  Sg9018 Member Username: Sg9018 Post Number: 287 Registered: 10-2006 |
Looks like the Broderick Tower website has been updated. The website now has floorplans and more information such as interactive maps and photos. http://www.brodericktower.com/ | ||
Wolverine Member Username: Wolverine Post Number: 625 Registered: 04-2004 |
Wow, those units look slick. I dig the office shot with the arched window. Finally, they came out with the money shots. | ||
Shadesofbleu Member Username: Shadesofbleu Post Number: 20 Registered: 03-2009 |
The scrollable map under "location" is beautiful. you can get a movable panoramic view with labels when you hover your mouse pointer over each building. | ||
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku Post Number: 2155 Registered: 03-2006 |
i wonder if they will ever open? I have noticed a huge increase in families moving into the Kales bldg. | ||
French777 Member Username: French777 Post Number: 716 Registered: 10-2006 |
Very Cool!! I like the 180 degree view! And it labels buildings and such! | ||
Shadesofbleu Member Username: Shadesofbleu Post Number: 21 Registered: 03-2009 |
Well, he has that banner on the side, and the Leeland remodel is going nicely. With the Leeland, I think it was a good idea to hire a good management company, require all employees to live in the building, and turn all the hotel rooms into market rate apartments. We will be moving in there to get a better feel for the area and establish work before we buy a house in the immediate area. It looks like young Higgins is finally growing up, sniffle. It also looks like it might be a mix of rentals and condos, on the Broderick web site. | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 1820 Registered: 11-2005 |
Too bad the economy and housing market suck. I pray to Gabriel Richard that it happens. | ||
Dcmorrison12 Member Username: Dcmorrison12 Post Number: 117 Registered: 02-2009 |
I HAVE to live there!!! woo.. gotta get a job first | ||
Ljbad89 Member Username: Ljbad89 Post Number: 109 Registered: 10-2007 |
I hope that this project gets completed. I'm still in college and I plan to move downtown after I graduate. While I would move into Kales or the lofts of Merchant Row, I'd much prefer the Broderick if the price is right. Look at that view! I wonder when the new expected completion date is. Before the site was updated, it was early 2010. I doubt they can gut the place and clean it up in a year. | ||
Urbanfisherman Member Username: Urbanfisherman Post Number: 129 Registered: 07-2008 |
Best part of all is that ridiculous whale mural isn't represented on the website! | ||
Norwalk Member Username: Norwalk Post Number: 478 Registered: 11-2006 |
"Best part of all is that ridiculous whale mural isn't represented on the website!" Huh? you prefer the ads over art??? ok | ||
Benfield Member Username: Benfield Post Number: 170 Registered: 06-2008 |
quote: I would argue that mural is little more than an advertisement for Wyland's commercial merchandise. He's like an aquatic Thomas Kinkade. | ||
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw Post Number: 4412 Registered: 02-2005 |
Hmm, new website...maybe he got some stimulus money haha. I'd take it as a good sign but last time I saw the building it look more unsecured and had more blown-out windows than ever before. | ||
Norwalk Member Username: Norwalk Post Number: 481 Registered: 11-2006 |
It did't work. Wyland I've never heard of Verizon yes!! | ||
6nois Member Username: 6nois Post Number: 835 Registered: 11-2006 |
Very nice web site. If only construction starts soon. I got a good laugh about the part in history where it mentions how the building has been "preserved" for redevelopment since the closing in the 1980's. That was a good one. I also like how the renderings didn't remove the building that fell down next the the the tower that was supposed to be a part of the project. | ||
Saintme Member Username: Saintme Post Number: 341 Registered: 08-2006 |
quote: That whale mural looks like something you would find on the cover of a trapper keeper from the early 90's. | ||
Gsgeorge Member Username: Gsgeorge Post Number: 779 Registered: 08-2006 |
Damn, those two- and three-story penthouses ROCK. | ||
6nois Member Username: 6nois Post Number: 836 Registered: 11-2006 |
Correct that saintme I am pretty sure I had a trapper keeper with that whale mural on it. LOL. I love trapper keepers they are the birth of OCD for an entire generation. None the less you may be able to call it "pop art". | ||
Gsgeorge Member Username: Gsgeorge Post Number: 780 Registered: 08-2006 |
Great website design too, by the talented Dave Paris. | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 1822 Registered: 11-2005 |
"That whale mural looks like something you would find on the cover of a trapper keeper from the early 90's" Hahahahahaha. I like the whale mural, but that has gotta be one of the funniest things I've ever heard. | ||
Gmich99 Member Username: Gmich99 Post Number: 253 Registered: 11-2005 |
