Real Estate and Development
Real estate and Development stories in and around the city of Detroit.On Thursday, crews put in place the final steel beam on the new $2.2 billion, 20-story Henry Ford Health Patient Tower.v
When it opens in 2029, the hospital will add 432 all‑private, high‑tech rooms, five floors of specialized ICU care, and a vastly expanded 75,000‑square‑foot ER with 100 private treatment spaces, roughly doubling the current emergency department.

The tower is a centerpiece of Henry Ford’s ‘Destination: Grand” expansion, which also includes a new 1,500‑space parking garage, a shared services building, and a central energy hub that will help make it one of the largest all‑electric hospitals in the country.

In pure scale, it’s in the same conversation as the Hudson’s tower and the Gordie Howe International Bridge. And although the University of Michigan Center for Innovation gets a lot of press because it's visible downtown, the investment on this project is multiple times larger.
If you want to see it for yourself, look for it just off the Lodge at West Grand Boulevard.
On today’s Daily Detroit, Jer sits down with developer and Greatwater Homes co-founder Matt Temkin to unpack what it really takes to build brand-new single-family houses inside the city limits. After all, there were
Detroit is finally seeing population growth and net positive migration — and a new coalition called MoveDetroit wants to keep that momentum going.
Our guest is Hilary Doe, president and CEO of MoveDetroit,
Detroit’s recently elected mayor, Mary Sheffield, says the city is done making people wait on the city a month or more for basic home repairs and new construction permits.
In this episode of
On this episode of Daily Detroit, we learn what is actually happening behind the scenes in Midtown and New Center, and why 2026 is shaping up to be a pivotal year.
I sat down with
On today's show with Devon, Norris and Jer talking all things Detroit:
01:04 - Where we've been: Empire in Midtown Detroit
03:21 - Where we've been: Mother Handsome in Oak Park
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On today’s Daily Detroit from the floor of the Detroit Policy Conference, we’re digging into what it really took to get the Gordie Howe International Bridge this close to the finish line — and