Capital, civic engagement, and new projects in the Sheffield Era

Detroit just turned a corner. After 12 years of Mike Duggan, Mayor Mary Sheffield was sworn in on January 1, 2026 as the city’s first woman mayor — winning 77% of the vote and signaling a new chapter focused on neighborhoods, affordable housing, and economic dignity. At the same moment, GM officially moved into Hudson’s Detroit, the JW Marriott is rising on the riverfront, the District Detroit’s UMCI campus is breaking ground on its residential tower, and a Bedrock-led $1.6B redevelopment of the Renaissance Center is in the planning phase.