One of the more anticipated renovations downtown is the Metropolitan Building, which has been vacant for decades and was facing possible demolition. The Roxbury Group, who also renovated/restored the David Whitney Building, is renovating the Metropolitan into the Element Hotel. The Detroit Free Press is reporting that “the project received a $6.5-million Michigan Community Revitalization Program performance-based loan from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. 

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