Quote Originally Posted by andrew.w View Post
I think what you are referring to is actually before the building was sold to Olympia / Ilitch. I believe the city owned the building, but was not able to do anything to it without permission from the GAR [[and I think the DAR also) because the building contains a war memorial [[part of the floor inside the main entry I believe).

*Do not quote me on this though because that was all from memory*
Conditions of the sale were something along the lines of: Developers had to section off a piece of the building and designate it as a memorial to those who fought in the civil war.

I remember hearing that the proposition was expected to be costly and a major waste of the space, scaring off buyers. If my memory serves, Mindfield rescinded just like Olympia.