Real Estate Development News

• Bloomberg News story on addressing appraisal issues in Detroit features Michigan Lending Solutions

• Making a home in the city: Lending partnership makes it possible

• Model D features our mixed-use Mack-Asland development on east side

• Crain's: Chaldean Foundation sees Southwest Housing as a model of community development

• Detroit News features Detroit Farm and Garden at the revitalized Third Precinct

• Ford commits $10M to address needs in southwest Detroit and activate Mercado as community resource

• MLive: Success of Historic Hubbard Winter Market in southwest Detroit means a likey return, organizer says

• Detroit News: Art gallery unlocks new home in a repurposed precinct station

• Curbed Detroit: Development news aplenty at Transformation Detroit

• Associated Press highlights Third Precinct renovation and 555 Arts

• Crain's article on housing for veterans cites Piquette Square as a model

• Citiwire blog on vitality of southwest Detroit cites Southwest Solutions impact

• PBS NewHour features Third Precinct project

• Detroit Free Press: Old Detroit police station houses 2 businesses

• Detroit Free Press: Third Precinct renovation a model for other vacant structures in the city

• US-bound trucks from Ambassador Bridge finally off southwest Detroit streets

• 555 Arts installed at Third Precinct building

• Detroit Farm and Garden opens at former Third Precinct building

• Returning combat vet finds peace of mind at Piquette Square

• Crain's features Veterans Community Resource and Referral Center

• Free Press editorial on building more affordable housing cites Southwest Housing as a model

• Huffington Post: Global Detroit Neighborhood Development Collaborative gets $2.4M for business development

• Crain's highlights new collaborative to cultivate grassroots entrepreneurs in Detroit

• Masco Community Center for Veterans opens at Piquette Square

• WDIV "Making a Difference" features Piquette Square

• Oakland Press: O'Brien Construction earns building award

• 5716 Wellness receives Build Michigan award

• Model D: Southwest Solutions greens up 3 apt buildings

• Piquette Square wins national award for community impact

• WDIV features our Creative Arts Center

• Southwest Solutions gets SmartBuildings Detroit grants to enhance energy efficiency

• WDIV-TV features our Creative Arts Center

• Roosevelt Park Revival plans world-class skate park

• Detroit 2020 interviews HOC head Hector Hernandez about "Southwest Detroit on the Rise"

• Crain's article shows how Southwest Lending Solutions helps Midtown buyers

• New program will make homes in Hubbard Farms and Hubbard Richard more energy efficient

• LISC Detroit: Southwest Detroit’s New 5716 Wellness Center Makes its Grand Debut

• Detroit Unpsun: Former cigar factory now a center for healthy living in Southwest Detroit – 5716 Wellness

• Gov. Synder presents Reinventing Michigan award to Southwest Solutions

• Chase helps Southwest Solutions finance new Detroit wellness center

• Covenant's medical clinic at 5716 Wellness helps those who need it most

• Life Directions at 5716 Wellness helps youth and young adults succeed

• Model D reports on Covenant Community Care dental clinic at 5716 Wellness

• New dental clinic at 5716 Wellness serves uninsured and underinsured in beautiful space

• Masco donates $75,000 to develop community center at Piquette Square for Veterans

• Model D: New Center's Piquette Square veterans' home wins national brownsfield redevelopment award

• Piquette Square for Veterans wins prestigious environmental award

• NPR's Morning Edition interviews Tim Thorland for home sales story

• Free Press article about Detroit Works cites Tim Thorland

• High-ranking HUD official meets with Southwest Solutions leaders

• 24 blighted buildings near our developments torn down

• Model D: Southwest Lending Solutions opens on West Vernor

• New lease on life for vacant building and those helped by program housed there

• Model D: $11.2M family wellness center to open this month on Michigan Ave.

• Bold plan unveiled to develop 20-block area around I-75 and Vernor

• Model D: Southwest Housing unveils revitalization plans for Mercado area

• Detroit News: Agency hopes to be Mercado's solution

• Model D: Southwest Housing Solutions wins $2M grant

• Detroit News: Mexicantown can be gateway to Detroit, Southwest Housing Solutions says

• Detroit 1-8-7 films at Piquette Square for Veterans

• Southwest Housing gets $2M federal grant from CDFI

• Lithuanian Hall gets LEED certification: A first for Detroit

• Model D: Lithuanian Hall first in Detroit to achieve LEED rehab certification
  

• GM donates to Piquette Square
  

• Senior Pentagon official visits and lauds Piquette Square

• Model D story on our Creative Arts Center

• Tim Thorland cited in National Post "Reinventing Detroit" story

• Nonprofit Times story on revitalizing Detroit cites TimThorland

• Crain's: Studebaker site now housing for homeless vets

• Free Press story on reinventing Detroit cites Southwest

• Our Creative Arts Center development featured in Crain's 

• Free Press editorial lauds Piquette Square

• Former NBA player and veteran finds home at Piquette Square

• Struggling ex-UA star Coniel Norman eager to start new life in Detroit

• Healing process begins for Norman

• Arizona Daily Star: Great UA shooter now rebounding

• ESPN article on Coniel Norman

• Model D: Piquette Square, 150 units of veteran housing, celebrates grand opening

