Real Estate Insider: Demos now starting, clearing way for big suburban projects

Demolition has begun at the former Eastland Center shopping mall in Harper Woods. Out with the old, in with the new. That’s the theme behind a few demolitions projects now underway in the suburbs to make way for more than $300 million in new development ... (click to read more)

Construction set to begin on new Michigan State football building

EAST LANSING – Shovels will be in the dirt soon as Michigan State is set to begin work on its new football facility. The school’s Board of Trustees on Friday authorized work to begin on the first phase of the renovation to the Skandalaris Football Center. ... (click to read more)

Detroit City Council approves revised recreational marijuana ordinance

Detroit — Two years after the city opted to allow recreational marijuana, Detroit’s City Council approved a new, more-inclusive ordinance in an effort to award licenses for recreational-use dispensaries in Michigan’s largest city. The ... (click to read more)

Google invests $9.5B in US offices and data centers

Dive Brief: Google plans to invest $9.5 billion in offices and data centers in the U.S. this year, according to a company blog post. The scope includes existing office developments in Austin, Boulder, Cambridge and Pittsburgh, a new office project in Atlanta ... (click to read more)

Deloitte sheds large RenCen office for smaller WeWork space downtown

Consulting firm Deloitte LLP is substantially downsizing its prime downtown Detroit office footprint. An employee confirmed Thursday morning that the London-based company is moving next week from the Renaissance Center into the Dan Gilbert-owned 1001 ... (click to read more)

University of Michigan researchers study robotic assistants for construction sites

Dive Brief: A portion of a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to the University of Michigan will look at whether robots could be used as assistants to human workers on construction sites. Working with machines and technology from Germany-based ... (click to read more)

Detroit’s Sachse Construction Awarded For Performing Outstanding Charitable Work For The Academy Of Warren Playground Project

Detroit-based Sachse Construction was awarded for performing some of the construction industry’s best charitable work in 2021. The group received the AGC in the Community award for its donation of services to help build the Academy of Warren Playground ... (click to read more)

Rocket philanthropic arm launches $10 million fund to help grow Detroit contractors

Bill Emerson, vice chairman of Rock Holdings Inc., announces the new Motor City Contractor Fund on Tuesday morning. The philanthropic arm of the billionaire Dan Gilbert family and the affiliated Rocket Companies Inc. is committing $10 million to help ... (click to read more)