History of the Grand Trunk Warehouse

The Grand Trunk warehouse was built in 1928 and served the Dequindre Cut Railroad Line, owned by the same railroad that owned the Warehouse. The Grand Trunk Western Railroad, often referred to as "GTW" or simply "GT," was a major railroad in the Detroit region known for its transportation of auto parts and cars. The GTW was owned by Canadian National for most of its life as a railroad but operated independently until the late 1990s/early 2000s when Canadian National took over the railroad and controlled it more. By this point, the Dequindre Cut Line had been abandoned since 1998 when it was sold to the Detroit Connecting Railroad and closed in 2002. The building was a cold storage and warehouse building, but in its abandoned state, it didn't take long before a fire broke out in 2005, causing many upper floors to collapse and many other parts of the building to fall apart. In 2017-2018, real estate developer Fernando Palazuelo bought the property alongside the long-abandoned Packard Plant, which is currently being demolished. The future of this building seems to be heading the same way based on the condition and owner of the building.