detroit development

Meet Sirene Abou-Chakra, director of development for the City of Detroit

Detroiter Sirene Abou-Chakra, director of development for the city, chats with Detour about 20-minute neighborhoods, social mobility and her favorite…

5 years ago

Shipping containers were pitched as the Next Big Thing in Detroit housing — but they couldn’t get off the ground

In Detroit, the two Three Squared Inc. project sites remain empty, except a “for sale” sign on the property at…

6 years ago

Confessions of a jaywalker

In many places, streets force you to engage in risky behavior — sidewalks disappear without warning, or you have to…

6 years ago

Detroit development is getting celebrated at the expense of displaced residents

“Desolation.” “Moribund.” “Shabby.” “Mostly empty.” “Once-vacant.” “Mostly vacant.” “Seldom-used.” “Oblivion.” From the descriptions in this Free Press article earlier in…

6 years ago

OPINION: Detroit isn’t a tale of two cities. There’s something worse going on.

During the hours when people are in line to find secure housing, their means of transportation is silently whisked away.

6 years ago

Meet the District Detroit’s defender

With the constant drone of construction, bumper-to-bumper traffic and flurry of development announcements, it’s obvious something is going on in “The…

7 years ago

Remembering Asian Village, a Detroit development project that crashed and burned

Take a trip back in time for the story of Asian Village -- an early New Detroit success story that…

7 years ago

You can’t cut corners in Corktown

As everyone holds their breaths waiting to hear Ford’s plans, a townhouse development may seem like small potatoes. But it’s…

7 years ago

Can Detroit aquarium harder?

An aquarium along the river -- an idea floated by the Detroit Zoo last week -- seems like an obvious…

7 years ago