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January 22, 2007 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 9 OTHER VOICES: optimism brings me home

Michigan’s economy search, robotics, alterna- velopment hub where engineering turing Sciences and the Center for 31-year-old University of Michigan and employment are re- tive fuels and other lead- and marketing teams have access Automotive Research at the Uni- graduate whose career began at a tooling at an accelerated ing-edge technologies. to each other — as well as to GM, versity of Michigan. Manhattan law firm and returned pace, bringing reasons for Overall, our state still Ford and DaimlerChrysler. This business support network, home to the family business. optimism. Brainpower, ranks first nationally for Breakthroughs that originate along with major universities and And I’m far from the only young rather than brawn, is the automotive research and here extend a tradition of industri- the College for Creative Studies, business leader who’s encouraged most essential commodity development, with annual al progress dating back to Henry are assets that attract companies, to see the area leveraging its auto- now — and that’s where spending of $10.3 billion Ford and now reflect the impact of entrepreneurs, educators, job ap- motive dominance for a promising our region remains a glob- by companies employing world-class resources clustered in plicants and students in a way that new era. ally recognized leader. more than 60,000 profes- . New York, Los Angeles, Corporate suites throughout our Our evolution from a sionals, according to the The next transportation revolu- or Miami don’t. region — from technology startups manufacturing base to an Matthew Sosin Michigan Economic De- tions could emerge from catalysts Metro Detroit’s reasonable cost to second-generation businesses — R&D hub for the auto industry po- velopment Corp. That agency lists such as NextEnergy in Detroit, a of living, cultural amenities, recre- have under-40 professionals who sitions metro Detroit high on the more than 173 automotive R&D fa- nonprofit that supports develop- ation choices and championship look ahead realistically with justi- list of advanced international busi- cilities statewide. ment of alternative energy tech- teams each year attract talented fied confidence. ness centers. Our experienced en- Automotive suppliers and for- nologies for vehicles. Ann Arbor is young professionals who see long- Matthew Sosin is vice president gineers, top-ranked universities, eign manufacturers increasingly the home of two R&D incubators — term value here. of Northern Equities Group Inc. in new-technology incubators, auto- use metro Detroit as a product-de- the National Center for Manufac- I offer myself as Exhibit A — a Farmington Hills. motive suppliers, manufacturing research sites and professionals with technical skills creates a magnet for innovators, investors and workers. My own confidence flows from involvement in commercial real estate, one of the areas that bene- fits directly from metro Detroit’s expanding role in engineering re- 'HDO0DNHUV

$W&ODUN+LOORXUUHDOHVWDWHDWWRUQH\VKDYHHDUQHG LETTERS CONTINUED WKHLUUHSXWDWLRQDVGHDOPDNHUVWKURXJKGHFDGHVRI ■ From Page 8 VRSKLVWLFDWHGWUDQVDFWLRQV M-5. The roundabout at M-5 and Pontiac Trail signals motorists that significant change is occur- &RPELQLQJWUDGLWLRQDOUHDOHVWDWHVHUYLFHVZLWKH[SHUWLVH ring in the traffic system there. LQILQDQFHFRQVWUXFWLRQHQYLURQPHQWDOHPLQHQWGRPDLQ According to our consultants, about 25 percent of the northbound SURSHUW\WD[DQGOLWLJDWLRQRXUUHDOHVWDWHDWWRUQH\VVROYH M-5 traffic will choose to use Mar- WKHSUREOHPVWKDWFKDOOHQJHHYHQWKHODUJHVWWUDQVDFWLRQV tin Road. The two new internal Martin roundabouts will help keep &RYHULQJDOORIWKHEDVHVLVLPSRUWDQWWRXVEHFDXVH the traffic at 35 mph speed from JHWWLQJWKHGHDOGRQHLVLPSRUWDQWWR\RX Pontiac Trail to Oakley Park Road. Ⅲ In addition to the widening of Pontiac Trail this year, the DDA will widen Haggerty Road to five 7KDW¶VWKH&ODUN+LOOGLIIHUHQFH lanes once the Martin Road project is complete. Richardson Road from Haggerty to Martin also will be )RUPRUHLQIRUPDWLRQDERXW&ODUN+LOO¶V widened to five lanes. UHDOHVWDWHSUDFWLFHFRQWDFW%LOO'XQQ The DDA in the analysis of the DW   traffic problems has asked many of the questions posed in the letter. The traffic created by DDA devel- opment can be handled easily by the Martin Road improvements. But what about the 36,000 cars a day on M-5, and what about per- haps 50,000 cars a day on M-5 six or seven years from now? How do you determine where all these cars are going? The answer is to do an ori- gin-and-destination study. Once the destination is deter- mined, we can plan road improve- ments. The DDA has commis- sioned a study that should be completed by month’s end. Our current estimates are that 75 percent of the M-5 traffic exiting at 14 Mile Road, Maple Road or Pontiac Trail is bound for or em- anates from locations outside Commerce Township. Once the study is complete, we can determine which roads to im- FRXQWRQPRUH prove in order to get people through our community and to  their destination in the shortest ZZZFODUNKLOOFRP possible time. Wynn Berry Director Commerce Township Downtown Development Authority DETROIT BUSINESS MAIN 01-22-07 A 10 CDB 1/19/2007 10:38 AM Page 1

