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Nat M. Zorach September 7, 2023September 7, 2023 0 Comments cass corridor, ilitch, Ilitches, lca, Little Caesars Arena, mike duggan, moroun, olympia development of michigan, Red Wings, southwest detroit, vacant property ordinance

City of Detroit: Just Kidding, We Do Have A Secret MOU With The Ilitches and Morouns.

The City of Detroit responded to a long-outstanding FOIA request and conceded that, yes, they do have a secret memorandum of understanding with a couple of the city’s most delinquent landowners. It’s not surprising. It’s just obnoxious that they told me the exact opposite before.

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Detroit Historic preservation Real Estate Urban Planning

Nat M. Zorach August 2, 2023August 2, 2023 0 Comments bad pizza, book tower, BSEED, building code, cass corridor, chinatown, code enforcement, Detroit, detroit chinatown, detroit tigers, duggan, historic preservation, ilitch, little caesars pizza, lodge freeway, mike duggan, olympia development of michigan, Red Wings, shanghai cafe, stephen henderson, terrible ilitches, vincent chin

The Ilitch Crusade Continues: When Is Enough Enough?

The latest Ilitch demolition has us all scratching our heads and wondering when we will deserve a better city– for buildings, for historic preservation, and, of course, for Detroiters.

Urban Planning

Nat M. Zorach April 25, 2019April 25, 2019 0 Comments Detroit, economic development, HBO, Ilitches, Little Caesars Arena, Midtown Detroit, Mike Ilitch, Red Wings, Those Macomb County Types

The Ilitch Perfidy Makes It To The Media Majors– Now What?

With HBO now coming after Detroit’s second-favorite billionaire family in the city’s Holy Trinity– comprising the Ilitches, Dan Gilbert, and