46-859: The Westin Book Cadillac Detroit is an historic skyscraper hotel in downtown Detroit , Michigan , within the Washington Boulevard Historic District . Designed in the Neo-Renaissance style, and opened as the Book-Cadillac Hotel in 1924, the 349 ft (106 m), 31-story, 453-room hotel includes 65 exclusive luxury condominiums and penthouses on the top eight floors. It reopened in October 2008, managed by Westin Hotels , after
92-523: A cotton substitute used by the U.S. Army as surgical cotton during World War I . Army nurses used cellu-cotton pads as disposable sanitary napkins , and six years later the company introduced Kotex , the first disposable feminine hygiene product . Kleenex , a disposable handkerchief , followed in 1924. Kimberly & Clark joined with The New York Times Company in 1926 to build a newsprint mill in Kapuskasing , Ontario, Canada. Two years later,
138-635: A $ 200-million restoration. The Book-Cadillac Hotel was developed by the Book Brothers—J. Burgess, Frank, and Herbert. They sought to turn Detroit's Washington Boulevard into the "Fifth Avenue of the West." Part of that vision was the creation of a flagship luxury hotel to compete against the Hotel Statler , three blocks to the north. On May 1, 1918, the brothers bought the Cadillac Hotel, at
184-660: A 10-story parking garage for hotel guests and residents. In 2017, apartments were built above the parking garage. List of tallest buildings in Detroit This list of tallest buildings in Detroit ranks skyscrapers and high rises in the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan by height. The tallest skyscraper in Detroit is the 73-story Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center , which rises 727 feet (222 m) along Detroit's International Riverfront . It
230-490: A global business plan that the company has detailed in July 2003. The firm combined its North American and European groups for personal care and consumer tissue under North Atlantic groups. In 2019, CEO Thomas Falk resigned his position but continued on as the company's chairman of the board . COO Michael D. Hsu became CEO following Falk's retirement. As of March 2020, the company had approximately 40,000 employees. In April 2020,
276-579: A partnership through the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation with the owners to keep the hotel open. The hotel ceased to be managed by Radisson in 1980 and became the Book Cadillac Hotel once again. By that point, multiple guestroom floors of the aging hotel had been entirely closed off and mothballed, and only 768 of its 947 rooms were considered "saleable." In 1983, it was decided that the only way to bring
322-432: A period underwear brand. Kimberly-Clark shares are mainly held by institutional investors ( The Vanguard Group , BlackRock , State Street Corporation , and others). Its subsidiaries include Kimberly-Clark Professional. The origin of Midwest Airlines can be traced back to 1948, when Kimberly-Clark opened its corporate flight department and began providing air transportation for company executives and engineers between
368-919: A regularly scheduled passenger airline, Midwest Express Airlines , which was started on June 11, 1984. The name of the airline was shortened to Midwest Airlines in 2003. K-C Aviation divested itself from the airline in 1996. Two years later, Gulfstream Aerospace purchased K-C Aviation from Kimberly-Clark for $ 250 million, which included its operations at airports in Dallas, Appleton, and Westfield, Massachusetts . Kimberly-Clark produces mostly paper-based consumer products. The company manufactures sanitary paper products and surgical & medical instruments . Kimberly-Clark brand name products include Kleenex facial tissue, Kotex feminine hygiene products, Cottonelle , Scott and Andrex toilet paper , Wypall utility wipes , KimWipes scientific cleaning wipes and Huggies disposable diapers and baby wipes . Kotex
414-564: A subsidiary of Kimberly-Clark , to turn the building into a Renaissance Hotel . Work started shortly after the announcement, but came to a halt in November, when construction crews discovered more damage than anticipated. The associated cost overrun caused Kimberly-Clark to back out of the deal. A new renovation plan, through the Cleveland -based Ferchill Group, was announced in June 2006, with
460-520: A town then known as The Cedars for a new groundwood pulp plant designed by prominent paper mill architects D. H. & A. B. Tower . In 1889, the town was renamed Kimberly after John A. Kimberly. The company would also contract the firm to expand its vast sulphite pulp complex in Appleton, Wisconsin , which allowed it to become the first firm west of Pennsylvania to adopt this improved manufacturing process. The company developed cellu-cotton in 1914,
506-423: Is a brand name of facial tissue paper. Many versions have been made, including "with lotion, our softest ever!" and "regular". In the 1970s, color psychologist Dr. Cody Sweet represented newly styled Kleenex boxes as a national media spokesperson. Scott is a brand name of paper napkins , paper towels and bath tissue/ wipes . Viva is a brand name of heavy-duty paper towels. The Mexican market has most of
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#1732772996182552-532: Is a feminine hygiene product line that includes pantiliners , pads and tampons . Cottonelle is a brand name for bath products. Product forms include premium bath tissue and flushable moist wipe products. On October 13, 2020, the Cottonelle brand flushable wipes issued a recall because the products manufactured between February through September may contain Pluralibacter gergovaie . Kleenex
