Michigan Central Station owner proposes plan to U.S. for redevelopment

Detroit’s Michigan Central Station may get new life through billionaire’s proposal.Excerpt:Moroun’s Detroit International Bridge Co. issued a statement Friday
saying it would submit its proposal to the General Services
Administration next week for GSA to “acquire and develop” the site.Amid
some confusion over whether that would involve an actual sale, a
spokesman for Moroun said later Friday that the bridge company would
lease the station but retain ownership.Moroun’s
offer came in response to a recent government solicitation of bids to
lease almost 50,000 square feet of space in the Detroit area to house
Department of Homeland Security offices for Customs and Border
Protection personnel.Read the entire article here.

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Detroit’s Michigan Central Station may get new life through billionaire’s proposal.

Excerpt:

Moroun’s Detroit International Bridge Co. issued a statement Friday
saying it would submit its proposal to the General Services
Administration next week for GSA to “acquire and develop” the site.

Amid
some confusion over whether that would involve an actual sale, a
spokesman for Moroun said later Friday that the bridge company would
lease the station but retain ownership.

Moroun’s
offer came in response to a recent government solicitation of bids to
lease almost 50,000 square feet of space in the Detroit area to house
Department of Homeland Security offices for Customs and Border
Protection personnel.

Read the entire article here.

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