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Posted By: The Toledo Blade on April 9, 2025.  For more information, please click here to read the source article. The name and owner of the $800 million data center under construction in Middleton Township are no longer a secret. At a Wednesday news conference at Bowling Green State University, the Regional Growth Partnership and JobsOhio announced that […]

Posted By: MLive on March 24, 2025.  For more information, please click here to read the source article and view images. Another large structure has emerged on Michigan’s second largest city’s skyline as the downtown continues to transform. Construction on the Acrisure Amphitheater, a massive structure nearly the length of a football field, reached the halfway mark […]

Posted By: The Detroit News on March 11, 2025.  For more information, please click here to read the source article.   The Gordie Howe International Bridge is on track to open to drivers in the fall, project officials said Tuesday. During a quarterly project update at the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority community office in southwest Detroit, officials said the […]

Posted By: mlive on January 30, 2025.  For more information, please click here to read the source article. Verizon users in rural Muskegon County who have struggled for years with poor service have something to look forward to. The Dalton Township Planning Commission on Tuesday, Jan. 28, approved a special land use application on behalf of Florida-based telecommunications […]

Posted By: MLIVE on December 31, 2024.  For more information, please click here to read the source article. People driving on 36th Street just before U.S. 131 will notice workers raising steel for a new development on the site of a former GM plant. It’s one of three developments planned for the former automotive plant’s site that covers […]

Posted By: Hometown Life on November 8, 2024.  For more information, please click here to read the source article. A new Nino Salvaggio International Marketplace is expected to open on the campus of Schoolcraft College sometime in late 2025. A groundbreaking Thursday, Nov. 7, marked the beginning of construction for the new market, which will be located in the north […]

Posted By: REJournals on October 4, 2024.  For more information, please click here to read the source article. How resilient has the Detroit-area industrial market been? Its fundamentals are strong enough to allow it to weather the challenges that come with high interest rates and construction costs. And one professional working this market said that this resilience bodes […]

Posted By: mlive on October 6, 2024.  For more information, please click here to read the source article. The vision for a reimagined riverfront in Grand Rapids is coming to life. Construction is now underway on Acrisure Amphitheater, and plans are in motion to activate a nearby stretch of the Grand River with pedestrian trails, high-end housing, a […]

Posted By: BISNOW on September 19, 2024.  For more information, please click here to read the source article. In-place industrial rents rose in July to $8.15 per SF, according to a report from CommercialEdge. The 7.3% year-over-year increase is good news for landlords that have been coping with a supply surge, but the overall industrial market is still down from […]

Posted By: Detroit Free Press on September 19, 2024.  For more information, please click here to read the source article. An ambitious plan for redeveloping the old Northland mall property in Southfield is starting to become a reality. An initial batch of two newly constructed, six-story and 100-unit apartment and retail buildings is nearing completion, and the second […]

Posted By: The Toledo Blade on September 8, 2024.  For more information, please click here to read the source article. Toledoans who were hoping that an apartment building would be built across the street from the Westgate Village shopping center are going to be disappointed. Liz Holland, the chief executive officer and general counsel of the company that […]

Posted By: mlive on August 28, 2024.  For more information, please click here to read the source article. Wheeler Development Group has purchased a two-story building at 300 Ionia Ave. NW for its new headquarters. The Grand Rapids-based development group, which has worked on a host of commercial and residential projects across West Michigan, bought the building for […]

Posted By: REjournals on May 31, 2024.  For more information, please click here to read the source article. The average rent for industrial space in Detroit did increase in April. But that increase was a small one. According to the latest research from CommercialEdge, the average industrial rent in Detroit rose to $6.90 a square foot in April. That is […]

Posted By: The Detroit News on May 24, 2024.  For more information, please click here to read the source article. Demolition of the Northville Downs, which hosted its last harness horse race in February, has begun and is expected to last until July, according to real estate developer Hunter Pasteur. The now-defunct Downs, Michigan’s last harness horse racing track, […]

Posted By: The Toledo Blade on February 19, 2024.  For more information, please click here to read the source article. Though still not committing itself to a restart date, Massachusetts-based AquaBounty Technologies said it remains determined to finish construction of a massive, indoor salmon-rearing facility it has been trying to build inside the North Pioneer Industrial Park […]

Posted By: The Detroit News on October 27, 2023.  For more information, please click here to read the source article. New car washes are popping up throughout Metro Detroit, with operators attracted by the outlets’ reoccurring revenue and customers drawn to their convenience and flexibility. For example, Jax Kar Wash recently opened a new location in Oak Park, […]