I'm impressed | ||
321brian Member Username: 321brian Post Number: 654 Registered: 02-2006 |
Monica Conyors doesn't like it. The people on the website don't look like her. Seriously, it looks nice but I'll believe it when I see it. I also think it would be nice if some of these these sold for around $100 ft2. Is the Book Cadillac even %50 sold? | ||
Hudkina Member Username: Hudkina Post Number: 340 Registered: 12-2004 |
I love that website! Maybe I can afford 5C.;) | ||
Wolverine Member Username: Wolverine Post Number: 626 Registered: 04-2004 |
"That whale mural looks like something you would find on the cover of a trapper keeper from the early 90's." Best thing I've heard all weekend | ||
Royce Member Username: Royce Post Number: 1679 Registered: 07-2004 |
Extremely nice website. I really like the interactive aspect. Also, the pictures of downtown are beautiful. | ||
Buzzman0077 Member Username: Buzzman0077 Post Number: 201 Registered: 11-2006 |
I really hope they are going through with this for real this time I would love to live there if given the chance. The website looks much better this time around. | ||
Scooter2k7 Member Username: Scooter2k7 Post Number: 224 Registered: 10-2007 |
Looks great, but lets be honest, this will NEVER happen! This building will sit empty for another 20 years! | ||
Detroitbob48209 Member Username: Detroitbob48209 Post Number: 17 Registered: 02-2009 |
I'll believe it when I see moving vans pull up. I'm still waiting for the Farwell Bldg to be completed! ;>) | ||
Heedus Member Username: Heedus Post Number: 24 Registered: 06-2008 |
While I am cautiously optimistic about this project going forward, I think that the new website (especially it being this nice) offers some real hope that the renovation will take place. IMO, a redevelopment of the Broderick Tower could be almost as important as the redevelopment of the Book Cadillac. Yes, I understand that the WBC redevelopment was monumental. Nevertheless, a Broderick Tower redevelopment could be nearly as significant as the WBC because of its location on Woodward (w/potentially M1-Rail coming on-line around the same time), its proximity to CoPa, and its visibility from many vantage points within the city. When I bring many of my friends (either out-of-towners or suburbanites) downtown for a Tigers' game or for a late-night delicious chicken shawarma at Bucharest, they almost always inevitably ask about the Broderick and if any redevelopment plans are under way for that building. Let's continue to keep our fingers crossed on this one. | ||
Heedus Member Username: Heedus Post Number: 25 Registered: 06-2008 |
Also, speaking of new apartments in the City, does anyone know how the Fort-Shelby apartments are doing? | ||
Deandub11 Member Username: Deandub11 Post Number: 317 Registered: 05-2006 |
just out of curiosity, why would higgins spend the time/money to update the website if he has absolutely no intentions of moving forward with the renovation? www.DetroitArmy.com | ||
Spiritofdetroit Member Username: Spiritofdetroit Post Number: 1259 Registered: 11-2006 |
keep the city off has back perhaps? I can't imagine they are too pleased with his empty building falling down on woodward, scaffolding sitting their doing nothing, and the joke of a bar in the ground floor that is a mess, with the Final Four folks coming. | ||
French777 Member Username: French777 Post Number: 722 Registered: 10-2006 |
I didn't realize that he also owns the Farewell Building and the Leeland Hotel All properties are quite a mess. . . | ||
Benfield Member Username: Benfield Post Number: 174 Registered: 06-2008 |
quote: Because he's an idiot. | ||
East_detroit Member Username: East_detroit Post Number: 2054 Registered: 11-2003 |
Higgins = Motown Construction Partners?? | ||
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway Post Number: 1559 Registered: 11-2004 |
It's a lot cheaper to update a website than to actually doing any sort of substantial work on the Broderick Tower. Helps keep judges off your back, too. | ||
Dcmorrison12 Member Username: Dcmorrison12 Post Number: 120 Registered: 02-2009 |
I think it will happen. I've contacted the them through the website, and although this could just be what they are saying, they did say it was going to happen - even with the recession hitting so hard. | ||
Detroitbob48209 Member Username: Detroitbob48209 Post Number: 20 Registered: 02-2009 |
Higgins no longer owns the Farwell...I think it's city owned, but I'm not sure. | ||
Deandub11 Member Username: Deandub11 Post Number: 318 Registered: 05-2006 |
I don't know the history, so my question is why is the city on his back in the first place? Who is he placating to by updating the website and why? www.DetroitArmy.com | ||
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway Post Number: 1561 Registered: 11-2004 |
