Rax Member Username: Rax
Post Number: 83 Registered: 11-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 10:00 am: | |
Just curious. |
Yooper Member Username: Yooper
Post Number: 109 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 10:30 am: | |
I'm not sure where this building is, but I hope it opens soon! |
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway
Post Number: 1502 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 11:21 am: | |
About the same time as the Adams Theater. |
Rax Member Username: Rax
Post Number: 85 Registered: 11-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 11:30 am: | |
Cool. That will really enhance the area surrounding GCP. This is going to be awesome when its completed. |
Danny Member Username: Danny
Post Number: 6947 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 11:41 am: | |
It's not going to open until its "PREMIER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY" investors come to put some capital in that structure. |
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell
Post Number: 4430 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 11:49 am: | |
Yooper, it is behind the Fox Theater on Park... https://www.detroityes.com/webisode s/2000/14park/05ParkDetroitBld g.htm |
Bobj Member Username: Bobj
Post Number: 3571 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 11:54 am: | |
Aren't employees from Ilitch Holdings supposed to move in there? |
Downtownguy Member Username: Downtownguy
Post Number: 107 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 12:13 pm: | |
Ha! Ilitch hinted he was going to turn the Detroiter, Blenheim and Varney Buildings into housing for Little Caesar's employees who had expressed an interest in living downtown -- in 1988! Since then he demolished the Varney. |
Bobj Member Username: Bobj
Post Number: 3576 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 12:48 pm: | |
Seriously, I thought the Detroit Life was going to house employees because the Fox was filled to capacity. Not housing, offices |
Dan Member Username: Dan
Post Number: 1483 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 12:53 pm: | |
http://www.detroitlifebuilding .com/ |
Rax Member Username: Rax
Post Number: 86 Registered: 11-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 1:20 pm: | |
Thanks, that was helpful. |
Sciencefair Member Username: Sciencefair
Post Number: 41 Registered: 10-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 1:26 pm: | |
The plan was for Illitch to move offices in and rent out the retail space as well as a couple of floors. The demo is probably completed or close to, but I can't say how far the new construction has come. |
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 4459 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 1:33 pm: | |
Interesting floorplans on that Web site. Looks like some drunk guy at Hockeytown got a hold of a pen and a bar napkin. |
Billk Member Username: Billk
Post Number: 194 Registered: 09-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 3:34 pm: | |
More lights on inside today. It looks like something is being done. |
Xd_brklyn Member Username: Xd_brklyn
Post Number: 357 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 6:00 pm: | |
If it is the same place I remember, in the first photo the two-story building across the street from the Detroit Life with the "Cadillac Restaurant" was around until the late '80s. Back then I always thought it would make a good billiard hall. Funny to see that is just what it was at one time. |
Downtownguy Member Username: Downtownguy
Post Number: 108 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 6:59 pm: | |
Bobj, I was just referring to what Ilitch said 20 years ago. It was the beginning his pattern of acquiring buildings and then doing nothing with them. |
Dnvn522 Member Username: Dnvn522
Post Number: 310 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, January 09, 2008 - 10:30 am: | |
Funny, I thought they wanted to move employees to the GAR building. |
Lefty2 Member Username: Lefty2
Post Number: 884 Registered: 07-2007
| Posted on Friday, January 11, 2008 - 7:02 pm: | |
Decent location to have an office. During renovation, I hope they did a good job cleaning out the asbestos and properly disposing of it. |
Thegryphon Member Username: Thegryphon
Post Number: 25 Registered: 11-2007
| Posted on Monday, January 14, 2008 - 7:57 pm: | |
Dnvn, The GAR was supposed to house Olympia Development offices, Illitch's development arm. How many employees can he spread-out (GAR, Life, & the Fox)??? |
Dnvn522 Member Username: Dnvn522
Post Number: 314 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 9:29 am: | |
Exactly. They don't seem to be in much of a hurry to add additional office space. |
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul
Post Number: 2237 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 7:56 pm: | |
Since the Fox Theatre, what other buildings has Ilitch rehabed? |
Tetsua Member Username: Tetsua
Post Number: 1393 Registered: 01-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 9:33 am: | |
http://www.modeldmedia.com/dev elopmentnews/detlife12708.aspx |
Fareastsider Member Username: Fareastsider
Post Number: 790 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 1:22 pm: | |
Ill wait until the doors are open.... |
Paulc Member Username: Paulc
Post Number: 167 Registered: 03-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 3:12 pm: | |
I just realized the other day when I walked by, that I had been confusing the Detroit Life Building with the Michigan Mutual Building (next to Fyfe's)... does anyone know the status of this building? I used to use the parking facility here and there - but otherwise the building appeared vacant. (Sorry to threadjack.) |
Downtownguy Member Username: Downtownguy
Post Number: 118 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 3:13 pm: | |
^^He rehabbed the Madison Lenox into a parking lot. |