Posted By: The Detroit News on October 10, 2023.  For more information, please click here to read the source article.   As housing costs and demand continue to rise, developers are undertaking apartment projects in Metro Detroit, even in the face of high interest rates and growing construction costs. Among them are Marquette Companies, which recently renovated and […]

Posted By: The Detroit News on September 12, 2023.  For more information, please click here to read the source article. Detroit-based Greatwater Opportunity Capital shared its plans Tuesday for a new mixed-use development in the city’s Midtown neighborhood. The $14 million project at 3740 Second Ave. is the first new construction project for the firm, which has redeveloped […]

Posted By: Toledo Blade on September 10, 2023.  For more information, please click here to read the source article. The new Gordie Howe International Bridge is still nearly two years from completion. But already anticipation is building in northwest Ohio for the new $4.4 billion international crossing promising to smooth passenger vehicle and commercial truck traffic between Detroit […]

Posted By: mlive on August 23, 2023.  For more information, please click here to read the source article. Construction is expected to start within 30 days on a two-building apartment development at the corner of Wealthy Street SE and Sheldon Avenue SE containing 58 market-rate units and ground-floor commercial space.  The development, being led by W&S Development Partners and […]

Posted By: woodtv.com on May 31, 2023.  For more information, please click here to read the source article. A new multi-million dollar expansion project is now underway at Gerald R. Ford International Airport. The $156 million rental car facility is the latest building to be added as significant investment continues to expand capacity and improve amenities. The design […]

Posted By: DBUSINESS on May 18, 2023.  For more information, please click here to read the source article. Fifty years ago, downtown Detroit staked its economic revitalization to the Renaissance Center. It was a stretch project if ever there was one — a $357-million Hail Mary that Henry Ford II, then chairman and CEO of Ford Motor Co., […]

Posted By: Hometown Life on April 13, 2023.  For more information, please click here to read the source article. City officials recently took another step toward approving a proposed $30 million luxury apartment complex along Northwestern Highway. City council voted 5-1 Monday to approve a planned unit development for a four-story apartment community at 32680 Northwestern Highway, near […]

Posted By: Detroit Free Press on April 12, 2023.  For more information, please click here to read the source article. Fundraising challenges have forced the nonprofit organization that puts on Detroit’s annual fireworks and Thanksgiving Day parade to delay its $45 million plan to buy and redevelop a long-vacant naval armory near the Belle Isle bridge. Detroit officials […]

Posted By: mlive on April 5, 2023.  For more information, please click here to read the source article. The area near Celebration Cinema North is full of construction equipment and fences for multiple large projects. A hotel, Starbucks and other developments are in the works there. Construction hasn’t yet begun on a new 250-unit apartment building planned near Celebration Cinema […]

Posted By: Macomb Daily on February 23, 2023.  For more information, please click here to read the source article.   Home Depot is constructing a regional distribution center in Warren at the site of the former General Motors Transmission plant at Nine Mile and Mound roads. The new facility, announced Thursday by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, will provide […]

Posted By: mlive on February 12, 2023.  For more information, please click here to read the source article. Nearly a year after getting approval to turn half-built hotels in Fruitport Township into apartments, the developer has done nothing to move the project forward. Stellar Hospitality started construction on what was to be hotels near the Lakes Mall in […]

Posted By: The Toledo Blade on February 13, 2023.  For more information, please click here to read the source article. A South Toledo apartment project that drew scrutiny last year from neighbors and prompted public debate over the definition of affordable housing is still moving forward, officials behind the proposal said Monday. Developers are working to secure funding […]

Posted By: Toledo Blade on January 11, 2023.  For more information, please click here to read the source article. The Lucas County Land Bank on Wednesday chose a Cincinnati developer that it hopes will eventually transform two of downtown Toledo’s oldest and largest office buildings — the Spitzer and Nicholas — into hundreds of apartments and ground-level commercial […]

Posted By: Hometown Life on December 7, 2022.  For more information, please click here to read the source article.   It appears e-commerce giant Amazon has plans to bring Amazon Fresh, the company’s brick-and-mortar grocery shopping concept, to Plymouth Township. Although Amazon is typically mum on company plans, Plymouth Township Supervisor Kurt Heise said building plans have gone […]

Posted By: The Detroit News on November 29, 2022.  For more information, please click here to read the source article.   Community members who met with developers Tuesday evening to hear about the proposed $1.5 billion joint venture between the Ilitch family organization and developer Stephen Ross had key questions about the mixed-use development plan including affordable housing, […]

Posted By: The Toledo Blade on November 7, 2022.  For more information, please click here to read the source article.   Sylvania Township Trustees are set to take a big step toward the construction of a long-planned hotel near I-475 and West Central Avenue. At its meeting Nov. 15, the board is scheduled to vote on a planned […]

