Quicken’s move could inspire more firms to come downtown
August 24, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
BY JOHN GALLAGHER
FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER
When 700 employees of Quicken Loans arrived for work Monday at the Compuware building, they each found a gift bag stuffed with discount coupons from nearby downtown restaurants and shops very eager to make their acquaintance.
Long-suffering businesses downtown have been eagerly awaiting Quicken’s move from suburban Livonia, [...]
Downtown Detroit to get 4,700 more workers
August 24, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Quality of life to improve
BY JOHN GALLAGHER
FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER
After suffering years of depletion and brutal recession, downtown Detroit is about to get an infusion of new people as two firms plan to move a total of 4,700 workers downtown.
The long-awaited move by online mortgage giant Quicken Loans will take place in [...]
Housing Markets That Will Be Strongest by 2014
August 10, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
By Venessa Wong, Bloomberg Businessweek
Aug 4, 2010
Where will prices rebound most by state?
A housing market rebound seems tenuous following the expiration of the home buyer tax credit, and consumer confidence remains weak due to lackluster employment, but David Stiff, chief economist at Fiserv, says the bottom is near. Home prices in the [...]
Berry Gordy’s former residence goes on sale for $1.395M
July 15, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
By GRETA GUEST
FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER
Berry Gordy’s former residence in Detroit’s Boston-Edison neighborhood will go up for sale on Monday.
The asking price: $1.395 million.
The house features nine bedrooms, five full bathrooms and four half-baths plus a five-car garage and a 4,000-square-foot pool house, said Kenan Bakirci, the listing agent who works [...]
Recently Aired Video From Dateline About Detroit
April 20, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Detroit: City of Heartbreak And Hope
Chris Hansen Goes Home To Detroit
Cleaning Up Detroit From The Bottom Up
Detroit Parent Keeps Kids On The Right Track
In Detroit, “The Best Is All Gone”
Kid Rock On Detroit The “Ghost Town”
Artists Transform Detroit Neighborhood
Detroit’s Mayor “Toughest Sell of My Life”
Starving For Something New In Detroit
A Family Scrambles To Keep It’s [...]
Big plans for the future Detroit
April 5, 2010 by admin · 2 Comments
A challenging list of projects can reshape city in the next decade
Closing schools creates a smaller, modernized school system
In a sweeping 5-year, $1-billion plan, 41 school buildings and 1 support building are slated for closure in June, with another 13 to be closed by 2012. DPS officials based this redesign in part [...]
U.S. to increase housing loans
$14 billion to help jobless owners refinance via FHA
BY GRETA GUEST
FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER
The Obama administration said Friday that it would widen the reach of its home loan modification program, which could help thousands of unemployed and underwater Michigan homeowners.
The Home Affordable Modification Program, criticized for its slow pace and low number [...]
$1 Houses Video
September 7, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Here is a video we shot of one of the “war zone’ neighborhoods. These are those $1 houses everyone has been talking about in the news!!
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