Neat video put out announcing them taking over a building on Woodward near GCP downtown and relocating downtown. More infill development jobs!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAhPasmH244
Neat video put out announcing them taking over a building on Woodward near GCP downtown and relocating downtown. More infill development jobs!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAhPasmH244
And the jobs keep coming downtown. This is great news for Detroit. This will help fill the gaps between CMP and GCP.
this is a bedrock building...hence another dan gilbert move. good news none the less
http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article...ers-to-detroit
That's one of my least favorite building on lower Woodward... but that means absolutely nothing! ;)
Very happy that they are coming to the "D". Also... per the video.... they might be able to shave 2 minutes off their 6 minute walk to Campus Martius... if they took the Woodward route.... :p
That's an Albert Kahn and don't forget it! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Gistok
You'd think the person who did the picture would have updated the opposing building to reflect Kit + Ace, not the old Tall-Ez Shoes
LOL.... that must have been his "Stinkeroo".... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by dtowncitylover
Laugh here too. :D I was going to comment how they got a nice one. I like its clean lines, proportions, and materials.
Detroit was on a construction binge right until the depression, with one developer after another attempting to outdo the others in height and extravagance. It may have epitomized the bubble that preceded the crash. It led to some extraordinary examples of gilded age architecture we're lucky to have, but that path was clearly unsustainable. Construction all but came to a halt.
I imagine 1505 Woodward as suggesting to have courage and optimism to continue to build, without compromising the essentials, only more sensibly and without the unnecessary bling. It continues the use of refined materials and classical forms, with high ceilings and ample spaces, less ostentatiously decorated -- and a nod toward modernism.
But I'm probably projecting. :)
Anyone know how many employees they're bringing?
Hopefully there will be job openings alongside the folks who will be coming downtown.
Just 5 years ago that building used to be a slumlord mess with black mold and mushrooms growing all over the ceilings and walls. Dan Gilbert bought it, fix it and lure International Bancord to their new home in Gilberttown Detroit.
Thank you Dan Gilbert.
The building is hideous, but great news, nonetheless.
Payment processing in a Gilbert Building? Seems like his comments surrounding Yahoo with respect to a finance tech cluster in downtown Detroit are coming to be...
1953
There will be. Economic activity and employment drive more economic activity and employment. There may not 'job openings', but there will be 'job opportunities'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hypestyles
I for one totally agree. I think 1505 is an absolutely beautiful building. Some folks here seem to think that anything built after the mid 1920's is ugly; I really don't get that.Quote:
Originally Posted by bust
A great Kahn building lovingly restored---far from hideous...classic deco influenced.Quote:
Originally Posted by 1953