2007 photo of Grand Circus Park. The Broderick Tower is the taller building with the Verizon ad, which covers up the much more visually pleasing whale mural. To the immediate right is the David Whitney Building, and to its left is the Madison Building. Photo by Mike Russell, available under a Creative Commons license.
1. The Broderick Tower is being renovated by Motown Construction Partners and will have 127 apartments with a restaurant and lounge on the first few floors. Construction is expected to be done by September 2012. Although there have been attempts to rehab the Broderick in the past, this time the developers have more solid funding sources, including historic tax credits, according to Buildings of Detroit.
2. Across the street, the David Whitney Building is being purchased by a group of investors called the Whitney Partners on a loan from the Detroit Development Authority. There will be retail space on the first few floors along with some mixture of commercial and residential units. The building was constructed in 1915 and designed by Daniel Burnham, the architect/urban planner who did such minor things as creating the master plan for Chicago. According to the Free Press, "plans include restoring the Whitney's original classical architectural ornament that was stripped away a half-century ago." (Detroit Free Press)
3. The Madison Building was purchased by Quicken Loans, who will "rehab its upper floors into a hub for high-tech start-ups" (Model D Media). Quicken Loans has been pushing for development in Detroit for a while and moved its headquarters downtown last year.
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