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Debts, lawsuits force Detroit builder to file bankruptcy

Construction Dive

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Ford lays out plans for mobility innovation district in Detroit

BD+C

Any conversation about what’s wrong with urban America is bound to bring up Detroit at some point. That metro’s July 2013 bankruptcy—the largest municipal filing in U.S.

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The Road to Recovery in Detroit

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

These have been dark days for Detroit. The manager will determine what he can salvage from a legacy of decline that has left Motown on the cusp of bankruptcy. billion in its Jefferson North plant on Detroit’s dilapidated East Side. In 2008, Chrysler rolled the dice and told the world it would invest $1.8

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Ready to Roar

Business Facilities

Detroit emerges from bankruptcy with its dignity intact. Great Lakes Detroit' Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Ready to Roar appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine.

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Turbocharging Motown’s Recovery

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

We took some ribbing last summer when we put up a post in this space entitled “ The Road to Recovery in Detroit ,” predicting that the Motor City would quickly rebound from its financial woes and become a magnet for new industries. cities for job-skills training. Welcome back from the Dark Side, banksters.

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Seven Things to Do When an Owner Doesn’t Pay

Constructonomics

Investment in municipalities (such as municipal bonds) are some of the safest investments out there because these organizations will rarely default (I guess Detroit is an outlier). I also know that the school district won’t dissolve all of a sudden or declare bankruptcy.

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SNAPSHOTS: 60 Seconds…with Stephen Moret, Secretary, Louisiana Economic Development

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

These have been dark days for Detroit. city in history to file for bankruptcy. But out of the ashes of this monumental collapse— and in the midst of one of the most run-down neighborhoods in Detroit—a remarkable revival is rising like a phoenix. billion in its Jefferson North plant on Detroit’s dilapidated East Side.