One Woodward, Detroit
Retrofit Team
Building Owner and Facilities Team: Bedrock Real Estate Services, Detroit
Materials
Bedrock Real Estate Services gave the building an extensive redesign, including plumbing. The firm specified 220 of Sloan’s ECOS Flushometers as part of the 26-story building’s renovation, citing the products’ water-conservation attributes. The ECOS Flushometer has automatic dual-flush (1.6-/1.1-gallons per flush) or single-flush (1.1-gpf) high efficiency closet options, plus 0.5-, 0.25- and 0.125-gpf high-efficiency urinal flushometer options. ECOS flushometers provide hands-free activation for improved hygiene, as well.
As part of its green-building initiatives, Bedrock Real Estate Services also installed 100 AER-DEC Integrated Sink Systems throughout the building. The systems feature a soap dispenser, faucet, hand dryer and sink basin working together at arms-length as one touch-free and hygienic system.
Flushometers and Sink Systems Manufacturer: Sloan Valve Co.
The Retrofit
Situated in the center of Detroit’s Civic Center since 1962, the waterfront One Woodward experienced the Motor City’s economic boom of the 1960s, trying times of the 2000s and the city’s resurgence in recent years. When the town fell upon harsh economic conditions, and jobs in the automobile industry started moving elsewhere, even buildings as iconic as One Woodward suffered. In fact, the building’s occupancy dropped as low as 20 percent in 2013 when the city’s population dipped by more than 1 million people from its peak in 1950.
But as jobs began coming back to the area, and companies, like Bedrock Real Estate Services, began purchasing downtown properties, the Motor City underwent a gradual revitalization. As of 2017, One Woodward is 100 percent occupied and represents Detroit’s revitalization. Building tenants include Quicken Loans, the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce, a dentist’s office and numerous law firms.
Photo: Hedrich Blessing