Crain's annual list of the area's 24 largest construction projects includes, in Detroit, all three permanent casinos, the @water Lofts and Book Cadillac and expansions at Henry Ford and St. John Hospitals. Ann Arbor makes the list with the replacement of Mott Children's and Women's hospitals and U-M's Cardiovascular Center and North Quad project.
Northville has awarded New Moon Visions a $40,000 contract to develop a branding a promotions strategy for its downtown shopping district.
The University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning is bringing in some of the top architects and urban designers in the country this week as a finale to a yearlong planning process for downtown Detroit.
EMU announced plans to build a $100 million 161,600 square-foot science center on campus; U-M also announced several projects including an office space and parking addition to the Thompson Street parking structure, infrastructure improvements to the Matthei Botanical Gardens Exhibition Greenhouse and improvements at Ann Arbor's Burlington Office Building, Mott Children's Hospital and University Hospital.
The 10-story Main North Lofts, 201 E. 11 Mile Road in Royal Oak, is nearly sold out, and the second phase of the devleopment, is set to begin in March.
The city of Ann Arbor is kicking off a drive to promote renewable energy by installing a solar water heating system at its main fire station in downtown.
The University of Detroit Mercy’s architecture series features lectures from four leading architects in the first quarter of 2007. The first lecture, entitled “Stillpoint,” will take place on Jan. 31 at 6:30 p.m. and will be given by Los Angeles architect Michael Rotondi.
Detroit Renaissance CEO Doug Rothwell talks with the Ann Arbor News about the importance of research universities to the state and Ann Arbor's interconnectedness to other communities, particularly Detroit, in Southeast Michigan.
The Michigan Design Center is a 215,000 square foot warehouse that caters to the needs of interior designers around the Midwest.
An Yspsilanti resident, Greg Napolitan, has started up a company called Bamboo Styles to design and sell environmentally-friendly bamboo clothing.
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