It appears Biggby Coffee and a new coney island are going into the Norm Newman-owned strip mall on Michigan, just west of Military.

Signs promise new business in a Newman-owned strip mall.

Signs in the window indicate a Biggby Coffee will soon be moving into the strip mall. A visit to the Biggby website says the same, showing a new store at 22445 Michigan Ave.

The new coney restaurant is called Cedars Coney Island and will occupy the building that once housed Village Islands Coney, which was closed after a fire.

Our fingers are crossed these two businesses will open, and soon. It was more than a year ago that Mr. Newman put up signs in his vacant Inca and Pier 1 buildings promising a “Redevelopment Coming Soon.”  Thirteen months later, the buildings still sit empty.

Dearborn will soon be losing the Ritz-Carlton name, according to the Detroit Free Press.

In today’s edition, the paper reports that the Ritz-Carlton Dearborn has been sold to an investment group and will be managed by Greenwood Hospitality Group, a hotel investment and management company. As of June 2, it will no longer be a Ritz-Carlton, said Vivian Deuschl, a Ritz-Carlton spokeswoman.

Employees at the Ritz say the hotel will undergo a complete renovation and remain an upscale hotel but under a new name.

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