AND THAT BREAKING NEWS COULD END UP CHANGING THE DOWNTOWN LANDSCAPE FOR YEARS TO COME.
GENERAL MOTORS SAYS IT PLANS TO
MOVE ITS GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS OUT
OF THE ICONIC RENCEN.
>> THE COMPANY PLANS TO MOVE
DOWN WOODWARD AVENUE TO THE SOON
TO BE HUDSON’S DETROIT, WHICH IS
STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT
NOW. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M
DEMOND FERNANDEZ IN FOR DEVIN
SCILLIAN, AND I’M KIMBERLY GILL.
>> THAT MOVE WAS MADE OFFICIAL
AT A NEWS CONFERENCE THAT JUST
WRAPPED UP JUST A FEW MINUTES
AGO. AND IT RAISES A LOT OF
QUESTIONS, MAINLY WHAT WILL
BECOME OF THE RENCEN AND THE
TOWERS THAT SIGNIFY THE CITY’S
SKYLINE. BUSINESS EDITOR ROD
MELONI IS LIVE ON THIS STORY FOR
US TONIGHT. ROD, WHAT MORE CAN
YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS?
>> WELL, ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE
HAVE HERE IS A COMPLETE
SHUFFLING OF THE MONOPOLY BOARD,
IF YOU WILL, HERE IN THE CITY OF
DETROIT, FIRST OF ALL, THEY’VE
GOT A NEW NAME FOR THE HUDSON
SITE. THEY CALL IT HUDSON’S
DETROIT. AND LET’S TAKE A LOOK
UP AT THE TOWER HERE. YOU’RE
SEEING THE OFFICE TOWER, WHICH
DAN GILBERT JUST SAID IS
ESSENTIALLY CONSTRUCTED AS A
HEADQUARTERS. AND THEN YOU CAN
SEE ALSO THE OFF THE TOWER, THE
ACTUAL, LIVING QUARTERS AND THE
RESTAURANTS AND THE LIKE.
THEY’RE GOING TO BE IN THE
TALLER TOWER. GENERAL MOTORS, OF
COURSE, IS GOING TO MAKE ITS
HEADQUARTERS HERE. THAT’S A
MASSIVE SHIFT, CONSIDERING IT
WAS BACK IN 1996 THAT GM
ANNOUNCED THAT IT WAS BUYING THE
FORD BUILT RENAISSANCE CENTER
BACK THEN. SO HERE’S THE VIDEO
OF THE RENCEN. AND I WAS THERE
BACK IN, IT WAS, 1996. IT WAS
MAY, MAY, I THINK IT WAS 17TH.
AND THEY, IT STUNNED DETROIT
THEN THAT THEY ANNOUNCED THAT
THEY WERE BUYING THE RENCEN. AND
SINCE THEN, AFTER SPENDING 75
MILLION TO BUY IT, WHICH WAS
PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR, THEY PUT
$1 BILLION INTO IT. BUT SINCE
THE COVID, PANDEMIC AND THE
LIKE, THEY’RE DOWN TO JUST 2500
OR SO EMPLOYEES DOWNTOWN HERE,
THEY’VE MOVED THE MARKETING AND
THE SALES GROUP UP TO THE TECH
CENTER IN WARREN. SO THEY THEY
HAVEN’T REALLY BEEN USING THE
RENCEN TO ITS CAPACITY. AND
THAT’S A PROBLEM FOR THEM. IT’S
EXPENSIVE TO RUN TOO. SO WHAT DO
THEY DO? WELL, THEY MOVE OVER
HERE TO HUDSON’S DETROIT. BUT
DAN GILBERT APPARENTLY PITCHED
THIS A WHILE BACK. MAYOR DUGGAN
TALKED ABOUT THAT, SAYING THAT
HE TOLD THEM THAT THEY NEEDED A
NEW HEADQUARTERS, EVEN THOUGH
THEY DIDN’T KNOW THEY NEEDED A
NEW HEADQUARTERS. SO LET’S HEAR
FROM THE PRESS CONFERENCE AND
WHAT WAS SAID HERE JUST A FEW
MOMENTS AGO.
