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Builders, planners at odds over proposed bill to promote more housing density Homebuilders and developers say a bill moving through the Michigan Legislature could help create “quicker and cheaper” housing density, but local planners worry about unintended consequences that could lead to suburban sprawl and strain infrastructure. Senate Bill 23 would amend part of the state’s…
Hudson’s Detroit skyscraper exterior reaches completion The exterior of the Hudson’s Detroit tower is officially complete. Tuesday, workers installed the final glass panel on the 47th floor of the 685-foot-tall building, Dan Gilbert’s Bedrock LLC’s announced. The tower at 1208 Woodward Ave. includes a total of 4,677 glass panels on its exterior, ranging from 11…
Feds could sell 3 downtown Detroit properties Three properties in downtown Detroit have landed on a new U.S. General Services Administration list of federally owned real estate that could be sold in the future. The list includes 443 “non-core” properties across 47 states that the GSA posted on its website Tuesday and are a part of President…
RenCen plan adds observation deck, cuts taxpayer costs by up to $100M The $1.6 billion Renaissance Center redevelopment plan by two of Detroit’s most prominent companies would include a new Willis Tower-like observation deck — and the project would likely cost taxpayers far less than initially pitched, an official said Thursday. The GM-Bedrock effort to demolish…
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