General Motors’ one-time Pontiac division headquarters is set to be torn down, the company announced Wednesday.
No timeline has been given for demolition work on the building, which is on a GM campus in the Metro Detroit suburb that shares the brand’s name. The building, now known as Pontiac Engineering Center’s Building A, has not been used since 2020, GM spokesperson Kevin Kelly said in a statement.
“Its removal is part of ongoing site improvements to optimize our footprint and align with our business strategy,” Kelly said. “The demolition work will be carried out under a detailed plan designed to prioritize safety, minimize disruption to nearby employees and community neighbors, and meet or exceed all applicable environmental and local regulatory requirements.”
The building is the latest casualty of GM’s pared-down Pontiac footprint as leaders concentrate talent at the Warren Technical Center and the Detroit automaker’s Silicon Valley hub in Mountain View, California.
GM shuttered the Pontiac brand, considered by some to be the pioneer of American muscle cars, as part of its mid-2000s bankruptcy. The brand’s former headquarters was then used for GM global propulsion work.
Other GM properties in the city of Pontiac were sold years ago as part of GM’s bankruptcy. The 79-acre Pontiac Centerpoint Campus West and 74-acre Pontiac Centerpoint Campus Central were sold in 2014 by a trust set up by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
Another GM building in Pontiac, 31 E. Judson St., is set to be renovated and reused as office space for Oakland County employees. About 700 employees are scheduled to relocate to the building next year.
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