Posted By: dbusiness on October 3, 2022.  For more information, please click here to read the source article.   Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, city of Detroit officials, and project developers Queen Lillian and The Platform have completed Woodward West, a $60 million new construction mixed-use development in Detroit’s Midtown neighborhood south of Martin Luther King Blvd. “As our […]

Posted By: MiBiz on October 4, 2022.  For more information, please click here to read the source article.   Lansing-based construction management firm Clark Construction Co. will expand its West Michigan presence with a new office at the McKay Tower in downtown Grand Rapids. Company officials said in an announcement today that the firm’s growing list of large-scale West Michigan […]

Posted By: The Detroit News on September 15, 2022.  For more information, please click here to read the source article.   Michigan is receiving a $104.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation toward its plans to eliminate the sunken I-375 freeway through Detroit and replace it with a lower-speed boulevard at city-street level. The grant is a […]

Posted By: RGP Northwest Ohio.  For more information, please click here to read the source article. A leading third-party logistics provider is taking aggressive steps to attract new business to Northwest Ohio. Keller Logistics has confirmed plans to construct two spec buildings in neighboring counties, with visions of drawing heavy job-creating opportunities tied to advanced manufacturing. Keller Logistics […]

Posted By: dbusiness on July 26, 2022.  For more information, please click here to read the source article.   Based on new residential permit data compiled by the Home Builders Association of Southeastern Michigan (HBA) in Bingham Farms and reported in the HBA and Carter Lumber Southeastern Michigan Residential Building Activity Report, single-family home permits continued to drop, […]

Posted By: The Detroit News on July 25, 2022.  For more information, please click here to read the source article.   A new rendering of a multi-residential complex under construction on the site of the former Joe Louis Arena has been posted on online.  You can see it here. A single image on the site, 600associates.com, shows what […]

Posted By: The Toledo Blade on July 2, 2022.  For more information, please click here to read the source article. It’s the second big project by ARK, which also turned the old Wonder Bread bakery into housing East Toledo’s former Masonic Temple has sat vacant for at least two decades, a fact that would be easy to guess […]

For leasing information on Eastland Commerce Center, contact Joe Hamway/Greg Hudas. Posted By: The Detroit News on July 7, 2022.  For more information, please click here to read the source article.   Sixty-five years after Eastland Center opened its doors to shoppers, the developer of a $94 million industrial complex broke ground on the project that will replace […]

Pinnacle Construction Group Inc. plans to renovate historic buildings next to its Grand Rapids headquarters along the Grand River to create a 12-unit affordable apartment building with office space. The approximately $13 million project at 974 Front Ave. NW on the west side of the Grand River would be LEED-certified with apartment units that achieve 60 […]

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN—May 25, 2022— Signature Associates has negotiated the lease of 1,256 square feet of retail space located at 900 Michigan Street NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan to Method Salon, LLC. Joe Rizqallah of Signature Associates represented the landlord, 900 Michigan NE, LLC. The tenant has been in business for 3 years and decided to […]

JLL released its 2022 first-quarter West Michigan industrial and office reports, and the differences are striking. The industrial report revealed that 921,392 square feet of industrial space in West Michigan was absorbed, decreasing the vacancy rate in the region to 3.2%. The average asking rent price increased to $4.06 per square-foot, up 1.8% from the […]

After nearly a year of running a cold-pressed juice shop in Grosse Pointe, Rachael Schroeder and her husband, Kevin, decided to expand their business, Rhythm & Blue Juice Co. They chose retail space at the Elton Park Corktown Apartments for their second location, which they opened in late January — another business betting on the […]

Eastland Commerce Center will offer three state-of-the-art industrial facilities   HARPER WOODS, MI — Signature Associates is pleased to announce the exclusive leasing representation of the Eastland Commerce Center in Harper Woods. This new Class A warehouse, distribution, and manufacturing campus will include three-buildings ranging from 200,000 square feet to 536,000 square feet, tilt-up concrete […]

Half-built hotels that have sat vacant for 3 ½ years will be turned into apartments following approval of the plans by Fruitport Township. A no-compete clause halted construction of the two buildings on East Sternberg Road near the Lakes Mall in Muskegon County. They remained vacant until the township enacted a blight ordinance about a […]

As demolition of the former Eastland Center shopping mall proceeds, developers of a $94 million project to reuse the property in Harper Woods have named a leasing agent to market the 80-acre site for potential tenants. Signature Associates said Thursday it will exclusively lease space for the development, known as the Eastland Commerce Center, at […]