• Fox2-TV: Facility for homeless vets opens in Detroit

• Free Press: Piquette Square gives homeless vets a place

• Michigan Public Radio: Apartment building for homeless vets opens in Detroit

• Free Press: Ceremony set for homeless veterans' apartments

• Associated Press story on Piquette Square grand opening

• Senator Carl Levin visits Piquette Square
  

• Youthworks-Detroit helps spiff up the neighborhood

• Veterans at Piquette benefit from Masco's generosity

• Crain's: Affordable housing development opens on former Studebaker site in Detroit

• Ford volunteers create Renewal Garden at Piquette Square

• Volunteers ready rooms for homeless veterans at Piquette Square

• April showers bring outpouring of gifts for homeless veterans

• Volunteers build wheelchair ramp for disabled boy with rare disease

• Real Detroit Weekly features Neighborhood Beautification Day

• Story on how nonprofits are helping Detroit recover quotes Tim Thorland

• Tim Thorland interviewed by WJR about right-sizing Detroit

• Determined young woman sets up dance studio to inspire girls

• Macomb Daily: VA program reduces homelessness among vets

• Michigan Citizen: Housing developed for veterans

• Photos of the Piquette Square tour on 3/20/10 (courtesy of Chris Wolschon)

• Bank of America donates items for Piquette Square

• Erb Foundation gives $75,000 to Creative Arts Center for ecology project

• Detroit News blog on right-sizing Detroit cites Tim Thorland

• Veterans groups very impressed by Piquette Square project for homeless vets

• Kresge grant results in nearly $1M for new healthcare center

• Model D: Historic Kahn warehouse to be reborn as integrated health care center on Michigan Ave.

• Crain's: Kresge Foundation donates $250,000 to renovate health center

• Senior Treasury official commends Southwest Housing development

• Laid-off autoworker starts her own salon in our commercial space

• Model D: New salon, Model Behavior, sets up shop on W. Vernor

• 44 new homes built by Southwest Housing all occupied

• Model D: 44 new homes in Southwest Detroit achieve 100% occupancy

• Gene Kuthy receives "Local Hero" award for his affordable housing development work

• Windsor Star extols our developments in southwest Detroit

• Free Press editorial on a comprehensive urban plan for Detroit cites Tim Thorland

• Magazine analyzes complexities of Piquette Square funding

• Publication looks at challenges of Piquette Square development

• Tim Thorland interview by Italian publication

• Three initiatives will help homeless vets, local artists, and Hubbard Farms residents

• Detroit LISC gives Sustainable Communities grant to Southwest Housing

• Former police station to become home for arts and urban greening

• Artists' blog about 555 Gallery moving into our new arts center

• Detroit News: Plan would turn old police station into arts center

• Southwest Housing gets $500K federal grant through MSHDA to fight blight

• Bagley Housing Association becomes part of Southwest Housing

• Detroit News: Housing Development Targets Veterans

• Green construction of Lithuanian Hall praised

• Southwest Housing named a top 50 affordable housing developer in the nation

• Model D lauds Southwest Housing as "Talk of the Town"

• Southwest Housing named "Housing Hero" by Charter One

• Tim Thorland cited in Free Press train depot editorial

• Free Press tells story of formerly homeless artist Freddie Harris and our supportive housing program

• Free Press video features formerly homeless artist Freddie Harris and our Whitdel apartment building

• Article provides historical background on Albert Kahn warehouse at 5716 Michigan

• Grand apartment building opens

• Wilshire apartments celebrate 10 year anniversary

• Southwest Housing Solutions named CDC of the Year by Detroit LISC

• Crain's article on tax credit crunch mentions Southwest Housing

• Tim Thorland cited in Free Press editorial on revising tax credit rules

• Southwest Housing receives Bank of America Neighborhood Builders award

• Southwest Housing developing historic Michigan Avenue building into healthcare clinic

• Free Press features Whitdel apartment building as haven for artists

• Whitdel apartment building wins CREW Detroit award for community impact

• Piquette Square breaks ground

• A home for homeless veterans (Detroit Free Press)

• Southwest Solutions to develop 150 units of housing for vets in New Center (Model D)

• O'Brien Construction honored for Lithuanian Hall restoration

• Lithuanian Hall spurs West Vernor revival (Detroit News)

• LA SED building transformed by Southwest Housing (Free Press)

• Mixed-use redevelopment of La Sed Building completed (Model D)

• 4 buildings, 90 units under development by Southwest Housing (Model D)

• 12 residential units, large commercial space going into rehabbed bar building (Model D)