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PODCAST: Bedrock has a new Cadillac Square development plan

Goodbye Monroe blocks, hello Development at Cadillac Square. This surprise announcement hit our inboxes and this is our reaction and the details within 30 minutes of learning the info. The thumbnail facts include: * 1.5 million square foot development * 250-280 new residential units * 90,000 square feet for a market hall, a grocer, restaurants and other retail * 60,000+ square feet dedicated to entertainment offerings including the National Theatre with about 2000 seats *...

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Checking In On The City Modern Development In Brush Park

The Brush Park neighborhood is pretty unrecognizable since the work began on Bedrock’s City Modern development.  On Monday I checked out the progress on the two apartment buildings that Sachse Construction is managing inside the City Modern development.  The first building I toured was the senior apartment building at 124 Alfred Street. It is kitty corner to the famous Ransom Gillis House that Rehab Addict’s Nicole Curtis recently did. The apartments in the building will offer...

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It's About More Than Just That One Window

NOTE: Dan Gilbert, owner of Bedrock, has apologized for the controversial “See Detroit Like We Do” advertisement. Read that by clicking here. A controversial window graphic has intensified a conversation in the Detroit community about race and inclusion on the 50th anniversary of the events of 1967. Let’s set the table. Bedrock, a real estate company owned by the billionaire founder of Quicken Loans, Dan Gilbert, owns the Vinton building. The Vinton was built in 1917 designed by Albert Kah...

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8 Before And After Pictures Of Detroit's Beautiful Book Tower Coming Back To Life

The building at the corner of Washington Boulevard and Grand River has a long history, and is one of the most ornate exteriors in the city of Detroit, and possibly the United States. For years the Book Tower was ridiculed as one of Detroit’s ugliest buildings. It turns out when the exterior gets a deep cleaning its intricate art that sits high above the city streets comes to life. Although some of us always appreciated the structure for its unique design. It’s a rare Renaissance-style skyscr...

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A Look Inside Of The Future 260 Square Foot Micro Lofts At The New 28Grand

If you haven’t been through Capital Park lately, you might have missed the construction that is currently happening on Grand River and Griswold Street on the site of what was most recently a parking lot and strip club. 28Grand is a mix used apartment building that is being built by Bedrock, the property management company owned by Dan Gilbert. Two interesting points about this building. First, it is the first micro loft apartment building in Detroit. Second, Bedrock describes it as the largest...

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Report: Shinola To Open Boutique Hotel In Downtown Detroit

Woodward south of I-75 to the riverfront is quickly becoming a luxury district. Crain’s Detroit first-reported before their Detroit Homecoming event that real estate magnate Dan Gilbert’s Bedrock and Shinola have teamed up on to put a 130 room hotel at the corner of Woodward and Grand River. There will be yet-to-be determined retail, a restaurant, and “living room space” in the 62,000 square foot building built in 1915. The project also encompasses a smaller building next door built for Sing...

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One Woodward Skyscraper Now 100% Occupied With QStride Move To Detroit From Suburbs

The march of businesses big and small heading into the downtown area continues on. On Thursday, QStride, a leading technology solutions provider specializing in business intelligence, analysis, information technology (IT), and consulting services, announced today that the company will move from their current Troy location to a Downtown Detroit office located at One Woodward Avenue. Built in 1962, the 29-story One Woodward Building was the first skyscraper designed by Yamasaki, best known as...

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LOOK: Leon Keer's Mind-Bending Perspective Art Comes To Detroit

On Friday at One Woodward in Campus Martius, world-renowned artist Leon Keer wrapped up a two dimensional mural – that looks like three dimensions – in the lobby of the Quicken Loans headquarters that is nothing short of mind blowing. According to his website, Keer, who hails from the Netherlands, learned to paint through his work designing and producing large advertising murals for multinational companies like Coca-Cola. His knowledge of materials, acquired by painting on various foundations...

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Bon Bon Bon Opens First Chocolate Showroom in Chrysler House Downtown

Wildly popular Hamtramack-based chocolate company Bon Bon Bon sells out of bon bons so quickly they have opened their first showroom on the iconic Chrysler House first floor, all before their first year anniversary as a new small business. Their Detroit retail space is open everyday except Sunday and their Hamtramack center still opens every Saturday. Owner and chocolatier of Bon Bon Bon Alexandra Clark started with a desire for 200 sq. ft. of downtown retail space. Her team has transformed it...