598-441: Is a steel skeleton faced with beige brick and limestone accents. It has Neo-Classical elements and building sculpture. Among its notable features are the sculptures of notable figures from Detroit's history— General Anthony Wayne , Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac , Chief Pontiac , and Robert Navarre along the ornate Michigan Avenue façade and copper-covered roof elements. The lower six floors are clad in limestone. On
644-595: Is an American multinational consumer goods and personal care corporation that produces mostly paper-based consumer products. The company manufactures sanitary paper products and surgical & medical instruments. Kimberly-Clark brand name products include Kleenex facial tissue, Kotex feminine hygiene products, Cottonelle , Scott and Andrex toilet paper , Wypall utility wipes, KimWipes scientific cleaning wipes and Huggies disposable diapers and baby wipes . Founded in Neenah, Wisconsin , in 1872 and based in
690-408: Is included for comparative purposes. This lists high-rises and skyscrapers under construction or topped-out in Detroit that are expected to rise at least 200 feet (61 m). This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Detroit. For most of Detroit's earlier years, the tallest buildings in the city were churches and government buildings with their steeples. The first skyscraper in
736-543: Is the tallest building in the state of Michigan, the 97th-tallest building in the United States , and the second tallest hotel building in the Western Hemisphere . Another famous skyscraper is Ally Detroit Center , which stands as the 3rd-tallest building in the city and the state. Detroit's history of skyscrapers began in 1889, with completion of the historic 10-story Hammond Building —considered
782-693: The Financial Times reported that panic-buying during the COVID-19 pandemic led to a 13 percent increase in sales of Kimberley-Clark's consumer tissues in the first quarter of 2020 compared with the previous year. In April 2020, Kimberly Clark reported an eight percent decline in organic sales, its worst sales performance in at least a decade, according to the Wall Street Journal. In 2022, Kimberly Clark acquired majority stake in Thinx ,
828-603: The Great Depression , when banks foreclosed and the Book brothers lost control in 1931. For much of the period after the Books lost ownership, the hotel was run by hotel industry pioneer Ralph Hitz 's National Hotel Management Company. On May 2, 1939, a meeting took place in the hotel lobby between New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig and team manager Joe McCarthy in which Gehrig told McCarthy to leave him out of
874-769: The Las Colinas section of Irving, Texas , since 1985, the company operated its own paper mills around the world for decades, but closed the last of those in 2012. With recent annual revenues topping $ 18 billion per year, Kimberly-Clark is regularly listed among the Fortune 500 . As of March 2020, the company had approximately 40,000 employees. Kimberly, Clark and Co. was founded in 1872 by John A. Kimberly , Havilah Babcock , Charles B. Clark and Franklyn C. Shattuck in Neenah, Wisconsin, with $ 42,000 (equivalent to US$ 1,068,200 in 2023) of capital. The group's first business
920-541: The 27th floor and was removed during an earlier renovation. Limestone quoins accent three corners of the building which are capped with copper-clad ziggurats . The north and south sides have penthouse towers that extend to the 31st floor. When the north penthouse was reconstructed, it was built 18 ft (5.5 m) shorter to make the ziggurats the highest points of the building. The building sits atop three basements, which contain some inoperable mechanical equipment too large to remove during renovation. On June 27, 2006,
966-831: The 29 story Westin Book Cadillac Hotel ; originally built in 1924 and restored in 2008, it rises 349 feet (106 m). This list ranks Detroit skyscrapers that stand at least 300 feet (91 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. The "Year" column indicates the year a building was completed. John Burgee Paul Kamper Rossetti This list ranks Detroit skyscrapers based on their pinnacle height, which includes radio masts and antennas. As architectural features and spires can be regarded as subjective, some skyscraper enthusiasts prefer this method of measurement. Standard architectural height measurement, which excludes antennas in building height,
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#17327729961821012-466: The American products, as well as these products: KimWipes are a type of cleaning tissue commonly used in laboratories . They are intended for applications in which leaving lint or fibers on a surface would be undesirable, such as on slides and pipettes . They are sometimes used to clean lenses , but use on optical lenses with special water- and solvent-based coatings may cause light blemishes, and
1058-626: The Book-Cadillac to become a Westin Hotel and Residences. Kaczmar Architects Inc. of Cleveland and interior design firm ForrestPerkins of Dallas oversaw the design work, and renovations took place from August 2006 to fall 2008. The Westin Book Cadillac Detroit celebrated its grand opening on October 25, 2008. The hotel was acquired by Oxford Capital Group in December 2021 for an undisclosed sum, after The Ferchill Group faced foreclosure due to
