Urban Real Estate Update: Detroit June 16-18 2000

By: Jeff Glenn, driver of the # 73 Boise Cascade Office Products Barber Dodge Race Car

Urban Vacation Destination - Detroit

THE HISTORY: Detroit, the oldest city in the Midwest, was founded in 1701. Named according to its location at the Detroit River it was called the "City of the Strait" (Ville d'Etroit) by the French trader and explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac. Secured from Fort Ponchartrain, the area stayed under French control until 1760 when the British occupied it, built Fort Lernoult and made it their central command of power on the western frontier. With the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783, Detroit was placed by treaty in the territory of the United States, but continued to be in the possession of the British until July 11, 1796, when Capt. Moses Porter officially accepted the transfer and the United States took control of the territory as the final act of the Treaty of Paris. Detroit's incorporation as a city of the United States took place in 1815. After vigorous growth for a century it became the birth place of America's automobile industry in 1896 and is known today just as well as the Motor City and Motown.

Michigan Central Railroad Station.

Taken from my rental car.....	Built in 1913, and abandoned in 1988. Use: Railroad station and office tower. Architects: Warren and Wetmore; Reed and Stem Location: Vernor at West Michigan Size: 3.5-acre site; four-story station waiting room with 16-story office tower attached; 605,000 square feet
	The station is owned by Control Terminals Inc., part of the business empire of Manuel Maroun, a millionaire businessman who also owns the Ambassador Bridge. Maroun's interests reportedly got ownership of the depot several years ago when a former owner defaulted on a loan.
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