Article: Detroit Developer Thinks Gay Communities Can Help Rejuvenate City.

By Tatsha Robertson, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jan. 15--FERNDALE, Mich.--One of Detroit's biggest developers has been advertising vacant lofts in local gay publications, taking a lesson from the economic rejuvenation of this nearby suburb and trying to lure gay residents to move into the city.

"It's very true that Ferndale hit its stride because of the positive influence of gays," said David Farbman, president and chief executive of the Farbman Group, a real estate corporation that advertised the lofts. "In order for Detroit to expedite what it can become, it has to have a strong gay community."

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