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THE WEEK IN REVIEW, WITH AN EYE ON WHAT’S NEXT New freeway to be torn up AD GIANT TO TAKE BUILDING ground in Ypsilanti Township said students are in limbo on $2,400 per ADIENT GAVE UP ON Monday that COO Mark Chaput is in- student in nancial aid that was elimi- A half-mile of newly poured concrete that failed inspection will be terim CEO as a “national search is car- nated, the Associated Press reported. ripped up on northbound I-75 in Oakland County, delaying a portion of THE NEWS: e world’s largest holding ried out” to nd Noblett’s successor. the modernization project until next year. e left two lanes of the free- company of advertising and market- WHY IT MATTERS: Increased attention on way from 13½ mile to 14 Mile and some shoulders will be replaced. ing agencies plans to open a large hub the e ects of the cuts could pressure e problem: e contractor used an “incorrect mix” for that portion downtown Detroit in a move that legislators and the governor to nd of freeway, the Michigan Department of Transportation said. could bring more than 1,000 jobs to common ground on a supplemental e cost of the mistake, estimated at a $500,000 repair, will be borne the city. London-based WPP plc — budget that could restore some of the by the contractor, a joint venture of Wixom-based Toebe Construction which includes GTB, VMLY&R, Bur- cuts. e Legislature returns on Tues- LLC and Chicago-based Walsh Con- rows, Hudson Rouge, Iconmobile, day. struction Co. Work on I-75 earlier Xaxis and Zubi — expects to move MDOT is still deciding in the project. | LARRY into the vacant Marquette Building at GILBERT LIEUTENANT when the replacement will PEPLIN FOR CRAIN’S 243 W. Congress St. e move is being WHY IT MATTERS: is marks the second LEAVES FOR NEW JOB occur. helped by a $1.65 million Michigan search for a leader for the autono- Business Development Program grant mous vehicle test bed in less than a THE NEWS: e communications chief from the Michigan Strategic Fund. year. Noblett was hired in February for Dan Gilbert’s Detroit-based Bed- following a protracted hunt for an ex- rock LLC real estate company is leav- WHY IT MATTERS: e move will ll in a ecutive who could elevate ACM’s pro- ing to go back to Dallas. Whitney building whose renovation plans were le and attract more companies inter- Eichinger, Bedrock’s vice president of halted when automotive seat maker ested in using the autonomous- and communications and one of Gilbert’s Adient Inc. abandoned plans to move connected-vehicle testing facility. e top lieutenants, said her last day was its headquarters from Plymouth to the center said little about the reasons for Friday and she will start today with a downtown Detroit building. It also the departure, but Crain’s quoted an company she left in 2014: Southwest beefs up the advertising business — ACM leader last month as saying the Airlines Co. Eichinger, 43, will be whose presence in Southeast Michi- facility had not taken o as quickly as managing director of culture and en- gan had declined over the decades — hoped. gagement, according to a Southwest in downtown Detroit. news release. BUDGET IMPASSE CEO OF AMERICAN CENTER FOR TAKES TOLL ON SERVICES WHY IT MATTERS: Bedrock has seen MOBILITY OUT AFTER 9 MONTHS some other shakeups recently: Matt CORRECTIONS THE NEWS: With lawmakers on holiday Cullen was named CEO in August and THE NEWS: Nine months after he was for deer season and anksgiving, im- Jim Ketai became the second An article titled “Bills would let he is also chairman of the legislative brought aboard to steer the American pacts from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s high-pro le executive departure over landlords crack down on support an- committee of the Property Manage- Center for Mobility into its next chap- budget moves are beginning to be felt the summer, following Dan Mullen. imals” on Page 13 of the Nov. 25 edi- ment Association of Michigan. ter, Michael Noblett is no longer the more strongly. Sheri s are starting to Also, Gilbert su ered a stroke in May, tion misstated a title for I. Matthew organization’s CEO, Automotive News cut loose up to 119 deputies whose though executives have previously Miller, a member of the property A Nov. 25 Deals and Details item reported. Without saying whether No- jobs are state-funded, small-town hos- stressed to Crain’s that operations management section for Farmington misstated the location of American blett was red or he resigned, o cials pitals will start confronting a $26 mil- have been running smoothly in his ex- Hills-based law rm Swistak Levine Graphics Printing Co. It is based in at the autonomous-vehicle proving lion funding cut and private college tended absence. PC. e article should have said that Clinton Township.
2 | CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS | DECEMBER 2, 2019 FOOD AND DRINK NONPROFITS Local Area Agencies on Aging step up fundraising Move comes as senior population grows
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After relying largely on government funding for decades, two of the three congressionally created Area Agen- cies on Aging serving Southeast Mich- igan are stepping up their fundraising games. And the third is considering it. e moves come amid a growing population of seniors in the region and state, rising demand for senior services and lack of dedicated funding for things seniors need but can’t al- ways a ord, like eyeglasses, hear- ing aids, hand- rails for showers, stair lifts and transportation. “We don’t have the nancial ca- South eld-based ad agency Doner lmed six online-only commercials Nov. 11 for the historic Altes beer brand that relaunched under a new startup this spring. pacity to serve ev- Karson Starring Gary Pillon as Santa Claus and Jimmy Doom as a bartender, the short videos were lmed at the oldest bar in Detroit, the Two Way Inn. | ANNALISE FRANK/CRAIN’S eryone on the (waiting) lists ... (and) we know we have a growing population of seniors,” said Michael Karson, president and CEO of the South eld-based Area CRAFTING THE RETURN OF ALTES Agency on Aging 1-B, which serves Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw, Liv- ingston, Monroe and St. Clair counties. Santa goes belly up to bar to revive an old-Detroit beer brand All three of the local AAA agencies have raised money for years to sup- BYANNALISE FRANK Altes, a lager born in Detroit ey poured in a total of $100,000 of port the Meals on Wheels program for around 1910, is back. Detroit Nation- their own money to start the busi- homebound seniors and the disabled Santa Claus sidles up for a drink at al Brewing Co., a team of three metro ness. e Altes trademark was avail- on major holidays when the govern- the oldest bar in Detroit, the Two Detroit natives who wanted a unique able so they obtained it from the U.S. ment doesn’t support it. But their Way Inn. A bartender cracks open an path into the craft beer industry, is Patent and Trademark O ce. fundraising has been limited to that, Altes — the historic Detroit beer the culprit. “It’s self- nanced. We’ve paid for it until now. that’s now being shipped across the e beer came into existence at to date all ourselves,” Stief told “We felt this was the right time to state as it makes its crafty return. Tivoli Brewery on the city’s east side, Crain’s in a Two Way Inn side room invest in a fundraising program,” Kar- It’s a snowy Monday morning in was well-drank by Detroiters for de- during the commercials’ lming. son said. mid-November and South- cades, stopped its Detroit production “No third-party equity holders. e money AAA 1-B raises will pro- eld-based ad agency Doner is in 1973 and then entirely disap- We’ve done it in a very measured vide unrestricted dollars to support shooting a series of six holi- peared in the 1990s. In the 1960s, Al- way. Partnering with Tra c Jam, unfunded needs, shorten waiting lists day-themed commercials set to roll tes sponsored the Detroit Lions and showing there’s a market, inching Detroit National Brewing Co., and help the agency build its reserves out via social media. e rst comes Tigers. into Southeast Michigan and from founded by three metro Detroit to ensure long-term sustainability. anksgiving Day. e videos — It resurfaced in fall 2016 at Tra c there across the state.” natives, is selling Altes beer. The e agency is starting out small, which Doner hopes will go viral — Jam and Snug in Midtown Detroit. Now Altes Original Detroit Lager is lager was born in Detroit more than with a $150,000 fundraising goal to are part of the longtime marketing ere Eric Stief, 48; Carl Erickson, 47; brewed commercially from Brew a century ago and is being re-re- feed the general fund. rm’s pro-bono work for a beer and Patrick Kruse, 49, started experi- Detroit in Corktown. leased by the new startup. But Karson said it will look to in- brand that it originally promoted mental brewing to test the popularity crease its annual fundraising to $1 more than 60 years ago. of their new version of the crisp lager. See ALTES on Page 20 million within ve years by increasing awareness of its services and engaging more corporate supporters. DEVELOPMENT Rising demand
Created by Congress in 1974 Bankruptcy creditor drops suit seeking more time through the Older Americans Act, the national network of nonpro t AAA BYKIRK PINHO Pike Pointe instead plans to take struction or Detroit can take the agencies provides service referrals title to the 2.11 acres by the current property back. At this point, that’s and home- and community-based A subsidiary of a Detroit bankrupt- Dec. 10 deadline after the bankrupt- an unrealistic time frame to start a services to maximize the indepen- cy creditor has backed down from a cy court denied a motion for an expe- project, Pike Pointe said earlier this dence and dignity of older adults. lawsuit it led in federal court earlier dited hearing on the matter, meaning month. ere are over 600 AAAs nationally this month asking for more time on that months of litigation would likely “Pike Pointe is not interested in — 16 in Michigan serving the entire an east Detroit riverfront develop- ensue beyond the deadline. e another drawn-out ght with the city state. ey provide a long list of ser- ment. deadline to take title to the 6.79 acres in court,” the company said in a state- vices including: elder rights informa- Pike Pointe Holdings LLC, a sub- is Dec. 10, 2021. ment Tuesday afternoon. “Its goal tion, referrals, home-delivered meals sidiary of Syncora Guarantee Inc., e 2.11 acres is at 2290 E. Je er- from the start has been to work col- and social interaction through the sued the city Nov. 13 to get an addi- son Ave., 2310 E. Je erson Ave. and laboratively with the city on a revital- Meals on Wheels program, caregiver tional two years, until Dec. 10, 2021, 301 Chene St., and the 6.79 acres is at ization project that would have trans- resources, chore services, community to take title to a piece of property to- 2200 Franklin St., 2263 E. Atwater St. formed these crumbling surface wellness and nursing home levels of taling 2.11 acres so that it could cou- and 281 Chene St. parking lots near Chene and East Jef- care for people who need it, in their A conceptual rendering of a planned ple that site with another 6.79 acres it Under its agreement with the city ferson into new residential and retail homes. Some are based on nancial mixed-use development on the east received development rights to in the forged during the bankruptcy case, space. need; others are not. Detroit riverfront across 8.9 acres. | 2013-14 bankruptcy case for a large it has 15 months after obtaining the GENSLER DETROIT mixed-use project. title to the 2.11 acres to start con- See CREDITOR on Page 20 See AGENCIES on Page 18
DECEMBER 2, 2019 | CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS | 3 REAL ESTATE INSIDER Birmingham, we’re In Your Corner.®
The Bel Air Luxury Cinema is one of the few movie theaters in Detroit. | KIRK PINHO/CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Morouns buy Bel Air shopping 260 East Brown Street Suite 150 Birmingham, MI 48009 center, known for movie theater Main 248/567-7800 | Fax 248/567-7423 e Moroun family has pur- chased the Bel Air Centre on De- troit’s northeast side. e family’s Warren-based Kirk Crown Enterpris- PINHO es Inc. real estate www.varnumlaw.com company nal- ized the sale last month, according to Wayne County August 2019 land records. e purchase price was Ann Arbor | Birmingham | Detroit | Grand Haven | Grand Rapids | Kalamazoo | Lansing | Novi not disclosed. e shopping center is about 450,000 square feet on more than 40 acres. e precise plans for the property are not known. Michael Samhat, president of Crown Enterprises, con- rmed the purchase and said the The Moroun family has purchased the Bel Air Centre on Eight Mile Road east of Van site’s future does not include retail. Dyke Avenue. | KIRK PINHO/CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS He would only say it would be “repur- posed.” e News reported that at the time it My translation of that: Its buildings “WE DIDN’T BUY IT BASED had been owned by Namdar Realty will be demolished, although when is ON RETAIL PERFORMANCE.” Group LLC out of Great Neck, N.Y. not known. Samhat said some of the e Morouns have faced their share —Michael Samhat, president retailers are looking to break their ex- of Crown Enterprises of criticism and ire over the years for a isting leases and others are staying bevy of reasons, ranging from upkeep open, but he declined to specify of the Michigan Central Station that which ones. some smaller retailers, including a they used to own in the Corktown Johny omas, general manager bounce house business and Taste neighborhood and other properties Norman A. Yatooma for the Bel Air Luxury Cinema, said Buds medical marijuana store. they have, to battles with the Canadi- ATTORNEY AT LAW Tuesday afternoon that the theater e mall is less than 50 percent oc- an and Michigan governments over a still has 15 years left on its lease and it cupied overall, Samhat said, and new bridge over the Detroit River. doesn’t plan on going anywhere any- rents are in the single digits per Matthew Moroun, son of Manuel time soon. square foot. “Matty” Moroun, has sought to soften In a city that doesn’t have many “We didn’t buy it based on retail the image his father has sown in the sizable blocks of contiguous vacant performance,” Samhat said, adding minds of many in Detroit and South- land for new industrial and ware- that Crown has about 1.5 million east Michigan more broadly. house space, the site presents an op- square feet of space under develop- portunity for new development in ment for FCA US LLC in Warren and Former Hope Hospital that sector along a pair of major traf- Detroit. site goes out to RFP c arteries, Eight Mile Road and Van (Fun fact: e property sits imme- Dyke Avenue. Mayor Mike Duggan