Michigan’s health care boom is reshaping its economy — and its skyline

By: Rick Haglund

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: August 17, 2026

Words: 886

Last Updated: 1 day, 4 hours ago


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For seven decades, the massive, neoclassical General Motors Building served as the headquarters of what at one time was the world’s largest industrial corporation.

Its legendary 14th floor was widely known throughout Detroit as a plush suite of impenetrable executive offices where GM’s top brass decided what kind of cars and trucks much of America and the rest of the world could choose to drive.

But the building that for generations was a …

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