Originally Posted by
Fred
Curious what sights and activities you took in.
I've spent most of my life in MI, in and around the city and metro area. Went to Architecture school at the University of Detroit Mercy, worked at a couple firms in the city... The new head of planning is an outsider who doesn't think any of the Architecture firms locally are worth anything. Its turning into a bad running joke, even the big historical firms don't have a shot at new big projects. Ford just bought the old rail depot to much fanfare. Guess who they hired? A Scandinavian outfit that's one of the "so hot right now" firms in many architectural publications...
Downtown is definitely hopping, property values are rising rapidly, they're running out of old buildings to renovate (MANY were torn down leading up to the Super Bowl at Ford Field...), and it looks like this wave might be sustainable.