Daily Detroit News Byte

The city of Detroit has announced plans to sell Lee Plaza, the hulking and abandoned former apartment tower on West Grand Boulevard near Linden, to a pair of developers for a cool $350,000. The Roxbury Group and Ethos Development Partners plan to convert it to 180 apartments and retail as part of a $50 million redevelopment. It's good news for an ailing but iconic building in a part of town that could use some love. Also on today's show, we run down the first partisan fight of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's tenure. Republican lawmakers have overridden her executive order restructuring the state's main environmental department. They objected to her effort to do away with industry-friendly panels overseeing environmental rules and permitting. Here's what else you'll hear: An update on the Piet Oudolf garden coming to Belle Isle Details on Michigan's new Move Over Law Bob Seger adds a Detroit-area date to his farewell tour, which is currently under way A new Meijer is coming to the new shopping center development taki