Detroit just struck a deal with the owner of scores of empty buildings. Both sides hope it will be a reset and result in fewer empty blight buildings.
Southwest Detroit Hospital has been vacant for about 18 years and many nearby residents consider it an eyesore.
A study that two of us published in 2017 answered this question in the affirmative: Tearing down an abandoned building in Detroit does increase the value of nearby properties by a small amount ...
The final glass panel was installed on the Hudson’s Detroit tower exterior, the major downtown construction project, marking "the completion of the façade of the landmark development," officials ...