Downtown Detroit

GM Ventures invests $7.5 million in solar firm Sunlogics

General Motors Ventures made its sixth investment last week, sinking $7.5 million into solar panel firm Sunlogics. GM Ventures, the venture capital arm of General Motors, has invested $45 million […]

Bullish on the Brewster Projects
Young Broke & Beautiful: The new IFC series gets wild in the D
One dream, many voices: the battle to redesign Detroit
Ty Cobb’s Detroit: A writer journeys back in time
Downtown tech talk: Q&A with ‘Webward’ development ace, Dan Mullen

Startup editor Jon Zemke jumps on what could be the story of the summer: the rapid-fire redevelopment of lower Woodward Corridor skyscrapers and other prime real estate. News is breaking seemingly every day off the desk of point person Dan Mullen, who sat down with Model D to tells us what could be next.

Adventures close to home: (Meta)scheming on the open road

It's mid-summer in the city and J. Anton Blatz and Rene Wymer are staying hot by hanging out with the Roosevelt Park Conservancy, Single Barrel Detroit, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. and other DIY movers, shakers and crowdfunders. Go on, we dare you to read this month's amped-up adventures and try to keep up.   

LAX resto-lounge brings “airport chic” to Adams Street
On Lafayette, Compuware builds an urban oasis
Magic Johnson invests millions in Detroit Venture Partners

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