The Detroit News
April 25, 2023
Jordan Grzelewski and Candice Williams
Detroit — Bill Ford Jr. sees Michigan Central — the 30-acre, nearly $1 billion campus Ford Motor Co. is developing in the city’s Corktown neighborhood — playing a key role in realizing his vision for the future of mobility.
Work is already underway at the Book Depository building, the official opening of which will be celebrated Tuesday — a milestone in the redevelopment journey that began in 2018 when Ford bought Michigan Central and began a years-long process of revitalizing the iconic landmark after three decades of neglect.
The grand opening is the first “real tangible evidence of what I had hoped for five years ago,” Bill Ford, executive chairman of the Dearborn automaker, told The Detroit News. “It’s coming to life now. It’s doing exactly what I hoped it would, which is bringing…
