Downtown : News from Detroit

The downtown Detroit-based firm has watched its revenue grow by up to 40 percent over the last five years, including a 15 percent jump over the last year.

Art exhibits, exercise and yoga sessions, and biergartens are just some of the programming planned for the space that is set to open this spring.

Detroit Labs has run three classes of its apprentice program, which have resulted in 20 new hires in each of the first two and 11 hires in the most recent.

It's been another busy month for development news in the city. Let's catch up on some of the biggest stories from the past four weeks.

The famed Pinkerton detective agency has opened an office in downtown Detroit that will serve as the headquarters for its Michigan operations.

Formerly located in the Harmonie Park/Paradise Valley neighborhood, Zarkpa's left downtown because of rising rents. Unfazed, the boutique is optimistic about its future in the North End.

Castle is making waves at Y Combinator, the granddaddy of all tech startup acclerators.

Last year, Motor City Muckraker's Steve Neavling focused his attention on the struggles of the Detroit Fire Department to great effect. This year he's turning his attention to education in Detroit.

"We don't want to just pay a living wage. We imagine what it means to wage a living."

The move will allow the 5-year-old company to triple its production of jeans.

Twenty of the 158 Knight Cities Challenge finalists are Detroit-based projects. The winners will be announced later this spring.

Kraftwerk has never played Movement, which is celebrating its 10^th anniversary this summer, though they've performed in Detroit sporadically over the last 35 years.

A new report released by the Detroit Greenways Coalition highlights five bike and trail projects that the bike and pedestrian advocacy group is most looking forward to in 2016.

The 65-year-old automotive communications and publishing firm is bringing 30 employees to a new office in the Palms Building, which is also home to The Fillmore Detroit theater.

Creative Circle has moved its metro Detroit office from Southfield to downtown Detroit for one big reason: to take part in the creative rebirth of the Motor City's central business district.