real estate

November 13, 2017

Work to begin soon on 8MK restaurant in former WWJ building

Crews will soon begin work converting an historic former WWJ transmitter building on Eight Mile Road in Oak Park to...

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September 13, 2017

Allow me to freak out about $400K homes in my old Detroit neighborhood

I last spent time in Woodbridge Farms, my old neighborhood, last fall, when I joined some coworkers to plant trees...

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September 8, 2017

PODCAST: Rev. Jonathan Merritt on his new coffee shop, Livernois’ resurgence and faith in Detroit

On the newest episode of the Daily Detroit Happy Hour podcast, we visited the Narrow Way Cafe, one of the...

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September 2, 2017

2 former Ferndale schools to be razed for housing: Here’s what it’ll look like

Two former Ferndale schools will meet the wrecking ball after the Labor Day weekend to make way for new housing...

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November 20, 2016

Architect plans custom-built homes on North Corktown Land Bank properties

Detroit’s North Corktown neighborhood will see its first new homes built in years starting next spring by an architect who...

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September 23, 2016

Loft projects proliferate in Ferndale with one project approved, another in the pipeline

Ferndale officials have approved plans for a four-story, 27-unit residential loft building on the vacant site of a former church...

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July 20, 2016

Developer ‘open to suggestions’ on downtown Ferndale office-retail project

Construction projects continue to reshape downtown Ferndale, with plans under way to build a two-story office and retail building on...

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March 28, 2016

Huge new loft project set to begin in Ferndale in May

Developers hope to start work in May on a $14.9 million redevelopment of a vacant downtown Ferndale supermarket into a...

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October 9, 2015

Applebee’s, opening soon on 8 Mile, is the latest remarkable thing happening in Detroit

First it’s Pizza Hut and now Applebee’s: Is 8-Wood Blog going all-in on Corporate Food? (Hell no, but bear with...

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September 4, 2015

Demolished former Pizza Hut in Ferndale will become retail building

After noticing heavy equipment onsite at the vacant Pizza Hut building on Woodward Avenue in Ferndale the night before, crews...

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