Chrysler HQ designed for mall duty if automaker leaves
by John Neff (RSS feed) on May 5th, 2009 at 12:30PM
Leave it to our friends at Jalopnik to discover this most interesting fact about Chrysler's headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The 500-acre site that's crowned by a glass tower with a 35-foot tall Pentastar window visible from I-75 was reportedly designed in such a way that it can be easily converted into a shopping mall if something like, oh, we don't know, bankruptcy happens and the smallest of the Detroit 3 is forced to move out. How's that for confidence from your architect? Jalopnik reports that SmithGroup, the firm responsible for the design, makes no mention of its creation's... Read More
