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The formerly publicly-owned properties, which today remain unused, were transferred to the Ilitch family's Olympia Development of Michigan or its affiliates as part of a 2014 master development agreement for the new arena and ancillary projects.
The building had been home to the Shanghai Cafe in the 1940s and 1950s.
by Violet Ikonomova Duggan appears on M.L. Elrick's Soul of Detroit. (Photo: Facebook) Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan offered a full-throated defense of the Ilitch organization Tuesday, saying he’s proud of development it's completed around Little Caesars Arena, despite that it's fallen far short of what was promised. Duggan, who recently launched his re-election campaign, made the comments on reporter M.L. Elrick’s podcast, the Soul of Detroit, after co-host Marc Fellhauer asked about the Ilitches’ track record in an area he noted was made up of many parki...