Chase Tower Gets Some Dan Gilbert Love

Like each of the buildings recently acquired by Dan Gilbert, Chase Tower near Campus Martius in downtown Detroit has been getting some much needed love and investment. Visitors to the building of late have had to navigate scaffolding from workers above, cleaning and repairing the building's massive facade on all sides. There is even a rumor that Gilbert plans to push the lobby of this mid-century skyscraper closer to Woodward Avenue, making zero-setback retail a real possibility.

Today, I stopped in at the first floor Chase Bank branch and found another Gilbert change: the ceiling in the building's lengthy lobby had been painted green. Not sure how this will tie into future renovations, but it sure was a startling change from the entirely white setting that use to greet visitors. I am very excited for this building's future, now that it has an active investor as its owner.