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DETROIT – The Somerset Collection Studio is now open at the Metropolitan Building in Downtown Detroit. “We wanted to bring window shopping back,” said Somerset Collection corporate communications director Linda McIntosh. In early 2021, the space is going from only window shopping to in-store shopping. There will be a rotating selection of merchandise from Somerset Collection stores. Vending machine proceeds are headed to charity.

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Share All sharing options for: 10 redevelopments that shaped Detroit over the last 10 yearsAs the end of the 2010s draws near, well be recapping the decade through articles on some of the biggest topics and trends that shaped Detroit during that time. Perhaps no redevelopment in Detroit was as daunting as the Metropolitan Building. Despite those challenges, earlier this year the building opened as Element Detroit at the Metropolitan Building, an extended-stay, 110-room hotel redeveloped at a cost of $33 million. The tall, narrow, Renaissance Revival building once housed the instrument-maker Wurlitzer Co. Most known for its elaborate ironwork, this Capitol Park building opened in 1915 as an eight-story office building.

The Somerset Collection Studio at the Metropolitan Building is an open space that will allow retailers to pop up at the Downtown Detroit site. Backed by the Forbes Company and Somerset Mall, the idea is to bring luxury brands back to Downtown Detroit. They plan to give shoppers a storefront that rotates brands often, and to give brands a chance to test Detroit. In partnership with the city of Detroit and the Downtown Detroit Partnership, WDIV-Local 4 will throw a homecoming celebration for the "America's Got Talent" finalists, Detroit Youth Choir, on Friday at Campus Martius Park in Downtown Detroit. Submit a news tipTell us what's happening in your community -- submit a news tip to Local 4 and ClickOnDetroit right here.

DETROIT - The Somerset Collection Studio at the Metropolitan Building is an open space that will allow retailers to pop up at the Downtown Detroit site. Backed by the Forbes Company and Somerset Mall, the idea is to bring luxury brands back to Downtown Detroit. The brand displays will at times be a selection of merchandise found at Somerset Collection or trunk shows brought to Michigan exclusive at Somerset Collection Studio. The brand displays will at times be a selection of merchandise found at Somerset Collection or trunk shows brought to Michigan exclusive at Somerset Collection Studio. "The Somerset Collection Studio concept did not happen overnight.

Perhaps no redevelopment in Detroit was as daunting as the Metropolitan Building. The 14-story Neo-Gothic office building built in 1925 had been abandoned for 40 years. Despite those challenges, earlier this year the building opened as Element Detroit at the Metropolitan Building, an extended-stay, 110-room hotel redeveloped at a cost of $33 million. Developers the Roxbury Group and Means Group also opened The Monarch Club, a rooftop cocktail lounge and outdoor terrace. Not only was the Metropolitan Building brought back to life, but the developers did an exceptional job recreating many of its historical elements.