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Permalink | 72 notes true-detroit: Cadillac Place From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cadillac Place is an ornate high-rise class-A office complex in the New Center area of Detroit, Michigan constructed of steel, limestone, granite, and marble between 1919 and 1923 and was listed as a National Historic Landmark in 1985. The building houses several agencies of the State of Michigan under a 20-year lease agreement approved in 1998. At the end of the lease, the State has the option to purchase the structure for $1.[3] The 2002 renovation to house State offices was one of the nation’s largest historic renovation projects. Upon completion it was renamed Cadillac Place as a tribute to Detroit’s founder, Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac. Cadillac Place currently houses over 2,000 state employees including the Michigan Court of Appeals for District I. The building’s former executive office suite serves as the Detroit office for Michigan’s governor and attorney general, and several Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court have offices in the building.

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Cadillac Place

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cadillac Place is an ornate high-rise class-A office complex in the New Center area of Detroit, Michigan constructed of steel, limestone, granite, and marble between 1919 and 1923 and was listed as a National Historic Landmark in 1985. The building houses several agencies of the State of Michigan under a 20-year lease agreement approved in 1998. At the end of the lease, the State has the option to purchase the structure for $1.[3] The 2002 renovation to house State offices was one of the nation’s largest historic renovation projects. Upon completion it was renamed Cadillac Place as a tribute to Detroit’s founder, Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac. Cadillac Place currently houses over 2,000 state employees including the Michigan Court of Appeals for District I. The building’s former executive office suite serves as the Detroit office for Michigan’s governor and attorney general, and several Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court have offices in the building.

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