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A new chocolate shop has opened downtown near the convention center just in time for Christmas.  It’s the creation of Jason Peters and Jason Sieminski, owners of the popular Maumee Valley Chocolate & Candy store in Maumee.

ARCHBOLD, Ohio (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - F&M Bank, owned by Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: FMAO) today announced its newest full-service office is now open. The new office is located in Fort Industry Square at 120 Summit Street, Toledo, OH 43604.

A local coffee house is celebrating the grand opening of their second location Tuesday: after several months of construction and planning, Brew House is expanding from uptown Maumee to Fort Industry Square in downtown Toledo for a "Roaring 20s"-style coffee pub and a speakeasy.

The Capitol Park neighborhood in downtown Detroit is expected to see a roughly $13 million restoration and addition to one of the last vacant buildings there. Karp and Associates, which has several projects in the tiny enclave west of Woodward Avenue, is planning to add four stories to the roughly 16,000-square-foot, seven-story building at 1133 Griswold St. and add a new façade.

Stepping into Fiber + Strand is like walking into an art gallery rather than a hair salon. Located in historic Fort Industry Square, this new downtown business is luxurious.

Several projects involve turning abandoned office or commercial space into high-end apartments.

The Best New live Entertainment Spots in Detroit Are Bringing the Drinks & the Party

Land bank requests development proposals and releases feasibility study for Spitzer and Nicholas buildings

FLINT, Mich. - The Disability Network aims to raise $80,000 to support people with disabilities in Genesee County.

Known for its unusual design and connection to the city's electronic music scene, a longstanding coffee shop in Detroit's Capitol Park is returning this week…

Cash Only Supper Club, a new fine-dining and live entertainment concept from Heirloom Hospitality Group, opens today in downtown Detroit’s Capitol Park.

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - At Monday’s city council meeting, council members decided to put the proposal to create 7 new community entertainment….

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Fort Industry Square is one of the most recognizable blocks in downtown Toledo. A multi-million-dollar renovation...

Historic-building renovations get state tax credits

Luxury retailer Xhibition on Monday opened a store in the historic Farwell Building in Detroit’s Capitol Park district. The 4,000-square-foot store features…

Renovating and remodeling Fort Industry Square, comprising 13 buildings with 13 different floor plans hasn’t dissuaded Kevin Prater from taking…

A gloomy, drizzly Friday afternoon couldn’t damper the spirits of the employees of Northwestern Mutual at their new downtown Toledo…

For a long time Jefferson Center represented one of Toledo’s most intractable problems. A grand, historic vestige from Toledo’s past that…

FLINT, MI — The Disability Network is going Over the Edge this summer to help raise funds for people with disabilities in Genesee County.

The projects include residential, commercial, hotel and public space.

An award-winning restaurant with five Detroit-area locations announced plans Friday to expand into downtown Toledo’s redeveloped Fort Industry Square...

The Ohio Development Services Agency has awarded an additional $3.7 million in tax credits for the second rehabilitation phase of the historic Fort Industry Square…

A month before the novel coronavirus hit Michigan, the modern Lebanese restaurant Leila on Detroit's Capitol Park was named the Detroit Free Press…

Spanning a century, The Durant has mirrored the impressive rise, sad decline and inspiring revitalization of downtown Flint.

The Farwell building in Capitol Park is pictured on Wednesday, July 31, 2019. It is reopening as apartments, retail space and offices after more than 30…

The Ohio Development Services Agency awarded a $5 million tax credit for the rehabilitation of Fort Industry Square on Summit Street…

A mere 10 years ago, downtown's Capitol Park district stood as a shabby and seldom used public space surrounded by mostly empty buildings.

A big piece of Capitol Park will be completed in 2019. The historic Farwell Building has been undergoing a renovation over the past couple years.

Ohio History Connection’s State Historic Preservation Office awarded Kraemer Design Group PLC the Preservation Merit Award for its work on the Berdan…

Toledo Rise is a gateway that captures the sense of motion inherent to the roadway site, its previous history as a railroad hub, and Toledo’s spirit of innovation.

Over the past year, Ken Marciniak has taken five potential buyers to see a three-story office building at 415 Michigan St. in downtown Toledo.

The location in the ground floor of the renovated Berdan Building beckons one out of the cold and into the warm confines of one of downtown Toledo’s…

Mark another building in Capitol Park off the renovated checklist. This downtown enclave has seen a resurgence in investment and renovations…

Newly renovated apartments at 1145 Griswold St. in Detroit's Capitol Park are almost fully occupied. Capitol Park Lofts, a $30-million project…

The restaurant will offer half-off caviar service during…

The Downtown Detroit Partnership (DDP) and Toronto-based urban design and architecture firm PUBLIC WORK revealed almost final renderings…

When the Christmas Toy Land opened in the J.W. Knapp Co. department store, there were toys to delight every boy and girl. In 1912, the department store's…

In 1891, J. M. Cameron arrived in Lansing to start a department store. He built a one-story building near the corner of South Washington Avenue…

Richard Karp: Karp has been redeveloping several buildings in downtown Detroit's Capitol Park neighborhood, including the….

Detroit is in a state of transition. It’s a process that has been simmering for some time, but really began in earnest about five years ago.

1145 Griswold is being remade at 63 market-rate apartments and about 18,000 square feet of commercial space. The 11-story structure is expected…

The Archdiocese of Detroit has finished moving its headquarters to smaller digs in the city’s Capitol Park district, officials announced Tuesday.

The vacant and dilapidated Capitol Park Building in downtown Detroit is a step closer to offering upscale, market-rate apartments.

A vacant downtown Toledo landmark could get a $20 million investment to create apartments and retail space if a development deal is successful.

Three vacant buildings bordering Capitol Park in downtown Detroit will be redeveloped as residential, retail and office space in coming years…

DETROIT — The Detroit Downtown Development Authority (DDA) and a group of other economic development agencies have selected Karp and Associates…

Lofts a fit in historic downtown building

Under the Radar Michigan - The Durant Hotel Flint, MI

For all the bad news coming out of Flint for the last 30 years, it's easy to overlook some of the successes. With that in mind, I present...the Durant Hotel.

A Michigan property developer says he is moving forward with plans to convert downtown Toledo's so-called "Triangle Building" into a $12 million, 75-unit, market-rate apartment complex before year's end.