The Michigan Central Station train depot on the western edge of Detroit’s Corktown was lit up Wednesday night.
(Photo: Phoebe Wall Howard)
Windows throughout the top half of Michigan Central train station were all lit up late Wednesday, the eve of the annual Ford Motor Co. shareholder meeting.
Despite speculation that the board of directors could take action on the purchase of the property off Michigan Avenue in Corktown, there was no mention of the project during the Thursday morning call.
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Neither Bill Ford, executive chairman of the automaker, nor shareholders on the phone, raised the issue. Questions were also submitted to the company for public posting in coming days.
Edsel B. Ford II, the great-grandson of company founder Henry Ford and a board member, said last month the board might vote on the real estate acquisition.
The Free Press and others reported last month that Ford is in talks with depot owner Manuel (Matty) Moroun to buy the station, which was open from 1913-88.
Lights were on Wednesday night inside the Michigan Central Station in Detroit.
(Photo: Phoebe Wall Howard)
The company had no comment on the status of the situation. Sources close to negotiations say talks continue.
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Ford is expanding its presence beyond Dearborn into Corktown, which is a few miles up Michigan Avenue from the company’s international headquarters. This month Ford plans to move nearly 200 workers into a former hosiery factory in the area.
Contact Phoebe Wall Howard:phoward@freepress.com or 313-222-6512. Follow her on Twitter @phoebesaid.
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The view from inside long-vacant Michigan Central Station. JC Reindl/Detroit Free Press
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