Insights and perspectives on MPA’s most recent projects, awards and clients.
February 15, 2018 - Crain's Detroit
McIntosh Poris is thrilled to serve as the architects of record for the redevelopment of 640 Temple and is eager to contribute to this project. Previous plans for the Albert Kahn-designed building, which opened in 1920, included more than 100 […]
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January 26, 2018 - Curbed Detroit
Cass & York will have that quality that we haven’t seen in condos. The development will be six stories with 53 units, a “manageable amount of residences to test the market,” says Cummings. The units will average about 1,422 square […]
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January 9, 2018 - m live
The lofts sit above the high-end Prime + Proper steakhouse, designed by McIntosh Poriss, and the second-floor office spaces. Office tenants have not yet been announced. Capitol Park Lofts, a $30-million project that developer Richard Karp has been working on […]
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December 29, 2017 - Crain's Detroit
McIntosh Poris reflects on 2017 with gratitude and enthusiasm, proud to have contributed to the development of four exceptional new restaurants featured in Crain’s Detroit. The Apparatus Room at Detroit Foundation Hotel, Prime + Proper, Kid Rock’s Made In Detroit, […]
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December 26, 2017 - Detroit Free Press
Detroit Foundation Hotel has won 2017 Best Upscale Hotel in the 37th Annual Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design. McIntosh Poris worked with Aparium Hotel Group, Simeone Deary Design Group, and many local artists to create a “Detroit […]
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December 9, 2017 - MI Meetings + Events
Where poles, ladders, horse-drawn fire engines, stacks of gloves and rows of three quarter boots once were standard fixtures, now meeting planners delight in a chic hotel and restaurant that is considered one of the best Detroit renovations of 2017. […]
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November 2, 2017 - Curbed Detroit
All of the new hotels opening in 2017 and 2018 are making Detroit a hot place to visit these days. This year’s opening of the Foundation Hotel certainly helps! Follow the link>>
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October 3, 2017 - Commercial Architecture Design
Mixed-use developments are more ambitious and diverse than ever. McIntosh Poris on Commercial Architecture Magazine: Mixed-use buildings and neighborhoods are not a new thing. In cities and small towns, retail has long been located on the ground floor while offices […]
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September 15, 2017 - Hospitality Design
“Detroit is scrappy,” says Poris. “The people are scrappy. They’re tinkerers. And inventors. That’s how Motown and Ford happened here. That spirit—a big part of what’s happening in the city—is what we wanted to keep.” In 2012, the city of […]
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September 1, 2017 - DBusiness
CCD has completed a renovation of its historic clubhouse, including the addition of a new fitness and bowling center as part of a long-range plan to offer current members a resort-like experience. The club was founded in 1897. “McIntosh Poris […]
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