A few years ago Detroit in essence reformed its blight court so it could go after slum lords more effectively. I think this was shortly before the Super Bowl. Higgins was one of the people they were applying pressure on to the point a judge basically told him to do something with the Farwell and Broderick or sell them. About that time is when the redevelopment signs and websites began to appear. Higgins even talked his way into getting approval for the advertising over the whale mural so the money could be used to help facilitate the rehabilitation. No actual renovation work has ever been done even though those banners have been up there for years. If there is a silver lining to this situation its that at least our tax dollars aren't being used to level this building for a handful of parking spaces. | ||
Fho Member Username: Fho Post Number: 56 Registered: 11-2003 |
It is indeed a very well designed site. I noticed many of the bedrooms in the smaller units are not along the exterior and have no windows at all. Is that unusual in high rise living? I would find it rather stifling. | ||
Wolverine Member Username: Wolverine Post Number: 629 Registered: 04-2004 |
I'm assuming the walls don't completely reach the ceiling and act more like partitions like in a loft unit to meet code. | ||
Mauser765 Member Username: Mauser765 Post Number: 3062 Registered: 01-2004 |
"Monica Conyors doesn't like it. The people on the website don't look like her." You know, those renderings of the two views of the building ARE filled with crowds of the whitest people I have ever seen. They must have grabbed the "Downtown Troy" stock photo CD when they were inserting shmoos in the renders.. lol | ||
Mauser765 Member Username: Mauser765 Post Number: 3063 Registered: 01-2004 |
 lol Hey - that building fell down, are they going to rebuild it ? | ||
Mallory Member Username: Mallory Post Number: 328 Registered: 05-2006 |
It's a nice website anyway. | ||
Thejesus Member Username: Thejesus Post Number: 3797 Registered: 06-2008 |
LOL did they ever clean up that building that collapsed? I recall that the rubble was sitting there for a really long time. The way the city responds to this stuff, it won't belong before we have this...  | ||
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine Post Number: 1766 Registered: 05-2005 |
when they start updating the building, lets talk | ||
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw Post Number: 4414 Registered: 02-2005 |
"Why is the city on his back in the first place?" Because it's a giant empty building sitting in a most prominent location. I won't criticize putting all the white people on the website from the obvious PC standpoint, but honestly it can't be good for business if potential minority residents are put off by that shameless marketing tactic. Let's just hope people want to live there so bad that they see beyond the developer's small-mindedness. | ||
Busterwmu Member Username: Busterwmu Post Number: 558 Registered: 09-2004 |
I must say, the website looks good. Skippers rule, me thinks. When I see the work start (and completed), then I'll believe it! | ||
Gumby Member Username: Gumby Post Number: 1005 Registered: 11-2003 |
Nice "Idiocracy" screen shot The Jesus. | ||
Big_baby_jebus Member Username: Big_baby_jebus Post Number: 119 Registered: 09-2008 |
I'll take 33-S please | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 6253 Registered: 08-2004 |
B_b_j... is that the southern Broderick penthouse? Then your view would be like DYES poster Ryan Southen's awesome view from the 33rd floor corner balcony (there's 4 small corner balconies on this floor, only balconies available in the building)... http://www.flickr.com/photos/s outhen/127755604/ Check out some of his other Broderick Tower views... AWESOME!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/s outhen/tags/brodericktower/ | ||
Big_baby_jebus Member Username: Big_baby_jebus Post Number: 124 Registered: 09-2008 |
^^^^^^^^^ Yep that would be the one. I'm familiar with this view as well, nice shots though http://onlyndetroit.com/html/d ecay/ond-0010brodericktower.ht m | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 6262 Registered: 08-2004 |
Sadly they did a horrible renovation of the top way back when... removed the cornices and the "Chippendale Highboy" style top of the building. | ||
Kryptonite Member Username: Kryptonite Post Number: 104 Registered: 11-2008 |
Thejesus, for god's sake, smoke coming out of smokestacks indicates factories OPERATING. duh.  Personally I would love to see the Broderick happen, but if Higgins is involved with it I won't hold my breath. The building has been vacant as long as I have lived here, since 1980. Does anyone actually know of a development project that he has ever completed? | ||
Skippy313 Member Username: Skippy313 Post Number: 8 Registered: 09-2008 |
To the one who asked. Fort Shelby apartments are done and being leased out. | ||
Heedus Member Username: Heedus Post Number: 32 Registered: 06-2008 |
Skippy313, thanks for the response. Actually, though, I was wondering if many of them have been leased. They look beautiful. I just didn't know if they were a little too upscale for the current economic environment. |
