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# Detroit's Billionaires Hope to Change Downtown with Development Spree
- URL: https://www.dailydetroit.com/detroits-billionaires-hope-change-downtown-development-spree/
- Published: 2016-04-23T17:05:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-25T22:11:46.000Z
- Author: Jer Staes
- Tags: #wordpress, #Import 2024-02-25 18:12, #sourcecurbeddetroit

“Many Detroiters for so long have not seen progress, so they just want to see something,” said Dittmer, the director of architecture and design for [Bedrock](http://www.bedrockmgt.com/?ref=dailydetroit.com), the real estate company owned by billionaire [Dan Gilbert](http://detroit.curbed.com/dan-gilbert?ref=dailydetroit.com). “What we have tried to do is say something is not enough. We need to do something spectacular.”