Roofing work coming up in Detroit
240 projects in Detroit fit roofing distributors and roofing contractors in the last 30 days. Each has a building permit, a construction start, a sub hired on a trade permit or a site plan on the public record, at $1M and up, houses left out, in the phases where roofing gets bought.
Projects that fit, from the last 30 days
A few of the 240, 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 building · scope names roofingPermit · Approved
- Birmingham GatewayNew mixed-use buildingProposed
When roofing gets bought
The roof goes on once the structure tops out, often months after the start. That gap is the time to get in front of the GC.
On 75 Miami jobs we measured, the roofing permit landed a median 154 days after the first building permit, and three in four had it by day 385.
Construction starts and new permits for buildings with big roofs: warehouses, retail, schools and apartments.
In ChatGPT or Claude
With Pro, ask your AI assistant for roofing jobs in Detroit and it reads Groundbreak for you, names included. It works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and any app that takes an MCP server.
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- How do roofing distributors and roofing contractors find new projects in Detroit?
- Watch the public record, not the bid boards. Construction starts and new permits for buildings with big roofs: warehouses, retail, schools and apartments. 240 projects in Detroit fit roofing distributors and roofing contractors in the last 30 days. Each has a building permit, a construction start, a sub hired on a trade permit or a site plan on the public record, at $1M and up, houses left out, in the phases where roofing gets bought. Radar sends the next one the day it files.
- When does a GC buy roofing on a job?
- The roof goes on once the structure tops out, often months after the start. That gap is the time to get in front of the GC. On 75 Miami jobs we measured, the roofing permit landed a median 154 days after the first building permit, and three in four had it by day 385.
- How do I find out which sub won the job in Detroit?
- Detroit publishes trade permits, and each one names the sub who pulled it. Radar shows them the day they file, so you can call the sub who now buys the roofing.
- 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 supplier watches, the same count sign-up shows for the same picks. It was computed Nov 11, 2026, 3:38 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.