TROY (WWJ) – For decades, the Kmart headquarters in Troy was the place to be if you were trying to make it big in American retail. Business people would bring everything from clothes and toys to beds and appliances, excited to make their sales pitch to the dominant retail company in the U.S.
But as the Kmart brand declined over the years and faded into our memories, the nearly 1-million-square-foot headquarters building on Big Beaver Road has sat vacant for nearly two decades.
On a new Daily J podcast, WWJ’s Zach Clark learns that’s all about to change, as plans to level the site move forward, with demolition expected to begin in the coming weeks. But what might a new development at the site look like?
On a new Daily J podcast, WWJ’s Brian Fisher digs into why the law exists in the first place, what an amendment could mean for the state’s teacher shortage and why the proposed piece of legislation may not be enough on its own.