diately north of FCA’s Conner Center, e city of Detroit has issued a re- • NYA won MI’s largest judgment in 2018. said in September that the city has to which was announced in March last quest for proposals for a 0.75-acre • NYA won MI’s largest legal malpractice make more 30-acre contiguous par- year as the replacement for the as- property at Virginia Park and ird judgment of all time. cels available for modern, single-sto- sembly plant there that produced the Street for a mixed-use development • NYA won the largest franchise settlement ry factories, as my colleague Chad Dodge Viper until August 2017.) that includes residential space on the Livengood wrote at the time. e Bel Air was built in the mid- site of the former Hope Hospital, in MI’s history. As far as movie theaters, the city has 1980s and spans ve buildings. It had which was torn down in 2014 after just the Bel Air on the east side, Cine- been owned by an entity called Bel closing in 2010. ma Detroit on ird Avenue in Mid- Air Shopping LLC, which has a New In addition to the site at 801 Virgin- town and the Redford eatre on the Orleans mailing address for the law ia Park, the developer would also northwest side. Although there have rm Fishman Haygood LLP. A mes- have the option on a 0.2-acre proper- been announcements of two new De- sage was sent to an attorney listed on ty at 808 Virginia Park, according to troit theaters around downtown — an the LLC’s incorporation documents marketing materials by the De- Emagine Entertainment Inc. theater Monday. troit-based brokerage rm Summit For Help Minding Your Own Business, and an Alamo Drafthouse in Midtown e sale price was $3.99 million in Commercial LLC. e asking price is Contact Us for a Free Consultation. — neither have started construction November 2015. $360,000. and it’s not known when they will. It went to auction in April 2015, ac- Responses to the RFP are due by (248) 481-2000 | normanyatooma.com e shopping complex’s main ten- cording to reports in the Detroit Free Jan. 26. Sources: Thompson Reuters Westlaw Edge Case Evaluator Report for Largest Legal Awards ants are Forman Mills, a pair of Ro- Press and Detroit News at the time, and Lexis Nexis Settlement and Verdict Analyzer meo & Juliet furniture stores and the but the auction results are not known. Kirk Pinho: (313) 446-0412 10-screen movie theater, as well as e minimum bid was $1.1 million. Twitter: @kirkpinhoCDB
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advisory. tax. assurance. | bakertilly.com ©2019 Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP GOVERNMENT FOR LEASE EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY DOWNTOWN PLYMOUTH OFFICE Oakland County executive’s primary races shaping up to be competitive Coulter, Meisner facing o on the Democratic side of ticket
BYKIRK PINHO Coulter was a surprise pick during the appointment process; he did not For the first time in Oakland apply to be county executive when the County’s history, voters of both po- county board was accepting applica- litical parties could be faced with tions following Patterson’s death. truly competitive primary elections However, he said, he wants to contin- for the county executive position ue the work he’s been doing for the next year. last two-plus months. 1007 WEST ANN ARBOR TRAIL A pair of candidates — one Dem- “I believe the universe some- Premium Finishes | Ideal Location | Signage Available ocrat, one Republican — will battle Coulter Meisner times puts you in places you’re in November 2020 to guide the fu- supposed to be that you might not www.1007WAnnArborTrail.com ture of 1.25 million people north of Hills car crash. He did virtually no have been expecting,” Coulter said Eight Mile Road as a divisive presi- campaigning that year and still de- at a media event this fall. “As many For more information, please contact: dential race promises ripple effects feated the Democrat by 14 points as of you know, I was not expecting to JASON STOUGH | DAN MORROW on voters down-ballot from Lyon the Obama/Biden ticket took 53 be appointed county executive this Township to Addison Township, percent of the vote to Romney/Ry- August. In just a few short months, (248) 948 9000 www.signatureassociates.com from Hazel Park to Holly Township. an’s 45 percent. I have seen the bright possibilities David Coulter, the appointed “ e peak goal for a Democrat run- we can create for our county.” Democratic CEO of the state’s ning against Brooks was making it ex- Coulter moved up in the spot- wealthiest county, plans to seek a pensive for him to win, but there was light last month when he, along full four-year term after taking over not a really great sense that they with Wayne County Executive War- the remaining 16 months made va- would win,” said Vaughn Derderian, ren Evans and Detroit Mayor Mike cant when longtime Republican chairman of the Oakland County Duggan, announced the so-called county executive L. Brooks Patter- Democratic Party. “It was always an “coalition of the willing” plan to get son died Aug. 3 after a battle with uphill struggle.” a mass transit millage on the No- pancreatic cancer. But Democratic political winds vember 2020 ballot in Oakland, That will pit the Ferndale Demo- started to clearly pick up in 2008 — Washtenaw and Wayne counties crat, with all the trappings of in- amid anger over the economic col- while bypassing opposition in Ma- cumbency (although it’s not denot- lapse and Iraq War, and heightened comb County. Seasoned Connected Versatile ed on the ballot by law), against turnout for the historic candidacy of Meisner, at this point, is by far Treasurer Andy Meisner, of Hun- Barack Obama — when Meisner and the best funded candidate officially tington Woods, in that party’s pri- Prosecutor Jessica Cooper captured in the race, having announced his mary. One potential Democratic their positions (future Congress- candidacy in March and forming foe, Board of Commissioners Chair- woman Brenda Lawrence chal- his political committee in January. CALL OUR TEAM man David Woodward of Royal lenged Patterson but was handily He reported $214,746 raised and FOR A FREE Oak, has been neutralized, endors- defeated by 16 points). en there $63,006 spent, which leaves his war ing Coulter during his announce- was Lisa Brown, the former state chest with $420,898 on hand. PROPERTYP VALUATION ment in Ferndale on Oct 31. representative from West Bloom- Coulter had previously announced Then on the Republican side, po- eld Township who came into the a bid for the state House of Repre- tential candidates include former clerk/register of deeds o ce and sentatives and his campaign com- state Sen. Mike Kowall of White Jim Nash, a Farmington Hills Demo- mittee for that race reported just Kevin Jappaya, CCIM Lake Township, former Congress- crat, who won the water resources $14,520 cash on hand at the end of President man and county board Chairman commissioner post. the last reporting period. Investment Sales Mike Bishop of Rochester and Meisner said in an interview he One concern some Democrats Rochester Hills Mayor Bryan Bar- isn’t backing down. have is expending campaign re- Seller/Landlord Representation nett, although none have an- “I respect Dave, but I also can’t help sources during a bruising primary Buyer/Tenant Representation nounced campaigns or formed po- battle and not having them avail- litical committees for the race. able for a contested general elec- “If it’s Coulter and Meisner, that “I BELIEVE, AND MOST tion. kjcre.com 248.851.8900 makes for an interesting time at the PEOPLE BELIEVE, THAT “On the one hand, yeah, I’m 30201 Orchard Lake Road, Suite 100 Farmington Hills, MI 48334 county building there with the pri- worried about fighting amongst mary playing out every day in the OAKLAND COUNTY IS NOW ourselves and then getting to the staff meeting,” said David Dulio, a TRENDING DEMOCRAT, IF general and exhausting resources, professor of political science and but I also think this is a necessary the director for the Center for Civic IT’S NOT DEMOCRAT discussion to have, to talk about Engagement at Oakland University. ALREADY.” what we think we should be doing “I still think it’s going to be com- and what we think we should be petitive. Andy is a formidable can- —Bill Bullard Jr., former Republican the next eight to 10 years,” Derderi- chairman of the county board didate and knows how to run and a former state senator and an said. countywide, which Dave Coulter county clerk/register of deeds Bill Bullard Jr., the former Re- hasn’t done. That might be some- publican chairman of the county CANNABIS thing that gives Meisner an advan- board and a former state senator tage; whether that overcomes the but wonder if it wouldn’t be better for and county clerk/register of deeds, REPORT incumbency for Dave Coulter, that the county if he just focus on the job said whatever Republican emerges remains to be seen. ... Flip over to he was given and allow us to get past from a primary contest to take on Coverage of the Republican side and we’ll see this whole chapter that led to his ap- the Democrat will face a difficult who gets in and that’s going to be pointment with Mr. Patterson passing electoral climate. an emerging interesting. You have some folks a w a y .” “I believe, and most people be- industry who could be really good candi- Coulter endorsed Meisner on June lieve, that Oakland County is now dates.” 20, about a month and a half before trending Democrat, if it’s not Dem- in Michigan Patterson’s political clout and the Patterson died and two months before ocrat already,” said Bullard, who is county’s Republican political lean- he was appointed to the executive po- now a lobbyist in Lansing with The state’s legalization in 2018 ings for decades resulted in purely sition on Aug. 16. Strategic Communication Solu- of recreational cannabis sacrificial Democratic lambs being “I think Dave got it right when he tions. “When Mitt Romney, a native use marks its entry into the led to the slaughter. endorsed me,” Meisner said, adding of Oakland County, ran he only got marketplace. Follow our coverage In 2004, the party didn’t bother that Coulter visited his o ce last 45 percent of the vote in Oakland as activity in this emerging to run a candidate at all, even as the month to tell him that he would an- County. Donald Trump only got 43 eld heats up and as key Kerry/Edwards presidential ticket nounce his candidacy for a full term in percent. I believe people still look players look for roles in edged out Bush/Cheney in the 2020. (Perhaps telling of the tenor of at the qualifications of the individ- the cannabis industry. county by less than 3,000 votes. In things to come, Meisner’s uncle, Mort, ual candidate but it puts the Re- 2012, three days after the Aug. 7 pri- a public relations executive, red o publican at a distinct disadvan- mary in which Patterson took 90 an email before Coulter’s announce- t a g e .” Visit crainsdetroit.com/cannabis percent of the Republican vote ment referring to Coulter as a “loser against a doomed GOP challenger, for state Senate” in 2010 and “a favor- Kirk Pinho: (313) 446-0412 he was nearly killed in an Auburn ite of politicians.”) Twitter: @kirkpinhoCDB
6 | CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS | DECEMBER 2, 2019 REAL ESTATE
The Pearl, a 90,000-square-foot development in downtown Birmingham, is expected to be complete in March. | MARUSICH ARCHITECTURE $20 million luxury development in Birmingham targets March completion The Pearl to include multifamily units, 2 ground oor commercial spaces
BYKURT NAGL THE LUXURY RENTAL UNITS ing, full-time concierge, soundproof insulation and keyless entry, accord- A $20 million luxury development START AT $4,800 PER ing to a news release. Emil’s wife Ra- being erected in downtown Birming- chelle Cherkasov is handling resi- ham is expected to be complete in MONTH FOR ONE dential leasing. March with a posh eyelash shop and BEDROOM UNITS AND GO Cherkasov said there is a waiting up to $11,300-per-month apart- list and leasing will begin in January ments. UP TO $11,300 FOR A for March occupancy. e Pearl, a 90,000-square-foot THREE BEDROOM. e Pearl adds to a growing num- mixed-use building at Old Wood- ber of new luxury developments in ward Avenue and Oak Street, is being the a uent Oakland County city. developed by Frank Simon, principal e other 2,700-square-foot store- Crain’s reported last November that of FLS Properties, based in West front will likely be lled by a national more than a half-dozen projects to- Bloom eld. retailer, but a lease has not been taling more than $250 million were e four- oor building will consist signed, said Emil Cherkasov, princi- being planned there to feed demand of 26 high-end multifamily units with pal of Bloom eld Hills-based For- for high-end condos and premier of- two ground oor commercial spaces ward Commercial Group, which is ce space. totaling about 4,500 square feet. leasing the building. e general contractor on e About half that space has been signed e luxury rental units start at Pearl project is Ohio-based e to Lash Lounge, which will be operat- $4,800 per month for one-bedroom Douglas Co. e architect is Bloom- ed by Kati Prater, wife of Detroit Lions units and go up to $11,300 for a eld Township-based Marusich Ar- kicker Matt Prater. It is a franchise lo- three-bedroom. Unit sizes range chitecture. cation of the Texas-based company from 1,011 square feet to 2,783 square that has nearly 100 shops, including feet. ey feature 10-foot tall ceilings, Kurt Nagl: (313) 446-0337 three in Southeast Michigan. private terraces, underground park- Twitter: @kurt_nagl
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DECEMBER 2, 2019 | CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS | 7 COMMENTARY Make it a goal to practice the 4Rs with technology BYJASON KEHR Ultimately, the best thing you can do for the environment is reduce the amount of A recent economic electronics purchases. If that’s too over- speaking engagement led whelming for your company, tech repairs are by Patagonia’s Vincent the next best thing to support the reduction Stanley sparked thoughts process. about how the iconic In most cases, companies will scrap elec-
GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO brand’s “Don’t Buy is tronics that malfunction and purchase new Jacket” advertising cam- equipment rather than exploring the repair COMMENTARY paign applies to compa- route. Yet, repairing malfunctioned electron- nies in today’s technolog- ics is often cost e ective and can be done in a Jason Kehr is ical society. timely manner. president of In November 2011, Pa- When companies have exhausted all re- Dearth of local news Valley City tagonia took out a full- pair options, they can evaluate the equip- Electronic page ad in the New York ment’s reusable value. Today’s society is host Recycling, a Times on the Friday after to a robust used electronics market with an certi ed B Corp anksgiving — other- extensive array of equipment based on and licensed wise known as Black Fri- make, model, generation, specs, etc. When coverage leaves a void large-quantity day. e ad stated, “Don’t repurposed equipment is brought back into universal waste Buy is Jacket,” with a a working environment, not only does it ex- It’s been a month of storm clouds for the handler picture of a gray Patago- tend its useful life, but it avoids the pitfalls of business of local news. headquartered nia R2 Jacket, one of the the nal option: re- A massive report last month from PEN Michael in metro Grand company’s best sellers. It cycling. ULTIMATELY, THE America called “Losing the News: the Decima- Rapids. also included what it took e nal R — re- tion of Local Journalism and the Search for LEE to make the jacket, in- cycling — gets the BEST THING YOU Solutions” received national attention for its Managing Editor cluding 135 liters of wa- most attention of CAN DO FOR THE dire warnings about the decline of local news- ter, enough to meet the daily needs of 45 peo- the 4Rs, and is a vi- papers and what that decline means for de- ple. While the jacket is made with 60 percent able option when ENVIRONMENT IS mocracy in America. I’ll hear from local residents and leaders after recycled polyester, it “comes with an envi- an electronic de- REDUCE THE A complex web of factors has contributed to o ering up all kinds of other angles we could ronmental cost higher than its price,” the ad vice has truly this decline — everyone knows about the rise explore. ey are clearly hungry for the cover- stated. reached its useful AMOUNT OF of the internet, the age that used to be routinely provided by local e goal of Patagonia’s “buy less” advertis- end-of-life stage. ELECTRONICS mistake of giving away papers. ing strategy was to encourage people to think Breaking down I CAN TESTIFY the news for free — but Now instead, those communities often get about how their purchases impact the envi- equipment to its PURCHASES. THAT EVEN THE other factors have “news” served up by local Facebook groups, ronment, objectively assess their immediate commodity level is been key. e loss of which tend to be hives of rumor, inaccuracy need for products and pledge to reduce, re- certainly a better and more sustainable op- SMALLEST classi ed ads to mar- and speculation. It’s not healthy. pair, reuse and recycle whenever possible. tion than having it go to the land ll. But keep COMMUNITIES ketplaces like eBay Nonpro t news models have had some suc- Companies that practice the 4Rs — re- in mind, recycling tech devices should be the and Craigslist, and the cess, such as the Center for Michigan’s Bridge duce, repair, reuse and recycle — have a tre- last resort as reduction, repair and reuse are ARE HUNGRY increase in private eq- Magazine, supported by philanthropy. And mendous opportunity to decrease their envi- all better options for the environment. uity buyers of newspa- smaller operations like the Oakland County ronmental footprint, while at the same time, Just like Patagonia’s “Don’t Buy is Jack- FOR LOCAL per chains who have Times have aimed to provide on-the-ground increase their pro ts. is doesn’t just apply et” advertising campaign, companies large NEWS. hollowed out news- reporting. to manufacturers of wearable goods, but also and small can evoke positive change in the rooms as a cost savings But they can’t measure up to the ecosystem to companies of all sizes in various markets. environment by committing to the 4Rs with measure, often when the papers themselves that you could see in old Crain’s lists of the While technology is extremely useful and their technology usage. Additionally, com- were already pro table. largest weekly newspaper chains from 1990, often necessary for daily business e ciency, panies will have all the computing power e purchase of Detroit Free Press owner when the 15 largest weekly newspaper compa- companies often purchase more electronic they need and a stronger bottom line when Gannett Co. Inc. by Gatehouse Media owner nies distributed around 1.5 million papers a products and services than they need. A cou- implementing a technology strategy of buy- New Media Investment Group, which closed week. ple of ways to help mitigate this is to extend ing less new equipment, repairing current last month, is sure to be fueling fears of further It’s hard to see a business model that sup- refresh cycles on devices or limit the amount equipment and utilizing the used equipment cuts to local coverage. Gatehouse has a reputa- ports this kind of intensely local coverage, of devices employees may use onsite. Com- market. tion for shrinking newsrooms, though so far which is crucial to functioning cities, that panies that adhere to these two practices As community members, we implore you there has been no sign of mass layo s or any doesn’t involve readers paying for news alone can help reduce the amount of pre- to practice the 4Rs to make this world a more other moves for the Detroit paper. through digital subscriptions or in some other cious metals used to produce new electron- sustainable place to live. Countless weeklies that focused on just one direct way. Original reporting, the kind that in- ics each year. 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8 | CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS | DECEMBER 2, 2019 OTHER VOICES Here are some jobs that tari s helped create in America BYZAK PASHAK assemble the globally sourced posed to a broader product array, strategically undo the manufactur- parts that make a bicycle, rather better quality products and a local ing framework of our country. When a new than having it all assembled in and economy that kept consumer dol- While the American government president is elect- shipped from China. lars in the hands of local people. sat back, European regulators ed, I would un- Twenty-five demonstrated that China subsi- derstand the im- years ago, there dized its steel industry and reacted pulse to do what were thousands IF MANAGED CORRECTLY, TARIFFS COULD by applying tariffs to protect Euro- Donald Trump of American bi- LEAD MANY OTHER PURCHASING pean steel makers. It wasn’t just has tried to do to cycle produc- steel — the European Union has his predecessor’s tion jobs. Entire DEPARTMENTS OF MANY OTHER TYPES OF been consistent and diligent in legacy. communities PRODUCTS TO RETHINK THEIR SUPPLY countering Chinese market manip- Zak Pashak is I implore our were sustained ulation. owner of Detroit future officials by domestic bi- CHAIN AND HOW AMERICAN HANDS CAN As it relates to my own industry, Bikes. to consider the cycle manufac- START PLAYING A BIGGER ROLE IN IT. there are currently many thou- adage that even turing and as- sands of bicycle industry jobs that a broken clock is sembly facilities and the good, Somewhere along the way, we remain in Europe. We can, and right twice a day. The man did steady work required to run them. passively allowed China and a should, follow this same strategy Detroit Bikes is based in Detroit. | DETROIT manage, implausibly and outra- American consumers were ex- handful of American oligarchs to here in America. BIKES geously, to follow his instincts into the White House. Those instincts — or his advisers, or maybe even his xenophobia — have pushed the United States into a necessary trade confrontation with a country that we have poured money into over the last 30 years to the benefit largely of the Walton family, Chi- nese industrialists (and workers) and the Chinese government — at the expense of our own middle class. We must not continue to cede NOMINATIONS our manufacturing base to China under the delusion that a global free market exists. OPEN FOR I moved to the United States in 2011 and founded Detroit Bikes, the country’s largest bicycle frame manufacturing facility. The com- pany has recently taken on large assembly and sourcing orders for a national retailer and hiring has started on up to 50 new positions in BIGGEST the 48227 ZIP code, with the poten- tial for many more to follow. DEALS | 2019 The 301 tariffs have played a sig- nificant role in winning us these orders. Did your company make an acquisition If managed correctly, tariffs could lead many other purchasing or divestiture in 2019? Were you a law rm departments of many other types of products to rethink their supply chain and how American hands or nancial adviser that supported a deal? can start playing a bigger role in it. Strategic tariff management has the potential to create hundreds of Crain’s Detroit Business is seeking details on Michigan’s largest thousands of new American jobs. merger and acquisition deals. The M&A deals must have a As it stands, the knock on the 301 deal value over $10 million and have been announced or closed tariffs is that they are exclusively punitive to China, rather than con- in the 2019 calendar year and either the target, acquiring or structive in the United States. Large selling company must be located in Michigan. American purchasers (Walmart, etc) can avoid the tariffs by sourc- ing, and in turn driving the con- Crain’s annual Biggest Deals list will run online struction of new factories and the jobs they house, from some other and in the print edition on February 24, 2020. country — say, Vietnam or Cambo- dia. In this scenario, the 301 tariffs exist only to either tax Americans, or to continue our national transfer of wealth to replacement countries. They function as a consumption tax that disproportionately impacts people with less money to begin with. But these tariffs have also SUBMISSION DEADLINE: opened up some opportunities, and could open even more. In my Dec. 20, 2019. industry, most bikes are assem- bled, boxed and shipped from Chi- SUBMIT A DEAL AT crainsdetroit.com/nominations na, and only opened once they reach their final retail destination. In higher-end bikes the most ex- pensive component, the drivetrain, is usually made in Taiwan or Japan. If those components are shipped to China and assembled onto a bike, they then become subject to the 30 percent 301 tariff coming into the U.S. Suddenly it makes a lot of sense to pay an American to
DECEMBER 2, 2019 | CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS | 9 BEST MANAGED NONPROFITS
ABOUT THIS REPORT High turnover in the nonpro t sector is spurring organizations to be more intentional in their succession planning and leadership development e orts. Finalists in Crain’s Best-Managed Nonpro t Contest this year were recognized by an independent panel of judges for initiatives spanning organizationwide e orts to cultivate a culture that attracts and retains employees while preparing them for shifts in leadership to ensure the mission continues to next- generation leadership development through WINNER speci c programs. Crain’s will honor this year’s winner early next year at its annual Newsmaker of the Year luncheon. A HOLISTIC VIEW Winner Living Arts Living Arts is proactive on succession planning PAGE 10 Children and parents participate in a Living Arts intro to dance class at the Ford Resource and Engagement Center in Detroit. Finalists Chaldean Community Foundation BYSHERRI WELCH “AS THE ECONOMY CHANGES, At the same time, Living Arts has vides professional development for PAGE 11 focused on building awareness of its educators. When it comes to succession planning , Living WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING mission with peer organizations. And It’s serving 3,000 children, fami- Downtown Boxing Gym that’s helped create a pipeline of in- lies and educators annually, PAGE 12 Arts is taking a holistic view to developing a strong POSSIBLE TO BE AN terested candidates it can look to through e orts including work in The Henry Ford bench. ORGANIZATION WHERE when it does need to ll roles. 10 Detroit Public School Commu- PAGE 13 “As the economy changes, we need nity District schools and partner- Its e orts extend beyond grooming individual PEOPLE SEE THEMSELVES to do everything possible to be an or- ships with other nonpro ts like successors for leadership roles and cross-training GROWING AND THRIVING.” ganization where people see them- Boys and Girls Club of Southeast- Judges selves growing and thriving,” No- ern Michigan, delivering programs to ensure seamless transitions. —Alissa Novoselick Gary Dembs, president and CEO, voselick said. at its new site. Nonpro t Personnel Network It’s focused on ensuring nancial transparency “By strengthening our culture .. It operates on a $1.1 million bud- our mission ... our relationships with get for scal 2020 with 54 employ- Kelley Kuhn, vice president, so sta ers better understand where revenue comes peers in southwest Detroit ... in the ees. It diversi ed its revenue — Michigan Nonpro t Association from, how it’s spent and how they and their depart- education (and arts) space, the orga- mostly grants three years ago. Bill Liebold, president, The Liebold nization has mechanisms for succes- Today, about a third of its budget Group LLC, a nonpro t and higher ments play into that. It’s also included sta in stra- sion planning (built in),” she said. stems from income earned from education consultancy, and former tegic planning sessions and created an inclusive Living Arts’ organizationwide view fees for out of school programs, in- president, Michigan Colleges of succession planning, something dividual and corporate giving. Alliance culture that empowers every employee. other nonpro ts both small and large Recently, Living Arts launched a can replicate, has earned it the title of 20th anniversary fund campaign to Gerald Lindman, assistant “ is is about being proactive ... creating culture, Crain’s 2019 Best-Managed Nonpro t. raise $100,000 by the end of the cal- professor, nonpro t leadership paying attention to people ... creating relationships Youth arts education programs led endar year. So far, it’s raised $85,000 concentration, Michigan State by professional artists or “teaching toward the board-designated fund University (and) the intentionality, especially for a small or- artists” in early learning environ- which will support strategic oppor- Richard Martin, principal, Caleb ganization,” Executive Director Alissa Novoselick ments, K-12 classrooms and sites tunities. LLC, a philanthropy consultancy outside of school in Southwest De- Novoselick took the helm of said. troit are the bedrock of Living Arts’ southwest Detroit nonpro t Living The nonpro t practice group at e moves have helped Living Arts retain 92 per- programs. Arts in 2017 after the former execu- Plante Moran PLLC, led by partner Erika Villarreal Buce, director of programs, It also works with arts educators to tive director left to practice her art John Bebes, did a nancial analysis cent of its 54 employees over the past three years. and Executive Director Alissa Novoselick. infuse art in the curriculum and pro- full time. of the applicants.
