Booklet

Building a World Class City II: A Progress Report on Economic Development in the City of Detroit

Booklet tracking economic developments in the city, divided into categories of commercial, industrial/manufacturing, office, residential, and empowerment zone, as well as messages from Mayor Dennis Archer, Planning and Development Department director Gloria W. Robinson, and features on proposed new downtown stadiums for the Detroit Tigers and Detroit Lions, small business development, General Motors' move into the Renaissance Center, the construction of Orchestra Place and Perstorp Xytec's success in the empowerment zone. Listed projects include the redevelopment of Harmony Park; the expansion of the Thyssen Steel Group plant, Henry Ford Hospital, American Axle and Manufacturing, and General Motors' Detroit/Hamtramck assembly complex; the renovation of the Detroit Opera House and the Book Building; the construction of 211 W. Fort Street and housing developments at Campau Farms and Grayhaven Marina Village; and the opening of Chrysler's Mack Avenue Engine Plant, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the Hispanic Manufacturing Center, and the Detroit Virtual Reality Center in the Albert Kahn Building. A map showing the locations of 132 projects is included inside the front cover. A photograph of the Spirit of Detroit statue as viewed from its left is on the cover.