>> WE’LL EXPLORE NEW IDEAS FOR
THE COMPLEX, INCLUDING THE
POSSIBILITIES FOR COMMERCIAL OR
RESIDENTIAL OR MIXED USE. AND
WE’RE GRATEFUL FOR THE
COLLABORATION WITH A VISIONARY
LIKE DAN, WHO HAS HAD SUCH AN
IMPACT ON THE RESURGENCE OF
DOWNTOWN DETROIT IN RECENT YEARS
. AND FOR GM, HUDSON’S DETROIT
IS A PERFECT FIT.
>> TODAY, I COULD NOT BE MORE
PLEASED TO WELCOME GENERAL
MOTORS TO HUDSON’S DETROIT.
HUDSON’S IS PERFECT FOR GM. IT
WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT TO CLOSE
TO HOUSE A GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS.
THE BUILDING WILL HAVE IT ALL
STATE OF THE ART EXHIBITION AND
MEETING SPACES, LUXURY HOTEL,
LIVING AMENITIES, EXCITING
RESTAURANTS AND BARS AND
DESTINATION SHOPPING. NOW
GILBERT WILL BE ABLE TO FINANCE
THAT TOWER, OBVIOUSLY THAT’S A
VERY EXPENSIVE, THEY SAY A
BILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS TO
BUILD THAT THING. SO NOW HE’LL
BE ABLE TO FILL THAT UP, FINANCE
IT AND GET MONEY OUT OF IT.
THAT’S A GOOD THING FOR HIM.
>> AND SO WHAT YOU HEARD THERE,
JIM BERRY, WHO IS A REAL ESTATE
ANALYST HERE IN DETROIT,
BASICALLY EXPLAINING HOW AND WHY
THIS ALL HAPPENS. DAN GILBERT
NEEDED SOMEBODY TO BE THE ANCHOR
TENANT HERE. THEY NOW HAVE
GENERAL MOTORS. DAN GILBERT ALSO
IS AN EXPERT AT KNOWING WHAT TO
DO WITH GIANT BUILDINGS LIKE THE
RENCEN. THERE’S TALK THAT MAYBE
YOU COULD TURN IT INTO A PARTIAL
LIVING SPACE. YOU COULD MAYBE
GET SOMETHING ELSE IN THERE THAT
WE DON’T REALLY SEE RIGHT NOW.
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT’S THIS
MASSIVE SHIFT BECAUSE
ESSENTIALLY THE WORLD HAS
CHANGED IN MANY, MANY WAYS SINCE
BACK IN THE TIME WHEN GENERAL
MOTORS BOUGHT THE RENCEN. SO, SO
MUCH TO TALK ABOUT. AND WE’LL
TAKE A LOOK MORE CLOSELY AT
THIS, COMING UP ON LOCAL 4 NEWS
AT SIX REPORTING LIVE DOWNTOWN,
ROD MELONI, LOCAL BIG NEWS
COMING OUT OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT.
>> ROD, WE APPRECIATE IT. AS ROD
SAID, YOU CAN EXPECT MORE ON
THIS STORY ON CLICKONDETROIT.COM
. COM THAT’S WHERE YOU CAN FIND
OUT EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT
GM’S MOVE FROM THE RENCEN. PLUS,
TONIGHT AT 11, WE’RE HEARING
FROM URBAN PLANNERS ABOUT WHAT A
REIMAGINED RENCEN COULD MEAN FOR
THE CITY AND WHETHER THE ICONIC
TOWER SHOULD STAY STANDING.
>> NOW TO THE BIG EVENT THAT’S
STARTING TO TAKE OVER THE CITY.
LIVE PICTURES RIGHT NOW AS THAT
HUGE STRUCTURE GOES UP FOR NEXT
WEEK’S NFL DRAFT. NOW IF YOU
WORK DOWNTOWN, CHANCES ARE YOUR
COMMUTE WAS IMPACTED BY THE
LATEST PHASE OF ROAD CLOSURES
CONNECTED TO THE NFL DRAFT.
