Equipment and crane rental work coming up in Detroit
281 projects in Detroit fit equipment rental, crane, hoist and scaffold companies in the last 30 days. Each has a building permit, a construction start or a site plan on the public record, at $2M and up, houses left out, in the phases where equipment and crane rental gets bought.
Projects that fit, from the last 30 days
A few of the 281, biggest first. Each opens its project file. Pro names the people on each one.
- Hudson's DetroitNew hotelStarted · Under construction
- Henry Ford Health & MSU Health Sciences Research CenterNew healthcare buildingStarted · Under construction
- MDHHS New Psychiatric HospitalNew healthcare buildingStarted · Under construction
- University of Michigan Center for InnovationNew school or civic buildingStarted · Under construction
- Macomb County CIACNew school or civic buildingStarted · Under construction
- General Motors VVA FacilityNew manufacturing buildingStarted · Under construction
- The Metropolitan on South UNew mixed-use buildingPermit · Approved
- Renaissance Center and Rivereast DistrictSiteProposed
When equipment and crane rental gets bought
Equipment is rented before site work starts, and tower cranes and hoists go up early on tall buildings.
Big new permits, construction starts, site plans and tower crane filings with the FAA.
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- How do equipment rental, crane, hoist and scaffold companies find new projects in Detroit?
- Watch the public record, not the bid boards. Big new permits, construction starts, site plans and tower crane filings with the FAA. 281 projects in Detroit fit equipment rental, crane, hoist and scaffold companies in the last 30 days. Each has a building permit, a construction start or a site plan on the public record, at $2M and up, houses left out, in the phases where equipment and crane rental gets bought. Radar sends the next one the day it files.
- When does a GC buy equipment and crane rental on a job?
- Equipment is rented before site work starts, and tower cranes and hoists go up early on tall buildings.
- Where does this count come from?
- Groundbreak reads permits, subs on trade permits, deeds with the price, loans with the lender, notices of commencement, City Council land sales, rezonings and tax incentives, SEMCOG development tracker and FAA height filings in Detroit every day and groups them into projects. This page counts the projects at the stages a rental company watches, the same count sign-up shows for the same picks. It was computed Nov 12, 2026, 4:50 AM Eastern and updates daily.
- What does Groundbreak cost?
- Creating an account is free: tell Radar what you work on and it shows your matches. The names, phones and figures on every record are Pro. There is no free trial. Pro is $27 a month, every market. Cancel anytime.
- Can I ask ChatGPT or Claude for this?
- Yes, with Pro. Groundbreak runs an MCP server, so Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other AI assistants can search Detroit's permits, projects and companies and say who is on them. Setup takes a minute: https://docs.groundbreak.city/mcp.