Our project at Detroit’s historic Hudson’s Site is a powerful tool to encourage economic growth and the renewal of civic pride.

In 2013, SHoP was selected after an invited competition to study the possibilities for using the former J.L. Hudson’s Department Store site in downtown Detroit as a catalyst for the ongoing revitalization of the city. Our clients at Rock Ventures recognized that the Hudson’s site must play a central role in their efforts to enliven the area by returning residents, commerce and public programing to the cultural center of Detroit. This effort ultimately led General Motors to choose our building as the location for its new global headquarters.

Hudson’s offers a very broad range of uses, including a world-class performance and conference venue, premium retail, the Detroit EDITION hotel and residences, the GM headquarters and ground-level showroom as well as additional class-A office space. A new public thoroughfare known as Nick Gilbert Way crosses the heart of the site. Designed for gathering, this new civic amenity allows Detroiters once again to occupy the center of downtown’s most important location.

  • phase completed
  • size 1,360,000 sf

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