Ballet Real Estate

We are a boutique real estate developer, property manager and neighbor in Corktown, Detroit. We develop and manage buildings that bring city sidewalks to life so that neighbors, visitors and entrepreneurs flourish.


Busy sidewalk at Bagley Trumbull
Investment opportunity at 1451 Bagley: historic renovation plus new addition

Investment opportunity at 1451 Bagley: historic renovation plus new addition

We are currently (Q1 2022) raising funds for the redevelopment and expansion of an 1860s building into a mixed-use retail and office destination.

1512 Bagley: new retail and residential infill construction

1512 Bagley: new retail and residential infill construction

Completed in 2021, our modern two story building brought a new boutique retailer to the first floor with an airy residential apartment above.

1701 Trumbull: historic renovation of an 1870s beauty

1701 Trumbull: historic renovation of an 1870s beauty

Developed in 2016, our historic renovation of an 1870s building created two retail units on the first floor with residential apartments on the second and third floors.

1705 Trumbull: sidewalk shops and walk-up retail in 1920s building

1705 Trumbull: sidewalk shops and walk-up retail in 1920s building

In 2016 we renovated a 1920s brick and block building bringing two retail units to the sidewalk, a walk-up retail unit to the second floor and a residential cedar deck to the rooftop.