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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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Here's A 17 Photo Construction Tour Of Wayne State's New Mike Ilitch School Of Business

Wayne State’s Mike llitch School of Business is at the halfway point of construction, and the progress is impressive. Come next year, more than 3,500 students will be served by the 120,000 square foot building that’s across the street from the new Little Caesars Arena on Woodward Avenue. On Thursday we went on a construction tour of the $59 million project that we’ve been following since steel started going in back in April. $40 million of the funding came through a gift from Mike and M...

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(17 PICS) Construction Kicks Off On Historic Metropolitan Building That's Finding New Life As A Hotel

Since 1979, the historic Metropolitan Building on John R. in downtown Detroit has sat vacant. In fact, trees even started growing on it. One that was 13 feet tall, and they brought it down to light it up for the ceremony this afternoon. There has been some activity at the site for awhile, but today came the word of what exactly is going into this triangle-shaped building. It will be home to Michigan’s first Starwood Element Hotel. The $32 million project kicked off today in a lobby that...

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Check Out The Construction Progress Of Downtown Detroit's New Beacon Park

Across Grand River from the beautifully restored Grand Army of the Republic building a park is under construction, paid for by DTE Energy. Today, that park got a name. According to the Empowering Michigan blog, it’s going to be called “Beacon Park.” The circular, open lawn is the largest of any downtown Detroit park and gives visitors room to run, play, relax and recharge. With year-round programming, interactive light installations, and a brasserie-style restaurant with a rooftop garden, se...

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VIDEO: Final Piece Of Structural Steel Goes In At The New WSU Ilitch School Of Business

Despite a misting rain, crews after a small ceremony lifted the final beam in place for Wayne State University’s new Mike Ilitch School of Business under construction at the corner of Woodward and Temple in downtown Detroit. The $50 million facility, located right next to the new Little Caesars Arena, aims to serve about 3,500 students at a time. Here’s our construction check-in from earlier as well as the announcement of the project’s new renderings....

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Construction Work Underway For The New Park On West Side Of Downtown (PICS)

A tipster sent us photos of work underway at what some are calling the second Campus Martius Park. DTE Energy announced the 1.5 acre park back in June. It’s located on the west side of downtown Detroit on Grand River Avenue across from the historic G.A.R. building that’s home to the hot restaurants of Republic and Parks & Rec. They are pouring the foundations for the buildings (especially the restaurant) located at the top of the rendering we’ve included below before the cold weather sets in...

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Here’s What M-1 RAIL’s Construction Looks Like This Year

M-1 RAIL has welcomed spring’s return by rolling out an ambitious construction schedule this year. The first item on the list: spring cleaning. “Keeping the construction site clean and assuring a safe environment are important M-1 RAIL objectives; it’s the reason our spring construction began with cleaning up the Woodward Avenue corridor around our work areas,” said Paul Childs, M-1 RAIL’s Chief Operating Officer. “Last month, we filled potholes, put new temporary striping on Woodward Avenue t...