Post and Louis Rorimer in the Georgian architectural style, with English Renaissance Revival roots evident.

In August 2000, the building's structure required the onsite treatment of 750,000 gallons of PCB-contaminated water following demolition.

In May 2004, after sitting vacant for 30 years, the Statler Hotel was approved for demolition by the Detroit Historic District Commission in preparation for Super Bowl XL.

[16] In November 2007, Dan Gilbert considered building a new headquarters for Quicken Loans on the former site of the Statler Hotel.

[17] However, due to the commercial real estate market at the time, he instead leased four floors of the Compuware Corp. building at Campus Martius.