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Results show 33 of 41 properties — more than 80% — handled by Gayanga Co. failed to meet state residential standards.
Detroit's inspector general suspended Gayanga Co. for allegedly using contaminated dirt to backfill residential properties.
Office of Inspector General alleges dirt didn't meet state standards at 33 properties handled by Gayanga Co. LLC; some dirt came from former Northland Mall.
When Detroiters approved Prop N in 2020, they did so with the promise that 8,000 derelict homes would be torn down and another 6,000 would be rehabbed. And about 11 a.m. on July 18, Detroit Mayor Mike ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mark Skidmore, Michigan State University; Camila Alvayay Torrejon, Universidad ...
Demolition of the enormous department store building on Grand River, aptly named the Mammoth, began early Monday, Aug. 11, as city officials and residents gathered in Detroit’s west side to celebrate ...
The city of Detroit began demolition Monday on the Mammoth Building, which had sat vacant on the city’s northwest side since the Mammoth Department Store closed in 2000. The demolition comes after ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) It was one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation between 1900 and 1950. In the ...
(THE CONVERSATION) Few cities have experienced a sharper economic change of fortune than Detroit. It was one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation between 1900 and 1950. In the nearly 75 years ...