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Expert Insights: Despite recent cooling, industrial real estate demand to remain high with EV and energy storage projects likely to drive future growth
Despite recent cooling, industrial real estate demand to remain high with EV and energy storage projects likely to drive future growth
DRP Celebrates Economic Development Week
DRP employees celebrate Economic Development Week by telling their favorite part about working in economic development
NFL draft’s best host yet? Detroit raised the bar in 2024
Detroit hosts the NFL draft
When It Comes to Perceptions, Sports Are a Game-Changer
From the Lions playoff run to the NFL Draft and the NCAA Tournament to the Rocket Mortgage Classic and Detroit Grand Prix – sporting events are showcasing Detroit and the surrounding region to global audiences in 2024 in a major way.
Bill Ford and Michigan Central Sending a Message to the World: The Detroit Region Is the Place to Be to Drive Mobility Innovation
With Michigan Central Station set to open this summer, the world is about to see a historic transformation of the iconic building from a global symbol of ruin to a real-life, real-time commercial reflecting how Detroit is the place to drive automotive and advanced mobility innovation.
The 50 Best Places to Live in the U.S.: Detroit
Detroit was recently ranked as one of Money’s Top Cities to Live in in the United States.
Digital Adaption Key To Manufacturing Industry
DRP’s Verified Industrial Properties Program is helping identify industrial sites in the Detroit Region
Single Point of Contact Critical to Regional Success
Single Point of Contact Critical to Regional Success New Spirit of Collaboration at Heart of Transformational Projects Written by: Jim Martinez The way Charles Stewart Mott Foundation President and CEO Ridgway White saw it, having investors come into the Detroit...
The Detroit Regional Partnership Publishes the 2023 One Region Together Annual Report
Flip through the DRP's 2023 Annual Report to learn about how the organization is poised to exceed their 2030, 10-year goals. Read about all of the ways their best-in-class team came together to Market, Grow, and Support the Detroit Region.
EV startup Lucid Motors gets $6M state grant for Southfield engineering center
Lucid Motors’ plan to invest $10 million and create up to 262 jobs in Southfield will be supported by a $6 million state grant.
DRP Happy Hour Photos
Photos from the Detroit Regional Partnership’s Happy Hour at the Book Tower
Behind the Deal: How the Detroit Region Landed a Major EV Innovator
Lucid Motors recently announced it will be expanding to the Detroit Region for its new new engineering hub.
No Speed Bumps on the Detroit Region’s Mobility Transformation
Vice President of Mobility and Research at The Detroit Regional Partnership Bernard Swiecki discusses mobility in the Detroit Region in 2024.
Behind the Deal: Fortescue Plans to Invest up to $232.2 Million and Create 600 Jobs with New Detroit Advanced Manufacturing Center
Fortescue announced its first U.S. advanced manufacturing center is coming to the City of Detroit, a $232.2 million investment.
The Detroit Regional Partnership Applauds Governor’s Call for an R & D Tax Credit to Spur Economic Development
The Detroit Regional Partnership released the following statement in response to Governor Whitmer’s call for an R & D tax credit to drive innovation.
New Insights on the Detroit Region’s Key Industries
DRP created snapshot report of prominent industry developments in the Detroit Region, which are helping shape the economic landscape.
22 Companies Expand to the Detroit Region in 2023
The Detroit Regional Partnership thanks the 22 companies that chose to expand their operations in the Detroit Region in 2023
DRP 2023 Holiday Mingle
The DRP hosted an investor holiday mingle on December 6 at the Godfrey Hotel to celebrate the successes of 2023
The Best Places to Go in North America & the Caribbean in 2024: Detroit
Detroit was featured in Conde Nast Traveler as one of the top places to travel in North America and the Caribbean.