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BY BRENT SNAVELY about 100 addi- Michigan. In December, the Nation- public for years, was acquired last CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS CHECKERS DRIVE-IN tional managers al Restaurant Association projected June by Taxi Holdings Corp., an affil- and employees an average sales growth rate of 5 iate of -based pri- Keith Sirois, president and CEO RESTAURANTS INC. to handle an ex- percent for the industry nation- vate-equity firm Wellspring Capital of Tampa-based Checkers Drive-In Michigan presence: 36 pected sales in- wide and a 3.7 percent growth rate Management L.L.C. Restaurants Inc., said last week that restaurants, 19 in metro Detroit. crease and is for Michigan. Of 50 states, Michi- Sirois said the company made he sees metro Detroit as a market Nationwide: 815, with about 320 planning to gan’s projected growth rate was the change because it wanted to for sales growth and additional Rally’s and 495 Checkers. open 10 more the lowest, with Indiana second at operate as a single brand. Check- restaurants even though the Yearly systemwide sales: $670 restaurants in 3.8 percent. ers was picked over Rally’s be- state’s economic woes have been million. the next 12 Last year, Checkers began con- cause Checkers’ 1950s diner look, hurting restaurant sales. Average yearly sales per restaurant: Sirois months. About verting all of its Rally’s locations with stainless-steel accents, was “We’re making a major invest- $840,000. six of those 10 lo- in Memphis, Tenn.; Jacksonville, both more attractive to customers ment in Michigan,” Sirois said. cations will be in metro Detroit, Fla.; and Michigan to Checkers. and lasts longer before it needs to “Michigan is targeted as a growth Sirois said. Michigan is the third market that rants, completed an exterior be repaired. market for us.” That growth is planned despite a the company has completed. “The two restaurants have al- makeover of its 19 local restau- Checkers, owner of both Check- gloomy outlook for restaurants Rally’s and Checkers merged in ways operated the same way. They ers and Rally’s fast-food restau- rants earlier this month, has hired and the food-service industry in 1999. The company, which was both are double-pickup-window restaurants,” Sirois said. Steve Sawchuk, Rally’s first franchisee in Michigan, said the timing of the conversion to Check- ers was good. Sawchuk’s first Ral- ly’s opened in 1987, and his other restaurants opened shortly after that and were in need of a facelift. “If there was ever a time to do

©2007 Southwest Airlines Co. Airlines Southwest ©2007 this, this was the time,” said Saw- chuk, who owns seven local It’s offi cial. restaurants through Rochester- based Dakota Restaurants Inc. “(Ral- ly’s) was kind of a stale, dated We’re The Offi cial Airline of Business. look.” Sawchuk said he spent an aver- age of about $80,000 per store to add exterior black-and-white tiling, a new stainless-steel cap around the top of the restaurants, signs and menu boards. Since making the changes, Saw- chuk said, sales have increased by 6 percent to 7 percent. The biggest challenge with the name change, Sawchuk said, is let- ting customers know that it is only a name change, and the food will stay the same. A marketing campaign that will include television advertising is set to begin today. Considering the condition of the local economy, Checkers’ expan- sion plans are fairly aggressive, said Mark Schostak, president and CEO of Southfield-based Schostak Family Restaurants, a Burger King franchisee. “Given the condition of Michi- gan’s economy, given the recent increases in (the) state’s minimum wage, given the already competi- tive fast-food hamburger market here — I am surprised that they are expanding the brand,” Schostak said. “Having said that, I think they have done a nice job repositioning their brand.” Schostak said that a prolifera- tion of fast-casual restaurants in metro Detroit, such as Qdoba Mexi- can Grill, Chipotle Mexican Grill and others, has increased pressure on fast-food burger chains, even though they are indirect competi- tors. Schostak Family Restaurants operates 63 Burger King restau- rants in Michigan, is a develop- ment partner with Troy-based Olga’s Kitchen Inc. and is also a Del Taco It’s no surprise to us. We’re all about providing exactly what the franchisee. Sirois said it helps that Check- business traveler needs —– convenient schedules fi lled with ers offers three burgers for 99 nonstop flights, easy-to-use fares, and excellent Customer Service cents each. —– all while keeping prices low. And we intend to keep doing all “People still love a great burg- 2006 Winner of Business er,” Sirois said. “It’s still the No. 1 Travel News Airline Survey that so we remain the number one choice for business travelers. food product people seek across the country.” Brent Snavely: (313) 446-0405, [email protected] DETROIT BUSINESS MAIN 01-22-07 A 11 CDB 1/19/2007 10:44 AM Page 1

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REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK Learn more about big projects Jennette Smith Get beyond the numbers of metro writes about real Detroit’s largest projects with estate and behind-the-scenes details of the hospitality. Call people and companies building up (313) 446-0414 the region on Crain’s Web list or write jhsmith@ at crainsdetroit.com/ crain.com construction construction list.

