The Packard Automotive Plant was an automobile-manufacturing factory in Detroit, Michigan, where luxury cars were made by the Packard Motor Car Company and later by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation. Demolition began on building 21 on October 27, 2022, and a second round of demolition began on building 28 on January 24, 2023, which was wra…
The Packard Automotive Plant was an automobile-manufacturing factory in Detroit, Michigan, where luxury cars were made by the Packard Motor Car Company and later by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation. Demolition began on building 21 on October 27, 2022, and a second round of demolition began on building 28 on January 24, 2023, which was wrapped up by April 1, however all demolition efforts by the City of Detroit halted, which stopped finishing demolition work of building 21. The Packard Plant currently sits empty and partially demolished, with many parcels still remaining.
Location: 5555 Concord Street · Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Completed: 1911 (with the last of its 6 expansions completed in 1939)
Status: Closed with exception of the 1939 addition known as Building 22 which was successfully renovated in 2015. All other renovations efforts failed & were halted in October of 2020. Demolition began in October 2022, and second round began in January of 2023. Demolition halted in April 2023, has since resumed and is ongoing. A last minute decision in 2024 was made to preserve the iconic administration buildings. As of January 2025 they are all that remains of the original 1911 structure.
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