Wayne County, the City of Detroit, and Rock Ventures worked out a deal for a large land swap that gave Bedrock the jail site on Gratiot. In exchange, Rock Ventures would build a new criminal justice complex at this 13-acre site at East Warren and I-75. The building and jail would cost upwards of $520.3 million and include a 2,280-bed jail, 25 courtrooms, five hearing rooms, offices, and a juvenile detention facility.

Bedrock is in the process of acquiring the 18-acre former Brewster-Douglass site. The Detroit Housing Commission and HUD recently approved the sale, which should be completed sometime soon. The ambitious, $300 million-plus development calls for over 900 units of mixed-income housing (648 apartments and 265 for-sale units), 3.2 acres of public space, an early learning center, and retail spread across 784,080 square feet.

For the last couple years, work has been ongoing on City Modern in Brush Park, which will bring a very different look to the old neighborhood. The development will have apartment buildings, townhouses, carriage houses, and the renovation of four historic homes. A senior-focused apartment building opened in April this year, and much of the development is expected to finish in 2020.

Vacant for nearly two decades, the new Hudson’s will total approximately 1,000,000 square feet (not including underground parking for 700 cars), with 330 residential units and 240,000 square feet of office space at a cost of over $900 million.

Bedrock broke ground on the site in December 2017 and is still building the foundation. The latest update, however, was not terribly encouraging: The tower will no longer be the tallest in the state, there won’t be an observation deck, and the estimated completion date was pushed back to 2023.

Covering the area between Campus Martius and Randolph along Monroe, the project as initially announced would add a 35-story office tower plus residential at a cost of $830 million. It broke ground in December 2018, but there has been little work at the site since and is undergoing a redesign.

The $313 million project will add retail, offices, residential, and possibly a high-end hotel to the Louis Kamper–designed skyscraper and neighboring Book Building. For the past two years, Bedrock has been restoring the exterior of the 38-story Italian Renaissance masterpiece. Most recently, it announced a new architect and released renderings for the final design, and gave guests a tour of the building’s equally magnificent interior.

Bedrock acquired the Capitol Park Art Deco skyscraper in 2015, after being neglected and flooded with water by its previous owner. Work has been underway for a while to restore the building, designed by John M. Donaldson, back to its original beauty.

Many of the residences are now available for lease.

In late 2016, Bedrock acquired the old Detroit Free Press Building and has been working to redevelop it. The Albert Kahn–design, Art Deco gem will reopen with ground-floor retail, two floors of office space, and a residential tower at a cost of around $70 million.

Bought by Dan Gilbert in 2017 for $38.5 million, the downtown skyscraper that opened in 1925 is currently undergoing a renovation. We don’t know much about the work, though Crain’s reported at the time that it includes updates to common areas, the parking deck, and more.