General Motors and Dan Gilbert’s real estate firm Bedrock, who have teamed up for the development project, are scheduled to present their plan for remaking the iconic 1970s complex Aug. 18 during the first meeting of what is expected to be a months-long Community Benefits process.
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Tenants of shuttered Leland House in Detroit denied belongings
Judge ends court hearing without deciding on the tenant union’s request to reconsider an earlier court order that only allows moving contractors to enter the building and pack up the tenants’ belongings at some point in the future.
Long-awaited groundbreaking for $1.5B District Detroit gets date
Executives with the development’s codevelopers — the Ilitch organization’s Olympia Development of Michigan and New York-based The Related Companies — plan to start construction on the first of the 10 new buildings and building rehabs in March.
Judge OKs plan that would allow Leland House residents to stay
A bankruptcy Judge approved the plan, authorizing the owners of the rundown 22-story building to take out a $1.2 million short-term, high-interest-rate loan.
GM will relocate headquarters from RenCen to Detroit’s new Hudson’s building
The Hudson’s site on Woodward Avenue is the new 1.5 million-square-foot development by Bedrock, Dan Gilbert’s real estate firm.
