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No renderings yet.

Sources: 60-story building on Hudson's site one of several possibilities being considered
KIRK PINHO. Crain's Detroit Business. October 31, 2016.

Dan Gilbert's team has two months to submit its development and financing plans to the Detroit Downtown Development Authority for its plan to build a new high-rise building on the former J.L. Hudson's department store site.

It's possible that building, which would sit on the vacant 2-acre site on Woodward, could come in at 60 stories, sources are telling me.

At that height, it would dwarf virtually everything surrounding it, including the nearby David Stott Building, which is 38 stories in Capitol Park at 1150 Griswold St.

The 60-story height is one of several possibilities being weighed by Gilbert's Rock Ventures LLC, I'm told. It's not known exactly how many designs are under consideration. Rock Senior Communications Manager Carolyn Artman said the company "doesn't comment on rumors and speculation."

Renderings of the planned structure were expected to be released within two months of a DDA vote on April 27, but they have not yet been made public.

I'm told that at least part of the reason for that Gilbert's team has yet to decide on the exact programming for the building.

A year ago, after the release of a conceptual rendering of the site, Gilbert said in a statement that although the plans were evolving, it was expected to become the site of "an iconic building that will have some ties to Detroit's past, but more importantly, represent Detroit's rebirth into a creative and high-tech future."

One of the most recent formal actions on the project was the DDA approval of the sale of a 900-space parking garage underneath the site. Officials said at the time that the project includes at least 225,000 square feet of mixed use space, 700 parking spaces and 250 residential units. Dozens of retailers and restaurants are expected to be part of the project, which has been in the works for years.

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http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article...one-of-several


The center tower of the Ren Cen is 70 floors by comparison, although if this proposed tower has a fancy spire it could easily end up as the city's new tallest. Either way, it's going to change the skyline.