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Watch A Walking Tour Of The New Detroit Shipping Company

Today is the soft opening for the Detroit Shipping Company, the new food court/biergarden/art gallery/event space made out of shipping containers in Midtown the lower Cass Corridor. While it doesn’t open for real until July 30, we got a chance to check it out during a VIP preview party this week, and we shot this video to show you around. The facility has six restaurants, two full-service bars, a Falling Down Beer Co. microbar, a combination coffee shop/ice cream parlor, popup retail space a...

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Developers Demolish Pharmacy For New 7.Liv Project at 7 Mile and Livernois

Activity at the site of the $8 million 7.Liv mixed-use development has entered a new phase with the demolition of a former pharmacy next to the long-vacant B. Siegel Department Store on the corner of 7 Mile and Livernois on Detroit’s Avenue of Fashion. The corner has been busy for months, with crews working on underground infrastructure having dug up the entire corner. Today we were driving past on the way to grab lunch up the street when we noticed the entire former Revco pharmacy structure o...

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PODCAST: The History Of Henry The Hatter And Its Future With Paul Wasserman

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28 Things Going On In Marvin Gaye's Old Neighborhood, The Avenue Of Fashion

There has been a lot of news about Bucharest opening on Livernois over the last couple of weeks (it’s finally open, by the way). But if you have been around the northwest neighborhoods you would have known that the area of Livernois between 7 Mile and 8 Mile has a whole host of businesses already. First, a little history. This area is often called The Avenue of Fashion because it was a major shopping district in the 1950s. Shoppers would come to shop at B. Siegel, Sibley’s Shoes, Jacobson’s,...

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FIRST LOOK: Inside The Beautiful New Bird Bee In Capitol Park

Detroit’s Capitol Park is a hotbed of new retail activity with quite a few new places opening up. The latest entry is Bird Bee, an online retailer and HATCH Detroit finalist that is opening their first brick and mortar store in downtown Detroit. On hearing of their soft opening, we decided to check it out. Their official grand opening celebration is June 1. The store is beautifully merchandised, to scale with the space and has items at a variety of price points. It’s a smart, coord...

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PHOTOS: Inside Zarkpa's Purses & Accessories, Celebrating Three Years In Detroit

Three years for any business is an accomplishment, and I never need an additional reason to look at purses, so on Friday I visited Zarkpa’s on Woodward to talk with the owner, Tracy Garley. Zarkpa’s is located on Woodward north of New Center right across the street of the Detroit International Academy For Young Women and the Little Rock Baptist Church. If you’ve driven down Woodward, you have probably passed her store at some point.   Her store is filled with fun stylish purses, acces...

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Reports Swirl On New Development In Midtown, May Include A Target At Mack And Woodward

There is a flurry of speculation happening today about the possibility of Target opening a store in Midtown, specifically at Mack and Woodward along the under-construction QLine (a.k.a. M1-Rail). The Detroit Free Press was the first to get the ball rolling on the story that their sources say a mixed use development is in the works at the corner of Mack and Woodward while at the International Conference of Shopping Centers at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi. While Target had be...

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Cabela's To Open Store In Chesterfield Township

Cabela’s announced today it will expand its presence in the Detroit market by bringing a 90,000 square foot store to Chesterfield Township in 2017. Construction is expected to begin this year and Cabela’s anticipates a 2017 opening. Located about 30 miles northeast of Detroit, the store will be located near the intersection of Hall Road and Interstate 94, near Super Walmart and Menards. “Chesterfield Township and the surrounding area offer remarkable opportunities for outdoor recreation, and...

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Bon Bon Bon Opens First Chocolate Showroom in Chrysler House Downtown

Wildly popular Hamtramack-based chocolate company Bon Bon Bon sells out of bon bons so quickly they have opened their first showroom on the iconic Chrysler House first floor, all before their first year anniversary as a new small business. Their Detroit retail space is open everyday except Sunday and their Hamtramack center still opens every Saturday. Owner and chocolatier of Bon Bon Bon Alexandra Clark started with a desire for 200 sq. ft. of downtown retail space. Her team has transformed it...

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Your Chance For $50,000 To Hatch The Next Big Retail Thing In Detroit Begins May 1

Have that idea that you just know would do well in the city, but don’t have the cash for it? Well, here’s your chance. The Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest returns for its fifth year and will begin accepting applications on Friday, May 1. Comerica Bank is offering a prize of $50,000 for entrepreneurs with a retail concept. In addition to the $50,000 cash prize, if you win, you’ll also receive a slew of support services including legal, marketing and advertising, accounting, public relations and...

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Here's The Inside Lane On Metropolis Cycles, Detroit's New Bike Shop Opening In April

Bicycling in Detroit is getting bigger by the day. The city known for putting the world on four wheels has more and more people every day choosing to explore it (or commute in it) on two. To help serve that need, there’s a new bike shop called Metropolis opening up in Detroit’s burgeoning Corktown neighborhood. It will be right across the street from Slow’s BBQ, Gold Cash Gold, and on the same block as Mercury Burger Bar. The shop will be no small endeavor. We caught up with proprietor Shayn...