Insights and perspectives on MPA’s most recent projects, awards and clients.
July 19, 2017 - Building Design+Construction
DuCharme Place, a 185-unit apartment complex in Detroit, takes its design from elements of Mies van der Rohe’s historic Lafayette Park, across the way from the four-building complex. McIntosh Poris’ Michael Poris, AIA, says the new lifestyle community “builds upon […]
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June 9, 2017 - Crain's Detroit
A $32 million development is planned for three-quarters of an acre of Sugar Hill Arts District property that is planned to bring 84 new apartments to the greater downtown market, the city announced Friday morning. A joint venture between Sonya […]
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May 15, 2017 - The Detroit News
Reservations can now be made to stay at the Detroit Foundation Hotel, a 100-key hotel which opened today, May 15th, inside the former Detroit Fire Department Headquarters downtown. The hotel was designed by Detroit-based McIntosh Poris and Simeone Deary Design […]
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May 8, 2017 - Curbed Detroit
“DuCharme Place builds upon the vision of the park’s original development team by creating a community integrated with nature to support the existing historic district,” explained Michael Poris, AIA, Principal of McIntosh Poris. “To respect the site, we wanted the […]
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May 3, 2017 - Crain's Detroit
The $2.5 million development at 1193 Floyd St. is slated to be completed in the fall, said Jennette Smith Kotila, Core Partners LLC spokeswoman. Michael Poris of Birmingham-based McIntosh Poris is the designer and Core Construction Services LLC, the brokerage […]
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April 28, 2017 - The Washington Post
Michael Poris, whose firm, McIntosh Poris, is project architect for the Foundation, says the desire for such spaces is a response to an increasingly homogenized world. “So many places are the same that people crave difference,” Poris says. The 1929 […]
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April 19, 2017 - Curbed Detroit
One of the more anticipated openings this spring is the Foundation Hotel, located at the old Detroit Fire Department Headquarters at Larned and Washington. The hotel has been in the works for years, and with construction starting early last year, […]
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March 2, 2017 - The Detroit News
McIntosh Poris has been working on the East Riverfront Framework Plan for close to a year with five other great local firms. “This is one of the most exciting projects we have ever announced,” said Mark Wallace, president and CEO […]
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February 23, 2017 - Hospitality Design
“Comeback Kid, a Detroit native revives his home city”. McIntosh Poris continue to revitalize Motor City with projects like the 3909 Block of Woodward Avenue, DuCharme Place, The Foundation Hotel, Prime + Proper, Country Club of Detroit, the East Riverfront […]
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February 21, 2017 - Multifamily Executive
Multifamily Complex to Revitalize Detroit Neighborhood. “We’ve been working on designing multifamily housing developments in Lafayette Park for nearly 15 years,” explains Michael Poris, principal. “DuCharme Place builds upon the vision of the park’s original development team by creating a […]
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