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When the Department of Alternatives holds its first open house on Thursday it won't just be showing off downtown Detroit's newest co-working space, but the latest renovation at a big building in the Motor City's Central Business District.

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Hudson Editorial is making a splash with its move to downtown Detroit, taking space in one of the Central Business District's iconic structures, the Wright Kay Building.

The creative agency, which specializes in everything from graphics to audio f…

There’s a lot going on in Detroit, especially with the people who are working tirelessly to reshape the Motor City. Hear about their tales of helping to revitalize Detroit tonight on Opportunity Detroit tonight at 7 p.m. on WJR-AM 760! Visit Detroit/Cobo Hall –  You’ll hear about all of the great developments going on in [...]

Sure, we hear about another new purchase by Dan Gilbert's real estate team every other week or so, but what's not to like about a major league redevelopment project that aims to turn downtown Detroit into one of the country's most liveable …

TubeMgual is opening an office in the M@dison Building, bringing three more jobs to downtown Detroit.

The Silicon Valley-based business specializes in programmatic branding. It runs video advertising campaigns for all of Michigan’s top automotiv…

There was an abundance of major downtown development news in the last week. Here is a quick review of some of the biggest projects and purchases announced.
 
• Dan Gilbert once again seems to be on a building-buying spree, most recently addin…

Up until a couple of weeks ago, "Sky Bar" was a bit of a misnomer, what with the bar and lounge being located on the ground floor of the David Stott Building in downtown Detroit.
 
"We are in the process of a rebranding," says …

A report published today and to be shared with investors, developers and city planners, found that greater downtown residents are wealthier than Detroiters at large, but less affluent than the average for the full populations of cities such as Min…

There was no no shortage of big announcements in Detroit's built environment in 2012, so Model D has expanded its Top 5 Development News Stories to its Top 5 Development News Subjects. This year's list includes:

The Gilbert Effect
Quicken Loan…

Sawyer Altman and Matthew Tukel, high school students at the Jewish Academy in Bloomfield Hills, started their first business a few years ago. The idea? Bottle tap water from Detroit and brand it after the Motor City.

"We pitched it around and fo…

Yes, the Detroit City Football Club's home opener is finally here. Le Rouge hosts their Lake Erie rivals AFC Cleveland on Friday, May 17. Match time is 7:30 p.m. at Cass Tech's football field. Tickets are $5.

As always, there are pregame festi…

You may have seen the new vinyl banner that reads "Coming Soon!" with the Bagger Dave's logo that was hung over the weekend at 1224 Randolph Street next to the recently-opened Buffalo Wild Wings in Greektown. While the restaurant is still…

A sure cure for the winter doldrums, the Detroit Polar Plunge at Milliken State Park will involve 500 or so brave "plungers" who consentingly jump into the Detroit River — a frigid 30 degrees Fahrenheit or so — all in the name of a good cau…

Small business news in 2012 wasn't dominated by individual start-ups as much as it was the places that let them grow. Here are the Top 5 enablers of Detroit's entrepreneurial ecosystem.

M@dison Building
Nothing has been grabbing headlines in M…

Jay Walljasper tours Detroit through the eyes of the revitalization fellows he's profiled and comes back with an up close and personal look at the city.

Clinical research is often seen as part of the cutting edge of science but one downtown Detroit-based start-up is trying to bring research into the 21st Century.

Studycache is developing software that digitizes the research process, getting rid of pap…

On Valentine's Day in HuffPost Detroit, we found this timely story with slideshow on some excellent locations in Detroit to get hitched. Also timely is an exhibition at the Detroit Historical Museum called "Saying I Do: Metro Detroit Weddings….

The folks behind Challenge Detroit are looking to build on the talent attraction/retention initiative's initial success by repeating it this year.

Challenge Detroit brings in a couple dozen recent college graduates to Detroit each year, giving the…

The University of Detroit Mercy has finished work on the new home for its law school clinics, turning a century-old fire dept building into a top-of-the-line office space.

The university's School of Law purchased the two-story building at the corn…

Who's going? Events include an interfaith candlelight vigil, a three hour cruise on the Detroit River, the Gathering, a day of education and advocacy with an array of interactive and informative workshops covering issues of importance to women, men…

Downtown Detroit tech firm Urban Science, the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan and Wayne State University of Michigan are partnering to create a new health-care innovation start-up, Life Beyond Barriers.

