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'Jersey Boys' cast to kick off Thanksgiving parade
Natalie Broda - The Broadway sensation "Jersey Boys" is coming to Detroit this November in a big way: by kicking off the Thanksgiving Day parade. The troupe, who will be performing the Tony-, Grammy-...
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Revamped Fox Theatre marquee again lights up Detroit sky
Crain's Detroit Business - The Fox Theatre marquee lit up the downtown Detroit sky once again Thursday evening after a monthslong renovation. It culminated a project that began in June to preserve the...
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Chris and Mike Ilitch
Bill Shea - Mike Ilitch in 2015 upped the ante on his big bet on downtown Detroit. His vision, orchestrated day to day by son Chris Ilitch, was introduced in the summer of 2014 as a sprawling,...
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Michigan's first Escape the Room opens in downtown Detroit
Sherri Welch - Manhattan-based Escape the Room has opened its first Michigan location in downtown Detroit in the retail space of the Brush Street Garage. Bedrock Real Estate Services, which owns the...
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Wahlburgers to open in Detroit's Greektown this summer
Sherri Welch - The Boston-based Wahlburgers burger chain is set to open its first Michigan restaurant in Detroit’s Greektown this summer. Greektown Casino-Hotel (soon to be known as Jack Detroit...
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Little Caesars Arena outer buildings rising along Woodward, Henry
Bill Shea - The structural steel that will form the bones of the massive retail and office buildings along two flanks of Little Caesars Arena began to rise Friday. The work represents the latest phase...
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New Little Caesars headquarters' unique glass design unveiled; construction...
Kirk Pinho and Bill Shea - The planned Little Caesar Enterprises Inc. headquarters along Woodward Avenue is expected to feature a unique formed-glass exterior that should make it a signature building...
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Fight for billboard space around Little Caesars Arena figures to grow as...
Bill Shea - The race is on to find new spaces for billboards and other outdoor display advertising surrounding the new Detroit Red Wings arena by the time it opens in September 2017. The $627.5...
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'Topping off' ceremony marks another milestone in Little Caesars Arena...
Chris Ehrmann - Dozens of iron workers who labored on the new Little Caesars Arena gathered Thursday morning for a celebration of a new milestone for the building: The last piece of structural steel...
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Tigers will use 2017 games to promote The District Detroit development
Bill Shea - Organizers of "The District Detroit Night" for Saturday night's Detroit Tigers game are hailing the promotion as successful. "The District Detroit Night at Comerica Park was a great...
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New Little Caesars headquarters on Woodward to cost an estimated $150 million
Kirk Pinho and Bill Shea - The new Little Caesars headquarters building will cost an estimated $150 million, the Detroit-based pizza chain announced Wednesday afternoon. With Ilitch family patriarch...
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Pistons move to Detroit may be mixed bag for investors
Bill Shea and Kirk Pinho - Moving the Detroit Pistons downtown seems like a magnet for economic development, bringing more people and businesses into the planned entertainment district. And it should...
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Pistons make it official: Team will move to downtown Detroit in 2017
Bill Shea and Kirk Pinho - It's official: The Pistons are moving to Detroit to play at Little Caesars Arena beginning in 2017 after 29 years in Auburn Hills. The word came Tuesday in an announcement...
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Olympia brings in Cordish, national arena district specialist, to help with...
Bill Shea and Sherri Welch - Detroit-based Olympia Development of Michigan, which recently lost its top executive, is bringing The Cordish Cos., a Baltimore-based developer of mixed-use entertainment...
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Kid Rock to open Little Caesars Arena with 4 shows in September
Bill Shea - Detroit’s new entertainment and sports arena will open in September with four shows by hometown rocker Kid Rock, and he hinted that the concerts could be the start of more regular...
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Steel takes shape at future Little Caesars world headquarters
Annalise Frank - Structural steel placement started at the new nine-story Little Caesars world headquarters in The District Detroit this week. Detroit-based construction manager Brinker-Christman led...
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Lockhart's BBQ team plans District Detroit restaurant, fast-casual additions
Annalise Frank - The owners of Lockhart's BBQ are seeing opportunities in metro Detroit, and they want in. Owners Drew Ciora and Rick Ghersi are "in talks" to open a full-service restaurant in The...
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For preservationists, Ilitch leaves a complex legacy
Kirk Pinho - In 1990, Mike Ilitch accepted the National Preservation Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation for the renovation of the Fox Theatre. Fifteen years later,...
View ArticleFox Sports to air hourlong program on rebuilding Detroit as sports city
Annalise Frank - "A New Day in Detroit," narrated by actor and city native J.K. Simmons, will premiere Friday evening.
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2017 Quick Lane Bowl to be played Dec. 26 at Ford Field
Tyler Clifford - This will be the fourth annual college football bowl game organized by the Detroit Lions.
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