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Local hiring requirement a tough challenge for new Detroit arena project

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An agreement for a land transfer from the City of Detroit to Ilitch Holdings Inc., that enabled construction of a new arena for the Detroit Red Wings requires that 51% of the project’s construction workers must come from the city. read more.

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Local hiring requirement a tough challenge for new Detroit arena project

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An agreement for a land transfer from the City of Detroit to Ilitch Holdings Inc., that enabled construction of a new arena for the Detroit Red Wings requires that 51% of the project’s construction workers must come from the city. read more.

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P3 Inks Deal for Detroit-Windsor Bridge Project Financing

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mile-long Gordie Howe International Bridge Project for the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority under a 36-year, $4.4-billion billion concessionaire agreement.

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Alta Eqt Announces $550 M Merger

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According to Crain’s Detroit, B. has entered a definitive merger agreement with the equipment supplier… Alta Equipment is being merged with an investment firm in a $550 million deal that will turn the construction equipment dealership group into a public company. Riley Principal Merger Corp.

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The Road to Recovery in Detroit

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These have been dark days for Detroit. But out of the ashes of this monumental collapse — and in the midst of one of the most run-down neighborhoods in Detroit — a remarkable revival is rising like a phoenix. billion in its Jefferson North plant on Detroit’s dilapidated East Side.

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LCA Contractors Fined $5.2 Million for Hiring Shortfall

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A new report says Detroiters performed about one-quarter of the work on the Little Caesars Arena (LCA) last year even though the city requires Detroit residents make up 51 percent of hired labor on projects that are taxpayer funded.

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What Differs Between Carhartt and Carhartt WIP?

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In 1898 in Detroit, Michigan, Company founder Hamilton Carhartt created the Carhartt company. Five years later they landed a licensing agreement to design their own apparel lines under the Carhartt WIP brand to sell in the European and Asian markets.   Whereas the Carhartt line is focused principally on the U.S. Different Apparel?