Royal Oak is getting a new publicly traded company headquarters in the old Art Van. Bloomfield Hills-based retail real estate investment trust Agree Realty Corp. (NYSE: ADC) has purchased the former Art Van Furniture Inc. store on Woodward Avenue, north of Normandy...
Louis Vuitton Store at Somerset Collection to Unveil Expansion Friday
The Louis Vuitton store at the Somerset Collection in Troy will unveil its newly expanded space on Friday, Oct. 15, which will feature women’s and men’s ready-to-wear, watches and jewelry, and a VIP room. The new space will join added selections of women’s and men’s...
Developer Targets Second Phase of West Village Neighborhood Development
Four years after opening the first $4 million phase of The Coe, a joint venture between Detroit-based developer Woodborn Partners LLC and Detroit-based North Coast Partners LLC has its eyes on a second phase next to it. The second phase would be substantially larger...
Downtown Detroit Synagogue to get $4.5 Million Renovation
The synagogue with colorful windows in Detroit's Capitol Park neighborhood is expected to get a big renovation. The Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue at 1445-1457 Griswold St. is targeted for an overhaul to every floor, including opening up the first-floor facade, a new...
How Fashion Brand Faherty Tapped Into Resort Towns for its Retail Expansion
Fashion brand Faherty is taking its physical retail business on vacation. Prior to 2020 the company, which was founded back in 2012, had 14 stores concentrated in major cities such as Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, along with multiple New York City locations....
Cannabis: The New Luxury Boutique
The days of poorly lit dispensaries with dusty shelves stocked with rolling papers, tie-dyed T-shirts and patchouli incense are over. The new 21st-century cannabis boutiques are taking a page from lifestyle aspirational brands, such as RH and Tiffany & Co., with...
Can’t tell the difference between Detroit’s new apartment buildings? Here’s why
For the first time in a while, Detroit is seeing a lot of new construction instead of rehabs or demolition. But in many cases, these buildings tend to look fairly similar. Whether among Corktown’s turn-of-the-century Victorian homes, nestled between the stately...
Plante Moran Nearly Quadruples space in Southfield Town Center, One of Pandemic’s Biggest Office Deals
Kirk Pinho, Crain's Detroit Business | April 30, 2021 Plante Moran takes eight additional floors in Town Center, closes Victor Center to merge offices New space in 3000 Town Center creates 192,600-square-foot office for Southfield-based firm Deal is one of the largest...
Retail TouchPoints and design:retail Reveal the 40 Under 40 Class of 2021
Retail TouchPoints and design:retail have selected the next class of the 40 Under 40 — the top 40 professionals in the retail industry under the age of 40 who are paving the way for the next era of retail. This year, the publications expanded nominations to include...
Playground Project Moves Forward, Seeks Volunteers
WARREN — A disk swing, castle-style playscape, swings, slides, benches, stand-up spinner and more will soon welcome adventurous children at the Academy of Warren, or AOW, located at 13943 E. Eight Mile Road. School officials are in the process of building a...
Why Now is the Ideal Time to Renovate Your Office Space.
Have you been considering renovating your workplace, but muddling over when the right time would be? While it might feel like a low priority to take these steps during the current pandemic, where remote work has become the new norm, there is in fact no better time...
Detroit Company Helps High School Students Build Futures in Skilled Trades
Andrea Isom | ABC 7, WXYZ Detroit (WXYZ) — A company in Detroit is dedicated to giving young people an opportunity to build a foundation for their futures. The Sachse Construction Academy is offered to hundreds of high school students in the city. The academy's...
Recruitment in the Age of Virtual Career Fairs
Even in a digital era, the coronavirus pandemic forced many companies, schools, and employees to speed up the rate in which they use technology to commute, connect, and recruit. With the onset of this year’s fall semester, universities have developed a new norm for...
Academy of Warren’s New Building Will be an Academic and Athletic Showpiece
When Oronde Kearney became the Chief Academic Officer at Academy of Warren (AOW) three years ago, his first impression was simple: this is a wonderful school in a less-than-wonderful environment. Back before it was a school, the AOW building used to be a supermarket,...
Sachse Construction, Broder & Sachse Moving from Downtown Detroit to Midtown
A prominent construction firm and development company are moving from downtown Detroit to the city's Midtown neighborhood. Detroit-based construction contractor Sachse Construction as well as Detroit-based developer Broder & Sachse Real Estate Services Inc. are...
We’re Moving to Midtown! New Home, Same Great Customer Service.
On September 28, 2020, Sachse Construction will relocate our headquarters to Orchestra Place in Midtown Detroit. Our new home will be: 3663 Woodward Avenue, Suite 500 Detroit, MI 48201 Please note that our phone number will remain the same: 313.481.8200. Sprawled...
Academy of Warren Breaks Ground on School Expansion
The Academy of Warren broke ground on a $9.7 million expansion of its existing school facility last week that will also include approximately 100,000 square feet of interior updates. The school is located on East Eight Mile Road in Warren. The revitalization of the...
ENR 2020 Top 100 Construction Management-for-Fee Firms
RANK 2020 RANK 2019 FIRM FIRM TYPE TOTAL 2019 REV. ($ MIL.) 1 2 AECOM, Los Angeles, Calif. EA 4118.1 2 1 BECHTEL, Reston, Va. EC 3227.0 3 4 JLL, Chicago, Ill. CM 3085.2 4 3 JACOBS, Dallas, Texas EA 3061.0 5 5 PARSONS, Centreville, Va. EC 2396.5 6 6 CBRE, Los Angeles,...
Sachse Construction’s People & Perks Department Recognized in 2020 Crain’s Excellence in HR Awards
Sachse Construction has seen an increase in retention and a rise in employee engagement scores since its People & Perks department launched a company-wide wellness program. The Detroit-based construction management and general contracting firm has 170 employees...
Why We Decided to Revamp Our Look & Debut a New Website
What are you obsessed with? At Sachse Construction, we have five obsessions: customers, feedback, innovation, team members, and training. While these obsessions are not the only driving force behind our day-to-day operations (hello, Core Values, Rayisms, and...
Detroit Projects Scaling Back Amid Rising Construction Costs
Yet another condominium project in Detroit is on life support. The developer behind the planned $377 million The Mid project just north of Detroit's Whole Foods Inc. store says that it's "unlikely" the dozens of high-end condos that were planned as part of the two...
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