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Downtown tax incentives are exacerbating the ‘two Detroits’ problem: report

Nearly 50 years after the Downtown Development Authority was established, the city’s downtown is thriving while schools, libraries, parks, and others are comparatively underfunded

By Tom Perkins
Sep 30, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Government, Real Estate, Dan Gilbert, Mike Duggan, Downtown Development Authority, Downtown Detroit, Detroit City Council
Metro Detroit

Corporate welfare took $1 billion from Detroit’s schools, city services over past decade

“The thievery is just incredible,” a tax justice activist says

By Steve Neavling
Aug 15, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Government, Downtown Detroit, Downtown Development Authority, Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, Russ Bellant, corporate welfare, Ilitch family, Dan Gilbert, taxes, Detroit, Detroiters for Tax Justice
Food News

Chick-fil-A is coming to downtown Detroit

The fried chicken chain continues its expansion into Michigan

By Lee DeVito
Feb 22, 2024

Tags: Food News, Restaurants, Chick-fil-A, downtown Detroit, Dan Gilbert, fried chicken in metro Detroit, Slideshow
Drink News

Dan Gilbert is bringing back Saksey’s, a bar owned by his father in the ’70s

The cocktail lounge is planned for the lower level of the forthcoming Gilly’s Clubhouse & Rooftop

By Randiah Camille Green
Feb 14, 2024

Tags: Drink News, Bars, Local Businesses, Restaurants, Dan Gilbert, Nick Gilbert, downtown Detroit, Saksey’s Cocktail Lounge, Gilly’s Clubhouse & Rooftop
Restaurant reviews

Le Suprême brings a French flair to downtown Detroit

The Book Tower restaurant is modeled after French brasseries

By Tom Perkins
Dec 21, 2023

Tags: Restaurant reviews, Restaurant Reviews, Views & Opinions, Le Suprême, downtown Detroit restaurants, Dan Gilbert, Bedrock Detroit, Book Tower, Slideshow
Michigan

Lapointe: Gilbert’s transit dream is both grand and grandiose

Stalled-out Motor City still stubborn about our cars

By Joe Lapointe
Dec 11, 2023

Tags: Michigan, Car Culture, Lapointe, News, Government, Views & Opinions, Transportation, Dan Gilbert, QLine, Detroit public transportation, Motor City, People Mover
Food News

Paris-inspired Le Suprême is now open in Detroit’s restored Book Tower

It’s the first of multiple new restaurants expected to soon open in the long-vacant high-rise

By Lee DeVito
Sep 6, 2023

Tags: Food News, Bars, Coffee, Restaurants, Le Suprême, Detroit restaurants, Book Tower, Dan Gilbert
Metro Detroit

Nick Gilbert, son of Dan Gilbert, dies at the age of 26

He'd suffered from neurofibromatosis, which has no known cure

By Vince Grzegorek
May 7, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Nick Gilbert, Dan Gilbert, Rocket Mortgage
Metro Detroit

Community organizers challenged Bedrock’s latest Hudson’s site tax break in Detroit — and nearly won

Making Goliath stumble

By Eli Day
Aug 10, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, Bedrock, Dan Gilbert, Hudson's site, Detroit People's Platform, Mary Sheffield, Cover Story
Metro Detroit

Detroit council president lays out conditions for Dan Gilbert’s proposed $60M tax break

Taxpayers are questioning why the cash-strapped city should provide tax incentives for one of the wealthiest people on the planet

By Steve Neavling
Jul 1, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Dan Gilbert, Bedrock, Mary Sheffield, Mayor Duggan, Detroit, Detroit City Council, tax incentives
Metro Detroit

Detroit City Council debates giving billionaire Dan Gilbert another $60M in tax breaks for delayed Hudson’s project

Michigan’s poorest city wants to give the state’s wealthiest resident a tax break

By Steve Neavling
Jun 14, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, Detroit City Council, tax incentives, taxes, Dan Gilbert, Hudson's, Bedrock, James Tate
Food News

Sugar Factory to open first Michigan location in Downtown Detroit

By Alex Washington
Jan 26, 2022

Tags: Sugar Factory, Gucci, Downtown Detroit, shopping, retail, Detroit retail, Dan Gilbert, Bedrock, Campus Martius
Arts

Former G.O.O.D. Music exec teams with Dan Gilbert to form record label in Detroit

By Alex Washington
Jan 12, 2022

Tags: Dan Gilbert, Che Pope, G.O.O.D. Music, Rock Ventures, William Wesley, Ndamukong Suh
Metro Detroit

Protesters rally against World Economic Forum in downtown Detroit

By Steve Neavling
Dec 6, 2021

Tags: Detroit, Detroit will Breathe, Tristan Taylor, World Economic Forum, downtown Detroit, Dan Gilbert, capitalism, Jerry Goldberg, protest
Metro Detroit

The ‘skyscraper curse’ is totally real in Detroit

By Lee DeVito
Nov 22, 2021

Tags: Detroit, Hudson's site, skyscraper curse, Dan Gilbert, COVID-19, coronavirus, economy
Metro Detroit

Former Nike designer plans to reopen Michigan's only HBCU

By Alex Washington
Oct 12, 2021

Tags: Lewis College of Business, Historical Landmark, HBCU, Dan Gilbert, Quicken Loans, Rocket Mortgage, Mike Duggan, Detroit, College
ICYMI

ICYMI: Michiganders may have to pay back pandemic benefits, how Dan Gilbert avoids paying taxes, and the best of the rest of the news

By Lee DeVito
Jul 14, 2021

Tags: ICYMI, Dan Gilbert, Michigan Unemployment Agency, COVID-19, coronavirus
Metro Detroit

Bedrock Detroit lays off dozens of employees

By Lee DeVito
Mar 29, 2021

Tags: Dan Gilbert, Quicken Loans, Detroit, Bedrock Detroit
Metro Detroit

Dan Gilbert is now the world's 16th richest man after his net worth skyrocketed by $25 billion on Tuesday

By Sam Allard
Mar 3, 2021

Tags: Dan Gilbert, Quicken Loans, Rocket Mortgage, Detroit
Metro Detroit

Dan Gilbert sold his JACK Entertainment casino business in December

By Vince Grzegorek
Jan 18, 2021

Tags: Dan Gilbert, JACK, casino