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Plymouth’s Fox Hills Golf Club Sold After 50 Years of Family Ownership

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Sisters Kathy Aznavorian and Sandy Mily recently sold the Fox Hills Golf Club to Virginia-based Heritage Gold Group. The sale took place in July, and its terms are undisclosed. Their parents bought the property 59 years ago when it was known as the Plymouth Country Club. After inheriting it from their parents, the sisters expanded, adding several new courses to bring the number of holes to 63, including an 18-hole course made up of par 3 holes. They added a clubhouse in order to host big events throughout the year. According to the vice president of operations at Heritage Gold Group, the name, the course and the food will remain intact. The company also kept the entire staff on, including several family members of the original owners.

 

 

Pabst Blue Ribbon Extends Its Reach Into Hospitality

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Pabst Blue Ribbon is continuing the go-to trend for brands to feature retro products and cultural icons from the past. The brand has created three PBR-themed motel rooms that transport guests to the 1980s. In creating the rooms, which are located within the Grand Traverse Motel in Traverse City, they’ve cloned a dive bar, arcade and rec room. Think shag carpeting, back-in-the-day game consoles, a jukebox, and a blue ribbon trophy case that store PBR cans. Seattle-based agency DNA collaborated with Hotopp Creative Studio to create the rooms. The 1980s theme comes from the brand’s tagline, “Pabst is the place.” Pabst has experienced a resurgence and reemergence during the pandemic with people remembering brands that illicit a sense of safety and nostalgia.

 

Three Dispensaries and Processing Facility to Open in Grand Rapids

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Tommy Nafso, former metro Detroit lawyer and state regulator, and Darel Ross, a Grand Rapids entrepreneur, have partnered to open three cannabis dispensaries and a process facility. They will open the first of the three Noxx dispensaries at 2440 28th St. NW in Grand Rapids this month.  A soft launch is planned for Aug. 22, along with a grand opening September 10. The second dispensary will open in late September. The processing and dispensing facility will be Noxx’s main production and will open in mid-November. Noxx’s three dispensaries will be the most operated by one company in Grand Rapids. The partners plan to hire 150 employees across the three locations.

 

New Nonprofit To Support The Joe Louis Greenway

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Detroit’s new Joe Louis Greenway Partnership is a new nonprofit conservancy that supports the 30-mile-long Joe Louis Greenway. The conservancy will connect residents in Detroit, Hamtramck, Highland Park and Dearborn to the Detroit River. The Joe Louis Greenway Partnership will help with fundraising, care of the path, programming and community outreach. The nonprofit was incorporated with the state in January. Once it’s approved by the IRS, the conservancy’s nonprofit status will allow it seek more philanthropic support.

Redevelopment of Detroit’s Roosevelt Park Begins

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Detroit officials broke ground on the $6 million redevelopment of Roosevelt Park in front of the Michigan Central development in Corktown. The project involves redirecting a section of Vernor Highway that bisects the park. It also includes plans for a promenade that will connect Michigan Avenue to Michigan Central Station, plaza spaces and event lawns, expanding the park by 3.5 acres. It is expected to be completed in the spring of 2023. The redevelopment is funded by the American Rescue Plan Act and from the city’s general fund.

 

Rochester’s Royal Park Hotel Sells

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Memphis-based Fairwood Capital LLC has purchased the Royal Park Hotel in downtown Rochester. The hotel is located at 600 E. University Dr.  and will be run by Pivot Hotels & Resorts, the same company that manages the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. The hotel has 142 rooms and more that 20,000 spare feet of event and meeting space, as well as the Park 600 restaurant.

 

Sugar Loaf Demolition Completed But Cloaked in Mystery

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Speculation among community residents runs rampant as the new owners of the blighted Sugar Loaf ski lodge complex make good on their promise.  A fence rims the demolition site that is now the staging area for work crews who are crushing the remaining asphalt and making topsoil runs up to the top of what was once the ski hill. Residents are curious about what’s next, but anyone who is in the know isn’t talking. The property was purchased in late 2021 by SPV 45 LLC who said it would remove the blighted buildings and clean up the property.  A real estate advisor for the owners recently attended the annual meeting for townhouse owners who asked many questions. Unfortunately, they didn’t get any answers about the future.

Charlevoix Mansion Garners High Price Tag

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A Charlevoix mansion has sold for the enormous price of $9.845 million dollars. According to Interluxe, a luxury real estate marketplace, that price tag is the 5th highest resale price ever for a residential property in Michigan. The lakefront home at 08425 Raspberry Lane in Charlevoix drew more than $205 million in total bids over four days. The  10,000 square foot home designed  by J Bradley Moore & Associates Architects for Frank Macher. It was built in 2009.

 

Blake’s Orchard & Cider Mill Takes Over Erwin Orchards

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Blake’s Orchard & Cider Mill owners will take over operations at Erwin Orchards. They hope to maintain the integrity of Erwin’s but with a Blake spin on it. Orchard Crossing, a 181-acre development at Silver Lake and Kent Lake roads will be positively impacted by the deal.  The Orchard Crossing development will leave 104 acres for preservation of orchards, the cider mill and other new enterprises. Blake’s is planning a 20,000-square-foot tasting room with a full-service restaurant, bar service and cidery/beer brewing. The year-round facility will be located on the northeast corner of Silver Lake and Ken Lake roads.  The north side orchard operations area will also include a 20,000-square-foot venue with a 400-person capacity and an outdoor patio. On the south side of Silver Lake, the existing cider mill will be expanded with a cider press, cafe, retail sales and office.

 

 

 

Michigan’s Vacation Home Market Is Hot

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Demand for vacation homes is just as strong as the market for first homes. During the first half of 2021, vacation home sales jumped more than 57 percent when compared with 2020. Several counties in Northern Michigan are considered “vacation home counties,” which are counties with 20 percent or more of their housing inventory listed as seasonal. Leelanau County is a prime example. The average home price in the first quarter of this year jumped to $779,960 from $494,649 in the same quarter of last year. A more shocking comparison can be made when the average home in Leelanau County sold for $274,831 in 2012!