Randall Fogelman is a full-time realtor with O’Connor Realty in Detroit helping individuals buy and sell residential real estate in the city. Fogelman also serves as the managing partner of Detroit Independent Holdings LLC. a Detroit-based, New Center focused real estate firm with over $3,000,000 in assets.
Fogelman served as the vice president of business development for Eastern Market Corporation (EMC) from February 2007 through January 2016. EMC is a nonprofit organization that manages Detroit’s historic Eastern Market, the largest historic public market district in the country. Fogelman managed Eastern Market 360º, EMC’s renovation and construction initiative that improved and revitalized the market campus. In total, he served as the project manager on the complete renovation of Shed 2 ($1.6 million) the complete renovation and modernization of Shed 3 ($6.2 million) and the renovation and adaptive-reuse of Shed 5 ($8.2 million). The Shed 5 project included the construction of a shared-use community commercial kitchen. These renovation projects have received numerous awards from industry and trade groups and have served as a catalyst for the Market’s rebirth.
In addition to the project management work on the Sheds, Fogelman was responsible for recruitment and leasing activities as part of EMC's effort to bring new and innovative farmers and vendors to the market. This included the creation of the “Specialty Vendor” category that allowed local companies producing food products to feature and sell their products at the market. Prior to the introduction of the program, these types of products were not previously available at the Market.
While working for New Center Council, Inc. (NCC) from September 2001 until December 2006, Fogelman held dual roles. He served as the Director for the Comerica TasteFest (later CityFest) and the Director of Marketing for the Council. In the marketing role, Fogelman was responsible for coordinating all of the marketing activities of the Council, including newsletters, eNewsletters, website, brochures and more, and the initial marketing efforts for the successful loft conversion projects located at 6200 Second Avenue and 41 Burroughs.
Fogelman is the author of Detroit’s New Center by Arcadia Publishing. Detroit’s New Center traces the history of New Center from its founding in the beginning of the twentieth century to the promising future through historic and new photos. He is also the co-author of Arcadia Publishing Co.’s Detroit’s Historic Eastern Market that tells the story of the rich history of the Eastern Market District.
Before working at NCC, Fogelman was an associate at Midtown Development Group in Detroit. Midtown Development is a firm that specialized in the renovation of historic buildings in the Midtown neighborhood of Detroit. There he participated in all aspects of the historic renovation of 3 buildings into market rate apartments and condos.
In August of 2010, Fogelman completed the National Development Council’s rigorous Economic Development Finance Certification program and is now a Certified Economic Development Professional. The program covered topics such as small business lending, business credit analysis, real estate finance, deal-structuring and tax credit use (federal, state, new market, brownfield, etc.).
Fogelman is president of the homeowners' association of the renovated loft warehouse, in Midtown, Detroit, where he has lived since 2000. Fogelman moved to the City of Detroit in 1994.
In September 2011, Fogelman was named one of 30 in their 30’s by DBusiness Magazine and in October 2011, he was named one of Crain’s Detroit Business’s annual 40 Under 40. In 2012 he was selected by the German Marshall Fund as a Marshall Memorial Fellow.
Fogelman received a Bachelor of Arts from Wayne State University in 1995, and a Master of Urban Planning from the University of Michigan in 1999.
