Five projects are changing the middle of the city. One is finished. Two should land this year. Two run into 2027.
Open
Delray to Windsor · 2026
A publicly owned cable-stayed crossing to Canada, the first new road bridge between Detroit and Windsor since the Ambassador opened in 1929. Canada funded construction and recovers it through tolls.
Worth noting. It missed a September 2025 target. Reporting at the turn of the year had it 98 percent complete and projected to open as early as the first quarter of 2026.
Source: crainsdetroit.com · Photograph: WMrapids · CC0
Finishing
Greektown · Due fall 2026 · $20 million
Greektown's main thoroughfare rebuilt as a pedestrian-first street rather than a road with sidewalks attached. Work began in March 2025.
Source: hourdetroit.com · Photograph: PDru2014 from Detroit, United States · CC BY 2.0
Under way
Corktown · Due to finish 2026
A transport hub on the Michigan Central campus intended to bring Amtrak service back to the station. Announced by Governor Whitmer.
Source: hourdetroit.com · Photograph: PunkToad · CC BY 2.0The biggest new buildings the city has signed off this year, from Detroit's own permit records. Updated daily.
| Address | Issued | Est. cost | Filed description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2850 W Grand Blvd BLD2025-01010 · 19 stories | 2026-04-30 | $874m | Phase IIl Permit for Interior Build-Out to Code to establish 19 Story Hospital per plans. See BLD2024-00886 for Phase I & all project fees & BLD2025-00042 for Phase II. Subject to… |
| 9040 W Jefferson Ave BLD2025-01893 · 1 stories | 2026-05-12 | $49.8m | Construct New SFE Pump Building to Code per plans. Subject to Field Approval. Separate Trade Permits required. |
| 18875 Ryan Rd BLD2025-00085 · 1 stories | 2026-01-20 | $45.7m | 3700 E. Seven Mile Legal. Phase II Permit to Construct New 108,000 sq ft, 1 story High School (Pershing High), Athletic Fields, & Site Work to Code per plans. See BLD2024-01852 for… |
| 25 Cadillac Sq BLD2025-00874 · 3 stories | 2026-01-05 | $42.5m | Construct New 70,000 sq ft, 3-Story, 1,600 seat immersive Theater (Entertainment Venue) w/On-Site Consumption & associated Site Work to Code per plans. Subject to Field Approval… |
| 900 Dickerson St BLD2024-02538 · 2 stories | 2026-04-17 | $29m | Construct New 2 Story, 71,445 sq ft 2 Story Pre-K thru 8 School to Code per plans. Subject to Field Approval, Separate Trade, DPW Right-of-Way, & DWSD Permits required. |
| 1326 Saint Antoine St BLD2025-03016 · 2 stories | 2026-02-04 | $27.6m | Partial Permit for Core and Shell 2 Story, 89,050 sq ft Office Bldg to include MEP's to Code per plans. Separate Tenant Permit required. Subject to Field Approval. Separate Trade, DPW… |
Descriptions are the applicant's own filed wording, quoted rather than summarised. A permit is a filing, not a promise: some of these will not be built. Permits updated automatically 2 hours ago
Source: data.detroitmi.gov · building permits registerThe old county jail site · Start 2026, finish 2027
Bedrock's building on the site of the abandoned Wayne County jail project, cut from five stories to two. BAMF Health takes the ground floor.
Source: crainsdetroit.com ·Southwest Detroit · Takes shape 2026 · $198 million
A stadium and housing development for the supporter-owned club.
Source: crainsdetroit.com ·
Every project on this page is a building or a road. Getting between them is the older problem, and the Michigan Central hub is the only item on the list that is really about movement — it is meant to bring Amtrak back to the station.
Source: hourdetroit.com ·· 416 words · Newsroom
The first new road crossing to Windsor since 1929 opened this year. It is publicly owned, it was paid for by another country, and it arrived a year late to very little fanfare.
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A hospital, two schools, an office block and a 1,600-seat theater. The permit register is a duller document than a press release and a far more reliable one.
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