Detroit, Michigan
Detroit publishes the taxpayer of record, assessed value and last sale of each of its 377,940 parcels as open data, but serves it from an ArcGIS Online host whose robots.txt answers 403, so this page now takes owners from the City's FY2025 ACFR principal-taxpayer table, SEC filings, Bedrock's portfolio and Wikipedia. The largest taxpayer is DTE Electric; the largest real-estate taxpayer is VICI's MGM Grand Detroit entity.
8 buildings · 8 with an owner established · 21 sources · 8 tier B · prepared 2026-10-13
Michigan records title by deed with the county register of deeds, which for Detroit is Wayne County's. Every deed must state its price or carry an affidavit of value, because the state charges 0.75% transfer tax and the county another levy on top. The City of Detroit's Office of the Assessor publishes the taxpayer of record, assessed and taxable value and last sale of every parcel as open data (377,940 records), and a property-sales file. No licence is stated.
The marquee buildings
The towers that set the tone of the core, and who holds them. A price is the price a document states, on the date it states — not an estimate of what the building is worth now.
| Building | Use | Owner | Owner type | Last price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renaissance Center 400 E Jefferson Ave |
Mixed use | General Motors (Riverfront Holdings, Inc.) Wikipedia: 'In May 1996, General Motors purchased the complex' and it is 'Entirely owned by General Motors'. GM's April 2024 release says 'GM acquired the Renaissance Center in 1996' and that GM, Bedrock, the City and Wayne County would 'explore redevelopment opportunities' for the site. The City's FY2025 ACFR lists Riverfront Holdings Inc as its 8th-largest taxpayer ($105.3M taxable value); GM's FY2025 Exhibit 21 lists Riverfront Holdings, Inc. as a GM subsidiary. GM's July 2026 10-Q gives its address as 1240 Woodward. |
Public company | —B |
| Hudson's Detroit 1208-1240 Woodward Ave |
Mixed use | Bedrock Built on the former J.L. Hudson's store site. Bedrock's portfolio lists 'Hudson's Detroit, 1240 Woodward Avenue', and GM's April 2024 release calls it 'Bedrock's development'. GM signed 'an initial 15-year, multi-level lease for the top office floors', so GM is a tenant, not an owner. Bedrock developed the site, so there is no purchase price. The titled entity is not named in any open source read here. |
Developer | —B |
| One Campus Martius 1000 Woodward Ave |
Office | Bedrock Bedrock's portfolio lists 'One Campus Martius, 1000 Woodward Avenue'. The City's FY2025 ACFR names 1000 WEBWARD LLC as its 9th-largest taxpayer ($87.3M taxable value), but does not give the building, so the LLC is context, not the cited owner. |
Developer | —B |
| Ally Detroit Center 500 Woodward Ave |
Office | Bedrock Bedrock's portfolio lists 'Ally Detroit Center, 500 Woodward Avenue' with office and retail space. The titled entity and the price Bedrock paid are not stated in any open source read here. |
Developer | —B |
| Guardian Building 500 Griswold St |
Civic | Wayne County Wikipedia: designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989 and 'currently owned by Wayne County'; on 18 July 2007 the County Executive 'announced it has entered into an agreement to purchase the Guardian Building to relocate its offices'. The County's own site (Akamai 403) was not read, so the price is not given. |
Government | —B |
| Book Tower 1249-1265 Washington Blvd |
Mixed use | Bedrock Bedrock's portfolio lists 'Book Tower, 1265 Washington Boulevard' and links its own Book Tower site among its 'landmark developments'. The titled entity and price are not stated in any open source read here. |
Developer | —B |
| Michigan Central Station 2001 15th St |
Office | Ford Motor Company Wikipedia gives the purchase; the City's FY2025 ACFR says 'At Michigan Central, Ford has redeveloped 640,000 square-feet, anchored by the restored historic Michigan Central Station', and michigancentral.com says 'Michigan Central is a brand owned by Ford Motor Company'. Ford's FY2025 10-K does not mention the station. |
Public company | $90,000,000 2018-05 Wikipedia: 'in May 2018, Ford Motor Company purchased the building for $90 million', along with the Roosevelt Warehouse, so the price may cover both. B |
| Little Caesars Arena 2645 Woodward Ave |
Civic | Downtown Development Authority (City of Detroit) Wikipedia: the arena 'would be owned by the city's Downtown Development Authority (DDA) and its land would be leased to Olympia Entertainment' (Ilitch Holdings); cost US$862.9M. The City's FY2025 ACFR records $450M of 2014 Michigan Strategic Fund bonds loaned to the DDA for its construction and a Concession Management Agreement for the Arena. |
Government | —B |
The core land
The most valuable ground in the city, and what the public record says about it.
