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2) Hudson's was freaking HUGE
Was there ever any plans to renovate it?

But Baron, whose company redeveloped the Cupples Station area of St. Louis and was part of a group that tired to redevelop Hudson's in Coleman Young's administration, said Detroit's leaders should reconsider the store's future."They should let it play out some more. Detroit has enough ability to get the private sector involved," Baron said.
Other developers said they'd be eager to redevelop the building.
David Tryba, whose company paired with actor Arnold Schwarzenegger in a $100-million development of a dilapidated section of Denver, believes the building could be useful.
"It's a tremendous opportunity," Tryba said. "It has features that you can't put a price on " Added New Orleans-based developer Pres Kabacoff, president of Historic Restoration.
"We see it as having important historic significance and located in an area that would connect the financial district with the entertainment district."
The building could serve a number of uses and help relieve the shortage of residential and office space downtown, developers said.
The group suing to save the old department store cites a recent study by the Greater Detroit Partnership, a quasi-governmental body of business leaders and politicians, that shows a need for more than 12,000 residential lofts in downtown Detroit.
Developers said the Hudson's built-in features – including 2.2-million square feet in 28 stories – make it attractive for upscale lofts. The ceilings are 13 feet high, with molded plaster; many floors are marble; and there are huge windows overlooking the city.
There has been a demand for similar living quarters in other major cities.
"The demand is really across the board," Tryba said. "You have a lot of empty nesters moving back to the city. These are higher, upscale developments, where people want the urban feel and the sense of style for a turn-of-the century building."
This was the only thing I could find.