10 | CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS | DECEMBER 2, 2019 FINALIST Chaldean Community Foundation welcomes next-generation leaders Identi es current employees with leadership potential
BYSHERRI WELCH joined the team as program manag- ers immediately; others have Over the past ve years, the num- worked their way toward manage- ber of people served by the Chal- ment, Manna said. dean Community Foundation has e foundation has put in place grown from a few thousand each succession-planning policies for its year to nearly 35,000. board members and is welcoming Much of the demand was spurred next-generation leaders to its ranks. by the surge in Iraqi and Syrian refu- It’s now actively identifying cur- gees during the last administration. rent employees with leadership po- But the number of people coming to tential and providing professional the foundation hasn’t trickled o development. Over the past three despite the shift in federal policies years, it’s promoted seven or more that has kept refugees from those employees into senior positions in- countries from seeking asylum in cluding development director, pro- the U.S. in recent years. gram managers and human re- Demand for the foundation’s ser- sources director. vices continues to grow, President To develop leadership potential Martin Manna said, as behavioral and independent thought and deci- health issues surface for many who “WE GREW SO QUICKLY WE sion-making, it’s opened strategic faced trauma in their native land. planning, problem-solving, devel- Others need help interpreting im- WERE ALWAYS JUST opment and communications con- portant documents, learning to REACTING AND NEVER versations to all team members so speak English, and connecting with they can be an integral part of devel- health care, housing and jobs. REALLY HAD A LONG TERM oping the foundation’s path for- “We grew so quickly we were al- PLAN.” ward. Manna said the foundation has ways just reacting and never really —Martin Manna, president, had a long-term plan,” Manna said. Chaldean Community Foundation stepped up its appearances at com- In recent years, the foundation munity colleges and other local ven- created de ned program areas: be- vides small automobile loans to cli- ues and events to broaden aware- havioral health, career services, im- ents in need. ness of its services — not only for migration, community outreach, To oversee its growing program Chaldean Americans but anyone in development and capital mission. areas, the foundation has recruited need. Its team re ects that, with A HOLISTIC VIEW It’s providing services on a $5.8 high-level, next-generation talent many Chaldean Americans on sta million budget, while also raising $8 and leaders, including nearly a doz- but others, too, overseeing areas like Living Arts is proactive on succession planning million to fund a 30,000-square-foot en with advanced degrees and ve human resources. expansion of its Sterling Heights attorneys to lead those areas. “People say youth bring energy,
PHOTOGRAPHS BY SYLVIA JARRUS FOR CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS CRAIN’S FOR JARRUS SYLVIA BY PHOTOGRAPHS center, a 135-unit mixed-use hous- Among them is Paul Jonna, former (and) senior sta bring wisdom,” Children and parents participate in a Living Arts intro to dance class at the Ford Resource and Engagement Center in Detroit. ing complex in the community chairman of the foundation, who is Manna said. nearby and the Michael J. George now COO. “If we can fuse the two, we’ll have At the same time, Living Arts has vides professional development for Such shifts can open the door to Chaldean Loan fund, which pro- Some newly recruited employees a great organization.” focused on building awareness of its educators. large-scale sta turnover which can mission with peer organizations. And It’s serving 3,000 children, fami- stall growth and disrupt program de- that’s helped create a pipeline of in- lies and educators annually, livery in an organization of any size, terested candidates it can look to through e orts including work in but especially smaller nonpro ts. when it does need to ll roles. 10 Detroit Public School Commu- Living Arts sought to mitigate “As the economy changes, we need nity District schools and partner- that risk, rst by ensuring employ- to do everything possible to be an or- ships with other nonpro ts like ees were getting competitive pay ganization where people see them- Boys and Girls Club of Southeast- and bene ts and improving those if selves growing and thriving,” No- ern Michigan, delivering programs they weren’t. voselick said. at its new site. “One of the key metrics in keep- “By strengthening our culture .. It operates on a $1.1 million bud- ing people is paying them fairly and our mission ... our relationships with get for scal 2020 with 54 employ- what they deserve,” Novoselick peers in southwest Detroit ... in the ees. It diversi ed its revenue — said. education (and arts) space, the orga- mostly grants three years ago. It also re ned human resources nization has mechanisms for succes- Today, about a third of its budget policies and procedures to accom- sion planning (built in),” she said. stems from income earned from modate the diverse needs of sta , Living Arts’ organizationwide view fees for out of school programs, in- putting in place exible work of succession planning, something dividual and corporate giving. schedules, generous paid time o other nonpro ts both small and large Recently, Living Arts launched a and policies to accommodate work- can replicate, has earned it the title of 20th anniversary fund campaign to life balance and family and person- Crain’s 2019 Best-Managed Nonpro t. raise $100,000 by the end of the cal- al commitments. Youth arts education programs led endar year. So far, it’s raised $85,000 Living Arts also put a new focus by professional artists or “teaching toward the board-designated fund on human resources, initiating artists” in early learning environ- which will support strategic oppor- 360-degree reviews to provide ev- ments, K-12 classrooms and sites tunities. ery employee with a more holistic outside of school in Southwest De- Novoselick took the helm of view of their performance from not troit are the bedrock of Living Arts’ southwest Detroit nonpro t Living only supervisors but also peers and programs. Arts in 2017 after the former execu- those served. It also works with arts educators to tive director left to practice her art infuse art in the curriculum and pro- full time. See LIVING on Page 12 Lead case manager Jason Dowda works inside the Chaldean Community Center. | SYLVIA JARRUS FOR CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS
DECEMBER 2, 2019 | CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS | 11 FOCUS | BEST MANAGED NONPROFITS LIVING FINALIST From Page 10 And it created opportunities for em- The Henry Ford looks to its own ployees to take on more responsibility and move up within the organization, along with professional development opportunities. collection for lessons in leadership To ensure an inclusive workplace, Living Arts has focused on diversifying Nonpro t develops coaching program with past, present innovations its board and sta . Its board now in- cludes ve people of color, making up BYSHERRI WELCH 41 percent of its 12-member board. Half of its employees are people of col- Succession planning has been or, up from a quarter three years ago. embedded in e Henry Ford’s op- “What succession planing looks like erations for decades. for an organization like ours, which at’s what led CEO Patricia has grown an exceptional amount in Mooradian, her predecessor and four past ve to seven years and just broke of the Dearborn institution’s current the $1 million revenue mark really vice presidents to their positions. looks like ... strengthening and em- And that’s how it cultivated lead- powering everyone in the organiza- ers like COO and Vice President tion, from teaching artists to board Brent Ott, who started out busing members,” said Living Arts Chairman tables as a summer job at e Henry Matthew Nahan, a community coor- Ford while in college 19 years ago. dinator at Henry Ford Health System. At the same time, the museum Ensuring everyone at Living Arts has kept employee turnover low. knows where the organization gets its Last year it saw just 10 percent turn- money, where that money is spent over in its 354 full-time employees and how their area and role ts into and 1,500 part-time and seasonal that was also key, Novoselick said. employees. With smaller nonpro ts, the execu- But one in ve of its employees tive director is often “the protector of have been with the institution for the money,” Novoselick said. If they over 20 years, and half of its senior depart, an organization’s nances can management team are expected to be turned upside down. retire within the next 10 years. To avoid that potential, Living Arts To ensure it’s ready for that com- provides nancial literacy training for ing succession, the nonpro t opera- its entire management team, and it’s tor of e Henry Ford museum and put nancial transparency in place. Green eld Village is focusing even “If someone was to leave, there more sharply on developing the next would be no surprises about the generation of leaders. strengths of the organization, how al- Students and mentors race each other at Downtown Boxing Gym in Detroit. | SYLVIA JARRUS FOR CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS “We don’t want to be caught o locations are happening, the budget guard. We want our team to be at every level and the plan for grow- FINALIST ready,” Mooradian said. ing,” Novoselick said. e institution began to work with New leadership working with exist- outside coaches, but it became ap- ing sta when Novoselick came in was parent that “o -the-shelf” programs impressive, said Kelley Kuhn, vice Downtown Boxing Gym is developing kids it serves weren’t in keeping with e Henry president of the Michigan Nonpro t Ford’s culture, she said. Association. Nonpro t launches apprenticeship to cultivate young leaders from its program ranks So the nonpro t developed its own, incorporating the traits and External relationships BYSHERRI WELCH sophomore year, deciding that pro- habits of past and present innova- fession wasn’t for him, Hauser said. tors who are central to its academic At the same time, Living Arts is Grassroots nonpro ts with dy- He’s now registered to start classes curriculum and its collection into a building external relationships to namic founders can struggle to en- at Wayne State University during the leadership development program. raise awareness of its mission and cul- sure their missions live on beyond winter session, with a focus on so- ture and build a pipeline of interest for the leader. cial work. positions that open up. at’s something the Downtown Sweeney isn’t expected to step It is tapping into the talents and in- Boxing Gym Youth Program began back from the nonpro t any time put of its youth and parents in making mulling over a few years back, be- soon, but to continue to have a high programmatic decisions, leading fore it had even hit the 10-year mark. touch with students as the program events and lling positions on its ad- e tutoring, athletics, mentor- grows, it will need more mentors ministrative team, where possible. ship, socio-emotional skill building, who think like him, Hauser said. e nonpro t attends more peer college- and career-readiness and “We (also) get requests from all events and co-founded a group to reg- other supports it provides to stu- over the world to replicate. Under- ularly convene arts and arts adminis- dents in its program have helped standing ... the magic sauce allows trators of color to have solidarity and 100 percent of the program’s 277 us to think through (if) it’s realistic discussions, Novoselick said. participants graduate from high to replicate and what that could look She is also convening a group of school since 2007. like.” nonpro t executive directors, inside How could DBG ensure the ap- DBG, which is operating on a $2.5 and outside the arts, to discuss issues, proach founder Khali Sweeney had million budget for scal 2020, is opportunities and best practices. put in place through personal con- building the program into its budget ose e orts are helping Living nections with youth carry on be- to ensure it will continue beyond the Arts build relationships with profes- yond current leadership? pilot. sionals in the sector and already e answer was under the group’s “WE ALSO GET REQUESTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD Outside of the pilot, a culture of spurred the hire of an in-school, arts nose the whole time. developing youth in the program program manager from among the DBG is developing kids it serves TO REPLICATE. UNDERSTANDING ... THE MAGIC SAUCE into leadership roles is emerging. the teaching artists network. as future leaders of the nonpro t. ALLOWS US TO THINK THROUGH IF IT’S REALISTIC TO Kenedi Cain, 15, a sophomore at Everything Novoselick and her team e kids in the program have Cass Tech High School and DBG at- have put in place has spread knowl- been part of building the culture, REPLICATE AND WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.” tendee for four years, is now serving edge of “where we’ve been, where we said Executive Director Jessica —Jessica Hauser, executive director, Downtown Boxing Gym as a part-time assistant in the non- are and where we need to go,” across Hauser. pro t’s STEAM lab, helping to devel- the organization, Nahan said. You can teach anybody the busi- apprenticeship program to cultivate 12, is the rst to shadow Sweeney. op lesson plans and looking for ideas “If any board member, leader or ness side of things, but the less tan- Sweeney’s successor by teaching “Khali wants him to be even bet- to conduct weekly experiments that teaching artist leaves, the understand- gible piece of leadership can’t be young leaders to emulate Sweeney’s ter than he is,” Hauser said. “ at connect students to science. ing of what the organization means, taught, she said. “It almost has to be style as a leader, mentor, life coach, means he needs to get into the She’s learning communication why it exists and the importance of co-created.” athletic trainer and, often, a surro- weeds on the business side, (too).” and organizational skills and critical that to the young people and families With a two-year, $500,000 grant gate family member. Anderson attended Oakland Uni- thinking, among other things. At the that we serve won’t be lost.” from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foun- Kadeem Anderson, a 2015 DBG versity, where he completed some same time, she’s serving as a mentor dation, DBG last year launched an graduate who started at the gym at age pre-med classes but left after his to her peers, Hauser said. Kids make paper airplanes inside the ight exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn. | SYLVIA JARRUS FOR CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Sherri Welch: 313 (446-1694) Twitter: @SherriWelch
12 | CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS | DECEMBER 2, 2019 FINALIST POWER UP The Henry Ford looks to its own YOUR CAREER Master’s degrees, graduate certi cates, collection for lessons in leadership and degree completion
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Arts and Sciences embedded in e Henry Ford’s op- “In order for us to really … walk Business and Information Technology erations for decades. the walk, we needed to incorporate Engineering at’s what led CEO Patricia that into our own training,” Moora- Mooradian, her predecessor and four dian said. of the Dearborn institution’s current e Henry Ford sent two in-house vice presidents to their positions. trainers to become certi ed in lead- And that’s how it cultivated lead- ership development so they could ers like COO and Vice President customize the program for all levels Brent Ott, who started out busing of management. tables as a summer job at e Henry e program includes immersion Ford while in college 19 years ago. in both academic and real-world ap- At the same time, the museum plications of leadership theory, has kept employee turnover low. models and tools. Last year it saw just 10 percent turn- Launched early this year, the year- over in its 354 full-time employees long program includes ve sessions. and 1,500 part-time and seasonal So far, e Henry Ford has rolled it employees. out to six cohorts comprised of a to- But one in ve of its employees tal of 167 managers. have been with the institution for It plans to launch another phase over 20 years, and half of its senior of the leadership training next year management team are expected to and ongoing, continuing sessions retire within the next 10 years. each year for management. To ensure it’s ready for that com- “We want to develop the next gen- ing succession, the nonpro t opera- eration of leaders (who) are using the tor of e Henry Ford museum and habits and traits of innovation as part Green eld Village is focusing even of their skill set,” Mooradian said. more sharply on developing the next To strengthen its ability to identify Possible is everything Southfield, Michigan generation of leaders. potential leaders in the organiza- Students and mentors race each other at Downtown Boxing Gym in Detroit. | SYLVIA JARRUS FOR CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS “We don’t want to be caught o tion, e Henry Ford has also put in guard. We want our team to be place a leadership development re- ready,” Mooradian said. view process. e institution began to work with “WE WANT TO DEVELOP e review focuses on succession outside coaches, but it became ap- planning and how the institution parent that “o -the-shelf” programs THE NEXT GENERATION OF can professionally develop sta with Downtown Boxing Gym is developing kids it serves weren’t in keeping with e Henry LEADERS WHO ARE USING upper management potential. Ford’s culture, she said. Feedback from managers and sta Nonpro t launches apprenticeship to cultivate young leaders from its program ranks So the nonpro t developed its THE HABITS AND TRAITS about both of the new leadership de- A Fee-Only Wealth Management Group own, incorporating the traits and OF INNOVATION AS PART velopment programs has been ex- sophomore year, deciding that pro- habits of past and present innova- tremely positive, Mooradian said. fession wasn’t for him, Hauser said. tors who are central to its academic OF THEIR SKILL SET.” “ ey love that a nonpro t is in- He’s now registered to start classes curriculum and its collection into a —Patricia Mooradian, vesting in them and their skills and Michigan’s #1 Financial Advisor* at Wayne State University during the leadership development program. CEO, The Henry Ford talent.” winter session, with a focus on so- cial work. Sweeney isn’t expected to step Charles C. Zhang ® back from the nonpro t any time CFP , MBA, MSFS, ChFC, CLU soon, but to continue to have a high CEO and Founder touch with students as the program grows, it will need more mentors Charles was ranked #6 who think like him, Hauser said. on Forbes’ list of America’s “We (also) get requests from all over the world to replicate. Under- Top Wealth Advisors and standing ... the magic sauce allows is the highest ranked us to think through (if) it’s realistic Fee-Only Advisor to replicate and what that could look on the list.** like.” DBG, which is operating on a $2.5 million budget for scal 2020, is We Uphold a Fiduciary Standard building the program into its budget to ensure it will continue beyond the 101 West Big Beaver Road pilot. 14th Floor Outside of the pilot, a culture of Troy, MI 48084 developing youth in the program (248) 687-1258 or (888) 777-0126 into leadership roles is emerging. Kenedi Cain, 15, a sophomore at Cass Tech High School and DBG at- tendee for four years, is now serving www.zhangnancial.com as a part-time assistant in the non- pro t’s STEAM lab, helping to devel- Minimum Investment Requirement: $1,000,000 in Michigan op lesson plans and looking for ideas $2,000,000 outside of Michigan. to conduct weekly experiments that connect students to science. Assets under custody of LPL Financial, TD Ameritrade, She’s learning communication and Charles Schwab and organizational skills and critical *As reported in Barron’s March 8, 2019. Rankings based on assets under management, revenue generated for the advisors’ rms, quality of practices, and other factors. thinking, among other things. At the **As reported in Forbes September 14, 2019. e rankings, developed by Shook Research, same time, she’s serving as a mentor are based on in-person and telephone due diligence meetings and a ranking algorithm for advisors who have a minimum of seven years of experience. Other factors include client to her peers, Hauser said. Kids make paper airplanes inside the ight exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn. | SYLVIA JARRUS FOR CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS retention, industry experience, compliance records, rm nominations, assets under management, revenue generated for their rms, and other factors. See zhangnancial.com for full ranking criteria.
