University of Michigan to build $300M ‘innovation center’ at failed Wayne County jail site in Detroit
DETROIT – The University of Michigan is building a new innovation center at the site of the failed Wayne County jail project in Downtown Detroit. Bedrock, the University of Michigan and local leaders announced the project this week that will sit on Gratiot Avenue, near Eastern Market, spanning 14-acres, named the Detroit Center for Innovation (DCI).
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Weather: Rain heading into Halloween
Brandon Roux:
It’s cool, in the low 40s around Metro Detroit so it should be all rain as it moves in from the southwest making not only your morning commute wet and slow, but it will be pouring still this evening. You should expect rain all day today with limited breaks in the action and high temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s and light, cool breezes NNE 5-12 mph. Here’s the forecast for Halloween.