Approaching the halfway point of 2025, Grand Rapids’ multifamily owners are enjoying the widest gap between renter demand and new supply since early 2022.
Mike Sabatini has joined Mohr Partners Inc. as a managing partner and Detroit market leader, after starting his career as a research analyst at Cushman & Wakefield's Detroit office and gaining hands-on experience with supporting tenant and landlord representation.
Japan-based Marelli Automotive Lighting has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in the United States as the debt-laden firm said it's struggling in part due to tariffs.
The parent of restaurant chain Hooters closed at least 30 of its corporate-owned restaurants spanning multiple states this week as it navigates bankruptcy proceedings and transitions to a franchise-only model.
A prominent office building in Royal Oak, Michigan, north of downtown Detroit, has topped off its tenant roster with a lease for 25,948 square feet, with occupancy set to begin Jan. 1 and run till 2037.
R&E Automated has bought a 92,803-square-foot industrial building at 11650 Park Court in Utica, Michigan, for nearly $10.3 million, or $110 per square foot, with plans to replace leased locations.
Priority Waste has bought a three-story, 48,320-square-foot Class A office building in Clinton Township, Michigan, for $10 million, or $206 per square foot, from Mid-America Real Estate-Michigan.
According to Tourism Economics, recent data from Statistics Canada reveals an ongoing decline in Canadian travel to the U.S., with a 35.2% year-over-year drop in land crossings and a 19.9% decrease in air arrivals in April. This pullback continues to weigh on hotel performance, particularly in markets near the Canadian border. However, a closer analysis suggests that the severity of the impact may be overstated.
Detroit’s office market is experiencing a prolonged period of weak space demand. Net absorption, or the change in occupied space, has been negative for five straight years, and the latest projections see the trend continuing in 2025.
KSL Capital Partners has arranged a $270 million refinancing for the 138-year-old Grand Hotel and another hotel on Mackinac Island, the car-free Michigan vacation hot spot.
Commercial developers have flocked to downtown Detroit in recent years with new restaurants, hotels and office buildings, helping to lift the city from years of economic doldrums. Now, local officials are joining like-minded peers in cities around the country in building parks to stimulate residential development to complement the new commercial amenities.
Despite limited supply-side pressure, retail space demand across Detroit has been declining sequentially each year since 2023. That contrasts with other large retail markets nationwide, where tenant move-ins continue to outpace move-outs.
Yellow reached preliminary agreements to sell 10 truck terminals in the United States, generating about $21 million to pay off creditors as part of the company’s bankruptcy proceedings.
Lee & Associates, one of the larger broker-owned commercial real estate firms in North America, has announced the addition of Mohammed “Moe” Al-Thihabawy as senior industrial broker in its Southfield, Michigan, team. The company said that with a strong background in real estate, logistics and operations, Al-Thihabawy brings a strategic, relationship-driven approach to serving clients across the market.
DRA Advisors has sold the 127,100-square-foot, 136-unit Canton Gardens apartments at 8660 Walton Blvd. in Canton, Michigan, to Pepper Pike Capital Partners for $11.35 million, or $83,456 per unit. Current rental rates for the units range from $1,199 to $1,800 per month.
Venture Plaza Associates has sold its three-story office property in Troy, Michigan, encompassing 68,379 square feet, to Arcturus Healthcare for $7,157,500, or $104 per square foot, on the Ten-X auction platform. The property is prominently situated at the high-traffic intersection of Big Beaver and Livernois roads at 3150 Livernois Road, a prime location in Troy.
Friedman Real Estate has auctioned a 21-story office tower at the Renaissance Center, one of downtown Detroit's most prominent properties, to a group led by real estate investment management firm Stockbridge Enterprises Inc. for $9,407,000, or $28 per square foot.
Prominent industrial leases signed by DESign USA, Fisher Dynamics and Gonzalez Design Group negotiated by top dealmakers from Signature Associates are among the first-quarter industrial leases recognized by CoStar.