A corporate studio sponsored by Ford will kick off this summer to address macro mobility issues, and as part of Ford’s commitment to the local community, a second civic studio will follow focusing on more immediate mobility issues in the neighborhoods around Michigan Central Station. There space is occupied by more than 800 engineers, entrepreneurs, and inventors that apply “transformative technologies to things that matter.” In Corktown, Ford and New Lab plan “to foster an innovation ecosystem committed to helping shape the future of mobility in a way that benefits everyone.”Īs part of the effort, Michigan Central and New Lab will launch two new studios focused on mobility that will ultimately live within the district. New Lab, founded in 2016, rents startup studio space at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York City. The automaker also plans to add a mobility test area behind the iconic train depot. A small museum where train station artifacts are displayed is located on the first floor. Nearby, Ford has renovated The Factory at the southwest corner of Michigan Avenue and Rosa Parks Blvd., where 250 workers are set in two historic brick and wood floor structures. Michigan Central joins the neighboring Roosevelt Warehouse (Book Depository Building), which is scheduled to reopen next year and include work space for Ford workers and its partners, a Maker Space and Showcase, along with a small theater and other work areas in the lower level. In 2018, Ford acquired Michigan Central, a former train depot at Michigan Avenue and 14 th Street spanning 15 stories that is scheduled to reopen in late 2022 and offer stores, restaurants, and cultural experiences on the first floor, 11 floors of workspace for Ford workers and suppliers, and three floors of hospitality space at the top of the structure.įord began the three-phase restoration project last year and plans to make the station the centerpiece of a new innovation hub in Corktown that will bring together new startups, established companies, urbanists, investors, innovators, and academic institutions to reimagine the future of transportation and make smarter, sustainable communities. in Dearborn today announced a collaboration with New Lab, a co-working platform where tenants work on “frontier technology,” to address complex transportation problems related to connectivity, autonomy, and electrification at the automaker’s emerging mobility campus in Detroit’s Corktown district. The work will take place at Ford’s Corktown location. Ford is collaborating with New Lab to work on frontier technology, which addresses transportation problems related to connectivity, autonomy, and electrification.
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