One Kennedy Square is a 10-story building located at 777

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, near

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. The building is bordered by Griswold Street, Michigan Avenue and Woodward Avenue, and stands on the site of the old Detroit City Hall. It is occupied by the

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accounting firm.

Description

One Kennedy Square sits atop the 460-spot, municipally-owned Kennedy Square Underground Parking Garage, which was renovated by L.S. Brinker Company. The parking garage was a part of the old Kennedy Square. Construction on the

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started in 2005 and was completed in 2006. The building has 13 total floors, with 10 above-ground floors, and 3 basement floors. One Kennedy Square was designed in the Modern architectural style, constructed with a

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exhibiting the role of color in architecture amidst

's other modern foray, the golden

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Compuware World Headquarters and the charcoal gray granite/glass 1001 Woodward Avenue Building. One Kennedy Square provides a unique backdrop, enlightening a new dimension for the

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. The

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is S. Kenneth NeumannAIA Detroit 2006 design awards
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is REDICO and the construction manager is Spencer Dailey, Inc. Nearby buildings include The Qube, the

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, Chrysler House, the

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, and the

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* This

building is capped by a prominent

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which is lit at night. * The building is 184'-6" to the top of the prominent glass screen that rises above the front façade of the building along

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Downtown Detroit photo galleryGoogle Maps future location of One Kennedy Center
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