Kelvinator to be demolished

The city and Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority reached an agreement with Missouri-based NorthPoint Development to demolish the 2-million-square-foot former headquarters of the American Motors, which has sat vacant along Plymouth Road on the city’s west side for more than a decade.
In its place will be a new campus comprised of 728,000-square-feet of new Class A Industrial Space that would be suitable for a new automotive parts supplier, estimated at a cost of $66 million.

https://www.dbusiness.com/daily-news...dustrial-park/

Same ones that demolished the Cadillac stamping plant to build for Lear ,and have been buying up property by the Packard Plant,Helen st & East Palmer.

It would be nice if they could incorporate some of the history into the new building,but doubt that will happen.


Interesting enough Kelvinator still exits,Whirlpool destroyed their residential appliance market in order to beef up their own market,but they still manufacture for the commercial market which still holds a brand loyalty across the world.

It's probably unlikely to survive, but it will be pity to lose the office tower and front. It is a work of architecture beauty. The interior damage is significant but not unredeemable.

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Lowell I agree, that is a very beautiful building. Like the Lee Plaza, it's just in the wrong location. There is so much land there, that it's a pity they don't just board up and mothball the front building [way cheaper than tearing it down] and fix up landscaping around it... fur future use. There's plenty of land behind it to build on.

I do think that, like the MCS, there could be future potential for this very beautiful building if they mothballed it.

Demolition would be a travesty, plain and simple. Industrial buildings need office space too. Securing the grounds and keeping it standing for suture use at the VERY least would be worth it.

This isn't just some gorgeous piece of architecture, it's a valuable piece of Detroit's history which we have already lost far too much of.

hmm. best of luck. Detroit residents get first dibs at jobs developed?