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Infamous Motel At 8 Mile And Woodward Being Shopped For Redevelopment

One of the Detroit area’s most infamous motels is being shopped as a redevelopment opportunity. The Motorama Motel on Eight Mile Road at Woodward in Ferndale is for sale for a little over $1.5 million. The 21,000-square-foot, two-story building is being listed by real estate brokerage CBRE. An associate working with the listing agent tells Daily Detroit the owner won’t share financials for the business, but says the site’s location makes it most valuable as a mixed-use redevelopment — pos...

Detroit's Palmer Park To Get New Tennis Courts

Detroit’s Palmer Park is getting some badly needed new tennis courts. Crews recently demolished the old courts, which sit along Woodward Avenue between McNichols and Seven Mile Roads and have hosted a popular youth Tennis Academy for the past five years. The group People For Palmer Park tells Daily Detroit the plan is to reconstruct the courts with new fencing, benches, nets and windscreens. There will be nine courts in total and six junior courts, which are about half as long as full-siz...

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Behind The Strike At The Book Cadillac Hotel, Flex-N-Gate Opens, Motorama Motel Price Update, Palmer Park & Your News

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/7144437/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/0c71d2/” height=”90″ width=”100%” placement=”top” theme=”custom”]On the Daily Detroit Podcast today: – Flex N Gate opens on the east side of Detroit, hiring 50% Detroit residents into jobs. Looking for a job yourself? Here’s a link to job training at Detroit At Work. – We hit the streets...

Feds Say The Donut Shop Next To The Pot Shop Was A Drug Front

Thinking about it for a minute, this might have been the most obvious hidden-in-plain sight drug front ever. The Detroit News reports that Holy Moly Donuts — a popular donut shop that had four stars on Yelp — wasn’t just slinging sprinkles. It was helping sling weed, allegedly a front for a multi-state marijuana ring. The ring was ran by three men who lived in Macomb County. Attisha and Junior Asmar of Sterling Heights and James Shammas of Shelby Township. via GIPHY Apparently, starting...

Detroit City Councilman Indicted, Business Expansions, Open Streets Detroit & Your News

– The long and storied history of Detroit politicians getting in trouble with the law gets another chapter today. Detroit city councilman Gabe Leland has been federally indicted on one count of conspiracy to commit bribery and two counts of bribery. – The Michigan Strategic Fund has awarded performance-based grants for five business expansion projects in metro Detroit worth a combined $33.5 million in investment and 444 new jobs… including one for a company by Vinnie “The Microwave” Johnson...

LISTEN: A Conversation With Olayami Dabls & Everard Findlay About A Powerful Art Exhibit In The Fisher Building

On Thursday’s Daily Detroit Podcast, host Sven Gustafson talked with Detroit artist Olayami Dabls about his new exhibit in the Fisher Building lobby that examines the Civil Rights era. Everard Findlay, the exhibit’s curator, also joins us....

Grand Prix To Make Scott Fountain More Accessible, Move Grandstands In 2019

This story first appeared in the Daily Detroit podcast. The Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix on Belle Isle will see some changes in 2019. Most notably, access to the famous Scott Fountain will now be available for all fans. In most previous years, the fountain was isolated behind sponsor chalets, and last year it was the site of the winner’s circle ceremonies. Here’s a high level overview of the other changes. Grandstand one moves to the driver’s left side of the track across from pit lan...

Mongers' Provisions To Open A Second Cheese And Chocolate Shop In Midtown This November

This story originally appeared in the Daily Detroit podcast. Lovers of cheese and chocolate will have a new place to satiate their cravings in Midtown. Mongers’ Provisions, a store by the folks who own Provisions in Ferndale, plans to open in November at 4240 Cass, between Willis and Canfield. Owners Zach Berg and William Werner will sell a rotating selection of domestic and imported cheeses as well as globally sourced chocolate and charcuterie. They’re also going to sell what they call...

Peacock Room To Open Pop-Up Shop In The Detroit Opera House

The popular Peacock Room will be opening a new pop-up shop in the Detroit Opera House. The pop-up will go through the current season of the Michigan Opera Theatre. The store is known for vintage style women’s clothing, accessories, stationary and gifts. The Peacock Room has two locations in Detroit in Fisher Building and Park Shelton. Owner Rachel Lutz will stock the pop-up shop with everything you could possibly need to jazz up your opera attire. There will be gloves, hats, fashion access...

