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Can One Block In Downtown Detroit Support Three Local Coffeeshops?

A coffeeshop on every corner is a thing in some neighborhoods of larger cities. But is it Detroit’s turn? Can a one-block area — Capitol Park in downtown Detroit — support three local coffeeshops? It looks like we’re about to find out. Let’s break down the options that are mere feet from each other. First, there’s Urban Bean. They’ve been there the longest in a small, neat mid-centuryish modern building on the corner of Griswold and Grand River. They first opened in 2008 and then after...

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A Look At The Changes Coming To Detroit's Capitol Park

Capitol Park will be getting a face lift starting in the spring of 2018. Monday night during a community meeting the Downtown Detroit Partnership (DDP) and PUBLIC WORKS principal designer Marc Ryan went over the potential plan for the park.   Currently, Capitol Park is a lacking green space and trees. The new plan would include trees that will create a rising canopy, river gardens, and grassy areas. The mix of five trees will mainly be native to Michigan. The trees are being chosen ba...

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FIRST LOOK: Inside The Beautiful New Bird Bee In Capitol Park

Detroit’s Capitol Park is a hotbed of new retail activity with quite a few new places opening up. The latest entry is Bird Bee, an online retailer and HATCH Detroit finalist that is opening their first brick and mortar store in downtown Detroit. On hearing of their soft opening, we decided to check it out. Their official grand opening celebration is June 1. The store is beautifully merchandised, to scale with the space and has items at a variety of price points. It’s a smart, coord...

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Bird Bee Opens Brick And Mortar Store In Capitol Park Thursday

Capitol Park is gaining a new boutique this week. Bird Bee will be opening their doors on Thursday, May 25 for a soft opening. The women’s clothing and accessories store will be located on the ground floor of The Albert. Taylor Bolleber started Bird Bee as an online business and made a name for herself by setting up pop up shops all over town. She was also one of the finalists of the 2016 Hatch Detroit contest. “I’m proud of how far Bird Bee has come since I first set up shop online and at...

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Ground Will Break In Fall 2017 On Capitol Park Renovation, Landscape Architecture Firm Selected

Capitol Park in downtown Detroit has been a hot spot of development as of late. Building after building has undergone changes or come back to life over the last few years. The nonprofit group that helps coordinate downtown public space development, the Downtown Detroit Partnership (DDP) in collaboration with the City of Detroit, today announced its selection of Toronto-based urban design and landscape architecture firm, PUBLIC WORK, as the lead designer for the upcoming Capitol Park district r...

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Go! Sy Thai Will Open Second Detroit Location In Capitol Park This Friday

The developers behind The Albert, a luxury apartment building on Griswold street in Capitol Park, have been busy filling up their retail spaces as of late. Today we got word that the planned Thai restaurant, Go! Sy Thai, will open this Friday, January 20. Go! Sy Thai also has a location in the Midtown neighborhood of the city. It’s the fast casual spin on the sit down Sy Thai restaurant, of which there are three. They are in St. Clair Shores, Birmingham and Troy. The Capitol Park Go! Sy...

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A Cigar Factory From 1887 Becomes An Automotive Incubator: Lear Innovation Center Opens In Detroit

It is always exciting to see new developments up close and personal. Today was no exception because the Lear Innovation Center officially opened in Capital Park. The goal of the innovation center is to bring new innovation and design to not only the auto industry, but the non-automotive industries as well. Lear will be collaborating with Wayne State University and the College of Creative Studies to bring new technology and design to the real world. Lear will be bringing ten students from...

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Capitol Park To Get A New Pet Boutique, City Bark

Thai food. Coffee shop. A second coffee shop. Nail boutique. Bike store. Italian Restaurant. Now, Capitol Park is getting a pet boutique. At 1214 Griswold in a recently renovated building, The Albert, the pet supplies store City Bark is opening a second location. City Bark sells American-made pet products with their first store being in Grosse Pointe. The 1,250-square-foot Detroit location will be larger than their place in the suburbs, and they aim to keep their boutique feel while expandin...

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Capitol Park Is Aiming To Be A Summer Food & Brunch Hub

There’s a brunch option in a park in downtown Detroit for the month of August. Capitol Park, which we’ve written about new developments multiple times, is seeing a new chapter of businesses and residential development. They’re hosting Summer Saturday Nights and Sunday Brunch Specials in August as part of Quicken Loans Summer in the Parks. The historic creates a feel that organizers say will be “reminiscent of a mini Soho within the city of Detroit.” Let’s break it down, first with the Satu...

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Italian Restaurant To Open In Capitol Park, Name Has Historic Roots To City

Everything old is new again – and the Capitol Park section of downtown, that was in recent memory served in part as a DDOT bus turnaround, is in the middle of a full-on investment binge. The latest news is La Lanterna, originally established in 1956 in Capitol Park in what is now the Malcomson building will reopen at 1214 Griswold, a building otherwise known as The Albert. The new 2,000 square foot restaurant will be in the historic Capitol Park district, a district so named because at one t...

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Find The Fun In These Five Downtown Detroit Parks This Summer

Need an inexpensive, family-friendly way to entertain the kids this summer? Check out the 2016 Quicken Loans Summer in the Park lineup. It’s got plenty of free events in downtown Detroit’s five historic parks – Campus Martius, Cadillac Square, Capitol Park, Grand Circus, and Paradise Valley’s Beatrice Buck Park. Some of the highlights of Summer in the Parks include a performance by American Authors, Rhythm & Stage, Faygo Movie Night in the D, and Dot & Ziggy Kidz Show. On July 22, Indie rock...

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Capitol Bark: See The New Dog Park In Capitol Park

With the rise of occupancy in the heart of downtown Detroit it’s no surprise there is also an influx of new pet owners in the area. It seems like every month or so there is a new building popping up or restaurant filling up old abandoned space, and it’s great to see new parks being developed for both pet owners and local residents to enjoy. Now, it’s time for some development for our four-legged residents as there’s a new dog park in Capitol Park. Responsible for the new dog across the stree...

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Dan Gilbert Buys Another Building In Capitol Park

Forgive us for thinking of that “All the things!” meme, but Dan Gilbert’s folks are back at it buying more buildings. This time, a former sound studio in Capitol Park where they already own five buildings. This will make their sixth. Compared to some of the other purchases Gilbert has made, this one is relatively small in size (and so is the building) which last listed for $750,000. The purchase price was undisclosed and the deal technically closed on September 18 to Gilbert’s subsidiary, 1250...