Michigan assesses property at 50% of true cash value (MCL 211.27a), and taxable value is lower still because annual rises are capped. The parcel-level figures once read from the City's ArcGIS parcel service are gone (that host's robots.txt answers 403); the figures below come from the City's FY2025 ACFR (Schedules 5 and 7, unaudited) and the statutes.
Who owns the town
At this scale the significant owner is rarely a trust or a fund: it is one or two local holding companies, a family in its second or third generation, and often the land around the town rather than the buildings in it.
Detroit's largest landholder by count has long been the Detroit Land Bank Authority. The parcel-by-parcel holdings once read from the City's ArcGIS parcel service (City departments, schools, Bridge Company, Marathon, Hantz, Henry Ford Health and others) are now under unverified, because that host's robots.txt answers 403; the figures below come from the City's FY2025 ACFR.
| Name | Type | Holding (FY2025 ACFR) |
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Land Bank Authority The City's FY2025 ACFR: in the past decade 'the DLBA has gone from owning 45,000 vacant, abandoned homes to fewer than 4,500 with less than 2,000 left in its sales pipeline', after 12,000 completed restorations. Vacant lots are not counted in that figure. |
Government | fewer than 4,500 vacant homes (from 45,000)A |
| FCA US LLC (Stellantis) The City's FY2025 ACFR ranks FCA US 10th ($67.7M taxable) and says Stellantis 'invested $2.5 billion in the construction of its new Mack Avenue Assembly Plant' and retooled Jefferson North. Stellantis's FY2025 20-F lists 'Detroit Assembly Complex - Jefferson' and '- Mack' and calls FCA US LLC 'a 100 percent owned subsidiary of Stellantis'. |
Public company | $67.7M taxable (2025)A |
| General Motors (General Motors LLC; Riverfront Holdings, Inc.) The City's FY2025 ACFR ranks Riverfront Holdings Inc 8th; GM's FY2025 Exhibit 21 lists it as a subsidiary, and Wikipedia says the Renaissance Center is 'Entirely owned by General Motors'. The ACFR also says GM invested $2.2 billion in its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant. |
Public company | $105.3M taxable (2025, Riverfront Holdings Inc)B |
| DTE Electric Company and DTE entities DTE Electric Company is the City's largest taxpayer (8.30% of taxable value) and DTE Gas Company third (FY2025 ACFR Schedule 7). Taxable value includes personal property such as lines and equipment, not only land. |
Public company | $1,048.2M taxable (2025: Electric $737.7M, Gas $310.5M)A |
Who builds the houses
New-home building in this market: the volume, and the firms behind it. Ownership of a builder matters as much as its volume — a private-equity platform and a family firm behave differently.
Detroit builds few homes for its size. The Census permit files show units permitted in the city rising from 1,023 in 2021 to 1,225 (2023), 1,919 (2024) and 2,620 in 2025. Of the 2025 units, 662 were single-family, 440 in two-unit buildings, 40 in 3-4-unit and 1,478 in buildings of five or more units. To August 2026, 1,115 units were permitted. The builder list once drawn from the City's permit and parcel services is withdrawn: that ArcGIS host's robots.txt answers 403, and no other open source names Detroit's builders.
Commercial landlords
The commercial side, counted separately from housing: who holds the office, retail and industrial floor area.
