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Welcome back from the holiday weekend, comrades. Today’s show is Episode 300 of your Daily Detroit, and for that we thank you, our listeners. We also dive into two pieces of Ilitch-related news:

• First, that Olympia Development has missed a deadline to submit a development proposal for a parcel on Woodward between the Little Caesars Arena and I-75. After already receiving a one-year extension. [Crain’s]
• Secondly, that Chris Ilitch signed Tigers GM Al Avila to a “multi-year” contract extension, because the Tigers rebuild is never-ending going great!

Other things you’ll hear on No. 300:

• Soccer correspondent Fletcher Sharpe joins us to recap Detroit City FC’s big weekend, in which it clinched the conference championship and a spot in the NPSL playoffs.
• Stevie Wonder is getting a kidney transplant.
• Ann Arbor could get a new 19-story high-rise behind the Michigan Theater. [MLive]
• Lobster Week is a thing, and it’s happening at two Detroit-area eateries.
• Two Guys From Italy pizzeria is closing in Hazel Park.
• The newly reopened Belle Isle conservatory is extending its summer hours.

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Craig talks with Detroit Free Press reporter John Gallagher about the big development news in Detroit...the new FCA plant on the east side, and the city's new tougher stance with the Ilitch family about slow development in "The District."  

Your Detroit stories:

The Ilitch organization is talking about launching its own regional sports network (and we discuss other sportsy news, including soccer in Detroit). First reported here: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2018/10/25/ilitches-weigh-starting-own-sports-tv-network/1756233002/ and then everyone else in Detroit media got more info.

Detroit’s historic Pewabic pottery studio unveiled its new Maxine and Stuart Frankel Pewabic Tile Studio today.

Two Detroit brands that taste great together. That’s what the companies behind beloved hometown brands Kar’s Nuts and Sanders chocolate are hoping after a deal that sees the two snack makers merge.

Columbia Street in downtown Detroit is getting yet another new restaurant. Sahara Restaurant is opening up a 4,500 square foot spot where they will serve Iraqi and Chaldean cuisine.

The site of the old village hall on Jos. Campau at Grayling Street is now the location of Hamtramck’s first-ever full archeological dig.  

Saturday Night Live cast member Colin Jost (who co-hosts the very funny “Weekend Update” skit) Colin Jost is going to be in Pontiac on Saturday night. Tix: http://flagstarstrandtheatrepontiac.com/iwe-event/the-infamous-stringdusters-2-3-3

Two Royal Oak bars are backing a proposal that would allow downtown establishments that don’t have kitchens to host food trucks without a special-event permit. (Extra info here)

This episode was recorded on October 25, 2018 at the Podcast Detroit studios in the Detroit Shipping Company. If you like the show, be sure to leave us a review in Apple Podcasts

Today, we dive into the new Cass-Henry Historic District, and what it means for two Ilitch-owned buildings threatened with demolition, with Eric Kehoe of Preservation Detroit; MoGo will expand bike sharing to five suburbs and more Detroit neighborhoods; Red Bull Arts Detroit announces a new artists residency program for 2019; and Amazon is hiring 1,500 full-timers for its Romulus fulfillment center.

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- A New DMC Sports Medicine Institute To Open Next To Little Caesars Arena

- Detroit To Get Another Movie Theater, This One With 9 Screens

- Pay Gap Between Men And Women In Metro Detroit Among Worst In Nation

- Fisher Building’s Food Truck Fridays To Return, This Time With Outdoor Seating

- Belle Isle Bird Walk On June 15

- And our feature interview: City Of Royal Oak Economic Development Manager Todd Fenton Discusses Rethink Royal Oak Project