Here are some case studies, white papers, and original research done by Cityscape Detroit:

The cost of demolishing Detroit's "Dirty Dozen" vacant buildings (.pdf)

The costs of rehabilitating old buildings versus new construction (.pdf)

Why there is limited development in Rivertown (.pdf)

Interest Rate Table (.pdf) Remember that beautiful, vacant building you saw in Midtown? If you can get three other friends to each commit to paying $750 a month in rent, you can borrow the $250,000 it would take to fix it up into your dream lofts! Not exactly original research, but this is just a table of the monthly payments to borrow different amounts of money at different interest rates. The paybacks can be surprisingly small! Designed to give people the information and inspiration they need to fix up old buildings and houses in Detroit!