Jennette Smith Tenant deals drive leases I’m glad I’m not an office broker. I talk to them often, and it’s no secret office leases are hard to A healthy boom come by these days. For architects and contractors, that translates into only a handful of major office projects renovating space or Local hospital constructing new buildings in 2007. Top 5 health care projects That said, those looking for construction, tenants are making the most of the opportunities out there by using creative tactics. renovations total C.S. Mott Children’s & For example, Redico L.L.C. needed to find a new tenant for the Women’s Hospital One Kennedy Square building in at least $2.2B to take some of replacement, Ann Arbor the space that Visteon Corp. never BY JENNETTE SMITH A 9-floor clinic building and needed after leasing it early on. It CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS a 12-floor in-patient building. also knew Walbridge Aldinger Co. was looking for a new home, as any of the biggest local construction pro- Estimated cost: was the Legal Aid and Defender jects in the 2007 pipeline have a medical Association. In the end, Legal Aid M connection. this year will move into Walbridge’s There’s a flurry of new hospital construction and $523M old HQ and Walbridge will upgrade major hospital overhaul projects calling for operat- to the One Kennedy space, filling ing room upgrades, more private rooms and a range part of the Visteon sublease of hotel-like amenities for patients and staff. Mean- space. while, outpatient medical office projects remain a Henry Ford Hospital, But that’s not the only example busy category of real estate development as well. West Bloomfield Twp. of a double play. All told, at least $2.2 billion in local medical pro- Kojaian Cos. needed to find a 300-bed hospital and central jects are under way or set to begin construction this utility plant. way to keep signature tenants year, according to Crain’s research for its list of Pulte Homes Inc. and Butzel Long largest construction projects Estimated cost: P.C., in Bloomfield Hills. Brokerage (Page 14). GVA Strategis found a solution in INSIDE For many contractors and ar- the spring by having Butzel Long chitects, health care is a leading move up the street to another Not all the $310M office building, giving Pulte the construction is in lifeline for new business devel- room it needed in the 100 health care. For a opment as health care systems Bloomfield Parkway building. list of other renovate or build additional projects and an hospitals or satellite buildings McClaren Health Village, It’s expected to remain a overview of tenants’ market for the next few factors affecting in farther-flung suburbs. Independence Twp. years so it’s likely there will be bidding, see With the cyclical nature of more deals like this. Creative Page 13. the various categories for new Includes ambulatory surgery tenant relocations, tenant-equity business, the boom in health center, cancer center and deals, flexible leases and care is helping to counter other categories that are diagnostic imaging center. incentives are all ongoing trends. flat or down. The Associated Gen- Other office bright spots for eral Contractors Greater Detroit Estimated cost: 2007: Siemens VDO Automotive Chapter estimates local health Corp. is weighing options on where it care construction was up 10 per- $300M will move for a local expansion cent in 2006 and will be up more project combining three locations, than 10 percent this year. and the 325 Woodward project in “We’ve got six studios … so St. Joseph Mercy, Birmingham by Burton-Katzman we’re purposely out in these dif- Development Co. is having a good ferent markets so when one is new patient tower, run landing tenants including UBS down, another is up. Health care Financial Services. Ann Arbor Sykes has been up and is still up,” said Meanwhile, there are a couple of Russell Sykes, managing direc- An 11-story patient tower, with other notable examples of new tor of SmithGroup in Detroit. two additional towers, entrance construction. Factors driving the health care spending binge and patient chapel to follow. The General Services include competition between health care systems, Administration is interviewing technological advances in medicine that require Estimated cost: developers to build an $80 million- $100 million new Detroit FBI new equipment and new space, and an aging local headquarters in Corktown. And, in population with growing med- $258M Auburn Hills, Adams McAlpine Group ical needs. is breaking ground this quarter on “With the advances in technol- the first phase of its $100 million ogy, we think there’s going to be a Auburn Financial Center. The first need for new facilities and reno- St. John Providence Park phase is almost half-leased. vations to keep up with the way Hospital, Novi The financial-services and medicine is done,” said Marco professional-services sector is Capicchioni, vice president of fa- 200-bed hospital. holding up well compared with cilities services and real estate Estimated cost: automotive, particularly in places for Henry Ford Health System. like Auburn Hills and Birmingham, Capicchioni Henry Ford is expanding and said David B. Adams, CEO of renovating its Detroit hospital Adams McAlpine. Said Adams: $224M with $75 million in combined upgrades this year as “These markets are doing well and they’ll only do better once things part of a $300 million, multiyear project while rebound.” building a new $310 million West Bloomfield See Boom, Page 12 DETROIT BUSINESS MAIN 01-22-07 A 12,13 CDB 1/19/2007 10:40 AM Page 1

