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This would be the first major highrise to have been built in Detroit since the Greektown Casino Hotel in 2008. It's also considerably less dramatic than the proposed Cadillac Centre which was proposed during 2008 and would have been built on the same site.

Meridian Health Plan seeks to expand Detroit presence with $111M, 16-story office building
LOUIS AGUILAR THE DETROIT NEWS

The shimmering new office building proposed for Campus Martius is the desire of Meridian Health Plan to expand its Detroit presence and create a state-of-the art facility in the heart of downtown, said the developer of the project Thursday.

The $111 million, 16-story office building is a rarity for a downtown that still struggles with multiple big empty buildings, but Detroit-based Meridian wants to proudly display its “commitment to the city,” said David Schostak, CEO of Schostak Brothers & Co, the project’s developer.

Meridian would move up to 1,200 workers into the new building in 2017, making the firm the sole tenant in the 320,000-square-foot-space, Schostak said. Meridian currently has about 600 workers in two downtown buildings. The proposed building would be built in what’s now a city-owned parking lot on Monroe and Bates streets.

“Our client is interested in building new,” Schostak said, referring to Meridian.

Renderings of the plan were revealed Thurdsay morning during a public hearing at the Detroit Economic Growth Corp. The images showed a glass-walled office building with what appears to be a rooftop patio. There will be a 10-story parking garage with an ivy wall above the ground-floor retail space.

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http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130919/BIZ/309190108/1361/New-$111M--16-story-office-building-proposed-for-Campus-Martius