If you live in Michigan, odds are in the last two weeks you have heard an awful lot about Corktown, Ford Motor Company and the future of Michigan Central Station. Leading up to Ford’s announcement that they were buying the Station, I spoke to Crain’s...
Home is where the heart is, or so they say, but where is the real estate investor? Detroit, in recent months and years has experienced a dramatic swing in multi-family valuations. There are a multitude of factors that contribute to this boom all of which...
Detroit’s newest public park is quickly becoming a downtown destination – and for good reason. The carefully designed space incorporates lush gardens, bright architecture and an open-air concept to add to the energy of the city. ICONIC played a key role in facilitating the park’s...
Real Estate is my passion. For close to 20 years, I have tweaked my lifestyle to enhance my performance as a professional. Each day presents different opportunities to convert information into income for our clients and ultimately our firm. Years of fine tuning and establishing...
For the first time in 40 years, the Urban Land Institute (ULI), an international nonprofit association of city builders, real estate developers, urban planners and the like, brought their spring meeting to Detroit. The significance of this extends well beyond the 4,000 visitors that graced...
This week we want to tell you a little more about where our offices are located and the exciting changes that are coming to the city’s first skyscraper: The Ford Building. Facts about the building: The Ford Building is centrally located in the heart of Detroit’s growing...
A recipe for success. Last week’s most clicked article was one that hits particularly close to home with my personal practice within ICONIC. An aspiring restaurant couple, rolls the dice, signs a lease and hustles, in hopes to make it as the next great restaurant. Luckily for...
This week’s blog is a guest entry by ICONIC partner Jacob Sworski, reflecting on his family’s spring break adventure to the Lala Land of Burgers. For Spring Break this year, my family and I decided to break our tradition of going to sunny Mexico and instead...
For those of you who do not know who Samy Eid is or what Phoenicia is, you are missing out. My guest this week is… Samy, thank you for taking the time to chat with me this morning. Congratulations on your upcoming restaurant Leila in Detroit’s Capital...
One year ago, Jacob Sworski and I donned nice fitting sports jackets and headed out on the streets of Detroit for Tiger’s opening day and to launch ICONIC. With a large stack of business cards and laundry list of tailgate parties to stop by, spreading...