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:''For the downtown Detroit, Michigan office tower known as "Cadillac Tower", see Cadillac Tower.''
'Cadillac Place' is an ornate high-rise office building in the New Center area of Detroit, Michigan constructed of limestone and marble. It was originally constructed with 1,200,000 square feet (111,500 m²), not including the rear annex addition. Designated a National Historic Landmark on June 2, 1978 it is an exquisite example of Neo-Classical architecture. In 2002, the State of Michigan thoroughly renovated the building and renamed it Cadillac Place. Architect Eric J. Hill participated in the 2002 redevelopment. It houses State offices for the Detroit area and a State Court of Appeals. Directly across from the Fisher Building, Cadillac Place constitutes a formidable complex. The Detroit St. Regis Hotel adjoins the Fisher Building across from Cadillac Place.
Originally the General Motors Building, it had housed the company's world headquarters from 1923 until 1996. In 1996, GM moved its world headquarters to the Renaissance Center and sold the magnificent building which is leased by the State of Michigan on a long term basis. The building was renamed Cadillac Place. Designed by noted architect Albert Kahn, Cadillac Place consists of four parallel 15-story wings connected together by a central backbone perpendicular to them. Kahn used this design to allow sunlight and natural ventilation to reach each of the building's hundreds of individual offices. In 1923, it opened as the second largest office building in the world (behind the Equitable Building in New York City). Cadillac Place currently houses over 2,000 state employees.
The building takes its present name from Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, the founder of Detroit.

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★ Fisher Building

★ Henry Ford Hospital

★ New Center

★ Penobscot Building

★ Wayne State University

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★ http://www.buildingphotos.com/detroit/DE-3044wgrand.shtml

★ Cadillac Place at Emporis.com

★ New Center Council

★ SkyscraperPage.com's Profile on Cadillac Place