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A lone bottle of Crown Royal Regal Apple whiskey sits on a shelf at a CVS Pharmacy store in St. Clair Shores. Crown Royal is among the name-brand liquors that have been in short supply at the retail level because of Republic National Distribution Co.’s delivery problems in Michigan. | CHAD LIVENGOOD/CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Find out what your network security could be saying at marconet.com. FOOD AND BEVERAGE Republic National faces nes, lost revenue over liquor delivery woes Penalties are result of months of distribution problems
BYCHAD LIVENGOOD “WE ARE CONTINUING TO ville, the 300 Bowl bowling alley in Waterford, e Lakes Bar & Grille in Attorney General Dana Nessel’s of- DRIVE OUR TEAM TO Commerce Township and Red Lob- ce wants to impose steep nancial RESTORE DELIVERY ster Hospitality LLC in Novi. penalties on Michigan’s largest liquor e complaint cites Republic Na- distribution company for rampant de- SERVICE TO THE HIGH tional for failing to maintain adequate lays and problems with delivering LEVELS THAT WE HAVE operations and failure to maintain wine and spirits after consolidating telephone answering equipment that shipping warehouses. HISTORICALLY PROVIDED have “kept callers on hold for multiple NWS Michigan LLC, which does hours, disconnected calls after a business as Republican National Dis- MICHIGAN.” lengthy hold, failed to answer multi- tributing Co., was hit with an 88-count —Joe Gigliotti, a regional president ple calls, and failed to return multiple complaint from Nessel’s o ce detail- for Republic National Distributing messages.” ing dozens of violations for failure to Republic National has hired a deliver liquor and spirits to individual percent of the 8.8 million cases of li- third-party call center to answer a restaurants, retail stores and bars in quor the state sold to retailers in the ood of phone calls from liquor retail- August, September and October. 2018 scal year. ers “just to make sure they get a hu- e company faces nes totaling e nancial penalties against Re- man being and are not waiting ... on $26,000 — $300 per count — and a re- public National are a result of months the phone,” Gigliotti said Friday. duction of 50 cents per case of liquor it of distribution and delivery problems Nessel’s proposed administrative delivers to some 13,000 retail custom- the company has faced since it moved sanctions against Republic National ers. to consolidate two distribution ware- call for the company to be placed on e nes will likely be dwarfed by houses in Grand Rapids and Brown- probation and required to pay for an the reduced fee-for-service, depend- stown Township under one roof in Li- audit of its operations, “including, but ing on whether an administrative vonia — a new $80 million, highly not limited to, its receipt and storage hearing o cer imposes the nancial automated warehouse near I-275 and of spirits from suppliers, accountabil- penalties and for how long. I-96. ity and security for commission funds, Republic National delivered about Republic National executives have and storage of commission invento- 6.6 million cases in the 2019 scal year blamed computer glitches and strug- r y .” and 6.08 million cases in 2018, accord- gles among its employees to learn a e sanctions include the 50-cents- ing to the Michigan Liquor Control new system for custom-packing cases per-case reduced fee for Republic Na- Commission. of liquor orders for bars, party stores tional until the audit “is completed If the company’s $8.25 per case pay- and restaurants. and all corrective action taken, to the ment from the state were docked 50 e company said it is reviewing the commission’s satisfaction,” according cents per case for a year, the company Attorney General’s complaint. to the attorney general’s complaint. would lose more than $3 million in “We are continuing to drive our e administrative legal proceed- revenue. team to restore delivery service to the ing against Republic National comes Under Michigan’s three-tier liquor high levels that we have historically on the heels of a Friday meeting of the control system, Republic National and provided Michigan,” Joe Gigliotti, a re- Michigan Liquor Control Commis- two other companies that are the gional president for Republic National sion, where Gigliotti and other com- state’s only authorized distribution Distributing Co., said Tuesday in a pany executives updated commis- agents get paid $8.25 per case of liquor statement. “No additional nes or re- sioners on their progress in restoring they deliver to licensed retailers. Li- quirements from the commission are normal operations. quor suppliers and importers pay the needed for us to acknowledge the im- But a liquor control commission companies an additional $1.35 per portance of service improvements or sta member told commissioners case. e other distributors are High- to incent us to work harder.” that delivery and accounting issues land Park-based General Wine & Li- Eighty- ve of the 88 counts in the related to Republic National’s weeks quor Co. Inc. and Kalamazoo-based complaint stem from failure to satisfy of delays have gotten “worse,” even as Imperial Beverage Co. minimum requirements of delivery of the company has sought to x prob- Republic National is the largest of liquor to individual licensed retailers. lems stemming from a glitches at the the three distributors, delivering 68 ey include Imperial Liquor in Rose- new distribution center in Livonia.
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Quiaeperi auda optatquatemommolup tatur? expla Quiaeperi doluptatur auda hariam vero cus, audit optatquatem expla doluptatur verum expel ipicatenis ommolupoptatquatem tatur? expla Quiaeperi doluptatur auda hariam vero cus, audit aut velluptam videlic ieniet pa cus in repudionem quamus et autatquipa cus in dolori repudionem ut facepro quamus et optatquatem expla doluptatur autatqui dolori ut facepro doluptatiunt volupta quam, paautatqui cus in dolorirepudionem ut facepro quamus et optatquatem hariam vero cus, audit aut velluptam videlic ieniet aut velluptam videlic ieniet autatqui dolori ut facepro ommolup tatur? 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Quiaeperi auda ommolup tatur? Quiaeperi auda dicta nem ligenda nditis sitatur eproviduste volende riatum verum expel ipicatenis pa cus endantiaesedin repudionem quos quamus doluptur et pa cus inquos repudionem doluptur quamussitatur et ommolup tatur? Quiaeperi auda pa cus in repudionem quamus et pa cus in repudionem quamus et endantiaesed quos doluptur riatum verum expel ipicatenis doluptatiunt volupta quam, aut velluptamsitatur eprovidustevidelic ieniet volende aut velluptameproviduste videlic volende ieniet riatum pa cus in repudionem quamus et aut velluptam videlic ieniet aut velluptam videlic ieniet sitatur eproviduste volende doluptatiunt volupta quam, ommolup tatur? Quiaeperi auda hariam riatumvero cus, verum audit expel ipicatenis hariam veroverum cus, expel audit ipicatenis aut velluptam videlic ieniet hariam vero cus, audit hariam vero cus, audit riatum verum expel ipicatenis ommolup tatur? 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John Carter $44,613.6 220 $1,266,605.4 4,804 1 611 Woodward Ave., Detroit 48226 managing director, region $43,832.4 313-256-8500; www.jpmorganchase.com manager Comerica Bank Michael Ritchie 28,994.2 192 27,324.8 243 2 411 W. Lafayette, Detroit 48226 Michigan market president 30,157.2 248-371-5000; www.comerica.com Bank of America Matthew Elliott 22,875.2 97 1,330,811.6 4,238 3 2600 W. Big Beaver Road, Troy 48084 Michigan market president 19,264.2 800-643-9600; www.bankofamerica.com TCF Financial Corp. 1 Craig Dahl 18,175.2 2 248 2 17,029.3 2 305 2 4 333 West Fort Street Suite 1800, Detroit 48226 president and CEO 3,193.9 800-867-9757 PNC Bank Ric DeVore 17,106.7 176 252,302.6 2,222 5 755 W. Big Beaver Road, Troy 48084 president for Detroit and 17,288.6 800-243-7274; www.pnc.com Southeast Michigan Huntington National Bank Sandra Pierce 16,859.8 288 66,751.6 621 801 W. Big Beaver Road, Suite 500, Troy 48084-4724 senior executive VP, private 15,767.0 6 248-244-3541; www.huntington.com client group and regional banking director and chair of Michigan Fifth ird Bank Eastern Michigan David Girodat 16,757.1 201 113,165.2 1,023 7 One Woodward, Detroit 48226 president and CEO, Eastern 16,530.1 313-230-9001; www.53.com Michigan Flagstar Bancorp Inc. Alessandro DiNello 13,026.1 114 1,791.1 46 8 5151 Corporate Drive, Troy 48098 president and CEO 10,297.0 248-312-2000; www. agstar.com Citizens Bank Richard Hampson 5,769.7 88 119,476.6 1,017 9 27777 Franklin Road, South eld 48034 Michigan market president 5,719.3 248-226-7998; www.charterone.com Independent Bank Corp. William Kessel 2,978.9 69 0.0 0 10 4200 East Beltline Avenue NE, Grand Rapids 49525 president, CEO and director 2,820.5 616-527-5820; www.independentbank.com Mercantile Bank Corp. Robert Kaminski Jr. 2,627.2 46 0.0 0 11 310 Leonard St. NW, Grand Rapids 49504 president, CEO and director 2,540.5 616-406-3000; www.mercbank.com KeyBank N.A. Ted Willett 2,089.9 22 111,825.7 1,103 12 100 S. Main, P.O. Box 8612, Ann Arbor 48107 president, Michigan 1,480.8 800-539-2968; www.keybank.com Macatawa Bank Corp. Ronald Haan 1,667.9 29 0.0 0 13 10753 Macatawa Drive, Holland 49424 president and CEO 1,586.9 616-820-1444; www.macatawabank.com Arbor Bancorp Inc. (Bank of Ann Arbor) Timothy Marshall 1,458.2 8 0.0 0 14 125 S. Fifth Ave., Ann Arbor 48104 president and CEO 1,314.8 734-662-1600; www.bankofannarbor.com Old National Bank Alex Strati 1,412.7 24 12,998.9 174 15 2723 S. State St., Ann Arbor 48104 Michigan region CEO 1,367.2 734-887-2600; www.oldnational.com First National Bancshares Inc. (First National Bank of Ken Foote 1,364.9 3 0.0 0 America) CEO 1,045.7 16 241 E. Saginaw, East Lansing 48823 800-968-3626; www.fnba.com CIBC Bank Victor Dodig 1,324.5 1 21,073.9 22 34901 Woodward Ave., Ste. 200, Birmingham 48009 president and CEO 1,310.9 248-566-4700; us.cibc.com/en/home.html Michael Capatides 17 senior executive VP and group head, U.S. region, president and CEO, CIBC Bank USA Wells Fargo & Co. David Szabo 1,291.5 2 1,289,843.5 5,565 18 101 W. Washington St., Marquette 49855 regional president 2,444.0 906-228-1203; www.wellsfargo.com Isabella Bank Corp. Jae Evans 1,283.8 30 0.0 0 19 401 N. Main, Mt. Pleasant 48858 president, CEO and director 1,278.2 989-772-9471; www.isabellabank.com Level One Bancorp Inc. Patrick Fehring 1,243.8 12 0.0 0 20 32991 Hamilton Court, Farmington Hills 48334 chairman, president and CEO 1,083.2 248-737-0300; www.levelonebank.com MBT Financial Corp. (Monroe Bank & Trust) 3 H. Douglas Cha n 1,171.7 20 0.0 0 21 102 East Front St., Monroe 48161 president and CEO 1,149.1 734-241-3431; www.mbandt.com Northpointe Bancshares Inc. Charles Williams 1,092.4 1 0.0 0 22 3333 Deposit Drive NE, Grand Rapids 49546 president and CEO 734.2 616-940-9400; www.northpointe.com Mackinac Financial Corp. (mBank) Paul Tobias 915.2 23 200.9 7 23 130 S. Cedar St., Manistique 49854 chairman and CEO 881.5 888-343-8147; www.bankmbank.com Fentura Financial Inc. ( e State Bank) Ronald Justice 796.4 15 0.0 0 24 175 N. Leroy, Fenton 48430 president and CEO 702.0 810-750-8725; www.fentura.com Horizon Bank Craig Dwight 788.3 15 3,182.4 62 25 200 E. Big Beaver Road, Troy 48083 CEO and chairman 624.9 248-781-2584; www.horizonbank.com Want the full Excel version of this list — and every Crain's list? Become a Data Member: CrainsDetroit.com/data is list ranks banks and bank holding companies with a presence in Michigan. Figures are from the FDIC's deposit market reports, which are based on the branch/o ce deposits for all FDIC-insured institutions as of June 30. It is not a complete listing but the most comprehensive available. Companies are listed with the address and top executive of their main metro Detroit o ce. Actual gures may vary. NA = not available 1 Chemical Bank became TCF Bank after the completion of a "merger of equals" on Aug. 1. 2 Combined numbers for Chemical Bank and TCF Bank reported by FDIC as of June. 3 Completed its merger with First Merchants Corp. of Muncie, Ind., on Sept. 1. SOURCE: FDIC
