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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?

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Finance Detroit Real Estate Urban Planning Cities & Urban Planning 

Gentrification: Inevitable In Detroit, Still Not Actually Our Biggest Problem

May 4, 2017May 5, 2017 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments $500 house, Density, Detroit, Development, Expropriation, Foreclosure, Gentrification, Market urbanism, Real estate finance, Tax foreclosure, Vacancy

Have you heard the good news? Detroit’s coming back! New stadia, high-density development, a 3.3 mile streetcar line, and the fact that

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