1104-624: The Ferchill Group agreed to renovate the structure into a mixed-use hotel and condominium building including a 453-room Westin Hotel , and 65 condominium units priced above $ 280,000. ForrestPerkins completed interior designs for the project which cost $ 176 million and was completed in fall 2008. As part of the renovation some of the original decor of the Grand Ballroom (renamed the Venetian Ballroom) and Italian Garden
1150-553: The United States, after New York City , Chicago , Miami , Houston , Los Angeles , Dallas , Atlanta , San Francisco , Boston , Las Vegas , Seattle , Philadelphia , and Minneapolis. The most recently constructed skyscrapers in the city are One Detroit Center , completed in 1993, and Hollywood Casino at Greektown , completed in 2009. The latter rises 348 feet (106 m) and contains 30 floors. The city has received many significant restoration projects, which include
1196-591: The building to Herbert R. Weissberg and it became the Detroit-Cadillac Hotel . Soon after, Weissberg defaulted on a loan, and the Bank of the Commonwealth acquired the hotel's mortgage. They partnered with Minneapolis-based Radisson Hotels to manage the hotel and oversee renovations, as Radisson had just successfully done at Kansas City's Muehlebach Hotel . The remodeling work cost $ 6 million, and
1242-840: The city is usually considered the Hammond Building , completed in 1889. However, since the 10-story building did not surpass the steeple of the Fort Street Presbyterian Church, it never became a city record holder. The first skyscraper to have the distinction of being Detroit's tallest building was the Ford Building , completed in 1909. This list ranks buildings in Detroit's suburban municipalities that stand at least 200 feet (61 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. Existing structures are included for ranking purposes based on present height. Kimberly-Clark Kimberly-Clark Corporation
1288-792: The city's first steel-framed skyscraper. It was followed by the Savings Bank Building in 1895, the Majestic Building in 1896, and the Union Trust Building in 1896. Detroit witnessed a massive building boom during the Roaring Twenties , resulting in the construction of many of the city's ornate skyscrapers, including the Penobscot , Guardian , Fisher , Buhl , Stott , and Broderick . One Woodward Avenue , which rises 430 feet (131 m),
1334-590: The company paid $ 365 million for the tissue business of Swiss-based Attisholz Holding. Expanding its offerings of medical products, the company bought Ballard Medical Products in 1999 for $ 774 million and examination-glove maker Safeskin in 2000 for about $ 800 million. Also in 2000, the company bought virtually all of Taiwan 's S-K Corporation; the move made Kimberly-Clark one of the largest manufacturers of packaged goods in Taiwan. The company later purchased Taiwan Scott Paper Corporation for about $ 40 million and merged
1380-773: The company went public as Kimberly-Clark. The firm expanded internationally during the 1950s, opening plants in Mexico, West Germany and the United Kingdom. It began operations in 17 more foreign locations in the 1960s. The company formed Midwest Express Airlines from its corporate flight department in 1984. Kimberly-Clark's headquarters moved from Neenah, Wisconsin to Irving, Texas the following year, although its products are still produced in Neenah. Alongside Cadbury , Kimberly-Clark withdrew advertising support for Lou Grant in 1982, due to pressure from various conservative caucuses campaigning against star Ed Asner . Under
1426-495: The company's headquarters in Neenah and its paper mills. In 1969, K-C Aviation was born from the company's air operations, and was dedicated to the maintenance of corporate aircraft. In 1982, K-C Aviation initiated shuttle flights for Kimberly-Clark employees between Appleton, Memphis, and Atlanta. With this experience, and considering the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, Kimberly-Clark and K-C Aviation formed
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1472-720: The feminine hygiene unit of VP-Schickedanz (Germany) for $ 123 million and a 90% stake in Handan Comfort and Beauty Group (China). Kimberly-Clark merged with Scott Paper in 1995 for $ 9.4 billion. In 1997, Kimberly-Clark sold its 50% stake in Canada's Scott Paper to forest products company Kruger Inc. and bought diaper operations in Spain and Portugal and disposable surgical masks maker Tecnol Medical Products. Augmenting its presence in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, in 1999
1518-476: The financially ailing hotel back to profitability was to convert it into a mixed-use property. The hotel's nearly 1000 rooms were deemed too numerous to fill and were far too small by modern standards. The plan would turn the building into the Book-Cadillac Plaza, containing a smaller 550-room hotel on 12 floors, and 11 floors of redeveloped office space. The hotel closed its doors in October 1984 for
1564-507: The ground floor it is carved into wide horizontal bands while floors two through five are smooth. Corinthian pilasters and columns separate the windows of the public rooms from the second to fifth floors with windows for the second and third floors contained in large arches. Windows on the fourth floor are framed by small balconies. Above the sixth floor, the exterior is beige brick with cornices at floors 7, 16 and 21. Ionic columns frame windows on floors 23 through 25. A large cornice encircled
