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On Tuesday, Michigan furniture retailer Gardner White announced GW HOME, a new upscale store concept that will open this spring in downtown Detroit. The 15,000-square-foot location will be across from the Hudson's Detroit development on Woodward Avenue.

The new store will feature select premium furniture, home decor, and unique local collaborations — marking Gardner White's return to downtown Detroit after originally opening there in 1912.
It's the company's 14th location in Michigan.
GW HOME also plans to host community events and partner with local artisans.
In this episode, Luciano talks with Jer and Shianne about the new Raising Cane's in Canton. Luciano talks about the energy of the moment, how the food tasted, and his first impression of Raising Cane's.
On today’s edition - we talk with former city council president and recent non-profit executive at The Heat and Warmth Fund, Saunteel Jenkins. She’s running for mayor of the great city of Detroit,
Today's Daily Detroit all-local podcast is in three parts -
- Detroit might return to the WNBA, thanks to a star-studded lineup of heavy hitters in sports and business. We discuss.
- Jack Flaherty returns to
Detroit's Slovak Home was once a vibrant community hub for Eastern European immigrants.
As the This Building Matters channel tells it, it was built in the 1920s, it hosted dances, meetings, and UAW gatherings.
Later, it became a bar — among other uses. It had a bowling alley, as well.
Now, the building sits in a state of decay, its roof damaged, floors collapsing, a reminder of a changing neighborhood and the loss of the Slovak community’s influence as it moved to the suburbs.
This is of personal interest as I'm part Slovak, and my family was very involved in union work. When I drive by it, it's one of those buildings that if I had infinite money I'd figure out a way to save. Here's more on it.
A powerhouse group of investors including Lions owner Sheila Ford Hamp, General Motors CEO Mary Barra, Lions Quarterback Jared Goff and NBA legends Grant Hill and Chris Webber are backing a formal bid along with Pistons owner Tom Gores to return the WNBA to Detroit. [NBA]
The proposal includes plans for a new practice facility, headquarters, and youth sports complex, with games to be played at Little Caesars Arena.
If successful, it would be a homecoming for the league — Detroit's previous WNBA team, the Shock, won three championships and set attendance records during its 1998-2009 run.
Although there’s not a price tag in the press release, Toronto’s newest team cost $115 million, with $50 million of it being an expansion fee.
The bid has already secured political support from Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan.
We’ll be talking about this more on Monday’s Daily Detroit podcast, so don’t forget to follow us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to shows.
In this episode, Jer talks with Dena Walker, the manager, and Mickey Lyons, a frequent guest and local historian, about the iconic Detroit bar, The Old Miami.
Celebrating its 45th anniversary, The Old Miami is
That’s according to a credible report by Vincent Goodwill in Yahoo! News that Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores has put in a bid for a Women’s National Basketball Association squad.
Those who have been around a minute might remember the Detroit Shock — they won three titles before moving to Tulsa in 2010 — and set an attendance record for the time.
We called for the return in the spring of last year on our podcast. You can listen to the conversation, it starts at about the 11:15 mark.
As you can see in the video below, a major overhaul of the triangle-shaped park has gotten started in earnest, with work to be completed in the summer. Businesses will remain open.
This one has been a long time coming. Big parts of a plan from 2017 will be put into place. Historically, the park had more green space and was more welcoming than the current design.

What's coming? The Downtown Detroit Partnership says:
- Softening the park by adding new gardens
- Permeable surfacing (it allows water to go through instead of pool or have to be handled by sewer systems)
- Expansion of the dog park and lawn
- A new canopy of trees
If you're looking for some Capitol Park history, may I suggest this link on the monument to Michigan's first governor.
Our latest episode of what to know and where to go in Metro Detroit! We talk about a ton of things - from trying Vecino and an Archery cafe, to visiting an old favorite in
In this episode of Daily Detroit, I talk with Dan Horn, Vice President of Mobility for Franco Integrated Communications, about the impact of conferences and events in Detroit and Metro Detroit.
We explore
At an announcement tonight at the Boys & Girls Club of Southeastern Michigan on Collingwood, the Detroit city council member said he wants to "take Detroit to the next level."
He's a former state legislator and has been in council since 2021.
Durhal III is the third candidate along with current council president Mary Sheffield and former council president Saunteel Jenkins to declare.
Last month as a exploratory candidate, Durhal III stopped by our Daily Detroit studio for an in-depth discussion on his policy ideas on our podcast.
The video is embedded above and you can find it here.
I plan to have in-depth conversations with every candidate for mayor that I can, and there's another one set to publish later this week.
The second Barkside location on 11 Mile near Greenfield will have 6,000 indoor square feet of play area and 7,000 of outdoor yard, reports the Detroit News.
Started in Detroit's West Village neighborhood, this place makes the term "Saloonimal" quite literal.
My 2 Cents: Metro Detroit just doesn't really have many large indoor spaces for dogs right now. I have a few friends that go to Barkside and really like it, I'll have to go soon.
The merger brings together AAM's expertise in driveline systems with the global metal forming capabilities of Dowlais, creating a more diversified automotive supplier with a bigger geographic footprint. They expect cost savings through operational efficiencies and scale. [AAM Newsroom]
Driving the news: Electric vehicles require far fewer parts than combustion ones, and suppliers are adapting. Whatever happens in the U.S. with EVs, the auto industry is global and players are dealing with different sets of regulations and increased Chinese competition.
On February 9, it's curtains for one of the long-time spots of downtown Ferndale.
From a statement by Brian Kramer, the CEO of parent company Hometown Restaurant Group who owns the joint:
The restaurant business is very difficult right now. In my 30-plus years in the restaurant business, I’ve never experienced a tougher economy than what we are experiencing today. Add to this the high food costs, high labor costs, intense competition, the need for constant quality control, tight profit margins and endless hours of work — we just agreed the time was right to close the restaurant, take a step back, focus on our other restaurant operations and give someone else a chance to re-concept the location.

The space at 241 W. Nine Mile Road is going to become a Sidecar Slider Bar. That's a local outfit that started in Birmingham and is expanding, with locations in Farmington, Brighton, Lansing, Plymouth, Grosse Pointe, and Sterling Heights.
My two cents: I had some good memories at Public House and went to a holiday party there just a few weeks ago. But listeners of our podcast tell me service at times was mixed.
PODCAST: Funding Chaos From Washington Hits Local (Plus Peters Done in Senate, Buttigieg May Run)
Today, we discuss two major news stories affecting Michigan, but have national ties.
You can download the mp3 of the episode here.
The first is a sudden federal government funding freeze, the second is the
The people behind the popular Noble Fish sushi restaurant and White Wolf Japanese patisserie,will be opening two new Asian food halls in Metro Detroit called "Noble Village."
The first,
What are Detroit's movers and shakers thinking and talking about?
We went to the 2025 Detroit Policy Conference on Thursday and have some highlights and thoughts on our Daily Detroit podcast (download the episode
Perceptions of Downtown Detroit among residents and the wider region are up, according to a new survey. What are the areas that have made progress, and where is there still work to do? Eric Larson,