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211 West Fort Street

Skyscraper in Downtown Detroit, Michigan

Field	Value
name	211 West Fort Street
status	complete
image	Detroit Bank and Trust Tower Detroit MI.jpg
caption	The building in 2010
location	211 West Fort Street
Detroit, Michigan
coordinates
start_date	1961
completion_date	1963
architect	Harley, Ellington, Cowin & Stirton
website	https://www.211westfortstreet.com/
floor_area	562,027 sqft
floor_count	27
building_type	Office
roof	367 ft

Detroit, Michigan

211 West Fort Street is a 27-story office tower in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, currently owned by Tribus LLC, a family owned office in Grosse Pointe, MI. Construction began in 1961, and finished in 1963. The building stands at the southeast corner of Fort Street and Washington Boulevard. It was constructed adjacent to the Detroit Trust Company Building, designed by Albert Kahn in 1915, as offices for the Detroit Bank and Trust Company, later known as Comerica. The bank occupied space in the building until 1993, when it moved to One Detroit Center. In the courtyard between the two buildings is a sculpture based on the bank's logo at the time.

The building currently houses offices for the Detroit Economic Club, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Visit Detroit, Majorel, the United States Attorney and several other tenants.

Architecture

The building was designed in the International style by architects Harley, Ellington, Cowin & Stirton in 1961. Tinted windows set into precast concrete frames create a unique grid pattern along the sweeping building façade. The building's address "211" is displayed along the roof line.

A dynamic two-story lobby is wrapped with glass and recessed on the north and west sides allowing for a covered arcade on two sides. Elevator banks and other interior walls are covered with black granite and floors gleam with travertine tiles. Internationally acclaimed Rosetti Architects was recently commissioned to redesign the lobby with its stunning new signature style. The site slopes from north to south allowing for a service entrance and parking garage at street level facing Congress Street.

Gallery

Image:211WestFort.png|Detail of 211 West Fort St from the top of the Buhl Garage Image:211 West Fort Street.jpg|211 West Fort Street, as seen from Windsor, between the Westin Book-Cadillac Hotel (left) and the David Stott Building (right). Cobo Center and the Marquette Building are in the foreground Image:211 W Fort Plaza.JPG|Sculpture and entrance plaza

References

"211 West Fort Street". CTBUH.
Meyer, Katherine Mattingly. (1980). "Detroit Architecture A.I.A. Guide Revised Edition". Wayne State University Press.

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