Ford Motor Company announced the acquisition of Michigan Central Station during a ceremony attended by employees, residents, city and state officials, and members of the media. Michigan Central Station, located in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood, will serve as a hub for autonomous and electric vehicle design, as well as the development of urban mobility services, including – but not limited to – connected vehicles, infrastructure, and public transit.
The announcement comes as the automaker celebrates its 115-year anniversary.
?Michigan Central Station is a place that in many ways tells the story of Detroit over the past century,? said Bill Ford, Executive Chairman, Ford Motor Company. ?We at Ford want to help write the next chapter, working together in Corktown with the best startups, the smartest talent, and the thinkers, engineers, and problem-solvers who see things differently ? all to shape the future of mobility and transportation.? Brief History
Michigan Central Station has been a fixture of Detroit for generations, finished in January of 1914 as the depot for the Michigan Central Railroad. At the time, the Michigan Central Railroad bought 50 acres of land in Corktown after the downtown depot at Third and Jefferson could no longer sustain the influx of passengers.
Michigan Central Station became the new designation, headed by the same architects that designed New York?s Grand Central Station. When it was constructed, it stood 13 stories high with...