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The Renaissance Center, commonly known as the RenCen, is a complex of seven connected skyscrapers in downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. The Renaissance Center complex is on the Detroit International Riverfront and is owned and used by General Motors as its world headquarters.
Built by Ford Motor Co., bought by General Motors Corp., and soon to be re-envisioned by Bedrock, Detroit’s biggest developer, the Renaissance Center has been the most recognizable piece of the city’s skyline for nearly half a century.
The General Motors Renaissance Center represents one of the largest corporate relocations in history. In redesigning the mammoth 1970s-era complex to accommodate GM’s major divisions, SOM drew on its integrated architecture, engineering, and urban design capabilities.
29 wrz 2019 · Department store tycoon Joseph L. Hudson, Jr., the director of Detroit Renaissance, Inc., assembled an alliance of the Motor City’s top business executives to apply to the municipality the planning paradigms common in corporate America.
15 kwi 2024 · The RenCen consists of seven towers, of which GM owns the original five. The original structure opened in 1977 and consists of four 39-story office towers surrounding a central 73-story hotel,...
Ren Cen Groundbreaking. Powerful business interests joined together to form the Detroit Renaissance Group. This organization saw investment in the downtown area as a way to attract business back to the city and create jobs for all.
Detroit's Renaissance Center by Francis Desiderio In 1977, the first phase of the Renaissance Center opened on Detroit's riverfront, sparking controversy over the utility of private urban design and development as tools for revitalizing big cities. Supporters and critics of the new structure clashed over both its