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FOCUS:CONSTRUCTION State firms broaden footprints Michigan-based architects, engi- and has other aviation projects in Meanwhile, Southfield-based neers and contractors increasing- the Czech Republic and Mexico. Harley Ellis Devereaux is architect ly have a national and internation- Sheryl Maibach, chief market- and provided engineering on a $10 al pipeline for new business. ing officer at Southfield-based Bar- million project for the U.S. Depart- Dearborn-based Ghafari has ex- ton Malow , said among its larger ment of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife panded its work in the aviation in- out-of-town projects is a FedEx Service, managing and designing a dustry to include work for in design/build contract for General North America, Asia and Europe. new addition and expansion to the Motors Corp. on a plant just outside Specific projects for FedEx are San Luis Potosi, Mexico. only full-service wildlife crime lab in Anchorage, Ala.; Guangzhou, in the world, in Ashland, Ore. The China; Indianapolis; and Mem- And while Michigan K-12 educa- project adds more than 21,000 phis, Tenn. Meanwhile, Ghafari is tion work is tapering off for some contractors, Barton Malow is square feet to an existing 23,000- PHOTO COURTESY OF HARLEY ELLIS DEVEREAUX the architect and engineer on the Harley Ellis Devereaux is the lead architect on a project for the U.S. Fish and new Doha International Airport in working on school projects in square foot lab. Wildlife Service’s wildlife crime lab in Ashland, Ore. Doha, Qatar, a $200 million project, northern Florida and Georgia. — Jennette Smith

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Dynamic Vision, Sound Planning, Township hospital. Demographic trends including the aging baby boomer population are projected to keep patient vol- Exceptional Results. umes on the rise, Capicchioni said, and the buildings have to accommo- date that. These patients also want more private rooms, which provide for better rest and less risk of catch- ing infections from a roommate. “We are really driven year by year by patient satisfaction scores,” he said. “Satisfied pa- tients will come back to us.” Henry Ford has room prototypes set up to guide construction in West Bloomfield Township and Detroit. For those and other local hospital projects, another goal is to build space that accommodates the latest high-tech equipment. “Operating rooms that were built back in the 1960s and 1970s aren’t adequate to do surgeries that are done in 2007,” said Lynn Orf- gen, president and CEO of Crittenton Hospital in Rochester. Crittenton has been working on a multistage $86 million renovation project. It also plans to add a new tower that would cost $50 million to $80 mil- lion. The tower would allow the 290- bed hospital to have predominately private rooms. When Orfgen came to Crittenton in 2000, he began to work on a plan to upgrade the hospital’s emergency room and oper- ating rooms, in- cluding space for open-heart Setting a bold course for diversified excellence, surgery. The hospital also REDICO continues to grow as a respected leader across the Orfgen needed a new lab and more parking. spectrum of today’s real estate arena... “What started off to be a modest- size project needed to grow,” he in Southeastern Michigan and throughout the United States. said. “We had to do a daisy chain of flipping things around.” Orfgen and others don’t see the construction boom slowing down any time soon. And other health systems point to a steady list of projects on the books and more for BUILDING THE BEST IN REAL ESTATE® the wish list. 248 827 1700 “More and more patient care is required, and we’re all in the busi- ness of providing it,” said Doug Strong, director and CEO of the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, part of the UM DETROIT BUSINESS MAIN 01-22-07 A 12,13 CDB 1/19/2007 10:40 AM Page 2

