At the corner of Washington Boulevard and Michigan Avenue sits a skyscraper hotel that has been housing some of Detroit’s biggest visitors for 100 years.

Sakazuki is inside the Book Tower in Detroit

A bar, a pub, two restaurants, and a rooftop cocktail lounge are coming to the Book Tower in Downtown Detroit, officials announced.

A historic Downtown Detroit building that was vacant for over a decade is near the end of its $300 million renovation.

The iconic Book Tower has been translated into a new timepiece designed by Detroit-based Shinola.

The iconic Book Tower in Downtown Detroit will soon be home to the city’s first extended stay hotel concept, Bedrock announced on Tuesday.

DETROIT - We are getting a look at what the inside of a rehabilitated Book Tower could look like as Dan Gilbert's Bedrock announces an architect for the design project. ODA has been selected to design a mix of residential, hospitality, retail and office space at the Book Tower in Downtown Detroit. Book Tower originally was built as an office tower and took a decade to complete. Bedrock said ODA's role is to update and expand on Book Tower's programming and existing structures, creating nearly 500,000 square feet of Downtown residential, hospitality, retail and office space. Take a look at the images of the exterior rehab and the interior rehab renderings:Book Tower rehabilitation in Downtown Detroit (Sept. 4, 2019/Bedrock)Read more:Copyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

DETROIT - Dan Gilbert is adding to his Detroit real estate book. Gilbert's real estate company, Bedrock, announced Friday it had purchased the historic Book Tower in Detroit. "This project is going to be one of the most exciting redevelopments in our entire Detroit real estate portfolio," Gilbert said. The Book Tower dates back to 1926, designed by Louis Kamper. It was briefly the tallest building in Detroit until the Penobscot Building was built in 1928.