Project Description
A new restaurant building and park is situated along Grand River Avenue leading into the center of downtown Detroit. The urban revitalization project and new public space is being created to anchor the emerging neighborhood, spur economic development and provide a quality urban environment for the community to be active in the city’s resurging and vibrant downtown. Central to its modern geometry are strong cantilevered roof forms gesturing towards the historic Detroit G.A.R. building and the park’s elliptical lawn, along with a grand stair leading to a roof deck on axis with the historic Detroit Book Tower Building. Connections to the park landscape are further enhanced through a green roof and folding glass walls that provide flexible programming for indoor/outdoor experiences such as restaurant seating, markets, musical performance and community meeting spaces. The building is LEED Silver (pending).