Lear to wrap up renovations on Hemmeter Building downtown

Lear Corp. did an incredible job renovating the Brown Brothers Cigar Co. Building in Capitol Park, which opened last year as their Innovation Center. Now we have a clearer idea of what’s to come with the Hemmeter Building, which they purchased in late 2015.

The seven-story building stands at the corner of Centre and Grand River, in the Paradise Valley redevelopment/Harmonie Park area. According to DBusiness, “floors four to seven will be used for administrative office space, executive offices, and a new business incubation center;” while the rest of the building will be leased to other tenants. A longtime tenant, Spectacles, will keep its ground-level retail space and it will be renovated as well. A rooftop patio could be in the works, too.

Renovation has been underway since last year, and Crain’s reports that major renovations should be finishing in a few weeks, and a grand opening is scheduled for this fall. The exterior renovations are underway as well, as they clean the white brick and install new windows.