Once a symbol of wealth and prosperity, Millionaire's Row in Detroit was home to some of the most magnificent mansions and the city’s elite during its golden age. This neighborhood was the epitome of ...

Political independent Mike Duggan has been an unlikely -- and extraordinarily successful -- mayor of Detroit. Columnist Ron ...

A New York developer unveiled plans a decade ago to redevelop the empty hospital campus. Today, it remains vacant and boarded ...

We talked to architects and urban ecologists to map out a potential timeline. With no one to maintain the power grid, the Big ...

From 2014 to 2019, many of the demolitions were funded by the federal government’s Hardest Hit Fund. The goals of the fund are to help reduce homeowner foreclosures and stabilize neighborhoods. This ...

The Democratic-controlled Senate’s spending plan for higher education in the 2026 state budget includes financial penalties ...

DETROIT — He'd heard stories of ruin and ... has taken advantage of the photographers flocking to its abandoned buildings. It charges $50 for a photography permit.

Demolition day is getting closer for the long-abandoned Southwest Detroit Hospital. The Detroit City FC professional soccer club gained an initial approval Wednesday for its request for a public ...

A study that two of us published in 2017 answered this question in the affirmative: Tearing down an abandoned building in Detroit does increase the value of nearby properties by a small amount ...

Shuttered and repossessed homes line the streets of a middle-class neighborhood on the East side of Detroit. Charles Ommanney via Getty Images Rehabilitating abandoned and neglected properties is ...