It's Official: Dan Gilbert Has Bought The Old Free Press Building
Dan Gilbert, through his Bedrock real estate company, has added the old Free Press building at 321 West Lafayette in Downtown Detroit to his portfolio. Now, Gilbert owns both the old Detroit News and Free Press buildings, Both have a lot of historic significance. The 14-story, 288,517 square foot building was built in 1925 and designed by architect Albert Kahn has sat vacant since 1998. At one point, everything that happened at the paper, from writing stories to the printing of the pa...