Southfield Town Center Complex

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Area
Southfield, Michigan
Location in the state of Michigan
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Oakland
Mayor	Brenda L. Lawrence
- City	68.0 km²
- Land	67.9 km²
- Water	0.1 km²
Population
- City (2000)	78,296
- Density	1,152.5/km²
- Metro	5,456,428
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Website: http://www.cityofsouthfield.com/

The Southfield Town Center Complex (formerly known as the Prudential Town Center) is a cluster of five golden interconnected skyscrapers forming an ultra-modern 2.2 million ft² office complex which includes a Westin Hotel, resturaunts, a fitness center, and a conference center for up to 1,000 attendees. It is situated along Town Center Drive, across from the campus of Lawrence Technological University in the Metropolitan Detroit suburb of Southfield, Michigan, with many of its tallest buildings named after their addresses along the road. The American Center, a sixth golden tower nearby, is not part of the complex.

The Town Center also houses the City hall, and is located between West 10 Mile Road and Interstate 696, John C. Lodge Freeway, and Evergreen Road, as well as being close to the Mixing Bowl.

A two-story garden atrium connects all towers of the Southfield Town Center. The atrium functions as a retail mall with 94,000 square feet of retail space.

1000 Town Center was constructed in 1989 and stands at 28 floors, and was designed in the late-late-modernist architectural style.

2000 Town Center was constructed in 1986, and stands at 28 floors. The Skyline Club, and upscale business club, is located on the top floor (28) of this building, and includes an upscale restaurant. 2000 Town Center is a polygonal tower with the top third of one corner truncated in a step-back pattern, designed in the postmodern architectural style.

3000 Town Center was constructed in 1975, and standing at 32 floors, it is the tallest building in the state of Michigan outside of Detroit. It was the first of the towers built, and it remains the tallest. It is readily recognizable from its structural type. It has strong cross braces over its glass and steel. It was built using the modern architecture style.

4000 Town Center was constructed in 1979 and is the shortest of the buildings. It was built in the modern architecture style, showing a heavy use of glass on its exterior.

5000 Town Center was constructed in 1983 and reflects a heavy use of the modern architecture style, with concrete as its main material. It has an undulating plan, somewhat like a figure-eight. When it was built, this tower was divided into 216 individual units. Due to the merging of a few units, it now has 204 residences.

Westin Hotel Southfield-Detroit was constructed in 1987 and is located at 1500 Town Center Drive, in Southfield. The high-rise has 385 units/rooms. The building stands at 12 floors in height. The hotel was built in the modern architectural style, and was built with glass.

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From front to back, the buildings seen are the 1000 Town Center, the Westin Hotel, the 2000 Town Center, and the 3000 Town Center (behind and to the right of the 2000)