Share Your Ideas & Love for Michigan Central Station

“Bring MCS back to life!! Negotiate with Amtrak to add a second Detroit stop to their route. Build a direct high-speed route to Chicago, and also build a route to Grand Rapids... thus connecting the regions 3 largest cities. Talk to Dan Gilbert, owner of Quicken Loans!! He is doing so much to try and revitalize and pump life into the City, he probably would be on board to get something done. I was raised in Detroit till my teens and now live on the West side of our State. I visit often for sporting events, auto shows, etc. and I love the City! Detroit still has so much to offer...and if Gilb...”

“I would love to see this building turned into a mix use venture, with both commercial and residential. The top floor could be turned in to a banquet hall / rental space for company meetings, weddings etc. There could also be a restaurant on the top floor to unitize the space then the place is not rented out. Four or five floors could be converted into for sale condos. While a couple other floors could be turned onto rental apartments. The rest of the floor could be turned into commercial space – shops, gym, and a grocery store. The ideas are endless. ”

“I would like thank you for this opportunity to share my thoughts to be explored at this location. This site could offer a mix between business and commercial recreation; a place where families and visitors would be excided to come from all over to shop and enjoy a nice day of fun and relaxation. Certain levels within building could accommodate local, state, federal businesses operations, with other levels designed for private store owners . The outside could be so designed as to draw in communities to enjoy a day of family fun. It could so designed to offer, an Amusement park….pleasure g...”

“Would be awesome as a department store/restaurants and cafes.”

“here's how some local non-profits revitalized a small, abandoned school in my new neighborhood: http://thirdstreetcenter.net/ maybe something like incorporated into other big ideas for the home town iconic station ...”

“It seems like these types of spaces work best as simply office space. The area doesn't seem conducive to apartments, except maybe live/work creative flats, but the building is much too large for that. The idea of trade inspection station could support limited ground floor retail (maybe 20-30K SF) serving the station, and would make the office space more attractive. Then try to land one or two corps to move their HQ there with whatever incentives possible: signage options, etc. I would also try to merchandize the building with a competition for the park it sits on. Make it 21st centu...”

“As many other's voice: a new train station ! At the top i'd see some fine grade restaurant, few apartments, museums, and offices. ”

“Such a beautiful building with amazing history. Please care and save it.”

“After being assigned a site analysis of the Corktown and Mexican town area it was very hard to miss the Michigan Central Train Station. I immediately took an interest in this massive monument that played such a critical role in Detroit's history. I believe this monument can be (once again) a place of attraction and wonder. From a realistic point of view we have to take into consideration the population of Detroit before making any proposals. Since we do not have the density that we once had, I believe we have to put something in place that would: a.) attract people to the site and b) ke...”

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