>> THOSE ROAD CLOSURES BEGAN
TODAY, IMPACTING THE LODGE,
JEFFERSON AVENUE AND A WHOLE
BUNCH OF STREETS SURROUNDING THE
DOWNTOWN CORE. WILL JONES IS
LIVE. WILL GETTING AROUND AND
NOT GOING TO BE EASY FROM HERE
ON OUT?
>> DEFINITELY NOT. I’M STANDING
ON JEFFERSON AVENUE AND NORMALLY
AROUND THIS TIME IT WILL BE
BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC BECAUSE
OF RUSH HOUR. BUT THIS ROAD IS
SHUT DOWN DUE TO THE NFL DRAFT.
THIS CLOSURE AND OTHER CLOSURES
ARE GOING TO BE MAKING GETTING
AROUND DOWNTOWN A CHALLENGE.
DETROIT IS PREPARING TO BE IN
THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT FOR THE
NFL DRAFT. THE CITY IS LEAVING
NO STONE UNTURNED FOR THE
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
TOURISTS THE DRAFT IS EXPECTED
TO ATTRACT. WHERE ARE YOU GUYS
GOING? AND AS PREPARATIONS SHIFT
INTO HIGH GEAR, THERE ARE MORE
ROAD CLOSURES. AND WHAT WAS IT
LIKE FOR YOU COMING IN THIS
MORNING? TORTURE PHASE THREE OF
ROAD CLOSURES BEGAN AT MIDNIGHT
AND THIS IS THE BIGGEST PHASE
YET. IT’S ALL LISTED HERE ON
YOUR SCREEN. THE LODGE EXIT TO
JEFFERSON AVENUE DOWNTOWN IS
CLOSED, AND WESTBOUND JEFFERSON
IS SHUT DOWN FROM BEAUBIEN TO
WASHINGTON AND EASTBOUND
JEFFERSON FROM WASHINGTON TO
RANDOLPH, BATES STREET FROM
JEFFERSON TO ATWATER. ATWATER
FROM CIVIC CENTER DRIVE TO
BATES. AND FINALLY SOUTHBOUND
BRUSH BETWEEN LAURENT AND
JEFFERSON IS ALSO CLOSED TO
TRAFFIC. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO
THE FIRST TWO PHASES OF
CLOSURES, WHICH ARE STILL IN
EFFECT.
>> THERE’S A LOT OF CANADIANS
THAT WORK IN DETROIT AND GO BACK
TO WINDSOR THROUGH THE TUNNEL,
AND I CAN’T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT
THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE WITH
ONLY ONE LANE COMING THIS WAY.
>> SO BOTTOM LINE, IF YOU’RE
PLANNING TO SPEND ANY TIME
DOWNTOWN OVER THE NEXT FEW
WEEKS, BE PREPARED FOR DELAYS.
>> THIS IS ONLY TEMPORARY. SO I
JUST KNOW TO LEAVE OUT EARLIER
AND THEY’LL BE FINE.
>> ARE YOU EXCITED TO HAVE THE
DRAFT IN DETROIT?
>> MY GOODNESS, OVERLY EXCITED.
I AM SUPER EXCITED.
>> THE DRAFT IS OVER ON APRIL
27TH, BUT THOSE CLOSURES WILL
REMAIN INTO EFFECT THROUGH EARLY
MAY. THAT’S BECAUSE IT’S GOING
TO TAKE TIME TO DECONSTRUCT
EVERYTHING. WE’RE LIVE ON
JEFFERSON AVENUE. LOU JONES,
LOCAL 4.
>> TO BE AN EXCITING TIME. OKAY,
BILL, WE APPRECIATE THAT UPDATE.
WELL, TONIGHT WE’RE GETTING OUR
FIRST LOOK AT BODY CAMERA VIDEO
OF A DEADLY POLICE SHOOTING IN
WARREN.
