Cobblestone promenade, retail, restaurants planned for block by new Little...
Kurt Nagl - Ten new storefronts totaling 43,000 square feet are planned for the block of Columbia Street in downtown Detroit set to open this summer when headquarters construction wraps up.
View ArticleOlympia Development proposes nearly $200 million in new office, retail...
Kirk Pinho - The projects are anticipated to bring 400,000-plus square feet of office space and more than 70,000 square feet of retail in The District Detroit.
View ArticleBucharest Grill nears return to downtown Detroit
Annalise Frank - The fast-casual Middle Eastern restaurant beloved for its shawarma continues its expansion with an eye on increased foot traffic.
View ArticleNew Cass-Henry Historic District spares Ilitch-owned buildings from demolition
Kirk Pinho - Detroit City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a measure that institutes the historic district within The District Detroit just south of Little Caesars Arena.
View ArticleIlitch family's Olympia eyes demo of Temple Street building in local historic...
Kirk Pinho - Real estate company says the vacant Alden Apartments north of the new arena is structurally unsound and not a candidate for redevelopment.
View ArticleOlympia to miss deadline for Hotel Eddystone project
Kirk Pinho - Firm says it is still moving forward with rehabbing Eddystone, spared from demolition in a compromise agreement with the city that allowed Olympia to implode the former Hotel Park Avenue...
View ArticleCity: External inspection shows no 'imminent danger of collapse' at Alden...
Kirk Pinho - Ilitch family's Olympia Development is seeking approval to tear down the 26,000-square-foot building at 145 Temple St. in the shadow of Little Caesars Arena.
View Article$59 million Wayne State business school opens with nod to Ilitch legacy
Annalise Frank - The family's $40 million gift in 2015 jump-started the development as well as programs in sports and entertainment management and entrepreneurship and innovation amid skyline views of...
View ArticleOlympia hiring binge may signal strategy shift
Kirk Pinho - The Ilitch company is using high pay and perks to lure development talent from other real estate firms.
View ArticleMichael Lee on WJR: Ilitches to rev up District Detroit development |...
Michael Lee - Crain's Detroit Business Managing Editor Michael Lee chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about this week's top stories. Listen to the interview and then read the stories here.
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