Development Seeks to Transform Grand Rapids’ Old Industrial Site
Factory Yards is an ambitious Grand Rapids, Michigan housing retail and event complex planned for a long-disused factory site on the city’s near...
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Chicago Hotel a Symbol of City’s Pullman Rail Car Heritage
Hotel Florence is a 144-year-old Queen Anne beauty that once graced the town of Pullman, where passenger rail cars were made on Chicago’s far south...
Ron Stang
Mar 12, 2025
Plan to ‘Cap’ I-75 in Downtown Detroit Moving Ahead
Detroit is moving forward with a plan to cap part of Interstate 75 which bisects downtown, cutting the central business district off from a...
Ron Stang
Jan 29, 2025
Repurposed Buildings to Bolster Detroit Entertainment District
The latest effort by Detroit-based Basco to repurpose Detroit’s large and abandoned stock of heritage buildings into a contemporary multi-use space.
Ron Stang
Nov 22, 2024
Forbes Development Coming to Affluent Detroit Suburb
Almost two decades after buying it, the Forbes Company is set to begin construction on the former iconic Kmart HQ site in the affluent northern...
Ron Stang
Nov 14, 2024
Dreamtroit: Artist Colony Repurposes Former Lincoln Factory
The first-ever Detroit artists’ colony that repurposed an old auto factory is now open on the city’s near northwest side.
Ron Stang
Oct 22, 2024
$75M Gifted Towards ‘Re-Envisioning’ Art Institute of Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago received the biggest monetary gift in its history while continuing a 10-year rebuild project close to Lake Michigan.
Ron Stang
Oct 22, 2024
Chicago’s United Center Area Future - Transform 'Sea Of Asphalt'
Owners of the United Center and local developers can turn their attention to a grand project to transform the neighborhood outside the West Side...
Ron Stang
Sep 4, 2024
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