Downtown Detroit is concentrated to a degree unusual for a big US city. One private developer, Bedrock, lists 73 Detroit properties, and the casino REIT VICI Properties and Tenet's Detroit Medical Center hospitals are among the City's five largest taxpayers. Figures are 2025 taxable values from the City's FY2025 ACFR principal-taxpayer table, which replaced the parcel roll after its ArcGIS host was ruled blocked.
| Name | Type | Detroit holding (2025 taxable value or properties listed) |
|---|---|---|
| VICI Properties (MGP Lessor, LLC; Greektown Propco LLC) The City's FY2025 ACFR ranks MGP Lessor, LLC 4th ($232.7M taxable) and Greektown Propco 5th ($161.4M). VICI's FY2025 10-K lists MGM Grand Detroit under the MGM Master Lease and the Hollywood Casino at Greektown under the PENN Master Lease ($80.7M combined annual rent with Margaritaville, from 4 Dec 2025); Exhibit 21.1 lists both owning entities. |
REIT | $394.1M taxable (2025)A |
| Bedrock Bedrock's portfolio page, read 4 Nov 2026, lists 82 properties, 73 of them in Detroit, including Hudson's Detroit, One Campus Martius, Ally Detroit Center and Book Tower; the Renaissance Center is not among them. Bedrock files nothing with the SEC. The City's FY2025 ACFR names 1000 Webward LLC its 9th-largest taxpayer ($87.3M taxable). |
Developer | 73 Detroit properties listed (82 in all)B |
| Tenet Healthcare (VHS entities, Detroit Medical Center) The City's FY2025 ACFR ranks 'Vanguard Health Systems - Hospitals' its 2nd-largest taxpayer ($345.5M taxable). Tenet's FY2025 10-K says it completed 'the acquisition of Vanguard Health Systems, Inc. on October 1, 2013' and lists Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Receiving, Harper University, Hutzel Women's, the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan and Sinai-Grace, all in Detroit, as 'Owned'. |
Public company | $345.5M taxable (2025)A |
Looked for and not found
Claims this page would have made if a source could be opened. They are left out rather than guessed.
- The Renaissance Center's future. GM's April 2024 release announced a partnership with Bedrock, the City and Wayne County 'to explore redevelopment opportunities'. The City's FY2025 ACFR still lists GM's subsidiary Riverfront Holdings Inc among its largest taxpayers. Any later agreement was not established from a source opened here.
- Bedrock's and the Ilitch companies' holdings are counted by mailing address (630 and 2211 Woodward). That shows who receives the tax bill, and some parcels may be managed rather than owned. Neither company files with the SEC, so no Exhibit 21 ties the LLCs to them.
- Who owns Detroit Entertainment LLC (the 2901 Grand River parcels). The roll names only the LLC, and the Michigan Gaming Control Board was not consulted.
- Wayne County's own fee schedule, its actual county transfer-tax rate and its tax-foreclosure auction results: waynecountymi.gov returns Akamai 'Access Denied' to scripts. The statute allows 55 cents per $500, or up to 75 cents in a county of 2,000,000 or more, and which applies to Wayne County today was not confirmed.
- The Detroit Open Data Portal's licence. No licence appears in the dataset metadata ('license: none'), and the portal is a JavaScript shell whose terms page could not be read. Republish is set false and only single facts are quoted.
- Ford's ownership of Michigan Central rests on the roll, which names Ford Motor Company as taxpayer. Ford's FY2025 10-K does not mention the station, and Ford's newsroom refuses scripts.
- The brief's 'One Detroit Center' is taken to be 500 Woodward, which Bedrock lists as Ally Detroit Center; no source opened here gives the older name.
- The Property Sales data name private individuals as buyers and sellers of homes, and the roll names individual taxpayers. None is reproduced.
