The Ford Motor Co. has invested $950 million in a signature Detroit train station, turning into the company’s new technology campus. 

The project includes the 18-story former Michigan Central Station, and an adjacent 270,000-square-foot property, reports CNBC.

Ford Chair Bill Ford said he believes the investment made in the historic train station is a crucial part of the automaker’s future, including in aspects of talent acquisition and retention, reported the article. 

“We’re in a war for talent, our industry and our company,” Ford, who spearheaded the project, told CNBC. “And you need to give talent two things: You need to give them, first, really interesting problems to solve, and then you have to give them a great place to work. With Michigan Central, we checked both those boxes.”

According to the article, Ford plans to house at least 2,500 employees in the building, primarily members of the company’s electric vehicle and connected services teams. Roughly 1,000 of those employees are expected to move into the station’s tower by the end of this year, Ford said. Other building occupants could include local universities, other businesses and a restaurant. However, officials declined to release a full list of expected tenants. Google+, a founding partner of the project, runs its “Code Next” program, which teaches students how to code, from the property.