Brewing up at Livernois Avenue and Six Mile Road in the Bagley neighborhood is a new business that’s been getting buzz since before its grand opening. Local coffee shop Detroit Sip will open at 7420 West McNichols Road in late-August or early September. Jevona Watson, a resident of the nearby neighborhood and owner of the […]
Now is the time to buy in Detroit, according to real estate experts. “It’s best to get into the market before property values reach market highs,” says realtor Austin Black, founder and principal of City Living Detroit. Rising property values also signal increases in area rental rates. While rent across the metro area is […]
Stiletto heels, diapers and sawdust have one thing in common – and it’s not a woman with babies who works in a sawmill. The common factor is the Detroit-based Arrow Office Supply, which sells more than 60,000 business-related products to nearly 700 wholesale customers in Southeast Michigan. From tape and Post-it dispensers in the shape […]
A shop, whose proprietors are every bit as charming as its unique hand-embroidered goods, sits tucked-away a small corner in Southwest Detroit. But it won’t go unnoticed long, thanks to the effervescent mother-daughter duo behind the Ropa Tipica Artesano 7 Regiones shop (Typical Artisan Clothing 7 Regions). This multi-generational business imports handmade or embroidered goods […]
As a neighborhood pharmacist, Marilyn Nash Yazbeck has primarily served the same residents since she opened Nottingham Pharmacy on East Warren nearly a quarter of a century ago. She has what all successful businesses must have – customer loyalty. That’s a bonus of operating independently, she says. Within the area of Nottingham Pharmacy are several […]
As new local Detroit businesses open and local neighborhood staples expand, the city aims to promote more than 600 retailers and services and is part of a team creating a directory to help. Spearheaded by Grandmont Rosedale Development Corp. and Councilman James Tate, the DI$COVER D1 initiative, designed to support District 1 businesses, is the […]
For the last 42 years, Mini Mart Specialty Meats has been one of the freshest businesses in Detroit. The second-generation specialty market is run by the sons of the founder of Mini Mart, known to have been cutting meat for more than 50 years. One of the founder’s three sons is John Sorisho, co-owner of […]
Rainy days were giving Lillie Gibson something even worse than the blues. A resident of the same east side Detroit home since 1969, Gibson began equating soggy days outdoors with soggy days indoors, after her roof began to deteriorate. Almost 600 homeowners have been approved for work. “I was sitting here one day and it […]
While profit potential can and should drive development interest, it should not be the only consideration of property developers, according to experts who worry that many may miss opportunities to leap frog ahead of the marketplace by leveraging use of strategically-placed mixed-income housing developments in key city sectors with signs of growth potential. Mixed-income housing, […]
An old concept is getting new attention among various developers in Detroit and nationally. Mixed income housing is regaining interest as communities work to pick up the pieces left behind after the past decade’s mortgage crisis and as members of the corporate and private sector search for fertile ground in struggling urban cities. With Detroit […]