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Includes boot tact: Katy Palahang, phone: (313) camps “Who Knows You?” and 596-0384. “How to Sell Yourself in 15 Minutes to replace Wyandotte post o ce or Less,” facilitated by career expert `UPCOMING EVENTS and professional coach Jocelyn Gi- BYANNALISE FRANK angrande. Also includes: executive Outlook 2020. 6-9 p.m. Dec. 9. mentor panel “Keeping It Real” dis- Startup Nation and Venture Cata- A $12 million project planned in Wy- cussion with leaders sharing jour- lysts. Program will highlight Mich- andotte would remake a former post neys, lessons learned and what it igan’s business ecosystem and o ce and parking lot into a ve-story takes to make it in careers and busi- tech trends for 2020. Platform, Bir- residential and retail building. ness, shopping bazaar supporting mingham. $35. Contact: Gary e state last week approved a women entrepreneurs/vendors and Cohn, email: gary@startupnation. plan for the development that would networking reception to help build com allow it to capture state and local tax- professional connections. Washten- es for nearly $4.5 million in demoli- aw Community College, Ann Arbor. Positive Links Speaker Series: Au- tion, environmental remediation and A development project in Wyandotte plans to transform a former U.S. Post O ce and $39. Contact: Jocelyn Giangrande, thenticity on One’s Own Terms. 4-5 infrastructure improvements, ac- parking lot into a ve-story mixed-use development with integrated parking. email: jgiangrande@sashewomen. p.m. Dec. 12. Center for Positive Or- cording to a Michigan Economic De- com; phone: (248) 789-0333. ganizations. Speaker Patricia Fais- velopment Corp. memo. since 2014, according to the state. It nior nancing and is contributing on Hewlin, associate dean of Un- e construction on nearly an acre was declared functionally obsolete in approximately 15 percent equity into `THURSDAY, DEC. 5 dergraduate Programs and at 166 Oak St. and 135 Chestnut St. May. the project in cash and land/building associate professor in the Desautels would erect a 92,000-square-foot Wyandotte’s Brown eld Redevel- acquisition. Cannabis Summit & Simulcast. Faculty of Management at McGill building with nearly 29,000 square opment Authority requested approv- e project from Wyandotte-based 7:30-11:30 a.m. Michigan Associa- University, will discuss how people feet of retail, as well as 16 apartments al of the local and school tax-capture A&J Realty Ventures LLC would cre- tion of Certi ed Public Accoun- can be authentic on their own and 33 condos. It would also have 30 plan. e city’s Downtown Develop- ate around 60 permanent jobs with tants. Leaders in Michigan’s mari- terms by identifying thresholds of parking spaces under the building ment Authority is also granting the an average wage of $16.67 an hour, juana industry will discuss risk authenticity as well as personal val- and over part of the rst oor, ac- project $180,000. It is getting other the memo said. management, professional liability ues that can be integrated into the cording to the memo, as well as 6,300 tax abatements totaling approxi- concerns and the latest in regula- workplace to: increase work en- square feet of public space. mately $910,000. Annalise Frank: (313) 446-0416 tion and business valuation proce- gagement, foster positive relation- e post o ce has been closed e developer has maximized se- Twitter: @annalise_frank dures. Speakers include: Ronald ships and enhance overall personal Seigneur, managing partner, Sei- well-being. Ross School of Busi- gneur Gustafson LLP, Lakewood, ness, Ann Arbor. Free. Contact: in scal 2019 ended Sept. 30 and Last year, the Detroit agency served Colo.; Marc Lichtman, partner, Center for Positive Organizations, AGENCIES $73,000 the year before, Karson said. 97,441 people. It’s operating on a $77.9 UHY LLP, Farmington Hills; Karey- email: [email protected]; From Page 3 AAA 1-B reported just under $55 million budget through federal, state na Miller, founder and president, phone: (734) 764-0544. million in total revenue for scal 2018, and local contracts, Solomon said. LC Solutions Michigan PLLC, Flint; In 2018, nearly a quarter, or 2.4 mil- up from $50.8 million the year before. It Given population declines in its Christopher Rosmarin, principal, 2020 Michigan Economic Outlook. lion, of Michigan’s nearly 10 million ended scal 2018 with an excess of area, the agency’s federal funding is ex- Rehmann, Grand Rapids; Jennifer 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Jan. 7. Detroit residents were age 60 and older, Data more than $769,000 and net assets/ pected to be reduced by $500,000 per Piggott, manager, Adult-Use Li- Economic Club. Grant ornton Driven Detroit’s Executive Director Er- fund balances of $6.2 million. year through 2022, Solomon said. censing, Marijuana Regulatory chief economist Diane Swonk and ica Raleigh said, citing data from the It’s operating on a budget of just over It began raising money from its sta Agency, state of Michigan and Je Donofrio, director of Michigan’s U.S. Census Bureau. $60 million for scal 2020. e bulk of back in 1988 to support the holiday James Baiers, chief legal o cer, Tri- Labor and Economic Opportunity at’s up from 1.9 million, or 19.5 its revenue comes from federal and Meals on Wheels program, and that on Solutions, Troy. MSU Manage- Department, discuss the 2020 percent of the state’s 9.88 million resi- state grants and the remaining $12 mil- has been the agency’s only fundraising ment Education Center, Troy. $145 Michigan Economic Outlook. Mo- dents, in 2010. lion in fee-based revenue from con- focus ever since, Solomon said. In s- members; $220 nonmembers. Con- torCity Casino Hotel. $45 members, Area Agency on Aging 1-B, which tracts with local health systems and the cal 2019 ended Sept. 30, it raised tact: Kamal Webster, email: kweb- $55 guests of members. Website: serves the areas with the largest popu- VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System to $250,000 for the meals program. [email protected]; phone: (248) 267- econclub.org lation of seniors in the state, assists provide discharge services for seniors, “It’s imperative that we work harder 3700. about 120,000 people each year. Karson said. and smarter to deliver more compre- To submit calendar items visit It has an additional 1,200-1,400 peo- e agency has increased its re- hensive services that are impactful and 2019-2020 State of the Region. 10 crainsdetroit.com and click ple on a waiting list for its programs serves by $1.2 million over the past two actually help ll the gaps,” Solomon a.m.-1:15 p.m. Dec. 5. Detroit Re- “Events” near the top of the home and adds about 80 more to the list each years by identifying internal e cien- said. gional Chamber. e sixth annual page. en, click “Submit Your month because it doesn’t have the cies and outsourcing private-pay aid, “Fundraising is one of the avenues to State of the Region will reveal new Events” from the drop-down menu funding to help them, Karson said. housekeeping, snow removal and law doing that.” data on Southeast Michigan’s eco- that will appear. Fill out the Some are in nursing homes and services. e agency also closed two e Senior Alliance, or Area Agency nomic health and how the region submission form, then click “Submit want to move back into the communi- locations, leaving it with locations in on Aging 1-C, raises money year-round compares to peer regions. e re- event” at the bottom of the page. ty. Others are discharged from hospi- South eld and Clinton Township. to fund the holiday Meals on Wheels port analyzes economic indicators More Calendar items can be found tals and can no longer live inde- Its reserves today are about $4.5 mil- program for seniors in 34 communities related to business growth, talent, at crainsdetroit.com/events. pendently, he said. lion. Karson said the goal is to get them of southern and western Wayne Coun- “Our goal is to keep them in their to $10 million-$15 million. ty. e largest supporters of the pro- homes. Most people do better in their e agency will employ several strat- gram include DTE Energy Foundation, homes; they are very comfortable egies, including fundraising, said Jenny Ford Motor Company Fund and there.” Jarvis, chief communications and strat- Greektown Casino. NEW HIRE? PROMOTION? Enabling seniors to age in place at egy o cer, in an email. e agency, which serves over home also helps keep costs lower for Among other moves, it will seek ad- 50,000 people each year on an annual BOARD APPOINTMENT? them and the health care system, Kar- ditional operating e ciencies in pro- budget of about $30 million, has set a son said. gram delivery, cut unpro table pro- goal to raise $100,000 for the program To formalize AAA 1-B’s fundraising grams, “aggressively” collect on this year, said CFO and Deputy CEO operations, he has created a new grant receivables and focus on developing Kishori Gandhi. manager position that has helped at- pro table partnerships, she said. It reported $32.4 million in total rev- tract grants including $250,000 from e reserves are meant to provide a enue, a $1 million operating excess and the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation to bu er in cases of government shut- just under $10 million in net assets/ ANNOUNCE YOUR fund outreach in Washtenaw County. downs to ensure services continue, fund balances for scal 2018. Last fall, Karson also hired a director Karson said. ey also could provide a To build on the corporate sponsor- BIG NEWS of philanthropy to formalize fundrais- source of loaned capital to the non- ships from DTE Energy Foundation, ing through a new development de- pro t for future opportunities like get- BJ’s Wholesale and Beaumont Health, IN CRAIN’S! partment. DTE Energy Foundation has ting out of leases and into its own it’s advertising on WWJ AM 950 and provided annual support of the holiday building. has posted videos online. Crain’s People on the Move showcases industry achievers Meals on Wheels program for years. Like its larger peer, the Detroit Area Like the other agencies, it’s seeing and their companies to the business community. e agency is looking to build on that. Agency on Aging, which serves Detroit, unmet needs among seniors in the It will host its rst-ever fundraising Hamtramck, Harper Woods, Highland community. It’s considered broader For more information, contact Debora Stein gala on Dec. 5 at Petruzzellos Banquet Park and the ve Grosse Pointes, is also fundraising, but hasn’t yet attempted at [email protected] • or submit directly to and Conference Center in Troy. Spon- stepping up its fundraising. It plans to to raise money outside of that needed CrainsDetroit.com/people-on-the-move sors include: Excellacare, Humana, Im- launch a $250,000 drive in January, to fund the holiday meals for seniors. Ask about our new 6x and 13x bulk commitments. perial Senior Suites, Personal Account- fund development manager DiAnna Fundraising for the elderly is a tough ing Services and PNC Bank. Solomon said. sell, CEO David Wilson said. Advertising Section AAA 1-B is hoping the event will help “ e emphasis on fundraising is a When it comes to seniors who are it reach its $150,000 annual goal to help growing consideration for DAAA be- living on very limited income, “it’s PEOPLE ON THE MOVE fund unmet needs such as transporta- cause of a reduction in state and federal harder for people to accept that and tion for seniors and to begin paring funding due to slower population make a donation ... year round.” back the waiting list for its programs. growth in our region,” she said. “Yet, is year’s fundraising goal is just the needs of our constituents have not Sherri Welch: (313) 446-1694 above the $132,000 the agency raised decreased.” Twitter: @SherriWelch
18 | CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS | DECEMBER 2, 2019 CHAD LIVENGOOD/CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS LIVENGOOD/CRAIN’S CHAD Compuware CEO Chris O’Malley stands in a room once packed with mainframes. The signs represent back o ce functions that have since moved to the cloud. tempt by New York City-based Elliott COMPUWARE HAS the “waterfall” model for mainframe unending need for IT talent. COMPUWARE Management Corp. that dragged on software development to the agile “We have a very, very low employ- From Page 1 for a year. MIGRATED FROM THE and DevOps methods. With innova- ee turnover (rate) here and a very In late 2014, Compuware sold the “WATERFALL” MODEL FOR tion within those methods, O’Malley high employee engagement (rate),” Although he wouldn’t discuss the 1-million-square foot landmark said, there are new prospects for O’Malley said. privately held company’s revenue or building for $142 million to Quicken MAINFRAME SOFTWARE growing the business, O’Malley said. O’Malley attributes the company’s how many employees it has inside Loans founder Dan Gilbert and the DEVELOPMENT TO THE “ at’s the opportunity for us,” he success in retaining employees in the the former Compuware Building Cotton family — founders of Meridi- said. “We can grow at double digits culture they’ve maintained that runs (now called One Campus Martius), an Health — after Compuware was AGILE AND DEVOPS for probably a decade within that op- counter to other IT companies. O’Malley said today’s incarnation of sold to oma Bravo. portunity.” Employees aren’t allowed to work Compuware is on its way to a third O’Malley came to Detroit from the METHODS. WITH from home. e policy is designed to straight year of growth. startup scene in Chicago. INNOVATION WITHIN Focused on customers counter the trend of outsourcing busi- “We’ve created a degree of pro t- “I learned how to take $1 and turn ness functions overseas, O’Malley said. ability that’s shocking for a company it into $100 when you’re burning THOSE METHODS, In deciding which functions of “Everybody wants to work from of our size — and we’re growing at cash and you’re trying to make some O’MALLEY SAID, THERE ARE Compuware’s business stayed in- home — and all of us would prefer the same time,” O’Malley said in an idea to come true in the market,” he house on mainframes and which func- that,” O’Malley said. “But when interview for the Crain’s “Detroit Ris- said. NEW PROSPECTS FOR tions got sent to the cloud, O’Malley you’re mindful of the fact that we ing” podcast. “Certainly our share- O’Malley has sought to position GROWING THE BUSINESS. applied this standard: “Everything we only work at the pleasure and service holders are happy. We’re achieving the 46-year-old software company as believed would give us a competitive of our customers and when you’re things that oma Bravo, our princi- a “new-age startup” after multiple di- “THAT’S THE OPPORTUNITY advantage in serving our customers, trying to invent new things to serve pal investor, thought impossible ve visions of the old Compuware were FOR US. WE CAN GROW AT we did that work on the mainframe.” those customers, proximity matters. years ago. But we’re also doing it in a sold or spun o into di erent busi- Everything else has been gradually Communication matters. inking situation where we’re growing, which nesses, including the South- DOUBLE DIGITS FOR shed. about ideas and brainstorming mat- means we’re creating more opportu- eld-based cloud software company PROBABLY A DECADE “Customers don’t care what gener- ters. Trial and error matters. nities for the employees here and Covisint Corp. (Nasdaq: COVS). al ledger we use. ey could care “All of these things drive you to the we’re also answering the call for our At the time of the 2014 sale, the rem- WITHIN THAT less,” O’Malley said. “ ey care about necessity of working together,” he customers.” nants of a Compuware that once em- OPPORTUNITY.” the products we support.” added. ployed 4,000 in downtown Detroit What hasn’t been outsourced at Keeping the nimble Compuware From ’terminal’ to growth were split into two: the mainframe —Compuware CEO Chris O’Malley Compuware are the people. team intact, on one oor, has been a business retaining the Compuware rough the turmoil of spino s, “huge part” of the company’s climb O’Malley arrived at Compuware in name and Dynatrace, a Waltham, of great things — in more recent his- divesting of certain lines of business back to pro tability and growth, mid-2014 amid a tumultuous period Mass.-based cloud management com- tory, it had troubles.” and fending o a hostile sharehold- O’Malley said. for the company Karmanos pany also owned by oma Bravo. Even as major businesses put their er’s takeover attempt, Compuware “Had we deviated from any of co-founded in 1973 and moved from “When I came in, I saw Compu- consumer-facing services on still retained employees who have those tenets from the outset, I think the suburbs to downtown in 2003, ware not as a company in state of de- cloud-supported apps, the primary spent 30 to 40 years at the rm, we probably would have been more creating the anchor of what’s now a cline that some people thought (of) IT functions of many large compa- O’Malley said. like we were six years ago than we are vibrant central business district and as terminal,” O’Malley said from his nies are still essentially run on main- It’s a rarity in the information-tech- today,” he said. park at Campus Martius. Compu- o ce overlooking Campus Martius frame technology even as software nology business — especially one ware’s executives had fended o a park. “I saw a company that had a development methods have evolved. whose landlord, Quicken Loans Chad Livengood: (313) 446-1654 December 2012 hostile takeover at- beautiful history, that had done a lot Compuware has migrated from founder Dan Gilbert, has a seemingly Twitter: @ChadLivengood
