| 150 West Jefferson | |
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 Interactive map of 150 West Jefferson | |
| General information | |
| Type | Office |
| Location | 150 West Jefferson Avenue Detroit,Michigan |
| Coordinates | 42°19′43″N83°02′41″W / 42.3286°N 83.0446°W /42.3286; -83.0446 |
| Construction started | 1987 |
| Completed | 1989 |
| Owner | REDICO |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 147.7 m (485 ft) |
| Roof | 138.8 m (455 ft) |
| Top floor | 121 m (397 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 26 |
| Floor area | 505,409 sq ft (46,954.0 m2)[1] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | Heller Manus Architects, BEI Associates |
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150 West Jefferson (formerly known as theMadden Building)[4] is askyscraper and class-A office center inDowntownDetroit,Michigan. The building's construction began in 1987 and was completed in 1989. It stands at 26 stories tall, with two basement floors, for a total of 28. The building stands at 150 WestJefferson Avenue, between Shelby Street and Griswold Street, and between Jefferson and Larned Street bordering theDetroit Financial District.
Detroit's two oldest law firms,Butzel Long andMiller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, are headquartered in the building.KPMG andAmazon also have offices 150 West Jefferson.[5]
REDICO, a Southfield-based commercial real estate firm, purchased the building in July 2016.[4]
The building's main exterior materials includeglass,granite, andconcrete in apostmodern architectural design. Thehigh-rise building is primarily used as anoffice tower, with aparking garage,restaurant andretail offices inside it. The 150 West Jefferson high rise replaced the Detroit Stock Exchange Building. Some of the façade of the old building was preserved and incorporated into the interior and exterior decoration of the new building. The skyscraper rises 444' 6" from its front entrance off West Jefferson Avenue. The back entrance off the podium on Larned Street actually sits 7' lower.
Four flagpoles, each 30 feet (9 m) high, are located at each corner of the top of the slanted roof. Each displays anAmerican flag; the four can be seen across the river inWindsor, Ontario.
TheFinancial District station of theDetroit People Mover system is adjacent to the building, accessible via an entrance in the lobby.
