Old Wayne County Bldg Bought by NY Investors. Looks like they plan to rehab for an

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Would be great for offices, maybe a large law firm or a few smaller firms? Hopefully Gilbert and co. aren't overlooking well-heeled law firms whose last generation of leadership took their offices out to Oakland county...I feel like that is a type of entity/group that can be enticed back downtown as long as the rent is right [[plus so many courts, particularly federal court, are right there).

Jeff Fieger agrees it makes a nice lawyerly edifice as half his commercials have him and his team walking very seriously up and down the steps.

I think the problem with targeting BIGLAW [[or at least the Detroit version thereof) is they mostly all have Detroit offices now. With the exception of Dave Trott's foreclosure mill, I can't think of a top ten/15 firm that doesn't have its flagship address as Detroit or at least a major presence in Detroit. [[I didn't look it up, so I could be wrong).

The problem is law firms are like any service industry they follow the clients, not the other way around. It seems that Detroit needs a few more major QL type businesses to make the move from OC to create the demand.

That said, I agree, I think it's only real use is offices. Seems like it would be a relatively easy reno. It's not like it was not used for decades. It needs some updating and some floor redesigns.