Hotel space is slated to be about 500,000 square feet, although a Bedrock spokeswoman said Tuesday evening that the Detroit-based real estate development, ownership, management and leasing company "is not ready to talk about potential partners for the hotel yet."



The number of rooms is not known, although as currently envisioned, the top three floors would be for hotel space, according to the site plan. The average hotel room is approximately 300 square feet, although some brands have been shrinking that to 200 square feet or less. Depending on configuration and size of things like hallways and other nonroom space, the hotel space could include 1,000 or more rooms.

The number of rooms is not known, although as currently envisioned, the top three floors would be for hotel space, according to the site plan. The average hotel room is approximately 300 square feet, although some brands have been shrinking that to 200 square feet or less. Depending on configuration and size of things like hallways and other nonroom space, the hotel space could include 1,000 or more rooms. Residential space is expected to be about 251,000 square feet across approximately 250 units. In the site plan, it's spread across 22 floors.

Retail space has been scaled back, from 103,000 square feet to about 73,000. It would be on the first two floors of the podium.

Exhibit space has decreased from 93,000 square feet to 77,000 square feet across floors two through five of the tower.

Event space has has grown to 185,000 square feet from 168,000 square feet and includes a 1,250-seat event hall, a 445-person capacity ballroom and various meeting rooms. That would be across most of the third, fourth and fifth floors of the podium.

A 700-space underground parking deck and a public observation deck atop the tower are also planned.

"We look forward to announcing more details about the Hudson's site in the coming months," Whitney Eichinger, vice president of communications for Bedrock, said Tuesday evening.

The tower would feature elevations, from east to west, of 168 feet; 378 feet, 8 inches; 536 feet; 805 feet, 4 inches; 912 feet; 848 feet; and 706 feet, according to the site plan.

"The taller tower volume is placed on the south side of the site, along Gratiot, closer to the CBD (central business district)," the site plan says. "The tower massing steps down in scale from Woodward in deference to Library Square and the historical fabric to the east. The northern portion of the site is defined by the block volume, which transitions the site in scale toward Merchant's Row and the historical fabric north of East Grand River."