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Four-story brick building with a large hole spanning much of the upper two floors. Fencing has been installed around the building, blocking the adjacent street.
Posted inNews

Eastern Market’s Del Bene building might get fixed

by Aaron Mondry September 28, 2023September 28, 2023

The city issued an emergency demolition order for Eastern Market’s Del Bene building after the wall partially collapsed on Sept. 16, injuring one person and causing damage to vehicles. Now, the director of the Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department is saying the city will consider canceling the order if owner Scot Turnbull can present […]

Computer-generated image of people gathering in a plaza with a skyscraper to the right and next to a glass building with curved edges.
Posted inThe Dig

This week in Detroit development: Another missed jail deadline, U-M hasn’t broken ground and more 

by Aaron Mondry September 27, 2023September 27, 2023
Four-story brick building with a large hole spanning much of the upper two floors. Fencing has been installed around the building, blocking the adjacent street.
Posted inThe Dig

Various states of collapse 

by Aaron Mondry September 27, 2023September 27, 2023
Dark brown office building with three stories and tall windows. The facade has towers that are a little taller than the rest of the building, which has a modernist, rectangular design. It’s surrounded by trees without leaves and a driveway covered in debris.
Posted inThe Dig

Coming down: Former Kmart headquarters in Troy with unique design to be demolished 

by Aaron Mondry September 22, 2023September 22, 2023
Digital illustration of community space outside a large red brick building with a projector screen on it. A couple dozen people sit in a plaza and stroll through a row of vendors under tents.
Posted inThe Dig

‘In With The Old’ rehab show has a Detroit episode coming up with an eyebrow-raising subject

by Aaron Mondry September 22, 2023September 22, 2023
yellow and orange illustrated houses
Posted inThe Dig

This week in Detroit development: Ilitch extension, Eastern Market demo debacle and more

by Aaron Mondry September 21, 2023September 21, 2023
Brick building with large sections of the exterior wall missing and interior floors collapsed, with bricks piled up in front. The building has a mural and the words “Busy Bee” painted on it, with the original word “Hardware” now illegible due to a collapsed wall section.
Posted inFix this First

A key Eastern Market development is delayed. The city and a neighbor are losing patience

Jena Brooker by Aaron Mondry and Jena Brooker September 21, 2023September 22, 2023
Aerial view of a rectangular, seven-story, brown brick building with six perpendicular wings. It is surrounded by empty parking lots, residential neighborhoods and a highway. Taller buildings are in the distance.
Posted inThe Dig

What’s the latest with the guy who owns Herman Kiefer?

by Aaron Mondry September 20, 2023September 20, 2023
Brown, heavily dilapidated theater building on a sunny day. A sign mounted on the roof says “Civic,” next to an Art Deco facade and above the front entrances boarded up with plywood. The building sits on a street corner at Kelly Road and Alma Street.
Posted inThe Dig

Does the Wayne County Treasurer do anything with blight ticket info?

by Aaron Mondry September 13, 2023September 13, 2023
Stone entrance marker with tiny bushes in front. Carved into the stone are the words, “Elmwood Cemetery. 1200 Elmwood Avenue.”
Posted inThe Dig

This spooky season, tour the historically significant (and hilly) Elmwood Cemetery 

by Aaron Mondry September 13, 2023September 29, 2023

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