Hudson's Detroit

The site sat empty for almost twenty-five years. The J.L. Hudson’s department store that anchored downtown Detroit’s Woodward Avenue was imploded in 1998, and the block stayed a parking lot until Bedrock broke ground here in December 2017. Hudson’s Detroit fills that block with the city’s first ground-up downtown development in more than half a century, anchored by Michigan’s second-tallest building and the first five-star hotel in town.

Project Scope

The development is two structures connected by below-grade infrastructure. The Hudson’s Tower rises 49 stories and 681 feet on the southern half of the block. It houses an EDITION hotel on the lower floors and 96 condominium units, branded as The Residences at The Detroit EDITION, on the upper floors. The smaller Hudson’s Block Building on the northern half stands 12 stories and 232 feet. It contains 650,000 square feet of office and event space, with General Motors as anchor office tenant, plus retail, food and beverage, and a conference center.

Combined, the two buildings deliver more than 1.5 million gross square feet. SHoP Architects led the design with Hamilton Anderson Associates as local design partner. Buro Happold handled structural engineering. Yabu Pushelberg designed the condo interiors. Condominium presales opened in March 2026, with units running from 720 sq ft one-bedrooms in the $600,000s up to 4,500+ sq ft penthouses.

Why It Matters

Hudson’s Detroit is the most expensive single development in Detroit history and the project that most directly tests the post-bankruptcy investment thesis for the downtown core. Topping out happened in April 2024, with the EDITION hotel and condos slated to open in 2027. GM signed as anchor office tenant in 2024 and is consolidating its global headquarters team into the block building from the Renaissance Center, which itself is being repurposed.

Beyond the symbolic weight of returning vertical density to the Hudson’s block, the project sets a new benchmark for downtown Detroit residential pricing and is the first delivery of the EDITION hotel brand in the Midwest. Bedrock has confirmed that Hudson’s is part of a broader portfolio reinvestment that includes the Book Tower restoration, the Monroe Blocks, and the Cadillac Square redevelopment, totaling several billion dollars of contiguous urban-core work over the past decade.

Project Team & Details