Construction Simplified plans to move and expand its offices in Grand Rapids in preparation of eventually growing its presence across the country. The construction firm is currently located at 895 W. Fulton St. on the city’s west side. It has a development agreement with John McLeod, co-founder and head of new markets for Cloud Cannabis Co., to […]

A new $3.5 million construction trade school recently opened in Grand Rapids. The West Michigan Construction Institute (WMCI), at 801 Century Ave. SW in Grand Rapids, opened its doors to high school students earlier this month. The 14,000-square-foot building includes seven classrooms, three construction labs and office space. The Associated Builders and Contractors Western Michigan […]

Consumers Credit Union is kicking off construction on a new office and retail space in Kalamazoo’s Oakwood neighborhood. Construction will begin within the next month at the corner of Parkview Avenue and Oakland Drive on a new location featuring two buildings: a 7,355-square-foot retail building, which will be available for lease, and a two-story, 4,391-square-foot […]

A new building slated for the Reynolds Road corridor marks another new project in an area previously wrought with blight. The Toledo Police Federal Credit Union will invest $1.25 million for the construction of a new 4,200-square-foot building at 2340 S. Reynolds Road near the intersection of Heatherdowns and Reynolds roads. The site once housed […]

A mixed-use residential and commercial building now is under construction on the site of the former Goog’s Pub & Grub in Holland. Among the first construction under the city of Holland’s new unified development ordinance (UDO) that promotes mixed uses in commercial zones is a new 14,000-square-foot Goog’s building on the city’s south side. Construction […]

Developers of The Mid, a more than $250 million mixed-use development along Woodward in Midtown, expect to begin construction in the second quarter of 2022, officials said Tuesday. The development on 3.8 acres at 3750 Woodward Ave., was originally slated to open in December 2020. Emery Matthews, one of the developers involved in the project, has previously cited the […]

The construction industry experienced widespread pauses on projects in 2020 during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the backlog made for a packed year in 2021, which features a range of ongoing projects including housing developments and reuses of former industrial buildings. Talent shortages, high construction costs and long lead times for materials have […]

Jon Savoy took data projections in the mid-’90s to heart when he moved his real estate business, Lee & Associates, to Brighton. He was betting on population growth that came, to an extent, but the commercial building wave that he expected to follow never actually materialized. He has since moved back to Southfield. Around many […]

With a German auto supplier up and running in Detroit-based Walbridge Group’s new warehouse building in Lyon Township, the construction giant has started putting up another on spec. Webasto Roof Systems Inc. has leased the 280,000-square-foot Lyon Distribution Center I building off I-96 at Grand River Avenue and South Hill Road and John Rakolta III, president of […]

Low industrial real estate vacancy rates and ongoing construction backlogs are pushing industrial projects to more rural and outlying areas. In the Grand Rapids area, an increasing number of industrial sites that have sat dormant for years in outlying parts of Walker and Hudsonville are now being bought or developed, said Stu Kingma, associate broker […]

A hub for talent recruitment, skills development and job placement is expected to open early next year in Grand Rapids in hopes of filling the workforce pipeline for West Michigan construction jobs. The West Michigan Construction Institute (WMCI) will be located at 801 Century Ave. SW, west of US-131 in Grand Rapids at Owen-Ames-Kimball Co.’s former equipment yard. […]

A historic bank building in downtown Muskegon will be redeveloped into a mixed-use space after being vacant for four years.  Core Development Group plans to repurpose the six-story tower at 221 W. Webster Ave. into offices, commercial space and apartments. “It’s preserving an old building. If it sat here forever, who knows what it would […]

A New Orleans-themed development in Perrysburg Township with restaurants, a coffee shop and gym is under construction and slated to open starting early next year. French Quarter Square will be worth $15-$20 million when finished, said Mike Denman, vice president of developer River Rock Property Group. The property at 10630 Fremont Pike is just east […]

A year ago, Huron Township put the brakes on construction of any new warehouse or distribution space after approving two large new buildings on an old horse-racing track. But now the developer constructing those buildings totaling 1.27 million square feet for Amazon.com Inc. on the former Pinnacle Race Course site wants to build another one […]

The region’s third Amazon Fresh grocery store concept is believed to be under construction in Troy. Permits and site plans obtained from the city through a Freedom of Information Act request show a layout and design similar to other Amazon Fresh stores around the country, including locations Crain’s previously first reported in the spring in Shelby […]

VisionQuest Companies plans to begin construction this month on a a $30 million headquarters near the corner of M-40 and Waverly Road. VisionQuest, which owns car wash companies and manufactures car wash equipment, says the new building is expected to be complete by fall 2022. It includes 75,000 square feet of office space and a […]