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Ally Detroit Center

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Ally Detroit Center
File:Ally Detroit Center.jpg
The building in 2022
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Former namesOne Detroit Center
(1993–2015)
Alternative namesComerica Tower
500 Woodward Avenue
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeCommercial offices
Architectural stylePostmodern
Location500 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, Michigan
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Construction started1991
Completed1993
OwnerBedrock Detroit
Height
Antenna spire188.7 m (619 ft)
Roof184.9 m (607 ft)
Top floor176.2 m (578 ft)
Technical details
Floor count43
2 below ground
Floor area1,674,700 sq ft (155,580 m2)
Lifts/elevators22
Design and construction
ArchitectsPhilip Johnson
John Burgee
DeveloperHines Interests
Main contractorWalbridge Aldinger Company
References
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Ally Detroit Center, formerly One Detroit Center, is a skyscraper and class-A office building located in Downtown Detroit, overlooking the Detroit Financial District. Rising 619 feet (189 m), the 43-story tower is Detroit's and Michigan's third-tallest building, behind Renaissance Center and Hudson's Detroit.[5] It has a floor area of 1,674,708 sq ft (155,585.5 m2).

Architecture

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Ally Detroit Center from Jefferson Avenue

The building was designed by noted architects John Burgee and Philip Johnson, partners influential in postmodern architecture.[6] Ally Detroit Center was constructed from 1991 to 1993. It houses numerous tenants, including many prominent Detroit law firms and PricewaterhouseCoopers. In addition to retail, the building also contains a restaurant and a gym.

The building is famous for its postmodern architectural design topped with Flemish-inspired neo-Gothic spires which blend architecturally with the city's historic skyline.[6] It is constructed mainly of granite. Sometimes called a "twin gothic structure", for its pairs of spires, it is oriented North-South and East-West (as named on a plaque along the Windsor waterfront park). Ally Detroit Center won an Award of Excellence for its design in 1996. Ally Detroit Center replicas have become a souvenir item along with those of other Detroit skyscrapers.[7]

Project plans for a twin tower directly to the east, Two Detroit Center, were placed indefinitely on hold.[8] Two Detroit Center parking garage was constructed on the site in 2002.[9]

Tenants

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The law firm Dickinson Wright (formerly Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman) has its headquarters in Ally Detroit Center.[10][11] The company moved into the building when it opened in 1992.[12] In 2007, when it renewed its lease, the company occupied almost 100,000 square feet (9,300 m2) of space in the building.[11] Additionally, the international law firm of Clark Hill, PLC operates its headquarters on three floors of the building.

The building was previously occupied by Comerica Bank. The bank's lease on then Comerica Tower at Detroit Center ran through 2012, and in December 2009, Comerica announced it would vacate One Detroit Center at the end of the lease, consolidating its Michigan operations at 411 West Lafayette Boulevard.[13][14]

In March 2015, following the purchase of the building by Dan Gilbert through his Bedrock Real Estate Services, Bedrock and Ally Financial announced a 12-year lease under which it would move its main office into the building from the nearby Renaissance Center as well consolidate all employees in suburban Detroit to the building, occupying 20 floors or approximately 321,000 square feet (29,800 m2). The tower was renamed Ally Detroit Center.[15][16]

In 2015, a full service restaurant, Townhouse, opened in the first floor of the Ally Detroit Center, situated on the corner of Woodward and Congress.[17] In 2019, a Plum Market grocery store was opened in the first floor, with an entrance at the corner of Woodward and Larned.[18][19]

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References

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  10. ^ "Dickinson Wright gaming practice enters Europe with law firm agreement in Bulgaria." Crain's Detroit Business. November 12, 2013. Modified November 13, 2013. Retrieved on November 23, 2013. "Detroit-based law firm Dickinson Wright PLLC announced Tuesday a cooperation agreement with Velchev & Co., a law firm based in Sofia, Bulgaria."
  11. ^ a b "Dickinson Wright renews Ally Detroit Center lease." Crain's Detroit Business. December 3, 2007. Retrieved on November 23, 2013.
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Further reading

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