A local legend as far as business and philanthropy, Art Van Elslander, has died. He was 87. The founder of Art Van’s in 1959, he grew a store where he was the only employee into a furniture powerhouse based in Warren, Michigan. Born in 1930 in Detroit, Michigan, Van...
We are starting to figure out how exactly an ordinance banning Airbnb — and people renting their homes to family friends — came to be on the books in the city of Detroit. It’s clear the ordinance targeted Airbnb, and it was not a side effect. How do we know? The...
Here’s what we’re covering today on your Daily Detroit News Byte. * Prison food will no longer be privatized in the state of Michigan * MoGo, Detroit’s bike share, gets some love * General Motors employees getting large bonus * What are the Pistons worth? More than a billion dollars. * Paczki...
Teachers and staff in Detroit’s main school district could soon have to tell their supervisors if they are supplementing their salaries with a side job. The school board’s policy committee last week approved a new policy that says the district “expects employees to disclose outside employment” and bars...
I have a feeling that downtown Detroit is going to be insane this weekend between the Auto Show, Winter Blast, and the final weekend of the Downtown Detroit Markets. But a good kind of insane. Go explore Detroit, friends. Lexus Velodrome Grand Opening Bike Races The time has come for...
The ongoing saga of regional transit negotiations is like watching a friend tragically go after dating someone they really, really like – but the person that’s the target of their affection just isn’t interested. The reality is a four county transit solution isn’t politically workable here. We should...
Welcome to your Daily Detroit for Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018! On the show: * Enforcement of rental regulations is becoming more stringent in the city * 400 jobs are coming thanks to Flex’N’Gate * Three fun happenings: Boogie Fever reopens, Antietam closes, and the top of the RenCen gets a James...
An iconic space in Detroit restaurant history – the top of the Renaissance Center – is about to get a new chapter. James Beard Award winning chef Shawn McClain will be opening a restaurant in Detroit. This time in the Renaissance Center, home to the headquarters of General Motors. His restaurant will...
Detroit’s failure to make the list of 20 finalists for Amazon’s $5 billion HQ2 project and its 50,000 jobs has been the talk of the town. Especially after the all-hands-on-deck effort to produce a joint Detroit-Windsor bid that had many people believing the Motor City, once considered...
Detroit is not getting the Amazon HQ2 project. 238 proposals were submitted from across North America the company’s second headquarters in North America. The HQ2 project is a plan to invest over $5 billion and hire as many as 50,000 people in high-paying jobs. The company says that...
Krystal Banks got into the bail bonds business eighteen years ago, right out of high school. Since then, she’s learned how the courts work in Southeastern Michigan, and began giving her clients tips on how to protect their rights and better deal with the system. Banks said, “I found...
Board games are making a big comeback, and they’re making a comeback here in Metro Detroit. Especially during the winter season, games with friends at a bar might just be the ticket to have fun without the sun. Madison Reitzel and Kyle Sweeney are at the front of this...
In place of the historic Statler Hotel will be a development that will have “sexy bathrooms.” I’m not exactly sure what that means, but one can only imagine. Today was the official ground breaking for the new City Club Apartment – Central Business District Detroit mixed-use apartment building. City Club...
The holidays are over, deep winter has set in and you need a strategy to survive the next few months of cold and dark. We get it, and we’re here for you. What you need — what we all need — is someplace dark and warm, cheery and cozy to indulge...
Welcome to your Daily Detroit for January 8, 2018. Our main topics today: * A Detroit City Councilmember is under scrutiny for ethics * Detroit’s crime rate seems to be for the most part down * Detroit’s a top travel destination * Michigan’s population is up, but not growing as fast...
This is a deep dive roundtable discussion into what’s going on with medical marijuana in the state of Michigan and the city of Detroit as we head into 2018. Host Sven Gustafson welcomed for the first episode of our second season of the show: Roberta King, Canna Communication: https:...
The Detroit Renaissance Center is the building that most around the country know Detroit by. And its architect is gone. That man was John C. Portman Jr., who died on Saturday at the age of 93 in Atlanta, Georgia. Portman was also the mind behind various developments around the world...
Now that Christmas is over, we can look ahead to the New Year. There are plenty of lists of what to do on the big evening of New Year’s Eve, so this weekend’s City 5 we will be looking at what to do on Friday and Saturday only....
