“There are pockets of development in the Detroit area, but recent commercial project starts have slowed post-COVID due primarily to high interest rates and inflation,” Abdullah says.
Joe Benvenuto spent four years perfecting the “top-down” superstructure construction technology of LIFTbuild before work began in 2022 on Exchange, a 207-ft-tall residential mid-rise in Detroit.
As the first residential development in Detroit’s Greektown neighborhood in more than 60 years, the 207-ft tall, 16-story building features 153 apartments and 12 condominium units.
Built in the 1930s, the building was originally the city’s main post office and later used by the Detroit Public Schools for storage of books and supplies.
Design is underway for the $1.7-billion Bally's Chicago gaming complex-resort project for entertainment firm Bally’s Corp., which received site plan approval in May.
When the Michigan Central Station was constructed in 1913, passenger rail reflected Detroit’s booming role in the industrial revolution, with historical records indicating that the structure was the tallest station of its time.
This letter is a rebuttal to online comments posted by Michael McNally and Robert T. Williams in response to the cover story, “From the Top Down” (ENR 10/31-11/7/22, p. 18), and its associated sidebar about TGE Top Down LLC, where I am chairman.
MoreRNO, a multifaceted infrastructure program that represents the largest investment in Reno-Tahoe International Airport’s history, got underway in October with groundbreaking for a $32-million expansion to the existing ticketing area and lobby.