1610-475: The hotel reopened in June 1978 as the Radisson Cadillac Hotel . Though it had been considered the city's top hotel for many years, in late 1979, the owners announced that the hotel would close due to declining occupancy. The City of Detroit, scheduled to host the 1980 Republican National Convention , did not want to face the prospect of losing more downtown hotel space, so the city entered into
1656-555: The leadership of Darwin Smith as CEO from 1971 to 1991, the company was transformed from a business paper company to a consumer paper products company. In 1991, Kimberly-Clark and The New York Times Company sold their jointly owned paper mill in Kapuskasing , Ontario . Kimberly-Clark entered a joint venture with Buenos Aires -based Descartables Argentinos S.A. to produce personal care products in Argentina in 1994 and also bought
1702-577: The negative economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the hotel. The new owners announced a $ 20 million renovation of the entire property in November 2022, which will be completed in 2023. Architect Louis Kamper designed the hotel in the Renaissance Revival style at the corner of Washington Boulevard and Michigan Avenue. Abutting the hotel on the north was the headquarters of the Detroit Edison Company . The structure
1748-493: The northeast corner of Michigan and Washington Boulevard, which had been built in 1888. They intended to demolish it and replace it with a modern hotel, but World War I material shortages delayed the work. The Cadillac finally closed on June 26, 1923, and was quickly demolished. The Books commissioned architect Louis Kamper , who had designed the Book Building for them in 1917, to design their hotel. The Book-Cadillac Hotel
1794-425: The renovation, moved out and the building was shuttered. It would remain in that state for the next 20 years. Time passed and the unmaintained property decayed, a it fell victim to the elements, vandalism, and urban scavengers. In July 2003, after years of legal battles to fully acquire the building and find a developer, the city of Detroit announced a $ 150 million renovation deal with Historic Hospitality Investments,
1840-407: The renovation. However, those plans were quickly dashed, as proposed construction costs soared, and Detroit's economic situation continued to deteriorate. For the next two years, developers came and went, but with no one able to take on the increasingly complex renovation, the building's contents were finally liquidated in 1986. After the sale, the hotel's retail tenants, who had planned to stay through
1886-576: The starting line-up from that day's game against the Detroit Tigers , ending his 2,130 consecutive games streak. In 1951, Sheraton bought the hotel, renamed it the Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel , and undertook massive renovations. All public spaces except the ballrooms and Italian Garden were redone and escalators replaced the grand staircase. In 1975, with business declining and the hotel in need of another renovation, Sheraton sold
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1932-550: The two companies, forming Kimberly-Clark Taiwan. In 2001, Kimberly-Clark bought Italian diaper maker Linostar and announced it was closing four Latin American manufacturing plants. In 2002, Kimberly-Clark purchased paper-packaging rival Amcor 's stake in an Australian joint venture. In 2003, Kimberly-Clark added to its global consumer tissue business by acquiring the Polish tissue maker Klucze. In early 2004, chairman and chief executive officer Thomas Falk began implementation of
1978-406: Was operating paper mills , which the collective expanded throughout the following decades. In 1888, the fledgling company faced a significant setback when its groundwood "Atlas" paper mill burned. Through an extensive effort by labor and management, within five months the mill was rebuilt and in production at a greater capacity. In that same year the company began rapid expansion, purchasing land in
2024-631: Was recreated. A three-story addition containing a new 11,000-square-foot (1,000 m) ballroom, pool, hot-tub, fitness center, spa, and additional conference space was built north of the hotel on the site previously occupied by the Detroit Edison Headquarters. Across Shelby Street from the hotel, the Peoples' Outfitting building, also known as the Detroit Commerce Building , was demolished and replaced with
2070-503: Was the tallest building constructed in the city during the 1960s. Detroit is the site of nine skyscrapers at least 492 feet (150 m) in height and twenty-seven at least 327 feet (100 m) in height. Overall, the skyline of Detroit is ranked (based upon existing and under construction buildings over 492 feet (150 m)) third in the Midwestern United States (after Chicago and Minneapolis ) and fourteenth in
2116-427: Was the tallest building in the city and the tallest hotel in the world when it opened on December 8, 1924. The hotel cost $ 14 million to build and contained 1,136 guest rooms. Public spaces on the first five floors included three dining rooms, three ballrooms, a spacious lobby, and a ground floor retail arcade. On the hotel's top floor was radio station WCX, the predecessor to WJR . The hotel operated successfully until
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