Little Caesars to Build 8 Story Downtown HQ

**Spartan** · December-10-14, 11:53 AM

It's always bothered me a bit that there weren't any Little Caesar's downtown. Glad they're putting up a flagship store as part of this.

**bailey** · December-10-14, 12:05 PM

Nice to see a proposal for in-fill on a parking lot. This being Illitch/olympia...I'll believe it's actually getting built when construction starts.

**mikeg19** · December-10-14, 12:11 PM

Originally Posted by bailey

Nice to see a proposal for in-fill on a parking lot. This being Illitch/olympia...I'll believe it's actually getting built when construction starts.

It's smoke and mirrors. They're gonna put this up and knock down the Eddystone and Harbor Light. Then then can say they have turned parking lots into usable, taxable space.

**bailey** · December-10-14, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by mikeg19

It's smoke and mirrors. They're gonna put this up and knock down the Eddystone and Harbor Light. Then then can say they have turned parking lots into usable, taxable space.

If past is prologue, the only thing we'll get is today's proposal to build, some pretty drawings, AND the demo of the Eddystone and the Harbor Light.

**rjlj** · December-10-14, 12:51 PM

More like an excuse to tear down the Hotel Blenheim building.

Originally Posted by mikeg19

It's smoke and mirrors. They're gonna put this up and knock down the Eddystone and Harbor Light. Then then can say they have turned parking lots into usable, taxable space.

**Detroit** · December-10-14, 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by bailey

Nice to see a proposal for in-fill on a parking lot. This being Illitch/olympia...I'll believe it's actually getting built when construction starts.

They wouldn't have pulled all their employees out of work from Downtown and bussed in their employees from Farmington Hills for the announcement and celebration afterwards if it was not going to happen. This is the real deal. It is happening.

**professorscott** · December-10-14, 01:37 PM

Originally Posted by Spartan

It's always bothered me a bit that there weren't any Little Caesar's downtown. Glad they're putting up a flagship store as part of this.

When the Ilitch family first began operating the Fox Theater after its renovation was completed, they operated a sit-down, upscale pizza restaurant in the storefront just to the north, for quite some time. So really they are bringing pizza back to the neighborhood; it was there for a while. I don't recall when it closed, or if they said why.

Good news!

**stinkytofu** · December-10-14, 01:41 PM

Are they really going to put a giant Little Caesars logo on top of the Fox? That would be awful.

**SpartanDawg** · December-10-14, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by stinkytofu

Are they really going to put a giant Little Caesars logo on top of the Fox? That would be awful.

holy moly i didn't see that. there is NO way, i repeat NO way the city council can let that happen...

**bailey** · December-10-14, 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by SpartanDawg

holy moly i didn't see that. there is NO way, i repeat NO way the city council can let that happen...

Is it really any worse than the F O X spire that dwarfs it by comparison? It's the corporate logo of the company that owns the building.

**Scottathew** · December-10-14, 02:21 PM

Originally Posted by bailey

Is it really any worse than the F O X spire that dwarfs it by comparison? It's the corporate logo of the company that owns the building.

It is funny how if something tacky has been around for a long time, that it becomes historic!

But I agree with the others, they need to leave the logos off the fox.

**southen** · December-10-14, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by bailey

Is it really any worse than the F O X spire that dwarfs it by comparison? It's the corporate logo of the company that owns the building.

the fox spire, although much gaudier now, is a throwback to what used to be on top of the building. the caesars hockey pucks have no historical roots and shouldnt be on top of the fox at all.

**bailey** · December-10-14, 04:33 PM

Originally Posted by southen

the fox spire, although much gaudier now, is a throwback to what used to be on top of the building. the caesars hockey pucks have no historical roots and shouldnt be on top of the fox at all.

Without the Little Caesar, there very likely wouldn't be a Fox theater.

**iheartthed** · December-10-14, 05:22 PM

Originally Posted by bailey

Is it really any worse than the F O X spire that dwarfs it by comparison? It's the corporate logo of the company that owns the building.

For some reason I thought the spire was a restoration of an original architectural detail of the theater. Is that not true?

**Gistok** · December-10-14, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by iheartthed

For some reason I thought the spire was a restoration of an original architectural detail of the theater. Is that not true?

It sort of is... there was a tall rooftop sign on the Fox Building when it was built in 1928. Other downtown theatre's had even larger rooftop signage... the Madison and Michigan Theatre's were two....

**Danny** · December-11-14, 07:14 AM

Another Pizza Pizza Building in front of Woodward with hollow mega parking lots in the back. Sounds like a thinking of Mike Illitch.

**emu steve** · December-12-14, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by Danny

Another Pizza Pizza Building in front of Woodward with hollow mega parking lots in the back. Sounds like a thinking of Mike Illitch.

Ugh!!!

Ilitch proposes the 'perfect building' for that frontage and you complain.

What do you propose for that frontage?

The building looks like it will have some 'depth' so it will eat up some land space behind it.

Whatever happens behind that building happens, but really doesn't have anything to do with this building.

This building is the right building for the right location.

**Danny** · August-06-19, 12:58 PM

It's about time those Ill-Leetches!!!

**Wesley Mouch** · December-10-14, 03:59 PM

Originally Posted by stinkytofu

Are they really going to put a giant Little Caesars logo on top of the Fox? That would be awful.

Do you think Times Square is awful? I personally am not so fond of the design, but the idea of making one visual building by re-creating a Fox Building column on the left to match the column on the right -- both with a relatively little logo does make sense and looks ok.

**Jimaz** · December-10-14, 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by stinkytofu

Are they really going to put a giant Little Caesars logo on top of the Fox? That would be awful.

Where did you find that picture? The article showed only a truncated version of it. I searched but could only find a photo of the picture you posted.

Edit: Ah! Crain's

**Wesley Mouch** · December-11-14, 02:36 AM

Originally Posted by Jimaz

Where did you find that picture? The article showed only a truncated version of it. I searched but could only find a photo of the picture you posted.

Edit: Ah! Crain's

Note the Caesar logo on the SW corner of the new office building. Suggests that there may be an effort to address Columbia & the west.

Is there any indication about the dear Blenheim Apts? Wouldn't be a great loss, but it does make the block 'mixed use'.

**Gistok** · December-10-14, 01:47 PM

Originally Posted by professorscott

When the Ilitch family first began operating the Fox Theater after its renovation was completed, they operated a sit-down, upscale pizza restaurant in the storefront just to the north, for quite some time. So really they are bringing pizza back to the neighborhood; it was there for a while. I don't recall when it closed, or if they said why.

Good news!

That was IIRC... American Pizza Cafe [[or some name like that)... and it closed for the same reason that all the restaurants in the Fox Building and Comerica Park McDonalds closed... lack of foot traffic during off game/theatre days. With Ilitch wiping out so many potential residential buildings [[Wolverine Hotel, YWCA) for parking lots... there's little foot traffic due to a sea of parking in the area.