Hotel eyed for top floors of Michigan Central Station

Want to book a night at Michigan Central Station?


That might become an option.


Ford wants a zoning change for its landmark building off Michigan Avenue in Detroit that would allow for future hotel operations there.
A spokesman for Michigan Central, the Ford subsidiary in charge of the former train depot's redevelopment, said Monday that it is seeking a change to the site's zoning from its current heavy industrial use, which doesn't permit hotels.


The potential hotel would go in the top two or three floors of the nearly rehabbed building, according to spokesman Dan Austin, who said that further details — including the brand of hotel — could be announced in the future. The proposed zone change was first reported by the Detroit Metro Times.


The tower in Michigan Central Station rises 15 stories above ground level and was originally built in the 1910s to hold offices, although many floors stayed vacant for lack of tenants.


Ford bought the old depot in 2018 to become the centerpiece of its new Detroit mobility campus, which is an open platform campus for dozens of various companies and startups — most of them unrelated to Ford Motor Co.
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