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Are NFL Draft visitors saying nice things about Detroit? Detroit showed out for the 2024 NFL Draft on the first day Thursday — and crushed not only attendance records but also stigmas many visitors had about the city. Detroit isn’t as bad as he expected, said San Francisco 49ers fan Mark Castanon, a first-time visitor…

‘The last good site’ in a hot Detroit enclave hits the market One of the the last unrehabilitated buildings in a hot spot in downtown Detroit is up for sale.  The nearly 80,000-square-foot Cunningham Building in Capitol Park is on the market but does not have a listing price through Farmington Hills-based Friedman Real Estate,…

Hotel project at Joe Louis Arena site secures $90M-plus in tax incentives With public funding now secured, developers are expected to start construction this year on a nearly $400 million 25-story, convention-style hotel on the Detroit riverfront.  The Hotel at Water Square project on the former site of the Joe Louis Arena will receive a 30-year, $130.6-million Renaissance Zone…

$231.7M tax incentive approved for Henry Ford Health, Tom Gores development in Detroit The Michigan Strategic Fund officially approved Tuesday a more than $231.7 million transformational brownfield plan for the planned $3 billion development between Henry Ford Health, the Detroit Pistons and Michigan State University in Detroit’s New Center neighborhood. The Detroit City Council originally approved the plan in…