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But the team is also testing a darker lager, Altes Sportsman, at Tra c Jam. To distribute to nearly 1,500 bar and retail locations in the Lower Peninsu- la, Detroit National Brewing works with four distributors. On Nov. 13, the company shipped its rst Altes cases up to the Upper Peninsula to start sell- ing there through a fth, Johnson Dis- tributing Co. Altes is available any- where from Slows Bar BQ in Corktown to the Mt. Holly Ski Area and small suburban markets, according to its website. Stief said he estimates an average of 1,500-2,000 cases (24 cans each) are sold per month, though the gure uc- tuates. At the start, Altes was some- times out of stock and couldn’t keep up with demand, but Stief said those days are behind it. He declined to dis- close sales gures or the prices Altes charges wholesale. But for retail, six- packs range from $7.99 on sale to $10.99 and 12-packs $13.99-$16.99. Bar prices range widely — PJ’s Lager House in Corktown sells cans for $3, for example. Marketing the resurrection
Doner worked with Altes in April when it got its rst big round of atten- tion, on Detroit Tigers’ Opening Day. A keg of Altes sold out in about an hour at Nemo’s Bar and Grill in Corktown, Stief said. en Stief and his co-owners o - cially “resurrected” Altes April 20 with an Easter egg-style beer hunt at anoth- er Detroit bar, the Old Miami. Doner was behind the stunt and paired on- From left, Detroit National Brewing Co. co-owners Pat Kruse, Eric Stief and Carl Erickson pose with cans of Altes Original Detroit Lager, a beer that originated in Detroit more than line-only ads that featured local actor a century ago. The three relaunched the Altes brand and are producing it at Brew Detroit in Corktown. | DETROIT NATIONAL BREWING CO. Jimmy Doom in a bunny suit. Doom returns as the bartender in at same year, the Free Press cited Doner’s latest spots for Altes. e ads Altes’ jingle when maligning National center on Santa, lounging with several Brewing for announcing it would close rounds of Altes after a long night of gift the 77-year-old brewery that housed delivery. e rst ad references the Altes and shift production to Balti- reindeer Comet pooping, while anoth- more. e headline: “Where It’s At is er features a cheeky call with Mrs. Not Detroit, Altes Decides.” “So much Claus. A third starts with St. Nick leav- for their cheery jingle’s ‘Greektown by ing the bar’s restroom before proclaim- night’ and ‘Eastern Market shopping ing to the bartender, “Less talky. More sprees,’” the paper wrote. drinky.” Like Cathel, the Two Way Inn reunit- “Part of (the ad strategy) is just stay- ed with Altes via social media. Manag- ing true to that Detroit grit and that De- er Danielle Pantalleresco posted a troit sort of sass. Like, this was original- photo of an old Altes beer sign she ly that blue-collar sort of hard-working found in the bar’s basement on Face- person’s beer,” said Karen Cathel, exec- Detroit Free Press writer William Schmidt wrote on May 13, 1973 about a Detroit-centric Altes beer jingle penned by Doner ad man book, and a commenter tagged the utive creative director for Doner. Morrie Weiss. | DETROIT FREE PRESS ARCHIVES new brand. Now she sells ve cases of “Which is why we think this works so Altes a month and expects that to “sky- well with Santa. ere’s nobody that’s a And they allow us to work on a catego- saw a picture of an early-stage Altes Detroit-born Doner won a contract rocket” after the holiday ads are re- harder-working man than Santa. ry that we don’t have.” bottle posted on social media. with Altes Brewery in 1953, according leased. “At the end of the day, what does he She declined to disclose the cost of “Who doesn’t want to work on a nice to Ad Age. When Baltimore-based Na- e Altes videos are the rst thing want to do? He wants to belly up to a the one-day commercial shoot, but Detroit comeback story?” Cathel said. tional Brewing Co. bought Altes in ever o cially lmed at the Two Way, good old bar and have a good old beer said it was kept minimal. It wasn’t until they began talking 1955, it wanted Doner to become Na- Pantalleresco said. and just chill. ... It’s a sassy, slightly tip- Altes doesn’t have a big budget for that she learned Doner and Altes’ in- tional’s agency, and the added busi- “We’re really selective ... We’re a sy Santa.” media, so the Christmastime ads aren’t tersecting history. ness led Doner to establish an o ce in classic Detroit bar, and Altes is a classic While Altes paid “hard costs” for the for TV. ey will be posted to Facebook Baltimore in 1960. Detroit beer. It was a no-brainer for us,” ads such as casting, equipment and and YouTube, Cathel said. But she said ‘Where it’s at’ Doner made a commercial jingle for she said. “Altes is one of those beers props, the startup beer company isn’t she is con dent Altes’ Detroit following Altes that became a hit and was “prac- where there’s a story that comes along paying for Doner’s time. Except in beer. will light a re under the spots, spread- Altes started out as Tivoli Brewing tically ... adopted as Detroit’s o cial with it, like, ‘I remember my grandpa “We’ve agreed to do some work for ing them to areas of the state where Al- Co. in 1897, but renamed itself in 1949 city song,” the Detroit Free Press wrote used to drink it at Christmas’ and ‘My them occasionally, almost as if it was a tes isn’t as common a name. after its most popular beer brand, ac- in 1973, according to archives. Lines dad drank it.’ It’s a generational beer.” pro-bono account,” Cathel said. “ ey Doner got involved when Cathel cording to “Detroit Beer: A History of include “ is is my town, Detroit is pay us in beer. Agency parties, events, told the brewers she wanted to help re- Brewing in the Motor City” by Stephen where it’s at for me,” according to the Annalise Frank: (313) 446-0416 they are happy to supply the beer. ... launch the brand, after her husband Johnson. Free Press. Twitter: @annalise_frank
ment with a 3,500-car automated inexcusable. Having had ve years to Riverfront Framework Plan, the com- e subsidiary is not dropping that CREDITOR parking system, 300 apartments, 100 engage a developer and timely move munity bene ts agreement ordinance part of its lawsuit. From Page 3 furnished condominiums, a 256- forward with a development plan, and changes in Detroit leadership in “ e city has advised Pike Pointe room hotel, 60,000 to 100,000 square Pike Pointe has done little more than planning and development. that it can and will cancel that con- “Pike Pointe is still hopeful that it feet of o ce space and 60,000 square attempt to ‘ ip’ the property for a Pike Pointe also asked that the tractual arrangement prior to convey- will be able to partner with the right feet of retail space. quick cash out. Pike Pointe has ig- bankruptcy court require the city to ing title to Pike Pointe,” the lawsuit developer to improve the property for A message seeking comment was nored its development obligations nix an agreement that allows the oper- withdrawal reads. “Pike Pointe will the bene t of the east riverfront com- sent to John Roach, director of media and shown absolutely no grounds for ator of the Aretha Franklin Amphithe- withdraw the remainder of the mo- munity as best as possible under these relations for Mayor Mike Duggan. an extension.” atre — e Right Productions — to tion if and when this issue is resolved.” circumstances.” Earlier this month, the city said in a e subsidiary says part of the delay use those properties for parking be- Its motion earlier this month said court ling: is attributable to changing develop- cause it believes it “limits the value” of Kirk Pinho: (313) 446-0412 the subsidiary envisioned a develop- “Pike Pointe’s delay and neglect is ment conditions, including a new East the properties. Twitter: @kirkpinhoCDB
20 | CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS | DECEMBER 2, 2019 MARIJUANA A question of safety Where’s the product? From Page 1 The safety of the illegal black market has Exacerbating the problem for dispensaries is the become a widespread concern in recent slow ramp-up of production. ere’s already a It’s a tale that’s played out in every state that months, as largely black-market vaping prod- shortage of available product for medical marijuana has legalized cannabis. California regulated its ucts — a vape heats marijuana liquid concen- dispensaries, and with sales that were set to begin adult-use market in 2017. is year, illegal trates into a vapor with its psychoactive Sunday, legal supply is likely not to meet demand. marijuana sales are expected to be triple, chemicals, which is viewed as a healthier al- Adult-use marijuana sales originally were nearly $9 billion, of legal sales in the e Gold- ternative to smoking marijuana flower — has not expected to begin before spring 2020, but in en State, according to data from the United been linked to a growing lung illness out- September, the MRA pushed up the date. To Cannabis Business Association. break. Legal weed: help meet demand, MRA allowed marijuana In California, just 89 of California’s 482 cit- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and businesses holding existing medical marijuana ies were allowing recreational dispensaries as Prevention has confirmed 42 deaths and and The basics licenses and approved or pursuing adult-use of Dec. 25 last year, according to the Los Ange- over 2,100 cases of vaping-related illnesses licenses to transfer up to 50 percent of medical les Times. More than 1,200 of Michigan’s 1,773 across 49 states, the District of Columbia and Small start: Recreational marijuana inventory to the recreational market. cities, townships and other municipalities two U.S. territories. The Michigan Depart- marijuana sales were set to begin Carter said no matter how the supply is sliced, it have opted out of letting adult-use recreation- ment of Health and Human Services has Sunday, but only three won’t meet either medical or adult-use demand. al marijuana businesses operate in their bor- identified 55 cases of lung illness from vap- dispensaries will be open to “ e industry is facing an arti cial shortage of ders. ing, including one that required a double consumers — all in Ann Arbor. products created by an unnecessary accelera- As of last Monday, only three recreational lung transplant at Henry Ford Hospital. The tion of the (adult-use recreation) market by (reg- marijuana dispensaries in Michigan had been patients with the illness have ranged from 15 Greenstone Provisions on South ulators) long before the underlying supply struc- approved by the MRA to sell adult-use product to 65 years old, the state said in a press re- Ashley Street, Arbors Wellness on ture is ready,” Carter said in an email. “ is is on Dec. 1. e MRA expected roughly a dozen lease. East Liberty and Exclusive now exacerbated by the vape ban. ere is the stores to be operational by Sunday. Vitamin E acetate is the believed culprit in Provisioning Centers on Varsity strong likelihood that provisioning centers “What happens when you have inadequate the outbreak. e oily chemical has some- Drive were expected to be open across the state may soon close their doors or at access is less competition, higher prices and times been added to marijuana vaping liquids the least operate with limited sta and hours as less product variety,” said Andrew Livingston, to thicken and dilute them. It’s commonly on Dec. 1 with at least some their shelves become empty.” director of economics and research at Den- used in skin creams and other supplements, product available to users Brisbo recognizes the economics, but is ver-based marijuana law rm Vicente Seder- but the CDC believes its introduction into the without a medical marijuana more concerned with the long-term survival of berg LLP. “All of this leaves the consumer ask- lungs of vape users is interfering with the us- patient card. the legal regulated market than the immediate ing, ‘Why am I going to purchase from this ers’ breathing function. hardships during the rollout. The rest of the industry: The “...WHERE THERE’S DEMAND, Michigan Regulatory Agency “INDEPENDENT STUDIES HAVE approved adult-use recreational SHOWN THAT THE ADDITIVES IT WILL BE MET ONE WAY OR licenses for ve non-store front ANOTHER. I THINK PART OF marijuana businesses. Exclusive ARE IN THE BLACK MARKET OUR APPROACH IS TRYING TO received two of those licenses for VAPE CARTRIDGES. THE BLACK its processing and grow MARKET USES BANNED FILLERS PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE operation in Ann Arbor. The IN THEIR CARTRIDGES SUCH AS REGULATED MARKET others include: Arbor Kitchen LLC, a processor in Ann Arbor; VITAMIN E ACETATE AND BECAUSE, ULTIMATELY, IF Kalkaska-based Real Life COCONUT OIL AND GLYCERIN. CONSUMERS ARE GOING TO Solutions, a cannabis-focused event organizer; and Precision THEY DISTRIBUTE UNTESTED CONSUME MARIJUANA Safety Innovation Laboratories AND UNSAFE PRODUCTS TO THE PRODUCTS, WE WANT THEM LLC in Ann Arbor. More licenses UNSUSPECTING PUBLIC. THE