Detroit Free Press staff

Warner Norcross & Judd, a major Michigan law firm based in Grand Rapids, announced Monday it will take one floor of a new building planned to rise between Little Caesars Arena and the Mike Ilitch School of Business in the area known as District Detroit.

The planned five-story building, for which a groundbreaking date has not yet been announced, will also house a Detroit Medical Center Sports Medicine Institute as well as about 17,000 square feet of street-level retail.

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The Warner Norcross & Judd offices will occupy the building's third floor, taking up nearly 30,000 square feet of the 127,000-square-foot structure. About 55 attorneys and staff will work there.

"This agreement represents our commitment to the city of Detroit and our desire to be part of its exciting resurgence," said Linda Paullin-Hebden, executive partner of the firm's Southfield office.