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Belle Isle garden by renowned designer Piet Oudolf is a go
By SHERRI WELCH
Crain's Detroit Business
December 22, 2017
-Garden designed by internationally known designer Piet Odolf approved for Belle Isle
-He is said to be open to additional Detroit commissions, as well
-Will be present at Detroit Film Theatre screening of film on his work
The island garden will be planted on a 1.5-acre, grassy site near the Nancy Brown Peace Memorial Carillon and the Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory, a site chosen by Oudolf himself during a visit to Detroit earlier this year.
The Dutch-born Oudolf is considered by many to be a modern-day Frederick Law Olmsted, the 19th-century designer credited with much of the original design for Belle Isle, as well as New York City's Central Park. He worked on design of the High Line park in New York City — which transformed an old elevated rail line into a public space — and the Lurie Garden in Chicago.
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The Garden Club of Michigan, which led the effort to bring an Oudolf garden to Belle Isle, has raised $150,000 to cover his commission and travel expenses from his home in the Netherlands.
Additional fundraising for the $2.7 million project — which would include an endowment for maintenance and operation — will be led by Oudolf Garden Detroit. Among the group's members are Maura Campbell, immediate past president of the Garden Club and fellow board member Jean Hudson, who've co-chaired the effort to bring Oudolf to Detroit, along with other members of the club and other local supporters.
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Set to be planted in 2019, the garden will be designed for year-round visual appeal.
It could be just the first Oudolf garden in Detroit, Campbell said.
The designer "is very excited about coming to the city ... (and) is open ... to doing more than one garden in the city," she said.
There's conversation about a second garden along the riverfront somewhere, Campbell said, and " ... wouldn't it be wonderful if there was another garden in one of the neighborhoods?"
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(Piet Oudolf at Lurie Garden in Chicago, one of the gardens he has designed)
During his visit, he'll meet with supporters and the public at a Jan. 4 Detroit Film Theatre screening of "Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf"at 7 p.m.
The film immerses viewers in Oudolf's work and takes them inside his creative process, from his abstract sketches to his theories on beauty and their ecological implications.
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http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article...oudolf-is-a-go
Ford has long had a strong presence in the Downriver area but mostly has focused its staff in Dearborn. Don't get me wrong excited about the recent announcement that they are moving employees into what Ford is calling "the factory" its new autonumis R&D facility in Corktown while this Taylor move isn't even permanent kinda had to get stoked on. Never the less its 1,000 employees coming to Taylor from the Ford HQ will only be leasing the two buildings for 10 years while renovations on the HQ and new tech center are being built it's certainly a positive for Taylor and could maybe help bring in new opportunities. For a city which has struggled in the wake of the great recession with loss of manufacturing jobs, office & retail vacancy and along with its image as Taylortucky the quintessential "trashy" downriver city new opportunities. At least more Ford employees in the area will be a boost for local small business.
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Former Masco HQ in Taylor sells to new ownership
By KIRK PINHO
Crain's Detroit Business
December 22, 2017
-Core Partners/Burton Katzman entity buys former HQ
-Masco moved headquarters to Livonia earlier this year
-Ford Motor Co. is leasing the complex
An entity with ties to Bingham Farms-based real estate companies Core Partners and Burton-Katzman LLC has purchased the former Masco Corp. headquarters complex that will be occupied by Ford Motor Co.
The entity, Core BKG Van Born LLC, closed on the purchase of the two properties totaling about 557,000 square feet on Dec. 13 for an undisclosed price.
Ford is in the process of moving approximately 1,000 employees into the buildings, which were owned by Masco at 21001 and 21111 Van Born Road just north of I-94.
Ford's move, which is part of its 10-year, $1 billion-plus series of renovations to its world headquarters campus in Dearborn, is expected to be complete by the summer. The broader Ford project will bring 30,000 employees from 70 buildings into two locations — a world headquarters and a product campus.
Its lease for the Taylor properties, which are a 415,600-square-foot office building and a 141,000-square-foot former Kmart building, is for 10 years.
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http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article...-new-ownership
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Last edited by Docta_Love; Dec 23, 2017 at 5:51 PM.
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Love that entrance and the exterior lighting!
... But with the nature of the bid being international a separation of the campus is at the heart of the would have to be a direct result of the pitch being made. The "Detroit Water Taxi" in the rivereast hints at one way Gilbert and co. seem to realize that a disjointed campus is a negative so they along with the cities of Detroit and Windsor have a plan for special shuttles that would have a fast pass through the tunnel, how expansive this service would be and whether this would balance out the inconvenience enough to sway Amazon exec's I suppose is anyone's guess.
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