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Growing Meridian Health needs 60% more space in new Detroit HQ
By Kirk Pinho and Jay Greene. September 11, 2014. Crain Detroit Business.
The proposed size of the new Meridian Health Plan building in downtown Detroit has increased by more than 60 percent.
According to sources, the Detroit-based company needs up to 200,000 square feet more than the 320,000 square feet originally planned.
Increasing the building size is a result of faster than expected employee growth at Meridian, which has office space in One Kennedy Square and the Dan Gilbert-owned building at 1001 Woodward Ave.
At 16 stories — with an average floor size of 20,000 square feet — the construction would cost $111 million, or $347 per square foot.
With the revised plans for up to 520,000 square feet, the building would be 26 stories and likely cost more than $180 million.
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http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article...new-detroit-hq
Depending on if they keep the same building shape or not, the new height would be between 350 and 450 feet tall. That just might make it around the same height as the next door Cadillac Tower.
9/12 edit: Turns out the story was false and Meridian has decided to lease in an unspecified building.