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Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center
 

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The top section - 2001-4 (139474)
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View from Windsor - 2001-4 (415203)
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Top floors from East Jefferson Avenue, with General Motors logo - 2001-4 (203070)
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View to the southeast from East Jefferson Avenue - 2001-4 (203077)
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Identification
Official name Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center
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Emporis Building Number 118550
 
Location
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Bordering street Renaissance Center
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Complex General Motors Renaissance Center
Neighborhood Downtown
City Detroit
State Michigan
Country U.S.A.
 
Technical Data
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Height (struct.) 221 m 727 ft
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Floors (OG) 70
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Construction end 1977
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Building in General
Type of construction skyscraper
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Status completed

Facts
- Located in the center of the Renaissance Center complex, surrounded by four identical office towers.
- The tower's shape is a large cylinder with a smaller cylinder for elevators running up the side.
- Has a spacious atrium lobby with artificial ponds, rounded concrete balconies, and terraces.
- Tallest building in the state of Michigan.
- This is the tallest all-hotel building in the Western Hemisphere.
- The 71st and 72nd floors are home to Coach Insigna, an upscale restaurant.
- The design is very similar to the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, with a large glass cylinder attached to a much narrower one.
- This building is 738'-5" tall from lowest basement service level to the structural top of this building, which is the exterior elevator tower. And, it's 747'-0" from the basement driveway level.
- In December of 2001, the General Motors Wintergarden retail atrium was unvield. Designed by SmithGroup, a nationally renowned architect, it rises 103' (31.39m) tall at its highest point offering direct access to the Detroit River.
- The Marriott Renaissance Center has no labled 7th, 8th or 13th floor.
- The height figures are measured from the back entrance on the riverside.
- This circular tower has a diameter of 128 feet (39 meters).

Companies involved in this Building*
Architect: John Portman & Associates

Emporis Premium Companies: John Portman & Associates, MANNTECH Building Maintenance Systems.

Other companies: Riverfront Holdings, Inc., Hines Midwest Regional Office, Tishman Construction Corporation, R.A. Yarling and Company, Inc., Morris E. Harrison & Associates, Britt Alderman Associates, STS, Cerami & Associates, Rolf Jensen & Associates, Inc., SimplexGrinnell, Otis Elevator Co., Otis Elevator Co., Tractel Ltd. Northeast, Guardian Equipment, Inc., Capital Hotel Management LLC, Central Parking Corporation, Gensler, SmithGroup, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, Hines Midwest Regional Office, Turner Construction Company, General Motors Corporation, Marriott Hotels, Resorts & Suites [Marriott International, Inc.].