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Ford Board Could Vote Thursday On Proposal To Buy Detroit Train Station
Detroit's Michigan Central Station in 2004. Since this photo was taken, more than 1,000 windows have been replaced. Photo: David Wilson
in Detroit called Michigan Central Station, and the company’s board could vote on the proposed investment as soon as Thursday,
. The train station would give Ford a second major location in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood, following the company’s recent decision to purchase
– an old hosiery factory – in order to host hundreds of “Team Edison” employees working on electrification and autonomy.
The 18-story Michigan Central Station has had its fair share of potential buyers over the years, although no deal has yet been made. The property, which has sat vacant since the late 1980s, is badly blighted, and any development would bring sizable upfront costs to rehabilitate the building. In 2015, an effort was undertaken to replace a majority of the 500,000-square-foot train station’s busted-out windows. More than 1,000 windows were replaced in all.
– a member of the board of directors and part of the Ford family – confirmed last week that the automaker is considering purchasing and rehabilitating Michigan Central Station to use as office space. He said that Ford Motor Company’s intent is to “cluster” its autonomous and electric vehicle operations in a single area, although just as important is how the location might boost the company’s ability to attract young talent.
Michigan Central Station could reportedly house at least 2,000 to 3,000 employees for Ford, although the expense of building out the space could put a damper on the proposed project. Ford CEO Jim Hackett is said to be reviewing the automaker’s earlier plans to
or more transforming its Dearborn Product Development and Headquarters campuses to woo talented young employees – a project announced while Hackett’s predecessor,
“Bill’s excited about it, and I’m excited about it,” Edsel Ford said last week, referring to the automaker’s activities in the Corktown area a “big redevelopment of southwest Detroit” –
Aaron Brzozowski is a writer and motoring enthusiast from Detroit with an affinity for '80s German steel. He is not active on the Twitter these days, but you may send him a courier pigeon.
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