313 or 679 Area Code? // Should WSU Have More Housing? // Skyscraper Auction // Pro/Rel USL (and more)

On today's all-local daily podcast with Jer and Norris:

• New Area Code: 679 is getting added to the City of Detroit and nearby suburbs in Wayne County due to the exhaustion of numbers in the 313 code.

• Ren Cen Tower Auction Price: Turns out neither of us had the coin for the $9 million price tag on the 21-story tower off to the side of the Renaissance Center. More: https://www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/renaissance-center-600-tower-lands-92m-high-bid-auction

• Wayne State Housing: Jer discusses an article in the Free Press that highlights that very few of the Wayne State students live on campus. Norris and Jer discuss that having a large student population in midtown would vitalize that area of the city and further contribute to the culture in the city. More: https://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2025/03/18/wayne-state-students-commute-for-a-mix-of-campus-city-life/82310609007/

• America's Best Pizza Cities: According to one list, Detroit is not number one. Rochester, New York is at the top of a recent list. Detroit should be higher, emphasizing the city's unique square pizza and the fact that several national chains originated in the area.

• Soccer: Detroit City FC is having a good season and the United Soccer League (USL) is considering a promotion and relegation system.

  • DCFC is looking to raise $10 million.

  • USL approved a promotion and relegation system. It needs approval from US Soccer (the Federation).

  • Jer and Norris discuss how all of this could improve and give opportunities to the City of Detroit.

  • Jer notes the Brownfield credits have been approved.

• Schedule Change Announcement: The Daily Detroit show will be switching from a 5 day per week format to 4 days per week format. To make the show better, but also give a measure of balance back to the production crew.

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