History of Livonia Corporate Tower

Built in 1973, the tower originally went by the name "Livonia Pavilion East," but was later renamed to "Livonia Corporate Tower." By the early to mid 2010s, the building had lost most of its tenants, and an attempt to renovate the building in 2013 failed. By 2016, 80 to 90% of the building was vacant. Plans from the February 1st, 2016 study meeting for the Livonia City Council suggested 112 senior living units inside the vacant office space, and to keep the ground floor mainly commercial. It was agreed that offices inside the building were not the future. Sometime between the last few years, the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th floors were gutted completely, but the 1st and 4th floors host a couple of offices and other facility rooms. Many elements remain intact in the building due to its location. However, the building has fallen victim to vandalism and minor scrapping. Many elements of the building can still be visualized and identified of what it once was like in the day-to-day life inside the remaining offices. Many items remain in their original positions. The building is one of the bigger abandoned properties, standing at 8 stories tall with roof access. Today, the building sits abandoned with no power, showing that even with a city's big ambition to make something of a dying building, sometimes plans fall through. With years of limbo and no funding, the building is now abandoned, waiting for maybe another chance at life one day.