you designed. With respect to the Albert,
it was a 1929 building and there were
surprises — things you can’t see or know
about until you dive in.”
There was one unforeseen hurdle in
building the Scott, though.
“It was discovered that our construc-
tion site used to be a gas station years
ago,” Sachse says, “so our workers had
to clear out 50-year-old gas tanks from
the ground before building. Detroit has
taught us a thing or two; you never know
what you’re going to get while preparing
for a construction site.”
JEWISH LINK
For example, in the dust of building
the Scott, Broder and Sachse found an
unexpected link between Brush Park and
Detroit’s Jewish heritage.
“The fraternal civic center, which is
from whom we bought the land [for the
Scott], is an African American masonic
lodge, but originally their building was
a Jewish community center back in the
1910s and ’20s,” Broder says.
Built in 1905 at 114 Erskine St., this
Jewish community center became the
M.W. King David Grand Lodge in the
1960s.
Thanks to careful planning — and
“easy-going weather,” Sachse adds — the
Scott remains on track for a December
2016 opening. There’s already excitement
among potential tenants, too, which is
no surprise; in the last three years, 136
teens were awarded $250 in seed money
to put toward their new businesses.
Judges were Josh Charlip, founder/presi-
dent of Cool Jacks; Nita Cohen, managing
director of business banking for Talmer
Bank and a committee member for the
Danto Small Business Loan Program
of Hebrew Free Loan; Mindi Fynke,
president/CEO of EHIM; Florine Mark,
president/CEO of Weight Watchers Group;
Robb Lippitt, partner at Secret Sauce
Capital; Jason Raznick, founder/CEO of
Benzinga; and Zack Sklar, chef/owner of
Cutting Edge Cuisine and Peas & Carrots
Hospitality. David Contorer, Hebrew Free
Loan executive director, emceed the com-
petition.
“Anyone can have an idea; execution is
everything,” Raznick said. “These young
women were passionate about success and
had amazing ideas; most importantly, they
had plans to see their dreams through.”
The judges selected Alana Blumenstein,
a 10th-grader at Detroit Country Day
School, and Elana Weberman, an 11th-
grader at Bloomfield Hills High School, as
the winners of the competition; both girls
received investments toward their busi-
nesses.
Blumenstein founded Kids Read 2 Kids,
an organization that provides reading vid-
new businesses have opened in greater
Downtown Detroit with 91 of them
owned by women or minorities. Twenty-
seven new businesses are coming soon.
“I want to stress the importance of
Detroit’s revitalization not only for
Detroiters, but also for the Southeast
Michigan region,” Sachse says.
That belief is why Sachse moved
Sachse Construction’s headquarters from
Birmingham to Downtown Detroit’s cen-
tral business district in 2012.
“We recognized an exciting change
taking place in the city, and we wanted
to be at the heart of helping to drive this
positive change,” he says. “Detroit is an
upcoming and thriving environment
with a lot of young talent.”
Since the move, Sachse Construction
has worked on Detroit-based projects
such as the new Nike Store (which
opened on Woodward Avenue last May),
the expansion of the Lofts at Merchants
Row, the Michigan Humane Society,
Whole Foods, John Varvatos and the
renovation of the Detroit Athletic Club.
“Your home city is part of your iden-
tity,” Sachse says. “I want to see more
Michiganders feel empowered to partici-
pate in the revitalization — whether you
are located within the city or the suburbs
— because the success of Detroit will reap
long-term benefits across the state.”
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eos and other resources for children with
dyslexia. Weberman created “Mixed,” a
customizable trail mix company.
“Being a junior in high school, I never
thought it was realistic to start my own
business, but in a short amount of time
everyone reading this will be able to pur-
chase Mixed Customizable Trail Mix!”
Weberman said. “I could not be more
grateful for the support of the Jewish
community, the successful and brilliant
entrepreneurs who worked with us, and
the countless opportunities given to me by
Building Entrepreneurship.”
The program is funded by a gener-
ous grant from the Jewish Women’s
Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit.
“Building Entrepreneurship has encour-
aged me to further pursue my goal of
attending the University of Michigan’s
Ross School of Business,” said participant
Samantha Mindell, an 11th-grader at
Walled Lake Central.
Mindell is not alone, and teen partici-
pants continue to be inspired and motivat-
ed by community leaders in partnership
with this program.
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