Aretha Franklin at 2009 inauguration for President Barack Obama.
At 75, the Queen of Soul, has retirement on her mind.
Aretha Franklin tells Rochelle Riley of the Detroit Free Press that she plans to move from her Bloomfield Hills home to Detroit and open a nightclub where she will occasionally sing.
Franklin says she's been talking to Dan Gilbert's company, Bedrock, about partnering in a nightclub.
"I'm interested in doing a small nightclub downtown, and he (Bruce Schwartz, Detroit relocation ambassador for Bedrock Real Estate Services) and I have been talking about this for a couple of years now and I'm just letting him know I'm still interested," she said. "In my retirement plan, I'd like to have a small club here in Detroit."
Franklin would welcome a chance to partner with Bedrock and says she'll listen to offers from others.
