Category Archives: Real Estate & Development

Michigan Neighborhoods: Heritage Hills in Grand Rapids

March 5, 2008 – 10:17 am

Tower of Power by docksidepress Heritage Hill has 1,300 homes that date from 1848 and representing over 60 architectural styles. To understand just how diverse these styles can be, visit the Voight House Museum, a beautiful example of Queen Anne architecture and then walk a few blocks over to the Meyer May house which was [...]

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March is Home Month on Absolute Michigan

March 3, 2008 – 9:03 am

Homes along East Ferry Avenue – Detroit MI by pinehurst19475 For the month of March, Absolute Michigan will be featuring Homes with stories about historic Michigan houses, home & home design blogs, green building and other new trends in construction and redevelopment, and some of the great neighborhoods across the state for buying and renting. [...]

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Home is where…

February 28, 2008 – 7:51 am

well red by suesue2 For the whole month of March, we’ll be featuring Homes on Absolute Michigan with features about historic Michigan homes, green building and other new trends in construction and some great neighborhoods across the state. Because you can’t tune in any media without hearing how terrible the housing market is, we’ll also [...]

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Five things you need to know for Tuesday, December 11, 2007

December 11, 2007 – 11:59 am

The Kalamazoo Gazette notes that while our state’s leaders pay lip-service to protecting our environment and many plans call for re-development that leverages our amazing natural assets, we are almost at the bottom of US states in spending to protect & enhance them. Great Lakes Town Hall turns two In December 2005, an online social [...]

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Five things you need to know for Tuesday, November 27, 2007

November 27, 2007 – 10:09 am

They said it: Dana Johnson, chief economist for used-to-be-Detroit-based Comerica Bank in forecasting modest 1-2% growth for Michigan’s economy in 2008. We’ll finally have the sense, after four years of a downturn, we’re on a rise again. Roy Williams, on the I don’t want it, you take it NFC playoff race: Yeah, we’re in this [...]

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Blogs We Dig: Rivertowner: Life Along the Detroit River

September 19, 2007 – 9:45 am

Cloudy buildings, forward and behind by caterpillars Rivertowner combines information about the development of Detroit’s riverfront with information about life along the riverfront (sometimes touching on Windsor, Canada), creating a fascinating view of life in Detroit and how the city is revitalizing itself as a place to live, work, and visit. When it’s not considering [...]

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Lansing Area Capital Gains: Volume 1, Issue 1

September 10, 2007 – 8:50 am

Summer Night in Old Town by sabatoa The Model D empire continues its inexorable march to talk about what’s going right in Michigan cities with Lansing Area Capital Gains. The first issue includes a feature by managing editor Brad Garmon on the resurgence of Michigan’s Capital City that begins: It doesn’t take an urban planner [...]

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Tiger Stadium and Detroit Tigers update

August 22, 2007 – 8:44 am

While Absolute Michigan has been paying attention to efforts to save a portion of Tiger Stadium, I’d like to be absolutely clear in saying that Comerica Park is a gorgeous ballpark and I wouldn’t have the Detroit Tigers playing anywhere else! If you have any doubts, the above photo Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park by [...]

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Inside Muskegon’s Clay Avenue Cellars

August 21, 2007 – 9:52 am

Jason Piasecki’s Inside Muskegon podcast – #86 – where does the time go? – features a great interview with Brenda Moore with Clay Avenue Cellars. In addition to profiling a cool winery/gallery in Muskegon, Michigan, the podcast provides a look at an optimistic entrepreneur who took a risk that paid off. Regarding the building, the [...]

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Blogs We Dig: Our Michigan

August 20, 2007 – 7:41 am

For Sale by John Baird Celeste Whiting’s Our Michigan is a blog that takes a probing look at hard to comprehend mega-issues like the global financial upheaval, simplifies them, and then explores how they relate to life right here in Michigan. Celeste takes that same skill of simplification and applies it to Michigan’s political blogosphere. [...]

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