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GM opened the building and its ground-floor showroom on September 26, 1968, with a display of the company's 1969 car models. Ten thousand people visited the building on opening day. [29] The company formally dedicated the building four days later on September 30. [68] Initially, 3,027 GM workers took up about half the building's space. [69]
[15] [29] Each 39-story tower has a base five-story podium structure with 165,000 square feet (15,300 m 2) for retail space for a total of 660,000 square feet (61,000 m 2). [15] A portion of the central atrium area houses GM World, a showcase for GM vehicles. Two 21-story towers (500–600), designed by Portman and constructed in 1981, reach ...
Gilbert and GM are seeking $250 million in subsidies for their $1.6 billion plan to "right-size" the 5.5-million-square-foot complex while adding public space and improving walkability between ...
The GM Technical Center was inaugurated in 1956 as General Motors's primary design and engineering center, located in Warren, Michigan. In 2000 the center was listed on the National Register of Historic Places , and fourteen years later it was designated a National Historic Landmark , primarily for its architecture.
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In 2001, GM moved the last of its employees into the Renaissance Center on the Detroit River. [9] In 1999, General Motors transferred the property to New Center Development, Inc., a non-profit venture controlled by TrizecHahn Office Properties which acted as developer and began renovation on the upper floors which GM vacated in 2000. [10]
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By 1982, GM had had enough and closed Fremont Assembly and laid off its thousands of workers. [ 5 ] Partially demolished (south end and water tower), the remaining plant was refurbished and was used for the more successful NUMMI (New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.) joint-venture between GM and Toyota between 1984 and 2010 [ 5 ] and later ...