Insights and perspectives on MPA’s most recent projects, awards and clients.
October 4, 2023
Throughout its nearly 30 years in business, McIntosh Poris Architects has had a hand in some of the most recognized projects in Detroit. That includes the planned renovation of the Fisher Body No. 21 plant on Detroit’s east side to […]
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September 23, 2023
As Detroit Homecoming marks 10 years, its impact has registered with at least two developers with longtime connections to the region. The annual event, aimed at bringing back those who grew up in the metro Detroit area but moved away […]
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September 14, 2023
Bombshell Treat Bar eyes fall opening for first Metro Detroit storefront. Construction has started on Bombshell Treat Bar’s first brick-and-mortar store, which is eyeing a fall opening in downtown Berkley on Coolidge Road between 12 Mile Road and Catalpa Drive. […]
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September 13, 2023
A Detroit-based residential real estate development firm is embarking on its first-ever new construction project. “Midtown is one of the strongest, most walkable communities in Detroit and we’re excited about bringing much-needed additional housing to the neighborhood,” Greatwater Co-founder Jed […]
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September 8, 2023
The complex has a personal connection for architect Michael Poris, AIA, co-founding principal of McIntosh Poris Architects: “This project means a lot to me because Carl Koch—now considered the grandfather of prefab—was the architect of the 1955 prefabricated Techbuilt home […]
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August 22, 2023
McIntosh Poris Architects recently broke ground on Siena Lake, a 600-unit workforce housing community in Vail Valley, Colorado. “Development ROI on new housing in high-property-value regions of the country presents multiple design challenges,” says Michael Poris, AIA, principal of McIntosh […]
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June 30, 2023
McIntosh Poris Associates has designed the redevelopment plan. The plan includes creating three atriums inside the third through sixth floors, allowing exterior views and natural light for interior spaces. The 2-acre roof will have a quarter-mile walking track, a lounge, […]
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March 21, 2023
Bombshell Treat Bar got its start in 2020 by offering contactless delivery. With Bombshell’s Big Dipper ice cream cart, the owners did pop-ups, making appearances in metro Detroit from setting up at the University of Michigan football stadium to Neiman […]
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February 28, 2023
“Ruin porn,” the popular images of decaying sites that have drawn tourists to Detroit, inspired city leaders to increase efforts to remediate the city’s commercial blight. Hosey, the Fisher Body No. 21 redeveloper, said his own project is working its […]
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January 5, 2023
The newly unveiled design for the Arbour on Main apartment development on Ann Arbor’s Main Street, just down the street from the University of Michigan’s Big House, which inspired the design by McIntosh Poris Associates with consulting architect J Bradley […]
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