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Ford's new Detroit innovation hub shows how adaptive reuse can renew cities

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Brian W. Ferry
The Art Deco landmark was designed by Detroit-based architect Albert Kahn in 1936, who also designed Ford factory buildings. - Brian W. Ferry
The building was previously used as a mail sorting facility until it fell into disuse. Michigan Central is a campus owned by Ford Motors and has been transformed into an innovation hub that houses hundreds of entrepreneurs and inventors focused on developing sustainable and equitable solutions for mobility-society problems. - Brian W. Ferry

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An almost century-old landmark building in Detroit was converted into a mobility innovation hub, helping renew the city’s commercial and social landscape.

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