The Marquette Building is a historic building located in

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. It was built in 1905, and stands at 243 West Congress Street.

211 West Fort Street 211 West Fort Street is a 27-story skyscraper in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, currently owned by Tribus LLC a family owned office in Grosse Pointe, MI. Construction began in 1961, and finished in 1963. The building stands at the southeast corne ...

lies to the north, TCF Center to the west, Fort Pontchartrain a Wyndham Hotel to the south, and

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to the east. The building was for a time owned by Mexican billionaire,

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. The high-rise stands at 10 stories in height, and is used for

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s, and a

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. It was designed in the Chicago School

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, and is mainly made of

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. This building formerly contained the Office of the

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on its ground floor. 400 Monroe Associates saved this building from

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in 1979, completing a careful

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redevelopment in 1982. Adient Plc announced on Wednesday, November 30, 2016, it had acquired the building to house the headquarters of its global seating business. Those plans have been cancelled as of June, 2018. The building is now owned by Detroit-based real estate company Sterling Group which plans on leasing the space.

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* * Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan Skyscraper office buildings in Detroit Historic district contributing properties in Michigan 1905 establishments in Michigan National Register of Historic Places in Detroit Office buildings completed in 1905 Chicago school architecture in Michigan {{Detroit-struct-stub