The $300 million expansion at the downtown Cobo Center is wrapping its final phase, and will be completed by the end of 2014. The convention center remains open throughout construction.
In neighboring Novi, a Hyatt Place Hotel attached to the Suburban Showplace Collection will open this July.
New hotels include a 371-room Crowne Plaza on the former site of the Detroit Riverside hotel and an Aloft property coming in 2014.
Construction is expected to break ground on the M1-RAIL lightrail project this year, following a $25 million commitment from the federal government. The rail will run 3.3 miles connecting downtown Detroit to the New Center neighborhood.