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FOCUS:CONSTRUCTION Construction work goes beyond health care Local construction volumes for 2007 are steady the largest on Crain’s list of top projects based on with last year’s levels, thanks to several large, mul- spending. Among them: Partridge Creek Fashion Park tiyear projects such as casino hotels and airport im- in Clinton Township, in provements. Brighton and the Wonderland Mall redevelopment in Yet new projects in categories such as automotive Livonia. plant upgrades and retail are in the works as well. In addition, it’s possible a project to replace or The number of projects with a major residential renovate Joe Louis Arena and/or Cobo Center could component, meanwhile, is declining because of the get into the planning stages in 2007. local housing slump. Also in Detroit, riverfront redevelopment is slat- Crain’s research for this project gathered data on ed to continue like the completion of a major stretch more than 80 projects in the pipeline totaling more of the RiverWalk in the summer, the expected open- than $7.5 billion in spending. In addition, the Con- ing of Asian Village at the and struction Association of Michigan’s tally of projects in work on the @twater mixed-use project. PHOTO COURTESY OF GHAFARI the pipeline for 2007 and 2008 statewide totals nearly Dearborn-based Ghafari has expanded its work in the aviation industry to $30 billion. Automotive include work for FedEx in Guangzhou, China. “The flow from all these pipelines we believe is Ford Motor Co. just announced an $866 million in- about the same as 2006,” said Ronald Hausmann, vestment in equipment in six Michigan plants. Lo- vice chairman of the Associated General Contractors cal contractors and architects are working on a Greater Detroit Chapter and president of the heavy, range of automotive facilities, mostly out of state. civil and special construction group at Detroit- “About half of our business is still in heavy indus- based Walbridge Aldinger. “The nonresidential parts trial, automotive,” said Kouhaila Hammer, presi- th care projects a lifeline seem to be holding up.” dent and CEO of Dearborn-based Ghafari. “As new Other trends affecting costs and bidding prac- product has to be launched for automotive to be tices: a push toward more green building projects, competitive, there’s work for us.” which save in energy costs over time but can cost Health System. UM is one of the Mott Hospital, the UM Cardiovascu- more in upfront investment, and continuing high Education most active clients for architects lar Center and a $141 million Beau- materials costs, architects and contractors report. A wave of K-12 projects is winding down for some and contractors this year. Among mont Hospital expansion in Troy. Here’s the 2007 outlook for some major local con- districts because of funding crunches. the biggest medical projects: a $200 “Health care is changing in how struction categories: “We’re starting to see some of the schools put million cardiovascular center, and it’s being delivered,” said Sheryl things on hold, go back and test the market (for vot- the $523 million new C.S. Mott Chil- Maibach, chief marketing officer Public infrastructure er approval),” said Kurt Frownfelter, Southfield- dren’s and Women’s Hospital and Kel- for Southfield-based Barton Malow. The $418 million north terminal project at Detroit based executive vice president and area general logg Eye Center expansion. The new Maibach said that between com- Metropolitan Airport is expected to wrap up in 2008. manager of Midwest operations for contractor Skan- Ann Arbor hospital is a replace- petition among health care systems Highway projects like the $140 million overhaul of ska USA Building Inc. ment hospital for a 40-year-old one, and wider choices in where to go for the Lodge Freeway are on the books, too. Highway Bigger school projects set for completion in 2007 and will be built with all the new care — including outpatient centers spending was up 25 percent in 2006 and is expected and 2008 include the new Ann Arbor high school, an features including an emphasis on equipped for many procedures — to increase by another 12 percent this year, Haus- $84 million project, and South Lyon East High School, a soothing, aesthetically pleasing she expects the health care con- mann said. a $53 million project. atmosphere, struction boom to “Whether it’s a bridge or 50 bridges in the case of There’s an array of higher education projects from Strong said. last for several the Lodge, there are employment opportunities,” Wayne State University and the University of Michigan “Most of the years. Hausmann said. (See box, page 14). One of Wayne’s priciest projects is rooms are going Health care is Beyond the hos- a $43 million steam boiler plant system. It also has a to look out onto “ pital projects, Entertainment and retail new engineering school under construction. nature,” he said. our largest market. medical office Several large shopping center projects are among — Jennette Smith “That theme will Just about every projects are a fo- be carried inside cus for many ar- the building.” new job is a hire, chitects and con- The Kellogg tractors. project, mean- which is a good SmithGroup’s while, is a good Sykes said his of- CONGRATULATIONS example of the position to be in. fice is working on university’s em- ” two such projects FAIRLANE GREEN SHOPPING CENTER phasis on combin- Kurt Frownfelter, for St. John’s ing patient care Skanska USA Building Inc. Providence Park with innovative campus in Novi Fairlane Green Phase I has earned Dearborn research, he said. this year. Greenfield In that case, physicians and scien- “There are the large projects out the U.S. Green Building Council’s Village N OAKWOOD tists will work under the same there being entertained, and there LEED Gold award as an

