Original S.S. Kresge's Headquarters (Later Kales Building)--Detroit MI

            Albert Kahn designed this eighteen-story "Chicago School" building (erected in 1914) for Mr. S. S. Kresge, to be the world headquarters of the phenomenally successful five-and-dime store that bore his name. The company used the upper nine floors as headquarters and rented out the lower nine, mainly for medical and dental offices.

In 1936, after Kresge's had decamped for the Cass Park area further uptown, the building was sold to a successful owner of a steel fabricating firm, William Kales, who renamed the structure the Kales Building. The structure was home to many medical and dental practices umtil the mid-1980s when tenants fled downtown and the Kales building sat vacant. 

A few years ago, the building was converted into loft apartments, and became part of the avant-garde of grand Circus Park's revival.

Taken on: June 23, 2007

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