East Riverfront

Boating on the Grand Canal in the early 1900s

Belle Isle and Olmsted’s forgotten legacy

Frederick Law Olmsted designed Belle Isle, but his plan was lightly implemented and even counteracted by future developments. Brian Allnutt argues its time we reexamine Olmsted's original plans to better inform future use of the island.

Exterior of Waters Edge apartment building
Luxury apartments development hopes to draw residents to riverfront
Paxahau picks up pace, moves to larger office in Corktown

Paxahau is most well known for producing electronic music shows, in particular the Movement electronic music festival, but they put on many more and hit a new high with 45 shows in 2015. 

Tech startup aims to raise $1M for visual content platform

TernPro developed Slope, a software platform that enables novice digital media users to design, store, produce, and collaborate on creating visual content. This might be the year it helps the tech startup take off.

A new roof on the Hunter House
Motor City Match seeks business and commercial property owners for third round of grants

There are four major award categories for which business and property owners can apply for a share of $500,000 in grant funding.

Detroit Denim Co. moving out of Corktown’s Ponyride and into bigger digs on riverfront

The move will allow the 5-year-old company to triple its production of jeans.

2016 will be a year of big improvements to Detroit’s cycling infrastructure

A new report released by the Detroit Greenways Coalition highlights five bike and trail projects that the bike and pedestrian advocacy group is most looking forward to in 2016.

Dan Carmody, president of Eastern Market Corp.
5 ideas for creating public spaces for everyone in Detroit

On Wednesday, Nov. 18, Model D readers gathered at the Outdoor Adventure Center to discuss what we can learn from welcoming public spaces like the Detroit Riverfront and Eastern Market. Here are some takeaways.

Lee Plaza
November development news round-up

It's been another busy month for development news in the city. Let's catch up on some of the biggest stories from the past four weeks.

Kids play along the west riverfront
Join us Nov. 18 for “Where Detroit comes together,” a Model D speaker series event

On Wednesday, Nov. 18, Join us at the Outdoor Adventure Center to discuss the places and spaces where the whole region comes together.

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