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Landmarked Detroit Hotel Goes Up for Sale

Newmark is marketing the sale of the Roberts Riverwalk Hotel, located at 1000 River Place Dr. in Detroit. Senior managing directors Larry Emmons and Patrick Shannon are representing the seller, Roberts Hotels Detroit, LLC, which is offering the property as a redevelopment joint venture or as a sale to a new developer.

Located in an Opportunity Zone on the Detroit River, the 112,000-square-foot Roberts Riverwalk Hotel is in the new Detroit Riverwalk District and within walking distance to downtown Detroit. The additional developable acreage of land at the property makes this a prime redevelopment opportunity for mixed-use or multifamily.

The landmarked property began life in 1902 as a research facility for Parke-Davis, reportedly the first of its kind in the U.S. Michael V. Roberts, one of the largest mixed-use redevelopers in St. Louis and one of the largest minority hotel chain owners in the U.S., has owned it since 2010.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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