JC Reindl

Detroit

Business Desk Reporter at Detroit Free Press

Reporter at Detroit Free Press

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Articles

Hotel operator NoMad chosen for Ford's Michigan Central Station in Detroit

5 days ago | freep.com | JC Reindl

The hotel will occupy the top five floors of the station, which were originally intended as office space but never used. The NoMad Detroit will be the brand's first location in Michigan and joins a growing number of upscale hotels opening in the city. Ford Motor Co. has found a luxury hotel operator to fill the top floors of its newly redone Michigan Central Station in Detroit.
Mike Duggan, Dan Gilbert chat about downtown Detroit and what Bill Clinton saw in 1991

1 week ago | freep.com | JC Reindl

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and businessman Dan Gilbert discussed Detroit's revitalization at the Mackinac Policy Conference. Duggan believes the Renaissance Center redevelopment, if successful, will be a major accomplishment for the city.
'Aggressive' timeline revealed to build pro soccer stadium in Detroit by 2027

1 week ago | freep.com | JC Reindl

The 15,000-capacity stadium will be more than double the size of the team's current home, Keyworth Stadium. Demolition of the hospital, which has a flooded basement, could begin as early as July. The Detroit City FC professional soccer club intends to start demolishing the old Southwest Detroit Hospital in July so that it can finish building a 15,000-capacity soccer stadium on the site by spring 2027.
Dick's sports emporium, fast-fashion retailer coming to former Sears at Twelve Oaks Mall

1 week ago | freep.com | JC Reindl

The vacant Sears at Twelve Oaks Mall in Novi will be replaced by a Dick's House of Sport, a Round1 Bowling and Arcade, and a Primark clothing store. The new attractions are expected to open in 2026, with Primark and Round1 potentially opening in the first half and Dick's House of Sport in the fourth quarter. A sports emporium, a bowling alley and a fast-fashion clothes retailer are the planned future occupants of the long-vacant Sears store at Twelve Oaks Mall in Novi.
These 10 big and empty downtown Detroit buildings still need filled

1 week ago | freep.com | JC Reindl

Several previously vacant buildings in downtown Detroit have been successfully renovated and repurposed in recent years. Despite this progress, some large buildings remain vacant, with uncertain futures. Private developers in downtown Detroit made stunning progress over the past 20 years in filling big and empty buildings, often to great acclaim.
Detroit orders work stoppage for planned Chick-fil-A near Grosse Pointe

2 weeks ago | freep.com | JC Reindl

A controversial Chick-fil-A location is still coming soon to Detroit's east side near the Grosse Pointe border, but the project hit a speed bump this week. Hours after demolition began on Monday, May 19, to a former Buick service center at 17761 Mack Ave. to make way for the future fast-food restaurant, Detroit officials ordered an immediate halt to the work.
Shuttered Henry Ford hospital to become new location for Jalen Rose charter school

2 weeks ago | freep.com | JC Reindl

The academy plans to convert the building into a new high school location, opening for the 2027-28 school year. The $20 million conversion project will involve demolition and retrofitting of the existing structure. The academy's current high school building will become a middle school. Henry Ford Health Kingswood Hospital in Royal Oak Township closed its doors in January after nearly 60 years of operation as a psychiatric hospital.
United Wholesale Mortgage rolls out AI that calls you when time to refinance

3 weeks ago | freep.com | JC Reindl

Mia can perform tasks such as calling clients about refinancing opportunities and reminding borrowers about payments. UWM CEO Mat Ishbia claims Mia is the first AI tool of its kind at this scale in any industry. If and when mortgage rates finally drop and it makes sense to refinance, you might receive a call about this news from your mortgage broker's new lifelike AI assistant.
Rehab work finally begins on long-vacant Lee Plaza in Detroit

3 weeks ago | finance.yahoo.com | JC Reindl

Redevelopment work is now officially underway on a large and long-empty Detroit high-rise after several years of delays related to the project's complicated financing. The 16-story Lee Plaza, situated a mile west of New Center at 2240 W. Grand Blvd., originally opened as a luxury residential hotel in 1929 and has been vacant since the mid-1990s, when it last operated as low-income senior housing. The building fell into disrepair during the years it was closed, much of it from vandalism.
Rehab work finally begins on long-vacant Lee Plaza in Detroit

3 weeks ago | freep.com | JC Reindl

The project will create affordable senior apartments and market-rate units. Financing for the $60 million first phase was complex and caused delays. Redevelopment work is now officially underway on a large and long-empty Detroit high-rise after several years of delays related to the project's complicated financing. The 16-story Lee Plaza, situated a mile west of New Center at 2240 W.