150 West Jefferson

42°19′43″N 83°02′41″W / 42.3286°N 83.0446°W / 42.3286; -83.0446Construction started1987Completed1989OwnerREDICOHeightAntenna spire147.7 m (485 ft)Roof138.8 m (455 ft)Top floor121 m (397 ft)Technical detailsFloor count26Floor area505,409 sq ft (46,954.0 m²)^[1]Design and constructionArchitect(s)Heller Manus Architects, BEI AssociatesReferences^[2][3]

150 West Jefferson is a skyscraper and class-A office center in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. The building's construction began in 1987 and was completed in 1989. It stands at 26 stories tall, with two basement floors, for a total of 28. The building stands at 150 West Jefferson Avenue, between Shelby Street and Griswold Street, and between Jefferson and Larned Street bordering the Detroit Financial District.

Detroit's two oldest law firms, Butzel Long and Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, are headquartered in the building. KPMG and Amazon also have offices 150 West Jefferson.^[4]

REDICO, a Southfield-based commercial real estate firm, purchased the building in July 2016.^[5]

Architecture

The building's main exterior materials include glass, granite, and concrete in a postmodern architectural design. The high-rise building is primarily used as an office tower, with a parking garage, restaurant and retail offices inside it. The 150 West Jefferson high rise replaced the Detroit Stock Exchange Building. Some of the façade of the old building was preserved and incorporated into the interior and exterior decoration of the new building. The skyscraper rises 444' 6" from its front entrance off West Jefferson Avenue. The back entrance off the podium on Larned Street actually sits 7' lower.

Four flagpoles, each 30 feet (9 m) high, are located at each corner of the top of the slanted roof. Each displays an American flag; the four can be seen across the river in Windsor, Ontario.

The Financial District station of the Detroit People Mover system is adjacent to the building, accessible via an entrance in the lobby.

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Detroit

References

Further reading

• Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3120-3.
• Sharoff, Robert (2005). American City: Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3270-6.

External links

• Heller Manus Architects
• Transwestern -property management