DETROIT-City officials are conducting a structural survey of the Book Cadillac Hotelin Downtown Detroit, to determine if the 77-year-old, 1,200-room building can be saved for future development. Todd Carmody, a member of the Detroit Economic Growth Corp., says the study will allow his quasi-public organization, and the Downtown Development Authority, to decide if they want to reuse the well-known landmark.

The two entities acquired the building this summer from a collection of private investors through bankruptcy hearings, after a two-year court fight to get the hotel under city control. Both the DEGC and the DDA want to either rebuild the hotel or tear it down, similar to the demolition of the popular J.L. Hudson’s building three years ago.

There have already been a few assessments performed on the property, and some say the building is unusable due to water damage.

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