theoldwizard Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Ford to Create the Campus of the Future in Dearborn (story and more pictures) Ford shares fresh details about its future Detroit campus (story and more pictures) Ford has recently purchased the old Detroit Schools Book Depository (#2). Building #5 is the new Bagley Avenue Parking Hub (a niece 3 block walk in the middle of winter). The white space between the Book Depoistory and the Parking Hub is owned and occupied by other commercial enterprises. Two other non-existent buildings are #3, West Building and #6, West Parking Hub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 1 hour ago, theoldwizard said: a nice 3 block walk in the middle of winter In a city notorious for never plowing streets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harley Lover Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Does the plan mean they ultimately abandon the Glass House? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintguy Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 8 minutes ago, Harley Lover said: Does the plan mean they ultimately abandon the Glass House? Glass House has mostly very high level administrative employees. Many engineering, supply chain, marketing, etc. are dispersed in other facilities. So Glass House unlikely to be abandoned. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoldwizard Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 22 hours ago, paintguy said: Glass House has mostly very high level administrative employees. Many engineering, supply chain, marketing, etc. are dispersed in other facilities. So Glass House unlikely to be abandoned. Correct ! In fact, when the (original, now modified) plans for rebuilding the Research and Engineering campus was announce several years ago, they said a major "face lift" would be done on WHQ after R&E was completed. The lobby of WHQ looks very "1960s" ! For those really interested ... Ford has completed building TWO major computer centers. One behind the Ford Credit building and the other on the Flat Rock Assembly campus. All Ford owned facilities in SE MI are joined by fiber optics so moving data is not an issue. Part of the reason for renovating R&E was to replace aging "infrastructure". This includes water and sewer lines and service/utility tunnels. The water and sewer lines on Oakwood Blvd were upgraded (likely paid by the city/county). Parts of R&E have public roads (at least there are no gates limiting access). If you drive Southwest on Village Road from Oakwood Blvd. The first big change you will is Parking Deck 300. It was not there 5 years ago. Second, there is a major jog in Village Road (bottom left corner of image) that was not there. It used to run straight into Rotunda Drive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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