Plymouth Road Office Complex (PROC)
The Plymouth Road Office Complex (PROC), currently home to part of Jeep/Truck Engineering, has had over 80 continuous years of use by Kelvinator (as an appliance factory), AMC, and Chrysler. The picturesque complex in an unsavory section of Detroit has multiple buildings, with 1.5 million square feet of space on 50 acres; that includes 370,000 square feet of R&D space, 500,000 square feet of engineering/computer room space, warehousing, and administrative/office space. The complex also has a health activity center, auditorium, and cafeteria. The asking price appears to be $10 million.
The PROC on 14250 Plymouth Road was first put up for sale in 2007.
Development of various Jeeps (excluding the Patriot/Compass) and the Dodge Ram and Durango was centered at PROC. In 2007, over 1,600 people worked in the complex (down from 1,900 in 2005).
PROC was built in 1926, to make Kelvinator refrigerators. In 1937, when Nash and Kelvinator merged, the combined company's headquarters was in the main building. Hundreds of helicopters were made there during World War II.
In 1954, when Hudson and Nash merged, PROC became AMC's headquarters, until 1987, when AMC was purchased by Chrysler. At that point, PROC became the central engineering location for all corporate trucks and SUVs, a position it held until now.