roof. are a lot of opportunities on small . Other major health care systems and midsize projects,” he said. Y environmentally-friendly development. W with massive construction pro- H Analysis by the Construction As- D L jects in 2007 include William Beau- sociation of Michigan found that De- Fairlane Green, home to IE F mont Hospitals, St. John Health, Trini- H troit area primary care providers Target; Bed, Bath & Beyond; T FAIRLANE U ty Health (parent of St. Joseph like physicians and dentists em- O GREEN S Mercy and St. Mary Mercy) and ployed 16.2 percent more person- Barnes & Noble and more McLaren Health Care’s planned $300 nel in their offices in 2005 com- is the first multi-tenant retail project 39 94 million medical village in Indepen- pared with 2000, meaning many in the United States to receive this Allen dence Township. McLaren eventu- need more office space. Park ally wants to build a $300 million, In addition, some Michigan- prestigious designation. 300-bed hospital to complete the based companies are working on project, but would need state ap- medical projects for out-of-state OWNERSHIP SITE DEVELOPMENT proval to begin. hospital systems. SmithGroup’s ex- “Health care is our largest mar- amples include a Memphis, Tenn., ket,” said Kurt Frownfelter, South- patient care and research project field-based executive vice presi- for St. Jude Children’s Hospital and a 972.368.2300 313.323.4140 dent and area general manager of research center for the University of LEASING PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Midwest operations for contractor Louisville in Louisville, Ky. Skanska USA Building Inc. In fact, Many of the major health sys- Frownfelter said health care com- tems and hospitals have signifi- 248.488.2620 248.353.5400 bined with some enduring cant capital spending plans strength in other categories will through 2010 but expect new pro- prompt the contractor to add up to jects to crop up for completion 15 local staffers this year. even after that. “Just about every new job is a “When the baby boomers start hire, which is a good position to be to turn 70, we’re going to see in- in,” he said. credible advances in health care Barton Malow Co. is the contrac- utilization,” Orfgen said. tor on some of the biggest local Jennette Smith: (313) 446-0414, health care projects: the new C.S. [email protected] DETROIT BUSINESS MAIN 01-22-07 A 14 CDB 1/19/2007 10:43 AM Page 1

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Estimated cost Start date UM projects Project name Square feet of Completion target General Rank City project date Owner/Developer contractor Architect Project description The University of Michigan has other MGM Grand Detroit $765,000,000 September 2005 MGM Grand Tre Builders L.L.C. B Hamilton 400-room hotel, casino, retail, restaurants and 1. Detroit 3,600,000 , December 2007 Detroit ll Anderson/SmithGroup parking major construction including parking joint venture projects that don’t make our list of the largest, but UM C.S. Mott Children's & $523,000,000 October 2006 University of Barton Malow Co. HKS Architects P.C. New center for children and women consisting of 2. Women's Hospitals 1,100,000 Fall 2010 Michigan a clinic building of nine floors and an inpatient increase the university’s Replacement Project building of 12 floors total projects to more Ann Arbor than $1.3 billion. Detroit Metropolitan Airport $418,000,000 2005 Wayne County Walbridge Aldinger Co. Master 26-gate terminal complex being designed to North Terminal 824,000 2008 Airport Authority and Barton Malow Co. architect/engineer: replace the airport's older Smith & Berry terminal Mosher Jordan Redevelopment Gensler. Associate complex 3. Romulus architect: Ghafari. renovation and Supporting architects: Hamilton Anderson, dining center Scales $65.1 million Henry Ford West Bloomfield $310,000,000 October 2005 Henry Ford Turner Construction Co. Albert Kahn Associates 300-bed hospital and central utility plant Square feet: 192,000 4. Hospital 733,000 Phased turnover Health System Finish: August 2008 West Bloomfield Township begins July 2008 Design: Goody Clancy McLaren Health Village $300,000,000 May 2007 McLaren Health NA RTKL, Chicago; Ambulatory surgery center, diagnostic imaging & Associates Independence Township 1,168,000 NA Care Hobbs+Black center, urgent care center, physical therapy, 5. occupational therapy and sports medicine, spine Construction: center, sleep disorders center, dialysis center, Walbridge Aldinger physician offices, other health-related services General Motors