The leases on GM's two rented buildings, which are now used by OnStar expire in 2004, the company said.
With the relocation, General Motors will have about 6,500 people working at the RenCen, the company's global headquarters since it purchased the six-tower, 1 million sf office complex in 1996. Since GM moved into the facility, it has spent about $500 million renovating office space, two stories of mixed use retail and restaurant space and is one of the lead organizations in a city-wide effort to redevelop Detroit's waterfront. The RenCen is on the shores of the Detroit River.
OnStar will be located in Tower 400 and the move is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2004.
Tower 500 of the RenCen is leased to EDS, a former GM subsidiary that still maintains a close relationship with the automaker. About 1,500 EDS employees are located there.
The RenCen also include a 73-story Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center Hotel.
"From our building renovations and the addition of new restaurants and retailers to the redevelopment of the riverfront, the Renaissance Center is quickly becoming a work environment unparalleled in southeast Michigan," said Matt Cullen, general manager of economic development and enterprise services at GM.
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