cygnus
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I heard something the other day I'm wondering if any of the old timers might have heard before - that Chrysler owned a pretty huge chunk of land in Troy, and that before going bankrupt the first time around, was thinking about building CTC in Troy, back in the mid/late 70s.
When the bankruptcy came the first time around, the land was sold, and the next available plot of land to build CTC at that time was in Auburn Hills.
Has anyone heard this before?
The one piece of info that corroborates this - "In 1963, the company considered moving some or all of engineering to Troy, Michigan; instead, they stopped making parts in Highland Park and dedicated the complex to administration and engineering. The city of Highland Park sweetened the deal, by clearing 40 more acres of land for the company (the cost to Chrysler was $1.2 million). The city, county, and Chrysler widened Oakland Avenue in the late 1960s, building a bridge over the Davison Expressway; in 1968, the state built an interchange between I-75 and Davison."
Chrysler’s Highland Park Headquarters, 1910-1992
When the bankruptcy came the first time around, the land was sold, and the next available plot of land to build CTC at that time was in Auburn Hills.
Has anyone heard this before?
The one piece of info that corroborates this - "In 1963, the company considered moving some or all of engineering to Troy, Michigan; instead, they stopped making parts in Highland Park and dedicated the complex to administration and engineering. The city of Highland Park sweetened the deal, by clearing 40 more acres of land for the company (the cost to Chrysler was $1.2 million). The city, county, and Chrysler widened Oakland Avenue in the late 1960s, building a bridge over the Davison Expressway; in 1968, the state built an interchange between I-75 and Davison."
Chrysler’s Highland Park Headquarters, 1910-1992