Archinect - News 2024-12-04T04:09:51-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150024515/a-new-tower-is-coming-to-downtown-detroit A new tower is coming to downtown Detroit Anastasia Tokmakova 2017-08-24T18:38:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b1/b11tqhrakvep2w0h.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The project, at the cost of more than $800 million, is set to break ground in early 2018 and transform a mostly vacant two-square-block area bounded by Monroe, Bates, Cadillac Square and Randolph. The project will include 818,000-square-feet of office space, 170,000-square-feet of retail space and 482 residential units. Original plans called for a 20-story office tower, but the latest details show plans for 35 stories.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Bedrock released new renderings of the Monroe Blocks project in downtown Detroit, which will include a 35-story office tower fronting Campus Martius. Described by the developer as &ldquo;Detroit&rsquo;s first high-rise office tower in a generation with over 480 residential units, full of public spaces and pedestrian walkways,&rdquo; the project was designed by <a href="https://archinect.com/neumannsmith" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Neumann/Smith Architecture</a> and&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/851/schmidt-hammer-lassen-architects" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects</a>.</p><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/xa/xa807fd3h3p0h5q0.jpg?fit=crop&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/xa/xa807fd3h3p0h5q0.jpg?fit=crop&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Aerial view. Image courtesy of Bedrock Detroit.</figcaption></figure><p>The construction work is planned to begin in early 2018 and be completed by 2022.</p>