Meridian Health Plan Headquarters
The brownfield incentives would be for site preparation and infrastructure improvements at the 1.96-acre site, a 230-space surface parking lot. Meridian, which has about 620 employees in two downtown offices in One Kennedy Square, 777 Woodward Ave., and the Dan Gilbert-owned 1001 Woodward building, would move into its new headquarters in early 2017, according to Sean Cotton, the company's general counsel. By that time, the company expects to have 1,050 employees in Detroit. Meridian initiated the new building project and hired Livonia-based Schostak Bros. as the developer.
Design and construction
The site of the building is currently an oddly shaped, 230-space parking lot. Special architectural elements included a "floating box" like element, which is said to be the site of a restaurant. Other elements included a levitating belt of ivy, which will span from the 9-story parking deck, through the plaza, and to the side of the building. The main developer of the mid-rise was Schostak Bros. & Co. construction, which is located in the nearby suburb of Livonia.
References
- ^ "Developers of new Detroit office tower seek $27M in tax incentives". Crain's Detroit Business. September 19, 2013.
- ^ "Schostak Bros. plans $111 million, 16-story Detroit office tower". Crain's Detroit Business. September 16, 2013.
- ^ "Meridian Health Plan Headquarters, Detroit | 1213326". Emporis. Archived from the original on December 17, 2019. Retrieved 2022-05-03.