502 Franklin Square Office Building
Michigan City, IN 46360

Location:
LaPorte County

Demographic Information and Links:
Link to myLocal.IN.gov for LaPorte County
Link to Stats Indiana for LaPorte County

Description:
Office Building
Acres of land - Total: 0.00
Acres of land - Available: 0.00
Building Square Feet - Total: 28,575
Building Square Feet - Available: 28,575

The 502 Franklin Square Office Building is located on the public bus line in the central business district of Michigan City, near delicatessens, grills, fine dining, banks, library and the Lighthouse Place Outlet Mall.

Approximately 28,575 rentable square feet of office space on two floors. Site is approximately 165 feet x 165 feet

Parking for 15 cars in front of the building with an additional 30 spaces in a paved lot on Fifth Street directly across the street and a vacant lot to the west which will accommodate another 30 plus spaces. There are 13 additional spaces along Fifth Street between the building and the parking lot, and another 10 spaces along Franklin on the same side of the street as the building. (Total: 75 current and future spaces owned by Horizon plus 23 street spaces adjacent to the building)

Original building construction: 1975 Major renovation: 1987 – 88 Building currently has: Nine foot – nine inch high ceilings that enhance flexibility of usage for larger conference / training rooms without a cramped feeling but still provide a comfortable human scale to an office environment Many exterior windows allow natural light to flow through the space

First floor (existing): 19 large enclosed offices with two conference rooms and area for many open plan work stations. Second floor (existing): 11 large enclosed offices with one conference room and area for many open plan work stations. The second floor also houses a computer room with raised floor and its own air conditioning system.

Men’s and women’s restrooms are located on each floor The building contains two bank vaults currently used as file rooms One passenger elevator serves both floors The entire office building is fully water fire sprinkled except for the computer room which has a halon fire protection system

A complete new roof with 3 inches (R20) of additional insulation was installed fourth quarter 2001 Heating, ventilating and air conditioning are provided by a variable air volume system located in the penthouse above the offices and are accessible by a stairway.

Contact:
John Regetz
2 Cadence Park Plaza
Michigan City, IN 46360
Phone: (219) 873-1211
Fax: (219) 873-1595
Email: johnr@mc-edc.com
Website: http://www.mc-edc.com/

Local Economic Development Official:
John Regetz
Michigan City Economic Development Corporation
2 Cadence Park Plaza
Michigan City, IN 46360
Phone: (219) 873-1211
Fax: (219) 873-1595
Website: http://www.mc-edc.com/