Top of Troy

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Top of Troy
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General information
TypeOffice/retail
Architectural style International style
Location Troy, Michigan
United States
Coordinates 42°33′37″N83°9′39″W / 42.56028°N 83.16083°W / 42.56028; -83.16083 Coordinates: 42°33′37″N83°9′39″W / 42.56028°N 83.16083°W / 42.56028; -83.16083
Completed1975
Height
Top floor346 ft (105 m)
Technical details
Floor count25
Design and construction
Architect Rossetti

The Top of Troy stands at 755 West Big Beaver Road, in Troy, Michigan, and is the tallest building in the city. PNC Financial Services maintains regional offices in the building as the major tenant. The triangular-shaped high-rise was constructed in 1974, and completed in 1975. It stands 25 stories (346 ft/106m), is 667,000 sf., [1] and is used mainly for office space, retail, and restaurant uses. It was designed in the international style of architecture. Its main materials are concrete and glass. [2]

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The building can be easily accessed from Interstate 75, as it is located just west of the interchange (I-75 exit number 69A) with Big Beaver Road. The Top of Troy can be seen for miles from much of the Metro Detroit area. There is a large cafeteria located on the first floor called Friends Café.

Interstate 75 (I-75) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs north–south from Miami, Florida, to Sault Ste. Marie in the Upper Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. I-75 enters the state from Ohio in the south, north of Toledo and runs generally northward through Detroit, Pontiac and Bay City, crosses the Mackinac Bridge, and ends at the Canadian border in Sault Ste. Marie. The freeway runs for approximately 396 miles (637 km) on both of Michigan's major peninsulas. The landscapes traversed by I-75 include Southern Michigan farmland, northern forests, suburban bedroom communities, and the urban core of Detroit. The freeway also uses three of the state's monumental bridges to cross major bodies of water. There are four auxiliary Interstates in the state related to I-75, as well as nine current or former business routes, with either Business Loop I-75 or Business Spur I-75 designations.

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Architecture of metropolitan Detroit

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Southgate Tower

Southgate Tower is a high-rise office building at 16333 Trenton Road in Southgate, Michigan. Since its completion, it has been the tallest building in the Downriver area of Wayne County, Michigan, as well as the tallest building between Detroit and Toledo, Ohio. A large portion of office space in the building was occupied by PNC Financial Services. Until October 18, 2013, a PNC Bank branch also operated in the building. As of 2016, the entire structure is vacant and its future fate is unknown.

Notes

  1. http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/13002271/755-W-Big-Beaver-Road-Troy-MI/
  2. Meyer, Katherine Mattingly and Martin C.P. McElroy with Introduction by W. Hawkins Ferry, Hon A.I.A. (1980). Detroit Architecture A.I.A. Guide Revised Edition . Wayne State University Press. ISBN   0-8143-1651-4.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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