>> YEAH, IT HAPPENED FRIDAY
OUTSIDE OF A HOME. AND POLICE
SAY THEY’RE RELEASING THIS VIDEO
IN AN EFFORT TO BE TRANSPARENT.
SHAWN LEY IS LIVE TONIGHT TO
HELP WALK US THROUGH THAT VIDEO.
SHAWN, WE UNDERSTAND THIS WAS
SOMEBODY IN CRISIS THAT VERY
WELL COULD BE THE FAMILY OF THIS
18 YEAR-OLD WHO WAS INSIDE THE
HOUSE AT THE TIME OF THE
OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING.
>> THEY MET WITH WARREN POLICE
HERE TODAY. THEY WANTED TO SEE
THE VIDEO FOR THEMSELVES AND
SAY, THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS, BUT IT’S THE
FIRST TIME THEY’VE SEEN ANY OF
THIS BEHAVIOR FROM THEIR 18
YEAR-OLD. MEANTIME, THIS FAMILY
IS FROM BANGLADESH AND MEMBERS
OF THE BANGLADESH COMMUNITY THEY
MET. THERE’S LOTS OF RUMORS
FLYING AND THEY SAY RELEASING
THIS VIDEO YOU’RE ABOUT TO SEE
WAS VERY HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY. WELL,
WARREN POLICE BODY CAMERA VIDEO
SHOWING WARREN POLICE OFFICERS
USING LETHAL FORCE ON AN 18 YEAR
OLD. IT HAPPENED FRIDAY
AFTERNOON IN. LET’S BACK UP TO
EXPLAIN HOW WE GOT HERE. A CALL
TO 911 FROM A MINOR INSIDE A
HOME SAYING HIS 18 YEAR OLD
BROTHER WAS ATTACKING EVERYONE
INSIDE THE HOME. THE FAMILY
BELIEVED IT WAS A MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS AND SAY HE’S NEVER ACTED
WITH VIOLENCE BEFORE.
>> I’VE BEEN GOING CRAZY.
>> OKAY, WHAT’S GOING ON?
>> FOR FOUR DAYS? SHE’S A
EVERYBODY.
>> WARREN POLICE RUSHED TO THE
HOME TO HELP THAT FAMILY WATCH
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY ARRIVE.
THE GARAGE DOOR GOES UP. THE
TEEN WITH A NINE MILLIMETER
HANDGUN COMES OUT. GO GO GO GO
GO GO GO. THE TEEN WAS SHOT, THE
ENTIRE ENCOUNTER TAKING JUST
SEVEN SECONDS.
>> SHOTS FIRED, SHOTS FIRED.
GIVE ME AN AMBULANCE! DO NOT
MOVE!
>> THE FAMILY OF THE TEEN IS
FROM BANGLADESH. MEMBERS OF THE
BANGLADESH COMMUNITY WERE AT
TODAY’S WARREN POLICE BRIEFING
ASKING QUESTIONS.
>> COULD YOU COULD OFFICER
UNARMED HIM WITHOUT SHOOTING?
>> NO ONE ANSWERS. THE
INDIVIDUAL POINTED A FIREARM AT
OFFICERS. OUR OFFICERS TOOK
APPROPRIATE, A LEVEL OF FORCE TO
DEFEND THEMSELVES.
>> BACK HERE LIVE NOW, THE
FAMILY MEMBERS HAD NO IDEA THAT
THE TEEN HAD A NINE MILLIMETER
HANDGUN, A GUN IN THE HOUSE AT
ALL. POLICE FOUND THAT THE 18
YEAR OLD LEGALLY PURCHASED THAT
HANDGUN FROM A PRIVATE SELLER.
IN THE MEANTIME, THOSE OFFICERS,
NOW THEY REMAIN ON
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. THAT IS
THE POLICY. WHILE THE SHOOTING
IS BEING INVESTIGATED. AND
THAT’S THE SCENE HERE IN WARREN
TONIGHT. SHAWN LEY, LOCAL 4,
BACK TO YOU. WELL SHAWN, THANK
YOU.