The new start-up, which calls the Renaissan…

Doodle Home is growing in more ways than one. The interior-design startup has not only hired 14 people over the last year but it's starting to grow into two distinctive parts.

The downtown Detroit-based startup calls the M@dison Building home, and…

Happy early St Paddy’s Day! Before you head out to the celebrations this weekend, tune in tonight to hear from some of Detroit’s brightest and best. Tonight into Opportunity Detroit on WJR-AM 760: Broderick Tower -  Broderick Tower Building Manager, Erick Novack, and current tower resident and Quicken Loans team member, Matt Pruitt, stop by the [...]

It’s freezing outside, so let the sweet sounds of Destination 313 warm your ears. Destination 313 will get you up close and personal with four guests who are helping Detroit move forward every day. Tonight on D313 at 7 p.m. on WJR-AM 760: Rock Connections-            CEO and Founder of Rock Connections, Victor You, comes on [...]

When Jerry Belanger opened the Park Bar in December 2006, he didn’t even want to open a bar. As a theatre major and a passionate supporter of the performing arts, Belanger really wanted to open a theatre and performing arts space.
 
"It…

Still feeling the long cold winter in the D? Listen tonight to hear about some activities that should give you a break from the cold. Tonight on Opportunity Detroit at 7 p.m. on WJR-AM 760: Pop Up Yoga -Want to hear how to get “your stretch on” all around Detroit? Pop Up Yoga co-founders Corinne [...]

Don’t wait for opportunity to come to you; go out and find it! Hear what Motor City citizens are doing to find opportunity tonight on WJR. Tune into Opportunity Detroit  on WJR-AM 760: Youth Boxing Gym - Another great “Opportunity in Detroit” was recently featured on NBC Nightly News with the inspiring story of the Downtown [...]

Clothing and accessories shop Johnny Rags (formerly known as "Rags") has relocated from its previous downtown Detroit space at Broadway and Grand River to a brand-new location at 440 Congress.
 
The store moved late August but the owners…

Hey, gardeners and other flora lovers, Pot & Box: Detroit, which is planning on opening a permanent location in Corktown later this year, will be in residence at downtown's D:hive from May through July this summer.

Join the celebration this Th…

Darci McConnell spent 14 years as a newspaper reporter before leaving the profession about a decade ago.

At that moment in life she heeded the advice of family and friends, including well-known local businessman Don Barden, and decided to create her o…

After the massively successful Motor City Pride and march we keep the heat turned up with our next next speaker series event on Gay Detroit. It’s tonight at downtown’s Park Bar. And there is an afterglow, doggy style. Sign up now.

Ideas for a non-motorized future are rolling forward, cycling businesses are forming and improving the quality of life. This looks like another "wow" Detroit enterprise trend gaining traction. Dennis Archambault reports from the fast lane.

When the M@dison Building opened in downtown Detroit in late 2011, Detroit Labs was one of the first start-ups to move in. Today the mobile app company has grown to the point where it's almost standing-room only in its office, prompting it to start…

On Friday May 17, celebrate national Bike to Work Day in downtown Detroit by riding to a gathering of likeminded cyclists. Food and limited giveaways will be available.

 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan will host a morning reception 7 – 9 a.m. …

Our favorite extravagant but hardly reckless spender Dan Gilbert is ahead of the pack again, hinting that once the M-1 is fully developed (by 2016) more Woodward corridor retail will be waiting for it.

Excerpt from the Detroit News:

And Gilbert, one …

What’s up Detroit?! Looking for a break from the cold? There is no better way than to get inside and tune in to this week’s edition of Opportunity Detroit! Listen to the stories of those who are helping Detroit move forward every day. Tonight on Opportunity Detroit at 7 p.m. on WJR-AM 760:  323 East [...]

GreenLancer recently landed six-figure's worth of seed capital and has added six people to its staff.

The downtown Detroit-based startup calls the M@dison Building home, helping business work green technology into their business models. The nearly…

It's somehow gratifying to see and hear, on a national cable TV broadcast, that there are so many young, tech-savvy workers employed downtown that there is not enough places for them to live. Well, let's fix that. More residential construction …

For a roundup of all the exciting downtown redevelopment and retail growth news that was announced last week, see Nicole Rupersburg's Dev News piece here.

For a closer look at Dan Gilbert's Opportunity Detroit initiative, including Papa Joe…