Empty shipping containers could get new life as designer condominiums, if a Detroit-based group gets its way. Architect Steven Flum and developers Patrick and Leslie Horn plan to build a $1.8 million, 17-unit condo project near Wayne State University, the Detroit Free Press reports. The project would stack empty containers four high, cut in windows and doors, install plumbing, stairways and heating, and add amenities such as balconies and landscaped patios, according to the Free Press.

Continuing the trend on lower Sixth Avenue, The Moondance Diner, made famous by appearances in Spiderman, Igby, and Sex in the City, will soon shutter to make way for condos. The diner, along with an adjacent parking garage and lot, will be converted into a 66,734-square-foot residential building with ground floor retail by Extell's Gary Barnett. The site has already received the necessary variance to build the nine-story residential tower in an area zoned