One Campus Martius

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One Campus Martius
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One Campus Martius
Interactive map of the One Campus Martius area
Former namesCompuware Building (2003–2014)
General information
Type office
Location1050 Woodward Ave
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Coordinates 42°19′58″N83°02′47″W / 42.3327°N 83.0464°W / 42.3327; -83.0464
Construction startedApril 12, 2000
Completed2003
Cost$350 million (2003)
Owner Bedrock Detroit
Height
Roof232 ft (71 m)
Top floor216 ft (66 m)
Technical details
Floor count15
Floor area1,300,000 square feet (120,000 m2)
Lifts/elevators24
Design and construction
Architects
Main contractorWalbridge Aldinger
Other information
Public transit access DPM icon.png Cadillac Center
QLINE Logo.svg QLine at Campus Martius
Aiga bus trans.svg DDOT 4
Website
www.bedrockdetroit.com/property/one-campus-martius/

One Campus Martius (formerly and still commonly known as the Compuware Building) [1] [2] is a 15-story office building in downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. Completed in 2003 as the global headquarters of Compuware, it is currently owned by Bedrock Detroit, and now contains the headquarters of Rocket Mortgage. It stands 232 feet (71 m) tall, and contains 1,300,000 square feet (120,000 m2) of office space. [3]

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History

The building stands on the block which contained Kern's, a defunct local department store which had existed on the site in some form since 1900. The last incarnation of the store was demolished in 1966, and the area remained undeveloped greenspace until 1999 when Campus Martius Park began to take shape.[ citation needed ]

Compuware Corporation announced plans in 1999 to relocate its headquarters to downtown Detroit from the suburb of Farmington Hills. [4] [5] Ground was broken on the new facility on April 12, 2000. [6] The building was constructed at a cost of $350 million, coinciding with the redevelopment of Campus Martius Park. [7] Compuware began moving its employees into the facility in December 2002, [8] consolidating over 4,000 workers from nine facilities across the Detroit area. [9] By August 2003, the building was complete and fully operational, with all employees moved in. [10]

The building includes 60,000 square feet (5,600 m2) of retail space at ground level. Original tenants included a Hard Rock Cafe and a Borders bookstore, [11] [12] which both opened November 10, 2003. [13] Then-mayor Kwame Kilpatrick attended the Hard Rock Cafe's grand opening. [14]

In 2006, a large banner commemorating the Stanley Cup victory of the Carolina Hurricanes, then owned by Compuware founder and CEO Peter Karmanos, was raised on the building's exterior. [15] Borders closed its store in the building in 2009. [16]

In June 2009, Quicken Loans announced that it would relocate its headquarters, with 1,700 employees, from nearby Livonia to the Compuware Building. [17] [18] Quicken had initially planned to construct its own building in downtown Detroit, considering sites including the former site of the J. L. Hudson Department Store (where Hudson's Detroit would eventually be built); it eventually signed a five-year lease of four floors of the Compuware Building, [17] moving in in 2010. [19]

Compuware's presence in the building lessened as the company downsized during the 2010s. Olga's Kitchen opened a location in the building in 2012. [20] Plante Moran opened an office in the building in 2013; [21] it doubled the size of its office in 2016. [22]

In November 2014, Compuware sold the building to a joint venture of Bedrock Real Estate, controlled by Quicken Loans chairman Dan Gilbert, and health insurer Meridian Health for $142 million. [23] With the sale, the building was renamed One Campus Martius in January 2015, [24] and Quicken Loans expanded its space within. Meridian moved 700 employees into the building in spring 2015 with 1700 employees expected by the end of the year. [25] Compuware publicly committed to keeping its headquarters in the building despite the sale. [26]

A 300,000-square-foot (28,000 m2) expansion was announced by Dan Gilbert in May 2017, [27] adding office space to a previously empty area on the building's north side. [28] Construction began in 2019 and finished in 2020. [29] [30]

Microsoft moved its regional office into the building in 2018. [31] Hard Rock Cafe closed in January 2019. [32]

Compuware was acquired by BMC Software in 2020, and the merged company moved its Detroit office out of One Campus Martius in 2022. [33]

Description

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Atrium with waterfall

The building was constructed in the late-modernist architectural style, with a steel frame, [10] and extensive glass, granite and limestone surfaces. [34] At its center is a large atrium, containing an indoor waterfall and glass elevators. [35]

The building has 1,300,000 square feet (120,000 m2) of space. [36] It contains an on-site daycare, a fitness center, a data center, and 55,000 square feet (5,100 m2) of retail space. [37] [38]

Rear of parking garage (left) and building (center), showing 2019 addition, with Cadillac Center People Mover station at bottom left, and Hudson's Detroit at right One Campus Martius rear & garage in fog.jpg
Rear of parking garage (left) and building (center), showing 2019 addition, with Cadillac Center People Mover station at bottom left, and Hudson's Detroit at right

