just went through a $7 million redevelopment project and now has 28 one and two bedroom apartments for low income occupants. The 1900s era building on Brainard had been abandoned for more …
After less than a year of planning the first Cass tiny home was recently completed on Elmhurst Street on Detroit's west side. Today, we got to tour it. Tiny homes for everyone! Ok, that might be an exaggeration, and Oprah wasn't in town. But in all seriousness, the plan is to have 25 tiny homes for people who qualify for the program. Reverend Faith Fowler came up with …
The 11th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey found that out of 86 major metropolitan markets in nine different countries, Detroit’s housing market is the most affordable. The survey, perhaps one of most comprehensive collections of housing affordability data available from international markets, looked at 378 markets in Australia, Canada, China, Japan, …
“Wait a minute Mr. Postman… Wait Mr. Postman…” If you grew up in Detroit in a certain era and don’t know that song, it’d be a surprise. And sadly, the Freep reports, one of the songwriters behind “Mr. Postman,” Motown’s first pop hit, has passed of a massive heart attack at age 80 in Sherman Oaks, …
