- search results

  December has been a banner month for Detroit development – its neighborhoods got a $35 million investment from seven companies, and Bedrock broke ground on its 1.4 million square-foot Monroe Blocks project situated on two city blocks at the corner of Monroe Street and Campus Martius in Downtown Detroit. Project...

  In another whirlwind week of development news for Detroit’s downtown, two signature hotels with meeting spaces, restaurants and bars have opened in the core area along the Woodward corridor – the Shinola Hotel and the Metropolitan. The Element Detroit at the Metropolitan is an extended-stay hotel and is part of...

Much like Faygo, Better Made or Sanders, there are companies that symbolize Detroit and have fed generations of Metro Detroiters. That list includes Detroit Popcorn Company, which is celebrating its 95th anniversary. The Redford-based company started making and selling popcorn in 1923, selling it in front of movie theatres, at...

Like many employers these days, Henry Ford Health System had a problem that needed a solution. The health care organization was looking for more nurse assistants, and there just wasn’t enough job candidates to fill the available openings. In 2017, the staff got together and came up with a game...

Kirk Taylor, president OF Nino Salvaggio International Marketplace, has learned one thing for sure in his time with the premiere grocer: The customer is always right. That means when the company was ready to opened its first store since 2003, it knew what needed to be done. The new Bloomfield...

Through a major funding boost from seven companies, Detroit’s neighborhoods will receive a record-setting $35 million.

St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor has opened its new 66,000-square-foot Cancer Center designed to deliver comprehensive cancer care for patients.

Working with a family member even on small projects can be challenging. But imagine trying to renovate a house, decorate it and open it as a bed and breakfast. That kind of a partnership can’t work if you have sibling rivalry.

How do you bring women together to have powerful conversations about their careers, their challenges and the opportunities within their industry? Invite them to have breakfast together. The Urban Land Institute of Michigan, the statewide chapter of the real estate organization focusing on land use and sustainable communities, is starting...

It has been six years since College for Creative Studies student Veronika Scott came up an innovative coat that could not only provide warmth, but also storage and a sleeping bag for people who were going through homelessness, and her company has grown by leaps and bounds.

Some 200 attendees at the Michigan Talent Resource Conference came away with a plethora of ideas to help them attract and keep employees.

Eileen Lezotte always enjoys when she comes to a new customer’s door as a Comcast Communications Technician and hears someone say: “Oh! You’re a woman!” Bringing a new perspective to the job of “cable guy” is one of the many reasons Lezotte says she loves her job. These days, the...

Amy S. Eckert is a native of Detroit, a prolific writer and author as well as a Holland resident who is rarely at home because she’s out and about seeing the world. Her outdoor adventures have taken her on assignment with Backpacker, Midwest Living, Coastal Living, the Chicago Tribune, airline...

There are some Michigan buildings that are iconic and tell the story of this state: The Capitol building in Lansing, One Woodward in Detroit and the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. Thanks to an engineer and LEGO enthusiast named David Lorch, one of those buildings has a chance of becoming...

Seaman Matthew Plucinski, right, from Roseville, MI, and Seaman Aaron Kiefer, from Los Angeles, watch in the pilot house on the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon.

Silver Bells in the City is our state capital’s 34-year tradition welcoming the holidays. Come to Lansing Nov. 16 for the dazzling Electric Light Parade and 50-plus free, family activities. Stay the weekend for a 5K run/walk and Brunch with Santa. More information at www.silverbellsinthecity.org.

JACK Entertainment is selling its Greektown Casino-Hotel to two other casino operators and property owners.

Businesses of every size were watching the midterm elections to see what would happen and how the economy might change as a result.

It's been only a few weeks since the launch of one of the first Association Health Plans made possible as a result of changes to the Affordable Care Act, but the market response has been positive.

Organizers of Credit Union Trust have announced receipt of approval to proceed with the establishment of a new, limited purpose financial institution.