Powertrain $285,000,000 C January 2007 General Motors Clark Construction Co. FES Group, Giffels Inc. Consolidation of powertrain 6. expansion Phase II 296,445 January 2009 Corp. and Roncelli Inc. engineering into one location Pontiac MotorCity Casino L.L.C. $275,000,000 November 2005 Marian Ilitch Michigan Industrial Giffels Inc. Gambling, hotel and entertainment complex 7. permanent casino 800,000 November 2007 Group Detroit St. Joseph Mercy Hospital $258,000,000 Fall 2004 St. Joseph Mercy The Christman Co. HKS Design 11-story patient tower under construction to be Ann Arbor 660,000 2011 Heath System complete in December 2007; demolition of one existing patient tower and construction of new Charles R. 8. tower to be complete by 2010; demolition of second old tower and construction of new Walgreen Jr. entrance and new chapel to be completed in 2011 drama center $42.8 million Fox Run $256,000,000 2002 Erickson JM Olson Corp. NSA Architects, Retirement community of three neighborhoods, 9. Novi 2,300,000 2010 Retirement Engineers, Planners totaling 1,442 apartment units with a clubhouse Square feet: 97,500 Communities in each neighborhood units on 102 acres Finish: Summer 2007 St. John Providence Park $224,000,000 October 2005 St. John Health Barton Malow Co. and NBBJ 200-bed hospital Design: Kuwabara 10. Hospital 500,000 Summer 2008 White Construction Co. Payne McKenna and Novi Inc. Blumberg Architects Greektown Casino $200,000,000 February 2006 Sault Ste. Marie NA Hnedak Bobo Group, Permanent casino Construction: Skanska 11. Detroit NA End of 2007 Tribe of Rossetti, SDG Design USA Chippewa Indians and Rich and Associates

UM Cardiovascular Center $199,000,000 Fall 2003 University of Barton Malow Co. Shepley Bulfinch Six-floor medical complex Solid-state 12. Ann Arbor 350,000 Spring 2007 Michigan Richardson and Abbott electronics lab addition and @water Lofts $193,000,000 2006 Dwight Belyue NA Rossetti Riverfront condo and retail mixed-use renovation 13. Detroit 9 Acres 2009 and Belmar development Development $28 million Square feet: 37,000 Book Cadillac $176,000,000 NA Cadillac Jenkins Construction Kaczmar Architects Inc., Renovation of the the historic 450-room hotel, Finish: Winter 2007 Detroit 775,723 Spring 2008 Development Co. Inc. and Marous Bros. Madison Madison adding 50 to 70 condominiums 14. Construction International, Hamilton Design: SmithGroup Anderson Associates Inc. Construction: Skanska USA UM North Quad Residential $175,000,000 Winter 2007 University of Walbridge Aldinger Co. Einhorn Yaffee Prescott 10-story residential tower and seven-story 15. and Academic Complex 360,000 Summer 2010 Michigan and Robert A.M. Stern academic tower with classrooms, studios and Ann Arbor Architects offices for five information and Medical science communications-related university programs units 1 and 2 St. John Hospital and $156,000,000 2005 St. John Health Skanska USA Building Harley Ellis Devereaux; Seven-story North Pavilion will be the first of two 16. Medical Center expansion 318,000 June 2008 Inc. and L.S. Brinker Hellmuth, Obata + new patient bed and diagnostic and treatment renovations Detroit Kassabaum Inc. towers $16.8 million Partridge Creek Fashion Park $155,000,000 November 2005 Taubman Centers Skanska USA Building Hobbs + Black Shopping center Square feet: 50,000 17. Clinton Township 600,000 Fall 2007 Inc. Inc. Finish: Winter 2008 Design: Lord Aeck & Henry Ford Hospital $154,000,000 2007 Henry Ford Auch/ W3 and Harley Ellis, Hobbs + Two-story addition to add private rooms, expand Sargent Inc. 18. Detroit NA 2009 Health System Kasco/DeMaria Black/SSOE the intensive-care unit and operating facilities and Construction: TBD improve infrastructure

Toyota Engineering Office $150,000,000 Mid 2006 Toyota Motor Walbridge Aldinger Co. SSOE Inc. Three-story engineering office building Observatory 19. Building 350,000 Mid 2008 Engineering and lodge renovation York Township Manufacturing NA $11.5 million UM Stephen M. Ross School $145,000,000 Spring 2006 University of Clark Construction Co. Kohn Pederson Fox New building of seven floors housing 12 Square feet: 30,000 of Business Facilities 270,000 Fall 2008 Michigan and Gilbane Co. Associates classrooms, an auditorium and colloquium, Finish: Fall 2007 20. Enhancement Project faculty offices, student service activities space Ann Arbor and a central gathering space that will provide Design: Einhorn Yaffee seating areas and a food court Prescott Architecture Beaumont Hospital, Troy $141,000,000 First quarter 2007 Beaumont Barton Malow Co. and Harley Ellis Devereaux Seven-story critical care tower, expansion of Construction: TBD 21. expansion 236,000 square feet 2009 Hospitals Skanska USA Building emergency center; expansion and renovation of Troy new/102,000 square Inc. obstetrics, radiology, pharmacy, security and feet renovated facilities management Alumni Field UM Kellogg Eye Center $121,000,000 Fall 2006 University of Clark Construction Co. TSA of Massachusetts