A very visible representation of the rebirth of the Broderick Tower is going up this week, new windows.
The 35-story high-rise overlooking Grand Circus Park in downtown Detroit has been undergoing an extensive renovation by Motown Construction Partners (the
Beal Group is a key player in that venture) since earlier this year and is on schedule to open in September.
"The windows will be in very soon because we will be turning the heat on in the building," says Stewart Beal, member of
Motown Construction Partners and who will serve as the property manager of the
Broderick Tower. "We need the heat on for drywall installation which will begin soon."
The
Louis Kamper-designed structure opened in 1928 as the second tallest building in Michigan, housing mainly offices and ground-floor retail. It went vacant in the 1980s and has become one of the city's iconic ruins before Motown Construction Partners began rehabbing the building into a combination of ground floor retail, office space and 125 apartments.
Beal opened up leasing for the
Broderick Tower in early November and already has rented out 25 of those apartments. Those leases include the three pricey penthouse apartments that go for $5,000 a month. Beal says about half of all the leases so far are from people working on Quicken Loans-related ventures. He is also planning on having a by-appointment-only showing of the building to perspective tenants on Saturday.
For information on the Broderick Tower, click
here.
Source: Stewart Beal, member of Motown Construction Partners and who will serve as the property manager of the Broderick Tower
Writer: Jon Zemke
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