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What If We Can’t Wait? Public-Private Partnership Solutions for Infrastructure

February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments amtrak, Amtrak NEC, augean stables, austerity, ben stupka, brooks patterson, BRT, bus, chicago parking meters, dave coulter, Detroit, economic development, FRR, l. brooks patterson, macomb county, MBA, mba capstone, megan owens, metro detroit, michigan, mikel oglesby, mobility infrastructure, new york fear city, oakland county, philanthropic capital, PPP, private sector, public sector, public transit, public-private partnership, regional infrastructure, regional planning, regional transit, regional transit authority, robert moses, RTA, ryan friedrichs, stephanie farmer, transit, transit infrastructure, transportation, transportation riders united, TRU, why is macomb county awful

The RTA is planning on returning in 2022– again- to revisit a ballot measure to fund regional infrastructure investment in Southeast Michigan. Can we wait for 2022? Should we explore alternatives in the meantime?

Urban Planning Government Vacancy

Why Is Detroit Giving Industrial Slumlords Like Moroun A Free Pass?

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments ambassador bridge, BSEED, building department, building inspections, building inspector, corktown, dan gilbert, Detroit, detroit international bridge company, DIBC, economic development, enforcement, gordie howe, gordie howe international bridge, green dot stables, logistics, manuel moroun, matty moroun, Mike Ilitch, moroun, northern border transit, rosa parks blvd., southwest detroit, trucking, UST properties, UST Properties of Michigan, ust properties of michigan llc, Vacancy, warren, west side industrial

The owners of the Ambassador Bridge, their trucking empire, and a plethora of shell corporations own many acres of prime real estate close to Detroit’s downtown. Why have they avoided regulatory scrutiny?

Entrepreneurship Burgerbanism Food

Yum Village Will Bring The Fire In Detroit’s Takeout Dining Scene This Winter

November 5, 2020November 5, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments afro-caribbean, APX interactive, art deco, black-owned business, COVID19, crowdfunding, Detroit, economic development, entrepreneurship, food, godwin ihentuge, joe robinson, milwaukee junction, new center, nigeria, north end, restaurants, storefronts, we run 313, yum village

Experience all three dimensions of Yum Village– and then get you some jerk chicken.

Detroit: Vote No On Proposition N

October 27, 2020October 27, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments community development, demolition, Detroit, distressed property, duggan, economic development, mike duggan, proposition N

Detroit’s Proposition N, on the ballot next week, is a terrible idea for a few reasons, and Handbuilt recommends you vote no.

Business & Economics Historic preservation Urban Planning Transit infrastructure

Detroit Fairgrounds Site: Alternatives to Permanent, Monumentally Bad Decisions

October 6, 2020October 5, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments 8 mile, adaptive reuse, brooks patterson, brownfield, dave coulter, DDOT, Density, Detroit, duggan, economic development, eight mile, francis grunow, historic preservation, mike duggan, preservation, QLINE, redevelopment, RTA, SMART, state fairgrounds, state fairgrounds site, transit, transit infrastructure, woodward, woodward avenue

The State Fairgrounds site is centrally located, and it’s huge. Too huge to make some monumentally bad decisions about permanently turning it into a Shelby Township-style strip mall.

Detroit Historic preservation Mobility Transit infrastructure

Tour of Ford’s Michigan Central Station Project

September 22, 2020September 21, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments adaptive reuse, biking, corktown, dearborn, Density, Detroit, detroit international bridge company, economic development, Ford, ford motor, historic preservation, land use planning, matty moroun, Michigan Central Station, micromobility, mobility, Mobility Corridor, moroun, multi-modal transportation, new mobility, public transit, regional transit authority, RTA, scooters, southeast michigan, speculation, train station, train stations, trains, transit, transit infrastructure, trump, urban living

Michigan Central Station, the iconic, hulking, centenarian structure that has sat vacant for decades, is perhaps the flagship redevelopment project

Real Estate Urban Planning

Stuck In A Fiscal Hole? Just Borrow Against The Future, Says Detroit’s Mayor

July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments austerity, blight, bond, bond issue, community development, economic development, green new deal, housing, municipal finance, real estate, real estate development

Mike Duggan wants to revisit his failed bond issue proposal to demolish derelict buildings. It’s a bad idea.

Business & Economics Fashion

Pingree Detroit Celebrates Five Years of Triple Bottom Line Innovation and Fashion

February 27, 2020February 27, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments economic development, entrepreneurship, fashion, local economy, pingree, pingree detroit, repurposing, shoes, social enterprise, sustainability, TBL, triple bottom line, veterans

Pingree Manufacturing celebrates five years in Detroit of veterans empowerment– and making chic footwear and accessories.

Lancaster, PA: As A Small City Thrives, Its Suburbs Founder

January 28, 2020February 10, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments amazon, cartoon network hotel, economic development, hospitality, hotels, lancaster, mccaskey high school, retail, retail apocalypse, shopping malls, Sprawl, strip malls, urban renewal

On a recent trip back to my hometown, I poked around the eastern suburbs, visiting a friend who had just

Business & Economics Urban Planning Parking

The Billion Dollar Hot-And-Ready: Touring Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena

January 23, 2020February 10, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments baumann consulting, comerica park, detroit red wings, detroit tigers, ecoachievers, economic development, Ilitches, LEED, Little Caesars Arena, Mike Ilitch, olympia development, olympia stadium, palace of auburn hills, QLINE, silverdom, usgbc, woodward avenue

Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena is impressive. Whether it’s a masterpiece of sustainability of community development, on the other hand, is up for debate.

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