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Your City 5 Things To Do This Weekend In Detroit: October 5-7

Hey there all you cool cats, how is it hanging? I’m sure most of you are going to be busy hitting up the apple orchards or picking out pumpkins, just don’t forget that there are a ton of great events happening around Detroit this weekend. Let’s get to it shall we? City Year Detroit Fundraiser and Comedy Show Looking for something fun to do on Friday night? The Ant Hall will be hosting a comedy show that is also a fundraiser for City Year Detroit. I am a giant supporter of City Year...

Your Daily Detroit Podcast For October 3, 2018

On the Daily Detroit podcast: – The rollout of Detroit’s new ConnecTen bus program has hit some bumps in the road. Signage held up with masking tape, confused riders, and the state of the State Fair Transit Center signage was a mess. After talking to the city, they now promise action. – In a piece of late-breaking news as we record this podcast, the Detroit News reports that a campaign staffer for City Councilman Gabe Leland was charged in federal court Wednesday with joining a conspi...

PHOTOS: Checker Building Development Coming Along, Should Be Open In December

Today we had the chance to check out the renovation progress being made on the Checker Building in Corktown. The building is part of the first phase in the Elton Park development by the Soave Real Estate Group. It is located right across the street from the old Tiger Stadium. The Checker Building will have 45 one-bedroom loft apartments and seven two-bedroom loft apartments. The one-bedroom apartments range between 600 to 900 square feet and the two bedroom apartments are between 950 to 1...

PODCAST: Auto Insurance Fight Intensifies, $15 Minimum Wage News, Corktown Development & More

Your stories: – A battle is intensifying between Mayor Mike Duggan, Attorney General Bill Schuette and lawyers representing automobile accident victims. – In a national story that impacts many people here in Metro Detroit, Amazon is raising the minimum wage of all of its workers in the United States to $15. – In a story that was developing as we recorded today’s show, former gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed and expected future U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib were among at least...

Your Daily Detroit Podcast For October 1, 2018

Your stories: – President Trump is celebrating a deal over a revised North American trade deal with Canada and Mexico as returning the U.S. to a “manufacturing powerhouse.” – Monday was the first day of a new work requirement for recipients of food stamps. About 67,000 recipients of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program who are considered able-bodied received a letter from the state informing them they have three months to find a job or lose those benefits. – The timelin...

Here Are The Shows We're Listening To On International Podcast Day

Podcasting is great because it’s like radio, but better. Here are some key differences. * Podcasts can be about whatever topic you’re interested in because you aren’t limited to the geography of how far the signal from a broadcast tower can go. * The formats are more varied. Some are 20 minutes. Some three hours. As long as it’s not boring, it’s fine. * There are usually fewer ads, and those that are there are generally less annoying. * It’s on-demand, so you can play when it fits into you...

Yet Another Dockless Scooter Is Coming To Detroit

There will be a third dockless scooter service in Detroit. Details are preliminary, but San Francisco-based Spin plans to launch in the city. The difference? They’re actually planning on working with the city and the Detroit Greenways Coalition to coordinate their launch as opposed to just showing up. Both of the current scooter providers Lime and Bird have hit the limit set by city ordinance of scooters per company of 300....

Detroit Police Starting To Handle Some Of Their Own Towing, Will Accept Credit Cards

The Detroit Police Department will begin handling more vehicle towing on its own. Previously, 22 different towing companies fought over the job. Police Chief James Craig is changing all of that with training that began this week. The department bought six towing trucks and setting aside four city-owned lots to put the cars towed from crime scenes or even police precincts. The plan is to hire 15 civilian drivers. The Detroit News reports that this move is controversial among City Council...

Amazon Prime Members Now Can Get Whole Foods Delivered In Ann Arbor & Detroit

Whole Foods delivery is coming to Detroit. Amazon, the parent company for the national grocery chain, is expanding delivery to its Prime members in Ann Arbor and Detroit with their Prime Now service. This is part of a wave of 10 cities seeing new delivery services, up from the original two of New York and Seattle. Additionally, there’s free pickup at the store in as little as an hour on orders of $35 or more. Amazon’s stock shares have doubled in value in the last year....

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