Research Facility Under Construction in Ann Arbor Research Park, January 1964

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Ann Arbor News, January 2, 1964
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Research Rental Unit Under Way: This is some of the structural work which will help form a 24,000-square-foot, two-level rental facility in Ann Arbor's Research Park. The 80x150-foot structure, which is expected to be completed in the spring, will be "framed" by 48 pre-cast concrete columns of rectangular shape that will be set at right angles to the building. It will have a five-foot roof overhang. Inside, the building will have two 8x63-foot rental areas on each level serviced by a reception area in common. So far, the Detroit Testing Laboratory has agreed to take up 6,000 square feet in the rental facility. A Detroit group, which is building the structure, has reported more than a dozen inquiries in connection with leasing space in the rental facility to research organizations. Principal owners of the building are Ralph E. Dailey, Richard McManus and John E. Green, all Detroit contractors.