ICONIC Detroit Market Update Happy New Year from all of us at ICONIC Real Estate in Downtown Detroit. I was recently asked to give a market update on Downtown for one of our clients and felt it was also a great opportunity to share with the ICONIC...
The Big Apple and ICSC New York City Last week I descended on the Big Apple for the annual New York City ICSC Deal making event. I had a couple of missions I had set out to accomplish while there. My primary mission was on behalf of one...
Billionaires and Businesses Betting Big - Reading Between the Lines of Some of Detroit's Biggest Deals It has been 90 days since I last chimed in on the ICONIC Real Estate blog (August 17th to be precise), unfortunate for those of you who had looked forward to...
Years ago, while I was training at Taubman, I was told to read a book called “Why We Buy”by Paco Underhill. Something about this book changed the way I view the world. Everywhere I go, I am more in tune with the little details that...
If you have tried to go shopping in Birmingham, Michigan this summer, you probably didn’t get what you were looking for, whether it was fine jewelry, a great meal or even that new pair of yoga pants. Why you may ask, well the city embarked on...
The more time an individual devotes to their craft, the greater the need to expand their vocabulary around it. The same way children learn language, often a process of trial and error is used to gain understanding around a certain subject matter. Unfortunately, within real...
Perhaps it was the news of the twisters in Oklahoma earlier this week, or the abundance of large scale projects coming to life in Detroit… But, the city is feeling an awful lot like the Emerald City in the merry old land of OZ. The...
In 2017, the Michigan International Council of Shopping Centers Idea Exchange (ICSC) was held at Detroit's Cobo Hall after a sequence of unpredictable events. This year it was on purpose. For more than a decade, the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi hosted ICSC, making its...
A few weeks back, ICONIC Real Estate represented Peas and Carrots Hospitality Group’s purchase of the iconic 9 Mile and Woodward location. This location is formerly home to Como’s, a Ferndale institution. ICONIC tracked this site for several years, when the original operation was hit...
Beyond Corktown and Ford Motor company, what lies ahead? It goes without saying that we are excited about Ford’s increased footprint, investment, and future in Detroit, but what does it really mean? https://www.facebook.com/ford/videos/10156264299630049/ Ever since Peter Karmanos built Compuware’s headquarters, now One Campus Martius and home to...