Eight floors for clinics, surgery and research plus renovations and Expansion and Brehm Center 222,000 Winter 2010 Michigan and Gilbane Co. L.L.P. penthouses for mechanical equipment; also will 22. for Type 1 Diabetes Research house ophthalmology and visual sciences addition programs, and diabetes center including research $5.5 million and Analysis labs, systems analysis and bioinformatics offices Ann Arbor Square feet: 6,000 Green Oak Village Place $103,000,000 June 2005 Redico L.L.C., Quadrants Inc. Rogvoy Architects Lifestyle shopping center Finish: Winter 2008 23. Brighton 503,304 August 2007 Lormax Stern and Quadrants Inc. Design: HOK Sport & Venue & Event Inc. Michigan Metroplex $100,000,000 January 2006 U.S. Postal URS/PB Walbridge Aldinger Consolidated regional center for mail processing Processing and Distribution 800,000 May 2008 Service Southeast Co./Teng 24. Center Michigan Pontiac Performance Cluster More projects Comau Pico headquarters $100,000,000 2007 Comau Pico DeMattia Group DeMattia Associates Corporate headquarters on the Web 24. Plymouth Township 1,200,000 NA An expanded version of this list with more than Auburn Financial Center $100,000,000 Winter 2007 Adams McAlpine JM Olson Corp. Yamasaki Associates Luxury professional office space with attached 80 construction 24. Auburn Hills 550,000 Spring 2010 Inc. parking, deck, and a conference center projects is available at our Web site for $29. This list of construction projects is an approximate compilation of the largest such projects that are currently planned or under construction in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw and Livingston counties. It is not a complete Go to crainsdetroit. listing but the most comprehensive available. com and click on B Las Vegas-based Tre Builders L.L.C. is the construction manager. “Crain’s Lists Online.” C Crain's estimate. LIST RESEARCHED BY JENNETTE SMITH, MICHELLE MARTINEZ, AARON HARRIS, BOWDEYAH TWEH AND ANNE MARKS DETROIT BUSINESS MAIN 01-22-07 A 15 CDB 1/19/2007 10:42 AM Page 1

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World Trade Center De- abstracts is Feb. 2. For more informa- Asian Pacific American business financial analysis, budget and fore- InterSlice Studios, Plymouth, offers troit/Windsor Association. Present- tion, contact Tim Walker at (248) 353- community. Speaker: Jane Hyun, cast development, cash flow manage- video, audio, and animation multime- ed by Sandler & Travis Trade Adviso- 0733, Ext. 4115 or [email protected]. president of Crossroads and author ment and financial oversight to the dia for everyday business communi- ry Services and U.S. Customs and The Stephen M. Ross School of Busi- of Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling. speciality machine manufacturer. cations, including sales presentations, Border Protection. WTCDW, Allen ness at the University of Michigan and Westin Hotel, Southfield. $75 mem- employee communications, Power- Park. $45. $25 for WTC members and its Center for Venture Capital and Pri- ComSpec International Inc., Bingham bers, $85 others. 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Companies in the informa- DesignHub Inc., Saline, designed and Township, and offers numerous yoga THURSDAY Resolution: Construction Practition- tion technology, life sciences and al- ers Resolving Construction Disputes produced the 2007 wholesale gift tile styles and class times. Co-founders JAN. 25 ternative energy industries are en- catalog for Motawi Tileworks, Ann Ar- are mother and daughter, Lois Gan- Conference. 7-11:45 a.m. Feb. 1. ESD: couraged to apply. Forty companies bor. non and Carrie Honore. Telephone: The Engineering Society of Detroit; Influential Women Breakfast: Kerr, Russell and Weber plc; Kitch, are to be chosen. Feb. 27 is the early Attendance on Demand Inc., Farming- (734) 454-YOGA. Web site: www. Changing the World, One Woman at Drutchas, Wagner, Valitutti & Sher- deadline for applications, with a final ton Hills, has added Chicago-based evolve.yoga.net. a Time. 7:30-9 a.m. Raymond James brook; and Deneweth, Dugan & deadline of March 13. For more infor- Strategy Execution Partners L.L.C. as Charles Waterhouse Photo Studio and & Associates Inc. Anne Doyle, for- Parfitt P.C. Tapestry, Southfield. $75 mation, visit www.michigangcs.com. an alliance business partner. The al- Gallery, 3342 Auburn Road, Auburn mer communications director for members, $95 others. Join ESD for Women in Communications of Detroit liance lets Strategy Execution Part- Hills, is the new studio of photograph- Ford Motor Co.’s North American $119 and attend free. Contact: Leslie is accepting nominations for its Van- ners, a human-resources outsourcing er Charles Waterhouse. The studio operations and president of Anne Smith, (248) 353-0735, Ext. 4152. guard and Diamond Awards. The Van- company, offer its clients Web-hosted will also be open for local artists to Doyle Communications. 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