GM to plan move from RenCen to Dan Gilbert’s Hudson’s tower

[mkd]

looks pathetic compared to having their sign atop a 727-footer, sad day for our city. I almost wonder if they told Duggan they want to move everything to Warren and he just managed to get them to keep the c-suite downtown in this new building.

[Gistok]

looks pathetic compared to having their sign atop a 727-footer, sad day for our city. I almost wonder if they told Duggan they want to move everything to Warren and he just managed to get them to keep the c-suite downtown in this new building.

You could be right!

As for tearing down the RenCen... that would be gawd awful... our most prominent downtown building. Lose our largest building complex... and states tallest tower! No way. The national press would have a field day with that story and Detroit would come out looking very bad. Just think... Detroit demoed the tallest skyscraper EVER!!!

Think about losing 1,400 hotel rooms if the RenCen were demoed!!!

Mercifully towers 500 and 600 are owned by some other company... and I bet they would sue because it diminishes the value of their property.

To build it today would cost probably $2 billion +

[Canadian Visitor]

You could be right!

As for tearing down the RenCen... that would be gawd awful... our most prominent downtown building. Lose our largest building complex... and states tallest tower! No way. The national press would have a field day with that story and Detroit would come out looking very bad. Just think... Detroit demoed the tallest skyscraper EVER!!!

Tall buildings get demolished with surprising regularity, in very successful places too.

Singapore just demolished the 52 storey AXA tower last year, it was only built in 1986!

NYC saw 270 Park Avenue demo'd in 2021; it was also 52 storeys.

Think about losing 1,400 hotel rooms if the RenCen were demoed!!!

As to Hotels, Chicago demolished the 45 storey Morrison Hotel back in 1965; While Toronto's Chelsea Hotel, the City's largest by room count at 1,590 is set for redevelopment in the next few years, with zoning approved a series of 80 storey+ towers.