Vibrant Community
Downtown Royal Oak is a vibrant community where all residents and visitors are invited and welcome to come together for entertaining and meaningful experiences. This is a primary reason why businesses have called Downtown Royal Oak home for so long, and why many entrepreneurs are choosing to open a business here.
With a strong community, boutique retail shops, family-friendly restaurants and breweries, entertainment venues, and green space – you will be in good company, and part of a hub for the region’s young professionals.
Walkable and Central Location
The Downtown Development District gives off small-town energy with a walkable atmosphere and is centrally located in Southeast Michigan. It’s just 20 minutes from Downtown Detroit and close to other communities. Its proximity to major highway systems (I-696 and I-75), airports (DTW and Oakland County International Airport), and border crossings (Detroit and Port Huron) make it an ideal location for doing business and working with partners/vendors.
Growing Customer Base
Royal Oak is growing, and your business can grow alongside it. Two new mixed-use developments already underway will add to the inventory of office and retail space, in addition to approximately 120 new multi-family residential dwelling units, joining the already expansive downtown living options that many young professionals continue to flock to.
In addition to multi-family dwelling units coming online over the next several months, developments in higher education will also have an impact on the expanding customer base in Downtown Royal Oak.
Oakland Community College has broken ground on a 78,000 square foot addition that will house OCC’s award-winning Culinary Studies Institute at its Downtown Royal Oak campus. The facility will feature classrooms, demonstration kitchens, and teacher kitchens providing students with the most up-to-date culinary learning facility in Southeast Michigan.
Baker College recently opened its modern, state-of-the-art education facility in Downtown Royal Oak to serve the greater Detroit area. Focused degree programs in health sciences, nursing, cyber security, and more are educating the next generation of employees and leaders.
If Downtown Royal Oak is where you want to be – we have availability that will suit your needs.
Premium office spaces located close to popular lunch spots and unique retailers are available, or about to become available very soon. There is office spaces to meet your organization’s needs ranging from 280 SF all the way up to 42,000 SF, all conveniently located within a short walk from public parking garages.
Retail space, front and center to the young professional day time population and vibrant nightlife crowds awaits you and your entrepreneurial dreams here.
Appetizing restaurant space in the center of an entertainment destination. Downtown Royal Oak features some of the hottest entertainment venues welcoming thousands of visitors each week, including Royal Oak Music Theatre, Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle, Stagecrafters Baldwin Theater, Five15, and so much more.
Downtown Development Authority
As a business owner in Downtown Royal Oak you will have access to the Downtown Development Authority (DDA). The mission of the DDA is to promote economic growth and revitalization in Downtown Royal Oak. They are able to accomplish this by improving and maintaining a solid and visitor-friendly infrastructure, marketing downtown Royal Oak to consumers and businesses, and encouraging preservation of Royal Oak’s Downtown Development District.
The Royal Oak DDA offers businesses who locate in the Downtown Development District access to façade improvement grants, mural grants, inclusion in advertising and marketing, and participation in exciting initiatives and events.
Learn more about locating your entrepreneurial dreams in Downtown Royal Oak by visiting www.romi.gov/business or contacting Daniel Solomon, Downtown Manager at DanielH@romi.gov.
