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Residential real estate reporter at Crain's Detroit Business. Detroit stuff, Lions fan, golf, dumb jokes
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“I'm pretty sure, given where we are, a three-mill property tax cut is going to be welcome,” Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said Friday www.crainsdetroit.com/politics-pol...

A headline we love to see: Alexa Bush is back to help make sure Detroit is best positioned to move forward @nickrmanes.bsky.social @crainsdetroit.bsky.social Longtime #CivicCommonsUS champion is @cityofdetroit.bsky.social's new planning director. www.crainsdetroit.com/conversation... #planning

I would very much like to stop seeing the Elon/Trump foot kissing video in my feed

New: state Rep and former House Speaker Joe Tate has decided against running for mayor of Detroit www.crainsdetroit.com/politics-pol...

Detroit's finances have stabilized considerably in the last decade and more. The crop of candidates who seek to be the city's next mayor aim to maintain that stability, but it won't be easy. www.crainsdetroit.com/politics-pol...

Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr. of Triumph Church is set to be the latest entrant to the Detroit mayoral race www.crainsdetroit.com/politics-pol...

I need people to play attention to this 👇 and to what I said on Thursday www.marketplace.org/2025/02/13/t... The destruction of politics is coming for the economy

I don't really have any thoughts on whether this amounts to good or bad use of taxpayer money, but this all adds up to a fraction of a fraction of a percent of the US national budget

Weed is a legitimate business in Michigan — but crime is still a problem www.crainsdetroit.com/cannabis/can... (via @dustinpwalsh.bsky.social)

New: Minimal inventory continues to present challenges for the Southeast Michigan housing market, and it’s even more pronounced in the region's most sought-after school districts. www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/...

New from @kirkpinho.bsky.social: A member of the Detroit City Council has requested a study to determine whether the RenCen complex could be designated as a historic district, potentially complicating redevelopment plans www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/...

As someone who hails from Michigan's snow belt, I miss the lack of it in metro Detroit. Gotta get those snow walks when you can.

I'm not betting on the Super Bowl but the odds of a full Monday morning culture war following Kendrick's performance seem at about 100%

Having recently ordered a pizza from Supino that came to nearly $40 after tip, I feel this www.crainsdetroit.com/food-drink/p...

More homes are being built in Michigan, but the business isn't getting any easier www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/... via Crain's Detroit Business

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In the last several weeks, a host of developers received the green light to move forward with new projects that would add nearly 350 new apartments to the downtown Royal Oak area www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/...

Livonia wants to build a downtown. First, it has to tear down city hall. www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/... via Crain's Detroit Business

Michigan’s homebuilding sector is primed for a direct hit should Trump’s tariffs come to fruition. And perhaps an even larger indirect hit. www.crainsdetroit.com/politics-pol...

New: Detroit mayoral candidate Mary Sheffield has considerably outraised her fellow declared candidates, having nearly $468,000 cash on hand for her campaign as of the end of December. That's more than three times larger than her nearest rival's war chest. www.crainsdetroit.com/politics-pol...

Tile mosaic at the Fisher Building (1928) in Detroit, MI designed by Hungarian artist Géza Maróti

Oversupplied for years, Detroit's condo market should be well situated for buyers. Instead, it's stuck in a "stalemate" as stubborn sellers wait for low interest rates to return. www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/...

Detroit City Councilman and former state Rep. Fred Durhal formally joins Detroit mayoral race, aims to take the city to the “next level.” www.crainsdetroit.com/politics-pol...

Downtown Lansing could see 567 new housing units in the coming years as developers tapped $200 million from the state's transformational brownfield www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/...

Watching the Super Bowl in two weeks

I think the worst part of this game is it’s close and now I can’t not keep watching

That was the most blatant holding call I’ve ever seen

At Sunday dim sum and this is super weird

Thinking about the potential of a Buffalo-Washington Super Bowl and how it would be the most 1992-ass game ever

Just a chill Friday

State tax money for RenCen redevelopment would not be used for demolition, according to Dan Gilbert's top lobbyist www.crainsdetroit.com/economic-dev...

Today seems like a good day to not go outside

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson formally announces Democratic run for governor www.crainsdetroit.com/politics-pol...

New: the facility that publishes print editions of the Detroit News and Free Press will cease operations later this year. It's another sign of uncertainty as the joint operating agreement for the two newspapers is set to expire at the end of 2025 www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/...

Big news for those who love incredibly cheap fast food www.crainsdetroit.com/restaurants/...

In its eighth year of construction, the external construction elevator has been removed from the Hudsons Detroit tower as the high-rise inches towards the finish line www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate-...

Forgot to post here earlier because I’ve been dealing with a stabbed heart by a certain Lions coaching official

So we’re going to partially nationalize TikTok? www.wsj.com/tech/tiktok-...

Redfin out with some data on the number of homes lost due to the LA fires

A newly built house in Detroit's North Corktown neighborhood stands as an example of what two local architects believe could be one way out of the nation's housing shortage. www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/...

So how about that NFC North?

Washington just doinked their way to Detroit

Aidan still got after it (via Pro Football Focus)

"The property damage toll won’t be calculated for days or weeks—and severity for residents may be exacerbated by a deepening home-insurance crisis that has already been spiraling in California for the past two years or so." www.wsj.com/us-news/fier...