![Construction begins on $65 million Orleans Landing mixed-use development]()
Rachel Premack - As construction whirred in the background this morning, civic and economic leaders celebrated the start of Orleans Landing on Detroit's east riverfront. The first phase of the $65 million mixed-use development will add 278 residential units and 10,500 square feet of retail space over about four square blocks next to the new Michigan Department of Natural Resources Outdoor Adventure Center and the Dequindre Cut. The project has been about five years in planning. Construction for the first