16-story downtown office tower gets new name, improvements

The
downtown office tower at 333 West Fort Street is seeing some
improvements to go along with a new name change. The 16-story office
building, now called Fort Washington Plaza, will have a new restaurant,
new elevators and new furniture in the lobby.
 
Southfield’s
Gateway Deli will be moving into the ground floor retail space and will
be providing a different lunch menu and changes to the décor. 
Outdoor sidewalk seating is also being planned for the deli, which
should be open sometime in October.  

Construction will
also be underway soon on faster elevators with built-in information
monitors, similar to the Guardian Building’s elevators, showing cable
television news broadcasts.  

The building, owned by
Sterling Group, houses notable non-profits such as the Community
Foundation for Southeastern Michigan and the Hudson-Webber Foundation.
The building was built in 1969 and includes an attached parking garage,
which is also scheduled for improvements.  

Source:  Lynnette Boyle, Sterling Group