Hudson's Detroit
Hudson's Detroit is a landmark mixed-use building complex in downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. It includes a 49-story, skyscraper, with a hotel and condominiums, and a 12-story, mid-rise building, containing commercial offices, retail space, and a conference center. The taller tower is the second-tallest building in Detroit as well as in Michigan, and is the first skyscraper taller than to be built in Detroit in the 21st century. The shorter building was completed in 2025.
History
Site
Hudson's Detroit is located at 1208 Woodward Avenue in Downtown Detroit, on the block bounded by Grand River Avenue to the north, Farmer Street to the east, and Gratiot Avenue to the south. The block was previously the site of the flagship store of The J. L. Hudson Company, a local chain of department stores, for which Hudson's Detroit is named.Built in phases between 1911 and 1946, the Hudson's flagship store was the tallest department store in the world, at, and the second largest department store in the world by area, behind Macy's Herald Square in New York City. The store closed in 1983, and was imploded in 1998, making it the tallest building to ever be demolished by controlled implosion.
In 2001, an underground parking garage was constructed at the site, designed to support a structure of up to 18 floors on top.
Redevelopment planning
Rock Ventures gained the rights to develop the site in 2007, initially considering it as a site for the headquarters of Quicken Loans. In March 2013, after over a decade of little activity at the site, Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert announced a competition seeking ideas for development of the site. The contest received 200 submissions, and was won by two architects from Italy. That November, Rock Ventures hired SHoP Architects to lead the design of the development, with Detroit-based Hamilton Anderson Associates serving as a local partner.An initial design of the planned building was leaked in March 2015. Rock's real estate division, by then known as Bedrock Detroit, purchased the city-owned parking garage in April 2016.
When plans for the development were first revealed in February 2017, the taller tower was planned to rise, narrowly surpassing the Renaissance Center as the tallest building in Detroit and in Michigan. Its proposed height was expanded to in September 2017, and by 2018, Bedrock was publicly considering heightening the tower to. By 2019, plans were scaled back, shortening the tower and removing a proposed observation deck. Its final height of roughly was announced in March 2020.
Construction
Ground was broken on December 14, 2017. Construction began with the removal of the underground parking garage that had been built in 2001. In March 2020, construction progress was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but resumed after 45 days. In December of the same year, construction reached above the ground for the first time.Completion
The high-rise tower was topped out on April 10, 2024; two days later on April 12, the development's final name, Hudson's Detroit, was announced. On April 15, General Motors announced that it would relocate its global headquarters from the Renaissance Center to the top two floors of the mid-rise tower; in November, GM expanded its planned lease to four floors.Description
The complex consists of two buildings: the 49-story, Hudson's Tower, which will contain an EDITION hotel and condominiums; and the 12-story, Hudson's Block Building, which contains commercial offices and a conference center. Between the two buildings is Nick Gilbert Way, a pedestrian plaza, named for Dan Gilbert's late son. A 700-space underground parking garage links the two buildings.Architecture
The complex was designed by SHoP Architects in a contemporary style.Block Building tenants
General Motors is the largest office tenant in the Block Building, with its global headquarters occupying floors 8 through 11 since January 2026. GM plans to open a vehicle showroom on the ground floor, and 20-foot-tall signs with the company's logo are being placed on all four sides of the building. As of January 12, 2026 they have begun official occupancy of the site.It will also include the headquarters of Rock Holdings, the Gilbert Family Foundation, and the Ven Johnson Law Firm, and offices of JPMorgan Chase and Accenture. As of October 2025, all of the announced office tenants are relocating from other Detroit buildings.