- Renaissance Center roll record: 6,112,830 sq ft floor area, 13.67 acres, assessed $123,629,400 (taxable $60,989,669), last sale $73,000,000 on 1 Oct 1996, taxpayer Riverfront Holdings Inc — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Hudson's Detroit roll record: the commercial condominium unit (parcel 01004110.001, 2.12 acres) and 98 parcels in all stand in Woodward Avenue Condominium LLC, mailed to 630 Woodward Ave — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- One Campus Martius: sold by Compuware Corporation to 1000 Webward LLC for $142,000,000 on 31 Dec 2014 (liber 51944/742); roll floor area 1,994,989 + 324,379 sq ft; units assessed $82,916,900 and $21,676,500 — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Ally Detroit Center: 500 Woodward LLC to 500 Webward LLC for $100,000,000 on 2 Apr 2015 (liber 52153/779); roll floor area 1,478,866 sq ft, assessed $77,716,300, land $9,759,314 on 2.88 acres — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Guardian Building roll record: taxpayer Charter County of Wayne, 628,738 sq ft, exempt, land $1,542,938, last sale $14,500,000 on 28 Feb 2008 — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Book Tower: AKNO Enterprises MI Book Tower LLC to Innovative Acquisitions LLC for $25,072,000 (multi-parcel) on 26 Aug 2015; parcel 02000298-9 in Innovative Acquisitions LLC, mailed to 630 Woodward, assessed $1,145,700 — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Michigan Central Station roll and deed: parcel 10005873.002L (4.98 acres) names Ford Motor Company with New Investment Properties I LLC as second taxpayer, assessed $2,605,700; warranty deed from MCS Crown Land Development Co LLC on 22 May 2018 (instrument 2018182381), the $90M booked against three parcels — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Little Caesars Arena roll record: parcel 02000606-638 (12.36 acres, 704,386 sq ft) in Downtown Development Authority, exempt, land $18,631,296; two condominium units at 52 Henry St in Arena Mixed Use LLC — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Downtown land benchmark: about $78 per sq ft (500 Woodward land value $9,759,314 on 125,467 sq ft) — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Foreclosures: 562 sales coded '10-FORECLOSURE' in calendar 2025 ($77.7M), 519 sheriff's deeds; largest since 2022 200 Beaubien (garage), sheriff's deed 17 Jul 2025 at $23,423,778 — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Highest assessed parcel: 1777 Third St (MGM Grand Detroit), $495,346,900 assessed on 24.24 acres, owner of record MGP Lessor, LLC — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Builder CKG West of 10th LDHA LLC and CK-2003 LDHA Limited Partnership: 191 units, 6 permits — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Builder Brewster Wheeler I, II and III LDHA LLC: 159 units, 3 permits — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Builder The Preserve on Ash I and II (limited dividend housing): 117 units, 9 permits — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Builder City of Detroit (land) with private developers: 269 units, 7 permits — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Builder GWH 2025 LLC: 24 single-family homes, 24 permits — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Builder 3701 Lincoln LLC and Robertson Pullman Parc LLC: 23 units, 22 permits; 57 parcels on the roll — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- VICI in Detroit: 9 parcels, $662.2M assessed; Greektown passed from Greektown Casino LLC to Greektown Propco in a $700,000,000 multi-parcel sale recorded 23 May 2019 — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Bedrock by mailing address 630 Woodward: 242 parcels, $556.6M assessed, incl. Woodward Avenue Condominium LLC (98 parcels), 1000 Webward LLC ($104.6M), 500 Webward LLC ($77.7M), Southeast Group LLC ($31.6M) — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Tenet/VHS entities: 34 parcels, $419.5M assessed; largest VHS Harper-Hutzel Hospital Inc at 4160 John R ($100.2M) — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Detroit Entertainment LLC: 23 parcels, $371.1M assessed, incl. 1329 Temple ($130.1M), 3000 Trumbull ($76.3M) and 2901 W Grand River ($75.6M) — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Ilitch Companies by mailing address 2211 Woodward: 224 parcels, $137.1M assessed, incl. ODM Parking LLC (33 parcels), Olympia Entertainment Inc (8), Global Resource Center LLC, Grand River Property Holdings LLC (57) — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Detroit Land Bank Authority: 57,765 parcels, 5,404 acres (about 15% of 377,940 parcels), $13.9M assessed; 55,384 parcels under the MCL 211.7gg exemption; 134 parcels in the Michigan Land Bank Fast Track Authority — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- City of Detroit (all departments): 8,631 parcels, 6,324 acres — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Detroit Public Schools (Community District): 379 parcels, 1,067 acres — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- FCA US LLC: 20 parcels, 659 acres, $80.6M assessed, incl. 