"Detroit could be an opportunity in the future, but we know that in regard to our Troy location, we want to transform that into something in the area that is more of an expression of what we do currently."

I chatted with Stanchak last week in advance of my story in the May 6 edition of Crain's and he also then left it open-ended whether Detroit would be an option somewhere down the road.

"It's hard to speculate if we might go there in the future. We don't do that," he said. "I wouldn't rule anything out, but right now we are really locked on transforming our galleries. I love what they are doing down there though."

In December 2015, Crain's reported that a discussed downtown Detroit location at 1217 Woodward Avenue was no longer on the table, but that RH was looking at other greater downtown spots. That report came a year after it was first reported that RH was in serious discussions for a central business district outpost.

Eventually, discussions fizzled over location and terms of an agreement in Detroit's central business district, among other things, Stanchak said last week.