RenCen Update, New Holiday Spot, And Can We Warm Up Restaurant Decor?

Welcome to Friday! This is your Daily Detroit sharing What's Next, What's Now and What Matters in the Motor City. Devon O'Reilly and Jer are your hosts and today's bucket of topics include:

• Detroit development updates: Henry Ford campus expansion, new Amsterdam Lofts, and transformation around Grand Boulevard

• Discussion of the changing Milwaukee Junction, originally the crucible of the auto industry and generally an industrial neighborhood and now turning to lofts and residential

• Where we've been: Fishbones in St. Clair Shores and the new Nick Gilbert Way for the holidays

• Devon laments the loss of the "kitschy" vibe in dining — and the rise of homogenized minimalism in Detroit restaurants

• Are you a minimalist or a maximalist with design?

• New placemaking features: There's a giant teddy bear at Nick Gilbert Way and improved Woodward corridor with outdoor "rooms"

• Pingree Detroit's opening on Columbia 

• Retail update: Timberland store opening on Woodward today

• Abrupt closure of the Sonder Hotel (Gabriel Richard Building) due to national bankruptcy; what's next for the property

• Our main topic: A new $75 million DDA incentive for Renaissance Center conversion and riverfront redevelopment; breakdown of funding and vision for more public access and a "Navy Pier-like" experience

• Comparing Detroit's Riverfront to other U.S. cities and discussion on what it still needs to truly be the best

• Upcoming events: David Whitney building tree lighting on November 22nd

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