My Detroit Journal

 The Exchange in Greektown New Residential Tower Exchange Detroit LLC, working with company Barton Malow and subsidiary LIFTbuild, is developing a 16-story residential tower on Gratiot and Brush. The building, which will contain 153 apartments along with 12 condo units, is being built  from the top down  using a proprietary system: each floor plate is constructed at ground level and lifted up into place. The  $64.6M development  received a  $4.6M brownfield tax incentive . Construction  began in September 2021 and the anticipated completion date is spring 2023. Sources: MLive, DBusiness, Detroit News May 24, 2022 July 7, 2022 They are building it from the top down!

New Housing in Brush Park The Platform and Queen Lillian are developing a mixed-use building on Woodward and Stimson. An office building was  originally envisioned  for this site in 2013, before  changing to apartments in 2016. In November 2020, the current project, Woodward West, broke ground. It  will include 204 apartments  and 25,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. It is expected to  open in 2022 . Sources: Model D, Crain's Detroit Business, Detroit Free Press February 3, 2021 March 21, 2021 May 18, 2021 September 29, 2021 July 7, 2022 May 5, 2023  

 Another New Hotel for Detroit The Godfrey in Corktown Oxford Capital Group and Hunter Pasteur  broke ground  on the Godfrey Hotel Detroit in September 2021. The seven-story, 227-room boutique hotel in Corktown will have a restaurant and rooftop bar. Source: DBusiness March 17, 2022 Side Facing Michigan Ave. March 17, 2022 May 24, 2022 May 24, 2022 July 7, 2022 Looking from Trumbull August 2, 2022 Facing Michigan Ave. January 2, 2023 May 7, 2023

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Wayne State University  approved the $65 million  Hilberry Gateway project in 2018, a  renovation of the Hilberry Theatre  (with the 350-seat Gretchen Valade Jazz Center and 110-seat Jazz Underground), development of a new venue (with a 550-seat main theatre and a 150 to 225-seat Studio Theatre) and outdoor performance and reception space between the two buildings. The Gateway will be the performance home for the Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance and the Department of Music. Initial site work for the project included  moving the historic Mackenzie House , built in 1895, to a former parking lot at 2nd and Forest in 2019. Opening is set for  late 2022/2023 . Sources: DBusiness, Wayne State University, Crain's Detroit Business, Detroit Free Press     Now that's a crane!   May18, 2021           July 6, 2021 July 7, 2022 March 5, 2023  

Koucar Management LLC and Holdwick Land Development LLC are co-developing the $50 million downtown  Cambria Hotel project , which includes 158 rooms in a new, modular design building, as well as the restoration of the Albert Kahn-designed  Walker-Roehrig Building . Five Iron Golf will lease 24,000 square feet with golf simulator bays, bowling, a bar and other activities. EOTech Gear Store will bring outdoor equipment retail and a firearm simulator to another 8,000 square feet. Developers  broke ground  in 2019, and after an initial target completion date of 2020, the hotel is  set to open  in late 2022. Sources: Koucar, Historic Detroit, Crain's Detroit Business, Curbed Detroit      October 28, 2019 Looking East from 3rd St.           August 15, 2020 Looking Northeast from Lafayette          A New Section Added to the Existing Building         September 14, 2020 New Larger Windows Being Added to the Original Structure         October 1,2020   February 3, 2021       May 16, 2021