Business & Development

Art Van Furniture plans to ‘wind down operations and begin liquidation sales’ immediately at its stores across the Midwest, including Michigan.

Published March 5, 2020

WARREN — Warren-based Art Van Furniture is going out of business. The company will now move to close its stores across the Midwest and liquidate its assets, with clearance sales beginning immediately.

Published March 4, 2020

Troy Times

Business owners use sweat equity to preserve historical building in Troy

TROY — When Michael Vissotski, one of the owners of Vima Wealth Management, and his two partners purchased the historical building built in 1915 at 46 E. Square Lake Road, east of Livernois Road, last summer, it was pretty beaten up.

Published March 4, 2020

Madison - Park News

Council considering no setback for marijuana facilities

MADISON HEIGHTS — The Madison Heights City Council is currently considering a proposed ordinance change that would eliminate setback requirements for marijuana facilities.

Published March 3, 2020

Grosse Pointe Times

Businesswoman continues to serve customers and community in semi-retirement

GROSSE POINTES — She may no longer run a store in the Village, but business owner and volunteer Ellen Durand, of Grosse Pointe Park, is still keeping customers fashionable.

Published March 3, 2020

Grosse Pointe Times

Meal prep and delivery business expected to be in front of Farms City Council again

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — A proposed food preparation business at 383 Kercheval Ave. is expected to be in front of the Grosse Pointe Farms City Council again during a meeting at 7 p.m. March 9 at City Hall.

The city of Sterling Heights recently gave a Nice Neighbor Award to Super Car Wash, located on Van Dyke Avenue.

Published February 28, 2020

Sterling Heights Sentry

Sterling Heights car wash gets city award for fundraising

STERLING HEIGHTS — The sparkle of a local business’s generosity recently caught the eye of the Sterling Heights City Council.

Published February 28, 2020

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Heated arguments erupt at City Council meeting over Sacred Heart church

ROSEVILLE — Public comment time at the Feb. 25 Roseville City Council meeting turned to angry shouts and people storming out after discussions turned heated over the future of the Community of the Sacred Heart property.

Published February 28, 2020

Madison - Park News

Electro-Plating Services found subject to foreclosure

MADISON HEIGHTS — One barrier to the timely remediation of Electro-Plating Services — the source of the contaminants in the groundwater that gushed onto Interstate 696 in December — is the fact that the shuttered factory remains in the possession of owner Gary Sayers.

Troy City Council nixes rezoning needed for attached condos on Rochester Road

Published February 26, 2020

Troy Times

Troy City Council nixes rezoning needed for attached condos on Rochester Road

TROY — The Troy City Council told a developer no — again — about a rezoning needed for attached condos on a little over 1 acre on a busy stretch of Rochester Road, adjacent to Sylvan Lake Park, south of Square Lake Road.

Published February 26, 2020

Troy Times

Troy City Council allows rezoning for office building on Rochester Road

TROY — The Troy City Council said yes to rezoning a quarter-acre parcel on Rochester Road, adjacent to De Etta Drive, south of South Boulevard, for an office building.

Published February 25, 2020

Grosse Pointe Times

War Memorial vows to address bird safety, other concerns with new addition

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Local bird lovers spoke up for their feathered friends, and Charles Burke, the president and CEO of The War Memorial, said he heard them loud and clear.

Published February 25, 2020

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Eastpointe teaming up with DIA to create community mural

EASTPOINTE — The Eastpointe Arts and Cultural Diversity Commission and the Detroit Institute of Arts want to hear from Eastpointe residents regarding what they would like to see from a new public art piece that will be installed in Eastpointe.

Nissan North American plans to build a new 120,000-square-foot crash test facility at its 49-acre Nissan Technical Center campus, 39001 Sunrise Drive, in Farmington Hills.

Published February 24, 2020

Farmington Press

Nissan to build new crash test facility in Farmington Hills

FARMINGTON HILLS — Nearly a year ago, in April 2019, Nissan Technical Center representatives approached Farmington Hills City Council members seeking approval of a tax abatement for a potential new crash test facility to be built on their current headquarters in the city.

Published February 24, 2020

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Emergency repairs underway at parking structure

BIRMINGHAM — Last fall, the city of Birmingham asked residents if they wanted to move forward toward replacing the North Old Woodward parking structure with a new and improved structure at the same site, along with a potential multimillion-dollar mixed-use private development.

Published February 21, 2020

Warren Weekly

Art Van ‘exploring a variety of options’ for company’s future

WARREN — Three years after Art Van Elslander announced plans to sell Art Van Furniture to a private equity firm, a spokesperson has confirmed that the company is “exploring a variety of options” following a recent report about its future.

Published February 18, 2020

Grosse Pointe Times

Couple’s gift to Beaumont will bring new technology, training to hospital

GROSSE POINTE CITY/SHORES — A local couple is helping to make sure Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe, in Grosse Pointe City is on the cutting edge of technology.

Published February 18, 2020

Woodward Talk

Ferndale council approves $1 million for ‘dot’ after portion wasn’t budgeted

FERNDALE — The Ferndale City Council unanimously approved spending up to $1 million to fund a previously unpriced portion of the fourth floor of The Development on Troy, also known as “The dot,” Feb. 10.

Published February 18, 2020

C&G Newspapers

SE Michigan real estate market still sitting pretty, experts say

BIRMINGHAM — Good news: 2020 is looking like another fabulous year for both commercial and residential real estate purchases.

Published February 17, 2020

Farmington Press

6 local restaurants join community fundraiser for Flanders Park

FARMINGTON — A fundraiser that began as a grassroots, neighborhood-funded project to bring a new playscape to Flanders Park has picked up support from the Farmington Area Jaycees and six local businesses.