Corporate Education Center

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Building Name
Corporate Education Center
Description
In 1986, the EMU Board of Regents authorized plans to construct Huron Golf Club and entered a 99-year grounds lease with Ypsilanti Township for 136-acres adjacent to Ford Lake at $1 per year. In 1989, the Huron Golf Club, designed by golf course architect
Karl Litten, opened along with the Radisson Hotel and Corporate Education Center. The name changed to Eagle Crest Golf Club in 1991. The golf clubhouse was named the Eastern Michigan University Roy E. Wilbanks Eagle Crest Golf Resort Golf club in 2013. In addition, the Marriott named the ballroom the Roy E. Wilbanks Ballroom that same year. Due to a 2020 donation from GameAbove, EMU is working to construct a performance center for the EMU golf teams.

In 2019, EMU sold the the Corporate Education Center at Eagle Crest to MFS Ypsilanti Holdings, Inc, which operates the Marriott Hotel adjacent to the center. University administration cited changes in corporate education instruction delivery as the reason for the sale. This sale did not change EMU's partnership regarding the Eagle Crest Golf Resort.
Year Constructed
1988
Date Dedicated
1989
Building Functions
Corporate leadership seminars and training.
Raddison Hotel and Conference Center
Architect
Wakelt Assocation Inc., Warren, MI
Original Cost
4,500,000
Architectural Style
Post Modern
Square Footage
35,000
Rights
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