Adrienne Roberts

A new townhouse complex is being built in Detroit’s Midtown district expanding on the existing units on Palmer Street, between John R and Brush Street, with an expected availability in mid-August.

Slurping Turtle, a Japanese restaurant in Ann Arbor, is hosting an instructive dining and demo series of classes on cuisine such as sake, ramen noodles, and salmon. Called Slurp U, the program begins April 8.

Of the families working below the poverty line in Michigan, half of those are minorities, according to a report released by the Working Poor Families Project.

Birmingham-based IncWell, a private venture capital fund, has invested in Ann Arbor-based automotive security supplier TowerSec, which creates products that monitor and thwart cyber threats on the growing number of connected vehicles.

Ford Motor Co.’s STEAM Lab is hosting a hackathon for Detroit middle school students to better help them develop coding skills and think of ways to reform education. The program, which is part of the Ford Motor Co. Fund, will be held March 27-28.

Median home sale prices in Metro Detroit were up nearly 20 percent in February when compared with this time last year, based on a report released today by Farmington Hills-based Realcomp.

As more young professionals move to Detroit and the region, some are choosing to purchase homes instead of rent. Mark Stevens, regional sales executive for Bank of America Home Loans, talked with DBusiness Daily News about today’s profile of first-time homebuyers and where they’re choosing to put down roots.

Fashion icon John Varvatos, whose clothing store opens today along Woodward Avenue, says he wants his store to be an “igniter” to entice other retailers to come to Detroit and fill the streets.

The Detroit Economic Growth Corp. today announced they have reached an agreement to sell 40 acres on Detroit’s east side for $2.24 million to Crown Enterprises Inc., a Warren-based development company owned by Manuel “Matty” Moroun.

Lansing Works! Keep GM, a documentary about the campaign to save General Motors production in Lansing will screen at the Freep Film Festival in Detroit later this month.