Site History

• The new World Headquarters Building is situated on the site of the former Ford Product Development Center, which opened in 1953
• When the campus was first dedicated in 1953, U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower joined the celebration live through the first-ever use of closed-circuit television
• Famous Ford vehicles were designed and developed on this site and throughout the Dearborn Campus, including the Mustang, Thunderbird, Continental, F-Series trucks, Ranger, and the Ford GT

The Glass House

• When the Glass House first opened in 1956, it was one of the nation’s largest office buildings occupied by a single company
• The Glass House itself will also be transformed. Ford will complete the move out of the building in the first half of 2026. Afterward, it will be sustainably decommissioned and ultimately demolished over the course of roughly 18 months so that the site can be repurposed as an asset to our local community
• Ford will continue to own the property, and it will continue to play an important role in the story of our commitment to Dearborn and Southeast Michigan for many, many years to come
• Ford is working with the City of Dearborn and community leaders on how the site can best serve our employees and neighbors, and we will have more to share about those plans later