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Michigan Central reopens with a new purpose after symbolizing Detroit’s bleak years If there is one thing reverberating through the thousands of tons of restored Mankato limestone, marble, Guastavino tile and oak in Michigan Central Station, it’s memory. When the train depot reopens to the public this week after a six-year renovation to fix 30-plus…
Much of the U.S. is seeing more housing inventory come to market. Not metro Detroit. Major metro areas around the country are seeing a long-desired uptick in the inventory of homes for sale, but Southeast Michigan remains an outlier. That’s according to a new report by online brokerage firm Redfin, which found that for the four weeks…
GM, others pitched Wayne County on moving offices to the RenCen Representatives from General Motors Co. and Detroit development players have pitched Wayne County on moving its offices to the Renaissance Center from the Guardian Building in downtown Detroit. Within the last several months, the idea was posited to Wayne County as part of a multi-party…
Consumers Energy seeks 7% rate hike to bolster grid Consumers Energy is seeking a $325 million, or 7%, hike in electricity rates — an increase that Michigan’s second-biggest electric utility says is needed to begin implementing a multi-year plan to harden and upgrade the grid to avoid outages. The Jackson-based company filed the request with the state…
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