Parking garage

Northeast of the building is a 12-story parking garage, containing 2,800 to 3,000 parking spaces. [39] [40] The garage was built over and around the Detroit People Mover's Cadillac Center station, and has a direct entrance from the station. It includes more than 20,600 square feet (1,910 m2) of retail space at ground level.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. ↑ Martinez, Michael (January 2, 2015). "Compuware Building in Detroit to be renamed". The Detroit News . Retrieved November 10, 2025.
  2. ↑ Reindl, J. C. (October 26, 2022). "Compuware could leave downtown Detroit for Southfield". Detroit Free Press . Retrieved November 10, 2025.
  3. ↑ Grzelewski, Breana Noble and Jordyn. "Quicken Loans IPO would richly value Detroit company — if it happens". The Detroit News. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  4. ↑ Martinez, Michael (January 2, 2015). "Compuware Building in Detroit to be renamed". The Detroit News . Retrieved November 10, 2025.
  5. ↑ Ankeny, Robert (April 12, 1999). "COMPUWARE DEAL IS DOOR TO FUTURE" . Crain's Detroit Business . Retrieved December 23, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Motown to become Geektown with new Compuware building". Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council. April 28, 2000. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
  7. ↑ Gallagher, John (October 8, 2003). "Hard Rock to sell logo goods". Detroit Free Press . pp. 7C.
  8. ↑ "Compuware HQ readies to load tenants". Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council. November 8, 2002. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Compuware's new HQ starts to rise". Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council. August 17, 2001. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
  10. 1 2 Bennett, Jeff (May 3, 2003). "Compuware building transforms cityscape". Detroit Free Press . pp. 1A, 8A – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Hard Rock Cafȁ; may have home in Compuware HQ" . Crain's Detroit Business. October 21, 2002. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
  12. ↑ Sharoff, Robert (February 25, 2004). "COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE; Book Chain Taps Underserved Neighborhoods". The New York Times . Archived from the original on March 26, 2024. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  13. ↑ Guest, Greta (November 10, 2003). "Words, music to grow on". Detroit Free Press . pp. 1A, 6A – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ Guest, Greta; Bennett, Jeff (November 11, 2003). "Cafe's opening bash". Detroit Free Press . pp. 1C, 6C – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ "Fun style, few fans". The Spokesman-Review . June 21, 2006.
  16. ↑ Murray, Stefanie (January 29, 2009). "Borders to close downtown Detroit store". MLive . Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  17. 1 2 Henderson, Tom; Kaffer, Nancy; Shea, Bill (July 13, 2009). "Quicken Loans will lease space in Compuware building" . Crain's Detroit Business . Retrieved December 23, 2025.
  18. ↑ Oosting, Jonathan (July 13, 2009). "Quicken to move headquarters to Compuware building in downtown Detroit". mlive. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
  19. ↑ "Quicken Loans, Sister Companies Move to Detroit". CBS News Detroit . August 16, 2010. Retrieved December 25, 2025.
  20. ↑ "Olga's opening new kitchen in Compuware Building in Detroit". WDIV. April 16, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
  21. ↑ Muller, David (June 6, 2013). "Plante Moran to open office in downtown Detroit’s Compuware Building". MLive . Retrieved December 23, 2025.
  22. ↑ Henderson, Tom (January 21, 2016). "Plante Moran to double its space in One Campus Martius" . Crain's Detroit Business . Retrieved December 23, 2025.
  23. ↑ Pinho, Kirk (November 23, 2014). "Compuware deal: Gilbert gets a home, Meridian room to grow" . Crain's Detroit Business . Retrieved December 23, 2025.
  24. ↑ Martinez, Michael (January 2, 2015). "Compuware Building in Detroit to be renamed". The Detroit News . Retrieved November 10, 2025.
  25. ↑ "Gilbert's Bedrock, Meridian Health to buy Compuware building in Detroit". Crain's Detroit Business. November 17, 2014.
  26. ↑ Muller, David (November 18, 2014). "With sale of Compuware headquarters to Dan Gilbert, software firm says it's committed to Detroit". MLive . Retrieved December 25, 2025.
  27. ↑ Grzelewski, Breana Noble and Jordyn. "Quicken Loans IPO would richly value Detroit company — if it happens". The Detroit News. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  28. ↑ Parvez, Bisma (January 16, 2020). "Bedrock Detroit Releases Renderings of One Campus Martius Expansion". Detroit Free Press . Gannett. Archived from the original on January 16, 2020.
  29. ↑ "Trades fill in the gap at One Campus Martius". Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council. May 17, 2019. Retrieved December 25, 2025.
  30. ↑ Runyan, Robin; Mondry, Aaron (January 3, 2020). "Dan Gilbert's biggest developments in Detroit, mapped". Curbed Detroit. Archived from the original on July 12, 2025. Retrieved December 25, 2025.
  31. ↑ Moutzalias, Tanya (May 10, 2018). "Microsoft moves 450 workers to be part of Detroit's 'technology revitalization'". MLive . Retrieved December 25, 2025.
  32. ↑ Nagl, Kurt (November 28, 2018). "Hard Rock Cafe in downtown Detroit to close" . Crain's Detroit Business. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
  33. ↑ Pinho, Kirk (October 26, 2022). "Compuware leaving downtown Detroit building it built for the suburbs" . Crain's Detroit Business . Retrieved December 25, 2025.
  34. ↑ Bishop Eckert, Kathryn; Boland Erkkila, Catherine (July 17, 2018). "One Campus Martius". Archipedia. Society of Architectural Historians. Retrieved December 25, 2025.
  35. ↑ Ramos, Jessica (February 26, 2021). "This Waterfall Holds The Guinness World Record For Tallest Indoor Waterfall In America". Secret Detroit. Retrieved December 25, 2025.
  36. ↑ Grzelewski, Breana Noble and Jordyn. "Quicken Loans IPO would richly value Detroit company — if it happens". The Detroit News. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  37. ↑ "Corporate Headquarters." Compuware. Retrieved on January 7, 2010.
  38. ↑ "Compuware Headquarters Construction in Detroit, MI". Walbridge. Retrieved December 25, 2025.
  39. ↑ "Compuware World Headquarters Parking Structure". WGI. Retrieved December 25, 2025.
  40. ↑ Smith, Jenette; Ankeny, Robert (March 27, 2006). "Parking choices multiply downtown" . Crain's Detroit Business . Retrieved December 25, 2025.

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