Finding new uses for 18 square miles of vacant lots is one of Detroit's next challenges as planners and resident groups pitch their ideas.

Residents, planners and the land bank say the scale of emptiness now on the map forces a clearer conversation about where to put parks, urban farms and targeted infill housing. The latest tally was ...

Detroit City Council could vote on a proposal to pay landowner Michael Kelly for his 28 parcels, some of which were bought for just $500.

The settlement with prominent landlord Michael Kelly is for 28 parcels next to the municipal airport.

The City Council authorized a legal settlement with Michael Kelly after he rejected two lower offers to sell land the city needs to upgrade Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport.

Construction has begun on Detroit's first solar neighborhoods project, transforming 165 acres of vacant land across five neighborhoods into solar arrays. The initiative aims to offset the city's ...