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Can Second-Floor Apartments Make A Comeback? A New SDBA Grant Program Thinks So.

April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments construction, dearborn, flamingo vintage, ford motor company, greg mangan, historic, historic architecture, historic preservation, jamahl makled, juan gutierrez, matterport, Michigan Central Station, mixed-use, Nat Zorach, prehabbed, rehab, Renovation, richard kimo frederiksen, rouge river, sdba, sdba grant, southwest detroit, southwest detroit business association, storefront, storefront with apartments, storefronts, vernor highway, west vernor

An ambitious new program in Detroit seeks to provide $10,000 to property owners to renovate and rent out second-floor and third-floor apartments in mixed-use buildings along several major corridors in Southwest Detroit.

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Business & Economics Finance Urban Planning Finance Tech

The Collapse Of SVB Is A Big Deal. It’s Not a Catastrophic Big Deal.

March 13, 2023March 13, 2023 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments 1929, charles perrow, FDIC, federal deposit insurance corporation, federal reserve bank, glass-steagall, Great Depression, investment banking, matterport, mehrsa baradaran, NASDAQ, normal accidents, QQQ, savings and loan, silicon valley bank, svb, tech banks, tech bubble, tech crash, the color of money

The tech world and the finance world are both abuzz this week over the nearly overnight collapse of Silicon Valley

Historic preservation Construction Energy Tech

Matterport 101 – Three Unusual Use Cases

December 9, 2022December 9, 2022 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments afro deli, afro deli st. paul, dubuque, ford motor company, ilitch, matterport, matterport camera, matterport pro 2, mattertag, Michigan Central Station, moten, saturday night building detroit, use cases for matterport

The Matterport platform offers plenty of opportunities well outside the realm of simply creating virtual tours for real estate listings.

Urban Planning

Year-End Wrap-Up: Internal Business Operations

December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments accounting, adrianne kolano, afro deli, aki's bread haus, business, cash flow, cash flow statement, chris olson, david hilbert, des moines, duane hagerty, dubuque, eclipse records, FASB, financial statement, GAAP, gabby coll, grant, grants, IFRS, income statement, iowa, justin brown, justin ströhm, juxtaposition arts, kurt dahlin, liberapay, linda mcnair, luo yang, matterport, minneapolis, minnesota, nonprofits, omar reyes, patreon, profit, profit & loss, raju rayavarapu, raygun, revenue, st. paul, taxes, tim swaddling, vishva nalamalapu, year-end financial statement, yum village, zoe hoster

We are committed to 100% transparency! Read our year-end financial summary.

Cadastral Projection Urban Planning

Cadastral Projection: Exploration In The Time of the Rona

November 10, 2020November 10, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments cadastral projection, cadastral survey, chicago, coastal chauvinism, eclipse records, first avenue, great chicago fire, grid, grids, hildegard binder johnson, i hate you thomas jefferson, land survey, language, linda mcnair, matterport, midwest, midwestern, midwestern culture, minneapolis, minnesota, ohio, order upon the land, seven ranges, square, st. paul, steeple square, thomas jefferson

Cadastral Projection is a new series using the Matterport platform to catalogue and explore spaces.

Detroit Adaptation & Resilience Urban Planning

An Evening Stroll Down Bagley’s New Streetscape

September 8, 2020September 8, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments alexander vlachos, bagley, Detroit, detroit homecoming, greater alexander, greater impact house, green stormwater infrastructure, GSI, matterport, mexican village detroit, mexicantown, rainwater, southwest detroit, stormwater, stormwater infrastructure, streetscaping, xochimilco

Bagley St., between I-75 and 24th St., has undergone a charming streetscape renovation. It is now modeled in 3D for your viewing pleasure!