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DETROIT — WXYZ-TV is expanding its studio to include a new indoor/outdoor, 500-square-foot studio. The glass-enclosed, outward-facing studio will be located inside the ground-floor lobby of Chase Tower located at 611 Woodward Ave. Bedrock Real Estate Services owns and manages Chase Tower. The new studio will be the home of the ABC Network Affiliate 7 Action News at Noon daily broadcast. The design of the new WXYZ downtown studio will honor the mid-century modern architecture of the Chase Tower. Detroit-based architecture firm, Albert Kahn Associates designed and opened Chase Tower in 1959. The 524,000-square-foot, 14-story building occupies a full city block at the foot of Campus Martius Park.