Business & Development

Published February 6, 2019

GPCRDA committee to meet with agents about marketing incinerator property

GROSSE POINTE CITY — If governmental bodies made New Year’s resolutions, a top one for the Grosse Pointes-Clinton Refuse Disposal Authority would be finding a buyer for the GPCRDA’s long-vacant former incinerator parcel at 33701 Lipke Road in Clinton Township.

Published February 5, 2019

Macomb Township Chronicle

Site plan approved for new library in Macomb Township

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — Another step has been taken toward the development of a new library in Macomb Township.

Published February 5, 2019

Royal Oak Review

Construction begins on new City Hall building

ROYAL OAK — Construction crews have begun the foundation of the new $12.2 million, 36,160-square-foot City Hall building in the south parking lot of the Royal Oak Farmers Market, between Third and Troy streets.

Detroit bike-sharing program MoGo will be holding a meeting Thursday, Feb. 7, at the Kulick Community Center to help determine where in Ferndale its bike stations will be located.

Published February 5, 2019

Woodward Talk

MoGo meeting to get input on bike-sharing locations

FERNDALE — It’s been known for a while that MoGo, Detroit’s bike-sharing program, soon will make its way to Ferndale, but what’s not been known is where the bikes will be located in the city.

City officials and council members break ground on the development on Troy, or “dot,” mixed-use parking structure Saturday, Feb. 2.

Published February 5, 2019

Woodward Talk

Ferndale breaks ground on ‘dot’ parking deck

FERNDALE — For close to two years, Ferndale has been working to make “The dot” a reality.

The idea is to construct a new building on the city-owned land, with City Hall and city services located on the new building’s ground floor, and senior housing located above.

Published February 5, 2019

Woodward Talk

Huntington Woods considers building senior housing on city land

HUNTINGTON WOODS — Huntington Woods has long been looking at increasing its senior housing within the city.

Published February 1, 2019

Warren Weekly

Books bought thanks to donation to school media center

WARREN — Dennis Bostick, owner/president of Universal Shopping Center in Warren, is always looking for ways to give back to the community. He did just that when he, his son Dennis Bostick Jr. and his daughter Kristin Bostick visited Cromie Elementary School Jan. 25 to donate $3,000 to the media center.

Published February 1, 2019

Warren Weekly

Fall completion eyed for new south Warren city complex

WARREN — Construction of a new multi-use municipal facility featuring a library, a mini police station, ancillary city offices and a playground on Van Dyke Avenue, just north of Nine Mile Road, is reportedly on schedule and could wrap up by late September.

Published February 1, 2019

Madison - Park News

Demolition begins at former Super Kmart in Madison Heights

MADISON HEIGHTS — The long-shuttered Super Kmart at John R and 12 Mile roads in Madison Heights is finally being torn down, paving the way for the construction of a new members-only store similar to the Sam’s Club and Costco already in town.

Published January 29, 2019

Rochester Post

Community House director works to ‘polish the gem’

ROCHESTER — New Director Alan Smith has big plans for the Rochester Community House in 2019. Smith has spent his last seven months at the reins of the Community House, “polishing the gem.”

Published January 29, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Village home fashions store brought comfort, beauty to local residences

GROSSE POINTE CITY — There are plenty of places where you could buy towels and sheets, but if you wanted to know the difference between sateen and percale, you went to Kramer’s Bed, Bath & Window Fashions in the Village.

This 11-acre site on Tower Drive is zoned office mixed use in accordance with the city’s master plan, a zoning that aims to promote infill of sites like this.

Published January 29, 2019

Troy Times

Planning Commission OKs plan for retail center on Tower Drive in Troy

TROY — After pausing plans for a retail development and drive-thru in a parking lot on 11 parking-lot-heavy acres on Tower Drive, at Crooks Road, in December, the Troy Planning Commission approved the preliminary site plan Jan. 22.

Published January 28, 2019

Shelby - Utica News

Amazon now open in Shelby Township, paying $15 minimum wage

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The new Amazon Distribution Center in Shelby Township will be making big steps in the community soon. With the recent construction of the 1-million-square-foot building on Mound Road and the widening of the road last year, operations are now underway.

Published January 28, 2019

Sterling Heights Sentry

Giant ring monument rounds out M-59 corridor markers

STERLING HEIGHTS — Sterling Heights’ construction of Golden Corridor emblems on M-59/Hall Road has finally come full circle. In mid-January, work crews finished erecting the final large golden ring monument in a median along the corridor, near Lakeside Mall. Much of the installation work involved piecing together four parts of the ring, city officials said.

Published January 22, 2019

Troy Times

Lawsuit alleges security employee told to racially profile shoppers at Oakland Mall

TROY — A Clinton Township man who was employed as a lead dispatcher for Oakland Mall’s security firm filed suit in federal court claiming he was fired for refusing to target shoppers based on their race, ethnicity or sexual orientation.

Published January 22, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Grosse Pointe Chamber of Commerce to honor businesses, students and nonprofits

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Outstanding businesses, students and community leaders will once again be honored as the Grosse Pointe Chamber of Commerce holds its annual dinner and Pointer of Distinction awards ceremony starting at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 31 at The War Memorial in Grosse Pointe Farms.

Published January 22, 2019

Woodward Talk

Ferndale, Baker College in negotiations on potential downtown campus, parking deck

FERNDALE — The city of Ferndale has entered into an exclusive negotiating rights agreement with Baker College for the institution to purchase property in the downtown area.

Published January 17, 2019

West Bloomfield Beacon

West Bloomfield teen wins big on ‘Shark Tank’

WEST BLOOMFIELD — A simple annoyance paid off big for West Bloomfield resident Max Feber, 19, who is revolutionizing the cold brew industry one sip at a time.

West Bloomfield School District Superintendent Gerald Hill, left, and Lawrence Technological University President Virinder Moudgil cut the ribbon on the LTU Tech Hub Jan. 10 at West Bloomfield High School.

Published January 17, 2019

C&G Newspapers

WB High, LTU partner on Tech Hub

WEST BLOOMFIELD/SOUTHFIELD — West Bloomfield High School expanded its technology footprint with the opening of the school’s new Lawrence Technological University Tech Hub.

Andrew Sarpolis, of Royal Oak, looks at the planned space for the new downtown park after participating in a visual preference survey at Royal Oak Middle School Nov. 3. The park will be located where the City Hall and the Police Department currently stand.

Published January 16, 2019

Royal Oak Review

Community engagement for downtown park complete

ROYAL OAK — The city of Royal Oak is ready to request proposals for a landscape architect to design a 2-acre downtown park where the current City Hall and Police Department now stand.