11901 E Jefferson (277.4 acres), 11509 Mack, 12141 Charlevoix taken from Crown Enterprises Inc in a $54,000,000 transfer recorded 18 Oct 2019 — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- General Motors: 15 parcels, 308 acres, $237.3M assessed, incl. 2500 E Grand Blvd (General Motors LLC, 265.7 acres, $42.3M) — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Detroit International Bridge Company and Crown Enterprises: 516 parcels, 269 acres, $65.0M assessed — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Marathon Petroleum Company LP: 601 parcels, 223 acres, $18.0M assessed — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- DTE: 126 parcels, 265 acres, $96.8M assessed — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- State of Michigan (incl. MDOT): 1,080 parcels, 344 acres — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Hantz Woodlands LLC and Hantz Farms LLC: 1,372 parcels, 196 acres — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Henry Ford Health (Henry Ford Health System, Henry Ford Real Estate Ventures LLC): 296 parcels, 152 acres — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Detroit Housing Commission: 375 parcels, 249 acres — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Wayne State University: 187 parcels, 218 acres — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Wayne County (incl. Charter County of Wayne and the County Treasurer): 261 parcels, 139 acres — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Ford Motor Company (New Investment Properties I LLC): 26 parcels, 37 acres, $12.8M assessed — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Mortgage distress: 9000 E Jefferson by sheriff's deed from River Houze LLC to Fannie Mae at $46,426,425 (31 Mar 2022), then to 532 Title Way LLC; 7702 E Jefferson by sheriff's deed at $18,500,000 (Aug 2023), resold at $15,100,000 (Sept 2025) — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
Sources
- Parcels (Current) dataset metadata (377,940 records; licence field 'none') — Detroit Open Data Portal (ArcGIS Hub) · openA
- State Real Estate Transfer Tax Act, MCL 207.525 ($3.75 per $500 of value; instrument must state value or carry an affidavit) — Michigan Legislature · openA
- County transfer tax, MCL 207.504 (55 cents per $500; up to 75 cents in a county of 2,000,000 or more) — Michigan Legislature · openA
- Register of deeds fees, MCL 600.2567 — Michigan Legislature · openA
- General Motors names Hudson's Detroit as its new global headquarters (15 Apr 2024) — General Motors newsroom · openA
- General Motors Company, Exhibit 21 to Form 10-K for 2025 (subsidiaries, incl. Riverfront Holdings, Inc.) — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · openA
- General Motors Company, Form 10-Q for Q2 2026 (principal executive offices: 1240 Woodward Avenue) — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · openA
- Our Portfolio (82 properties, 73 in Detroit, incl. Hudson's Detroit, One Campus Martius, Ally Detroit Center, Book Tower) and site footer (630 Woodward Avenue), read 4 Nov 2026 — Bedrock (Bedrock Management Services LLC) · openA
- Ford Motor Company, Form 10-K for 2025 — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · openA
- VICI Properties Inc., Form 10-K for 2025 (MGM Master Lease incl. MGM Grand Detroit; PENN Master Lease incl. Hollywood Casino at Greektown) — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · openA
- Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Form 10-K for 2025 (Item 2: Detroit Medical Center hospitals 'Owned'); acquisition of Vanguard Health Systems, Inc. on 1 Oct 2013 — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · openA
- Building Permits Survey, place-level annual files (Midwest region): Detroit city, 2021-2025, and year-to-date August 2026 — U.S. Census Bureau · openA
- Stellantis N.V., Form 20-F for 2025 (plants incl. Detroit Assembly Complex - Jefferson and - Mack; FCA US LLC a 100% owned subsidiary) — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · openA
- VICI Properties Inc., Exhibit 21.1 to Form 10-K for 2025 (subsidiaries incl. MGP Lessor, LLC and Greektown Propco LLC) — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · openA
- General property tax act, MCL 211.27a (property assessed at 50% of true cash value; taxable value cap) — Michigan Legislature · openA
- Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, fiscal year ended 30 June 2025 (Schedule 5 assessed and taxable value; Schedule 7 principal property taxpayers; DDA bonds note; DLBA) — City of Detroit, Office of the Chief Financial Officer · openA
- Michigan Central Station (Ford purchased the building for $90 million in May 2018) — Wikipedia · openB
- Guardian Building (currently owned by Wayne County) — Wikipedia · openB
- Little Caesars Arena (owned by the Downtown Development Authority; land leased to Olympia Entertainment) — Wikipedia · openB
- Renaissance Center (purchased by General Motors in May 1996; entirely owned by GM) — Wikipedia · openB
- About Michigan Central ('Michigan Central is a brand owned by Ford Motor Company') — Michigan Central (Ford Motor Company) · openA