>> WELL, IN DETROIT AND OTHER
MAJOR CITIES TODAY, SOME HUGE
TRAFFIC DISRUPTIONS AS PART OF A
COORDINATED PROTEST OVER WHAT’S
HAPPENING IN GAZA.
>> DETROIT POLICE STOP THIS
CARAVAN OF CARS THAT SLOWLY MADE
ITS WAY DOWN MICHIGAN AVENUE.
THIS WAS RIGHT AT THE MICHIGAN
CENTRAL TRAIN DEPOT THERE.
POLICE QUESTIONED DRIVERS AND
AFTER A SHORT TIME, LET THEM GO.
>> THAT WAS NOT THE CASE IN
OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. BOTH
DIRECTIONS OF THE GOLDEN GATE
BRIDGE SHUT DOWN FOR HOURS
TODAY. DEMONSTRATORS LOCKED
THEMSELVES TOGETHER, BLOCKING
TRAFFIC IN CHICAGO. THE ENTRANCE
TO THE O’HARE AIRPORT WAS
BLOCKED. LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIALS SAY SEVERAL ARRESTS
HAVE BEEN MADE. AS OF RIGHT NOW,
THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE IS BACK
OPEN AND TRAFFIC IS FLOWING.
>> MEANWHILE, THE WHITE HOUSE
AND THE WORLD ARE WAITING AND
WATCHING FOR ISRAEL’S DECISION
ON WHETHER TO RETALIATE AGAINST
IRAN. AFTER IT LAUNCHED A
BARRAGE OF MISSILES TOWARD
ISRAEL. SATURDAY NIGHT. AGAINST
THE BACKDROP OF SOARING MIDDLE
EAST TENSIONS, PRESIDENT BIDEN
HOSTING THE IRAQI PRIME MINISTER
TODAY AND DIRECTLY ADDRESSING
THIS WEEKEND’S UNREST. IRANIAN
WAR STRIKES AGAINST ISRAEL,
TOGETHER WITH OUR PARTNERS, WE
DEFEATED THAT ATTACK. THE U.S.
JOINED ISRAEL AND OTHER ALLIES
IN SUCCESSFULLY SHOOTING DOWN
NEARLY ALL THE 300 PLUS MISSILES
AND DRONES LAUNCHED. NO ONE WAS
KILLED, AND DAMAGE WAS LIMITED
IN ATTACKS THAT IRAN CALLED
RETALIATION FOR A STRIKE ON THE
IRANIAN EMBASSY COMPOUND IN
SYRIA. IRAN SAYS IT’S OVER
UNLESS ISRAEL FIRES BACK.
>> STRENGTH AND WISDOM NEED TO
BE THE SAME SIDES. THE DIFFERENT
SIDES OF THE SAME COIN.
>> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS
URGING RESTRAINT.
>> WE’RE NOT LOOKING FOR A WAR
WITH IRAN. WE’RE NOT LOOKING TO
BROADEN AND DEEPEN THIS CONFLICT
IN THE REGION AND MAJOR CITIES.
>> THIS MORNING, ISRAELIS
APPEARED BACK TO NORMAL. BUT THE
ISRAELI WAR CABINET IS STILL
WEIGHING ITS OPTIONS AND
SIGNALING IT COULD RETALIATE
SOON. PRESIDENT BIDEN TOLD
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU THAT ALTHOUGH THE U.S.
IS COMMITTED TO ISRAEL’S
DEFENSE, U.S. FORCES WILL NOT
PARTICIPATE IN ANY
COUNTEROFFENSIVE AGAINST IRAN
THAT, ACCORDING TO A SENIOR
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL, THE
PRESIDENT IS SEEKING TO STAVE
OFF A WIDER REGIONAL CONFLICT AS
WAR RAGES ON IN GAZA.
>> WE’RE COMMITTED TO A CEASE
FIRE THAT WILL BRING THE
HOSTAGES HOME AND PREVENTING
CONFLICT FROM SPREADING BEYOND
WHAT IT ALREADY HAS.
>> HE’S URGING CONGRESS TO ACT