are expected to be granted this TO CONSUME SAFE week. BLACK MARKET FLOURISHES IN MARIJUANA PRODUCTS.” The supply: When the state MICHIGAN.” —Andrew Brisbo, executive director of MRA surprised the industry by moving —Stuart Carter, owner of Utopia Gardens the date from January 2020 to new storefront 45 minutes away, wait in line In response, the MRA temporarily halted Dec. 1, it made adjustments to “Demand is a hard thing to measure in this and pay 35 percent above market price? Is this marijuana vape sales until a portion of the industry, because the demand that existed in somehow better than the (illegal) dealer that products are tested for the synthetic chemi- allow retailers meet demand. this state was obviously not on the books. No one visits my home?” cal, despite no evidence the legal market Retailers are allowed to transfer was really willing to tell you they were a marijua- Livingston said often communities opt out widely uses vitamin E acetate. The agency 50 percent of the product that’s na consumer,” Brisbo said. “Inevitably, some because it’s simply easier than drafting their is requiring dispensaries and manufacturers been held in inventory for at least businesses aren’t going to succeed. But I think own regulations and policies. to test a sample of each batch of existing 30 days from medical marijuana we want to create a stable market environment; “States lay out the framework, but it’s up to marijuana vape cartridges, about 1.5 per- that is critical. We only have so many tools at our local governments to deal with the local zon- cent of all existing product, confirmed David to adult-use recreational disposal to ensure that happens. ... e black ing, the hours of operations and other rules,” Harns, communications manager for the marijuana. market is going to exist regardless, but I think Livingston said. “Sometimes the local govern- MRA. part of the transition toward the regulated mar- ments just don’t want to do with all this, not For Detroit’s Utopia Gardens, marijuana The future: The supply chain is ket is providing access in a way that it would be because of the obvious cultural issues with vapes represented 30 percent of its sales. The not fully developed as it takes provided through the black market so that con- cannabis, but because there’s just a lot to deal medical marijuana dispensary on East Lafay- several months to grow, process sumers can make a good choice, a safe choice.” with. Saying no requires one simple statement ette Street is awaiting the MRA to approve its and distribute marijuana Livingston, however, argues that access is re- versus making hard decisions.” adult-use recreational license and for the city products. Medical marijuana ally only a problem because of marijuana’s cul- Inaccessibility is something the MRA is of Detroit to approve operations, which it’s tural connotations. painfully aware of from its experience with expected to do by March. supply has been constrained for “Cannabis has been a cultural phenomenon medical marijuana legalization, which voters Stuart Carter, owner of Utopia Gardens, said months and with licensed for decades, but its acceptance has moved much approved in 2008 but wasn’t fully operational the temporary ban is e ectively pushing mari- growers and processors able to faster for the populace than elected representa- for nearly a decade. juana consumers back to the black market. shift only half of their medical tives. Not many of us were alive in the 1930s when As of Nov. 12, 40 of Michigan’s 83 counties “There are 44 states with some form of supply over to recreational, the state governments were creating new licensing had no municipalities that allowed for a single marijuana laws; none of these states have and laws for re-legalization for alcohol, but I medical marijuana dispensary. done this,” Carter told Crain’s in an email. shortage is only expected to imagine that went smoother because the individ- “ at’s going to create some pretty wide “Independent studies have shown that the continue. uals creating those laws were themselves alcohol swaths of inaccessibility for marijuana prod- additives are in the black market (vape) car- consumers. When it came to making the decision ucts ... and where there’s demand, it will be tridges. The black market uses banned fillers to have a liquor store in their community, they met one way or another,” said Andrew Brisbo, in their cartridges such as vitamin E acetate thought about their own access. ey didn’t want executive director of MRA. “I think part of our and coconut oil and glycerin. They distribute to have to drive to get their whiskey. ose imple- approach is trying to provide access to the reg- untested and unsafe products to the unsus- menting the cannabis laws today aren’t likely ulated market because, ultimately, if consum- pecting public. The black market flourishes those who will frequent those storefronts.” ers are going to consume marijuana products, in Michigan. There are no restraints. This is we want them to consume safe marijuana where the state should look in to trying to Dustin Walsh: (313) 446-6042 products.” protect the public.” Twitter: @dustinpwalsh
DECEMBER 2, 2019 | CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS | 21 THE CONVERSATION Dennis Archer Jr. at the crainsdetroit.com Editor-in-Chief Keith E. Crain Publisher KC Crain intersection of old, new Detroit Group Publisher Mary Kramer, (313) 446-0399 or [email protected] IGNITION MEDIA GROUP: Dennis Archer Jr. is a relationship-building Detroit businessman with a penchant for entertaining. Associate Publisher Lisa Rudy, (313) 446-6032 or [email protected] The CEO of Ignition Media Group and founder and president of Archer Corporate Services has a University of Michigan law degree, but Managing Editor Michael Lee, now leads an integrated marketing agency. The son of former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer, he frequents his downtown restaurant, Central (313) 446-1630 or [email protected] Product Director Kim Waatti, Kitchen + Bar, and is a developer and investor in the long-planned East Je erson Avenue Meijer store. Archer, 50, spoke to Crain’s from his (313) 446-6764 or [email protected] downtown o ce about the restaurant scene; boosting entrepreneurs; and Intersection, a year-old monthly party he and Sen. Marshall Bullock Digital Portfolio Manager Tim Simpson, host to promote neighborhood entrepreneurship and civic engagement. | BY ANNALISE FRANK 313-446-6788 or [email protected] Creative Director David Kordalski, `CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS: OK, So when we opened Central (in 2015), getting into it and operating it like a They’re the best. So, I don’t like the (216) 771-5169 or [email protected] let’s talk about Intersection. You there was Wright & Co., and then business, there’s a lot of risk for failure, word comeback. A stock, your condo Assistant Managing Editor Dawn Ri enburg, (313) 446-5800 or dri [email protected] started this up, it sounds like, as a Townhouse right around the same but you don’t hear a lot of that. So do I or home value uctuates. So does a News Editor Beth Reeber Valone, way to highlight businesses in the time we opened Central. Now there’s think that there is a bubble? Yes. How municipality. It’s not a comeback, it’s (313) 446-5875 or [email protected] neighborhoods and community orga- three. Fast forward four years later, far away from that bubble are we? I’m another chapter. This chapter is better Senior Editor Chad Livengood, nizers. What is its signi cance? there’s a hundred. I’m hoping that same not smart enough to predict that. But I than some. There may have been (313) 446-1654 or [email protected] DENNIS ARCHER JR.: Well, number sort of excitement will happen with think if you look, there are a lot of genres chapters that were better than this Special Projects Editor Amy Elliott Bragg, one, I’m a bene ciary through Central entrepreneurs in the neighborhoods … missing, particularly downtown. There’s chapter. (313) 446-1646 or [email protected] Kitchen, my restaurant downtown, If I’m an investor that wants to jump no Indian food. Design and Copy Editor Beth Jachman, of the resurgence of downtown and on the Detroit bandwagon, perhaps a (313) 446-0356 or [email protected] the increased occupancy, both o ce little late, you can probably still get a `I was just going to say that. Research and Data Editor Sonya Hill, and residential. Plus it’s cool to come deal in the neighborhoods and they’re Yeah. No non-chain Mexican food. (313) 446-0402 or [email protected] downtown. You’ve got downtown tremendously underserved. Hospitality, There’s not a super-cool pizza joint. So Newsroom (313) 446-0329, FAX (313) 446-1687 getting a lot of attention from both the service, retail. Even if you go into the there are a lot of things we don’t even TIP LINE (313) 446-6766 media and people who enjoy hospitality. more a uent areas of Detroit. have. There’s also room for more places Dennis REPORTERS However, there are entrepreneurs who for people with a more simple palate, as Archer Jr. is Annalise Frank, breaking news. have had places in the city way before it `So if you’re doing a project in the well. I think a lot of places that are open CEO at (313) 446-0416 or [email protected] was cool to come downtown now. Some neighborhoods, do you pitch it as have been opened for the foodie or Ignition Jay Greene, senior reporter, health care. 20-, 30-, 40-year-old establishments. serving residents around there, or someone with a more progressive palate. Media Group (313) 446-0325 or [email protected] And so, Intersection is our way of taking as more of a destination? Both? So, yes, I do think there is going Kurt Nagl, breaking news. our audience to those neighborhoods I mean, everyone knows I like to to be a bubble. I don’t think (313) 446-0337 or [email protected] and exposing them to hospitality outlets entertain. And so, it’s, you know, a gift we’re approaching it yet. Kirk Pinho, real estate. (313) 446-0412 or [email protected] outside of the greater downtown area I think I have and I actually enjoy it. So, Dustin Walsh, senior reporter, economic issues. and exposing them to the entrepreneurs if I could entertain and bring my clients `What do you wish (313) 446-6042 or [email protected] who operate those establishments and my friends and my colleagues to people would Sherri Welch, senior reporter, nonpro ts and and at the same time, we (give an) somewhere (for Intersection) where they stop asking you philanthropy. (313) 446-1694 or [email protected] award (to) someone, usually civically, normally would not go and expose them about Detroit’s MEMBERSHIPS who’s doing something charitable in to something — because what I hope comeback? CLASSIC $169/yr. (Can/Mex: $210, International: $340), that neighborhood, someone who is happens is, whether you’re going to I wish they would ENHANCED $399/yr. (Can/Mex: $499, International: $799), doing something entrepreneurial in Baker’s Keyboard Lounge, or Friends bar, stop referring to PREMIER $1,299/yr. (Can/Mex/International: $1,299). that neighborhood. They may not be or Northern Lights, or Cutter’s in Eastern it as a comeback. To become a member visit www.crainsdetroit.com/ recognized by the press. So we just try Market, and you don’t normally go there, Because, you membership or call (877) 824-9374 to put the shine on people in the places you’ve never been there, you’ll go. Drinks could go around ADVERTISING outside of downtown. are great. Music is great. People are cool. the city ... If Sales Inquiries (313) 446-6032; FAX (313) 393-0997 Vibe is awesome. And you go back. You you were to ask Director, Program Content Kristin Bull, `You mentioned Central Kitchen know, ‘What are you doing Saturday Mark (Anderson), (313) 446-1608 or [email protected] — I read somewhere your love of night? We should go down to Cutter’s, who owns Friends Senior Account Executive John Petty neighborhood bars helped start up Dennis had an event there, they’ve bar on Eight Mile, he’s Senior Account Manager/Political Specialist Ignition. got an amazing bacon cheeseburger.’ never had a decline in his Maria Marcantonio Yeah, I mean, even when you look at Hopefully that happens all around the business. Dutch Girl Donuts, Advertising Sales Central, Central was in uenced by (Luxe city, as we move around. they haven’t gone anywhere. Lindsey Apostol, Mark Polcyn, Sharon Mulroy Bar & Grill) in downtown Birmingham. I People are going to get those People on the Move Manager Debora Stein, live in Detroit, and I found myself sitting `What do you think about the doughnuts starting at 6 a.m. (917) 226-5470, [email protected] at the bar at Luxe once or twice a week. idea of a restaurant bubble around ve or six days a week, during Events Director Kacey Anderson There are a lot of regulars, the sta downtown? ups and downs. Senior Art Director Sylvia Kolaski knows everybody’s name. We needed Look, it’s arguably the most di cult Director of Media Services Joseph (Sam) Tanooki, this downtown. business to be in. So unless you’re `They’re good doughnuts. 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CLIENT: BBDO AT&T PRODUCT: IPBB Round 2 bleed ad A Agency Job Number: None Cradle Job Number: 732366-10 JOB#: 732366-10 PUB LIST: SPACE: 4/C Proof #: 2 Path: EG-PLUS-NY:EGPlus_Departments:Print:A—F:BBDO:ATT:732366-10_IPBB_Round _2_Bleed_ Created: 8-29-2019 3:55 PM CRAINS CLEVELAND BLEED: 11.375" x 15.5" ad_A:732366-10_Mechanicals:732366-10_IPBB_Round _2_Bleed_ad_A_V2.indd Saved: 9-23-2019 8:07 PM LA BUSINESS JOURNAL TRIM: 10.875" x 14.5" Operators: Angelique.Perrian / Maria Barrios Printed: 9-23-2019 8:07 PM SAFETY: 9.875" x 13.5" Print Scale: None ORANGE COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL GUTTER: None SAN DIEGO BUSINESS JOURNAL PUBS: IBPP Magazine Ink Names: Cyan OOH Scaling Info: Fonts: ATT Aleck Sans Bold, CRAINS DETROIT ISSUE: None Magenta Build Scale: 100% Medium TRAFFIC: Donna Mendieta Yellow Final Safety : 13.5" H x 9.875" W TT Slug OTF Bold CRAINS CHICAGO ART BUYER: None Black Final Viewing Area : 14" H x 10.375" W ATT Aleck Cd Medium ACCOUNT: None Final Trim : 14.5" H x 10.875" W RETOUCH: None Final Bleed : 15.5" H x 11.375" W PRODUCTION: None ART DIRECTOR: None Ink Density: None Page: 1 of 1
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