One Woodward Avenue
| One Woodward Avenue | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Office |
| Architectural style | International Style |
| Completed | 1962 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 430 feet (130 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 28 |
| Floor area | 333,000 sq ft (30,900 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect |
Minoru Yamasaki SmithGroup |
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Michigan Consolidated Gas Company Building
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| Location | 1 Woodward Avenue Detroit, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 42°19′44″N 83°2′44″W / 42.32889°N 83.04556°WCoordinates: 42°19′44″N 83°2′44″W / 42.32889°N 83.04556°W |
| Part of | Detroit Financial District (#09001067) |
| Designated CP | December 14, 2009 |
One Woodward Avenue, formerly known as the Michigan Consolidated Gas Company Building, is a class-A office skyscraper in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. Located next to the city's Civic Center and Financial District, it overlooks the International Riverfront and was designed to blend with the City-County Building across Woodward Avenue, Cobo Center, and the former Ford Auditorium to the south.
Minoru Yamasaki designed the new headquarters for the Michigan Consolidated Gas Company in 1962. The Michigan Consolidated Gas Building was his first skyscraper, and he used elements from this design for the now-destroyed World Trade Center in New York City. His design for McGregor Memorial Conference Center at Wayne State University is also highly regarded by architects.
In the 1980s, the building became the American Natural Resources Building when that company was formed as the parent of Michigan Consolidated Gas. At this time, a pedestrian bridge was added over West Larned Street at the 14th floor to connect the ANR offices to Michigan Consolidated, which had relocated to the adjacent Guardian Building. When the ANR offices moved from the building in the 1990s, it was given its current name.
In December 2012, Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert announced that his company, Rock Ventures, had purchased the building and that Quicken Loans would occupy eight-floors in the structure. The building joins the nearby Qube, First National Building, Chrysler House, and 1001 Woodward in Rock Ventures' real estate portfolio.
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