Redevelopment

What's old is new again�and brownfield and historic preservation tax credits available to careful and diligent developers mean that old is more than just aesthetically pleasing, it's economically viable. Add in the inherent sustainability of reuse, and the triple-bottom-line survey says: redevelopment is the way to go.

Redevelopment Features

Palmer Park's turnaround and neighborhood revival

Matthew Piper Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Great things are happening in Palmer Park, the historic, 296-acre greenspace and adjacent apartment district, which features a jaw-dropping collection of buildings built between 1925 and 1965. Matthew Piper surveys the past, present and future plans for the neighborhood.

New chapter begins in Detroit literary arts scene

Matthew Lewis Tuesday, January 21, 2014

The fab Write A House project has gone viral, and we welcome all the out-of-town budding literati that it will spawn, but we wanted to focus on the "where" as much as the "what." The neighborhood called Banglatown, NoHam or Power House is what Matthew Lewis is talking about.

Meet Model D's new development news editor

Model D staff Tuesday, January 07, 2014

MJ Galbraith is a creative writer, a musician and a guy with his ear to the ground looking for all the Detroit development news that's fit to print. Find him walking into a building or business near you.

Stabilizing neighborhoods by investing in Detroit Land Bank

Dennis Archambault Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Shoring up the middle class is key to improving neighborhood life in Detroit. By working with homeowner associations in the Boston-Edison and East English Village neighborhoods, the Detroit Land Bank is starting to get results, says Dennis Archambault in this report.

On the Ground: Reinvesting in power of education

Matthew Lewis Tuesday, December 03, 2013

Nearly 20 years ago, 167,000 students were enrolled in Detroit Public Schools. Today, only 49,000 students attend school in the district, leaving over 150 vacant buildings. Matthew Lewis talks to a group working to repurpose one of them into a trade school in Brightmoor.

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