M-1 Rail selects team for Detroit streetcar technical center

M-1 Rail has chosen a design-build team for the planned Penske Technical Center near the northern terminus of the city's future streetcar line at Woodward Avenue and West Grand Boulevard in Detroit.

The team — which will include Turner Construction Co., 3.L.K Construction, ABE Associates Inc. and RNL — will construct the center in Detroit's New Center neighborhood. The facility will be named after Roger Penske for his leadership of M-1 Rail and Penske Corp., one of the major donors to M-1 Rail's streetcar line.

"This facility will be one of the first new construction projects in the neighborhood, and is a key part of the entire project," said Paul Childs, chief operating officer of M-1 Rail, in a press release. "Members of the community have had a voice in the eventual design of the building, which will serve as the maintenance and storage and technical center for the streetcars.”

M-1 Rail is the nonprofit organization leading the design, construction and future operation of the 3.3-mile streetcar line that will operate along Woodward Avenue between Larned Street and West Grand Boulevard.