Detroit's main street is getting a new lease on life.
The stretch of Woodward Avenue downtown may be on the verge of fulfilling a long-deferred dream — returning to a corridor filled with shops and sidewalks full of people, developers and experts tell Louis Aguilar of the Detroit News.
Hundreds of retailers and other small firms have inquired about setting up shop in the nine downtown Detroit buildings bought by Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert and his partners since 2010, according to company officials.
The inquiries follow the relocation of about 9,000 workers from Quicken Loans, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and other companies from the suburbs to offices near the Woodward corridor, establishing a customer base for dining and shopping.
