What To Know And Where To Go In Southeast Michigan
On today's podcast: A new report from the University of Michigan is forecasting that the city of Detroit will have faster growth than the rest of Michigan. Read the report here. The Sears at Middlebelt and Seven Mile in Livonia will be closing soon. There’s no date as of yet, but things are already marked down to 40% off. Bloomfield Hills-based Taubman Group …
Despite a steady trickle of leaked recordings of him being horrible, Warren Mayor Jim Fouts was re-elected to a fourth term on Tuesday. On today's show, we talk about and what it says about Warren. Then, we highlight some other races from around the region and discuss what they say about those cities, from Ferndale to Flint and Eastpointe to Livonia. Finally, we …
Welcome to a Car-a-Palooza edition of your Daily Detroit. Today, we dive into the news that Dan "Dantroit" Gilbert is lining up a petition drive effort to force the issue of reforming Michigan's no-fault auto insurance system. If successful, it could allow Republican lawmakers, who already have passed essentially the same proposal, to approve it with simple majority …
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. - …
Davenport University is moving its Livonia campus to the city of Detroit, and they’re doing it in the New Center One Building. They’ll renovate the first floor of the structure on Grand Boulevard across the street from the iconic Fisher Building. Starting in January 2019, the 12,000 square-foot Detroit campus will offer 31 courses in business, health care, technology and …
Friday morning we had the opportunity to go on a tour of the new Amazon Fulfillment Center in Livonia. The facility is huge, at over 1 million square feet. To put that in perspective it is roughly the size of 28 football fields. Below is a narrative audio piece from our News Byte podcast for the tour and has the rest of the …
This is your Daily Detroit News Byte for Saturday, March 24, 2018. We take you on a narrative audio tour of the new Amazon.com facility in Livonia that's the size of 28 football fields. We also have am Amazon Livonia facility gallery here. Other stories: - BMW isn't going to be at the North American International Auto Show - Suburban updates, including bike lanes - …
It's hard to believe that February 1st is tomorrow! This weekend is filled with a ton of great events. I'm really excited for most of them. It's going to be hard to narrow down what I want to do this weekend. Kickoff to Black History Month at the DIA The Detroit Institute of Arts will be celebrating the beginning of Black History Month by having a full day and night of …
There's been a lot of talk about real estate in the city of Detroit as of late. But a nearby Wayne County suburb is one of the 10 hottest zip codes in America according to Realtor.com. Coming in the number two spot, the 48154 in Livonia. It's located east and north of the junction of I-96 and I-275. It's also home to a lot of millennial folks, a group that's …
Amazon has had a minor presence in Michigan for awhile, with some jobs at their downtown Detroit office, a facility in Brownstown Township as well as their holding in a Grand Rapids-based audio book company. This new project would be on a much larger scale. Amazon, according to multiple reports, is opening a large regional fulfillment center in the Detroit suburb of …
This is your Daily Detroit News Byte for Monday, May 7, 2018. Here are your stories for today: Detroit’s neighborhoods could see $130 million in investment… The DMC and Wayne State physicians sign a 6-month extension… The Detroit Pistons change horses and fire their coach… High-end apartment rents are rising across metro Detroit… Net neutrality and public …
