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MICHIGAN BRIEFS Herman Miller, anthrax vaccine machines in Meijer stores in the Grand Rapids area and in Lincoln maker have acquisition fever Positive charge: LG Chem finally will start making batteries Park so customers can renew their vehicle tabs without traveling to a A couple of Michigan companies After delays and an investigation into how the the time, the company said it planned to create more announced significant acquisi- branch of the secretary of state. company spent federal stimulus funds, LG Chem than 400 jobs in Holland. (Crain’s Michigan Business Christian Gaines, 48, an exec- tions this week. Michigan Inc. says it is set to begin production of ad- first reported on west Michigan’s battery industry Zeeland-based Herman Miller utive at IMDb.com whose résumé vanced batteries this year in Holland, MiBiz report- in February 2011.) also includes jobs at the Cannes Inc. said it will buy New York City- ed last week. LG Chem, which received $150 million from the based Maharam Fabric Corp. for Film Festival and Sundance Film Fes- The plant will start operating in the second half of federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, tival, is the new director of ArtPrize, $156 million in cash, effective today. the year, executives told Reuters this month. A West landed in hot water in October when reports alleged The office furniture manufacturer the Grand Rapids art exhibition Michigan executive familiar with the company’s it was using the money to pay idled workers for with $560,000 in prize money. said Maharam generated revenue plans confirmed the report for MiBiz. “volunteering at local nonprofit organizations, play- of about $105 million in 2012, the Eight Michigan colleges have The $300 million-plus plant, completed last year, ing games and watching movies” because the made the 2013 Green Guide, com- Grand Rapids Business Journal re- never started production, as demand for plug-in plant’s 200 workers were not building batteries, a ported. Maharam, a fourth-genera- piled by the Princeton Review and electric and hybrid vehicles has been less than an- U.S. Department of Energy investigation found. The the U.S. Green Building Council. They tion family business employing 250, ticipated when LG Chem broke ground in 2010. At company returned $842,000 to the U.S. government. designs and supplies interior tex- are Albion College, Aquinas College, tiles for commercial, health care Central Michigan University, Grand Valley State University, Lawrence and residential interiors. by states. The project would em- wages was cut without a labor con- On Tuesday, the Pokagon Band Technological University, Michigan Lansing-based Emergent ploy five people, cost about tract negotiation. A release last of Potawatomi Indians will open Four State University, University of Michi- BioSolutions Inc., which makes the $2.5 million and take about 18 week from the Michigan Nurses As- Winds Dowagiac, its third casino in gan and Western Michigan University. anthrax vaccine, plans to buy the months to complete. sociation said the nurses would be southwest Michigan. The others Craft beer story alert: USA To- health care protective products di- A week before the Escanaba an- refunded a yet-to-be determined are in New Buffalo and Hartford. nouncement, Bell’s announced day has placed Michigan No. 5 on vision of Monroe Township, N.J.- amount after the arbitrator ruled The number of fliers depart- that it would put a brewery in the its list of the 10 best craft brew based Bracco Diagnostics Inc. in a that the hospital had unfairly cut ing from Bishop International Airport Gerald R. Ford International Airport in states. No talk of creating a playoff cash deal that includes a $26 mil- their wages by $2 an hour. in Flint dropped 8.3 percent in the Grand Rapids, the Grand Rapids system to determine the winner. lion payment at closing. The acqui- Cabela’s store in Dundee was Business Journal reported. first quarter of 2013 — to 100,144 sition is part of a goal to increase closed last week so it could be passengers from 109,295 in 2012, Find business news from biodefense business. cleaned up and restocked after a the airport authority said in a re- around the state at crainsdetroit MICH-CELLANEOUS small electrical fire on Wednesday. port. MLive reported the decline .com/crainsmichiganbusiness. Sign up for Crain's Michigan The Interurban Transit Partner- Supporters of a proposed worsened in March because AirTran Bottoms U.P.: Bell’s to expand by Business e-newsletter at crains ship in Grand Rapids approved an $245 million casino in downtown and Delta lost traffic. detroit.com/emailsignup. setting up Escanaba brewery expected 15-month study into the Lansing are asking the 6th U.S. Cir- The state will put ATM-style cuit Court of Appeals to toss out a pre- The Escanaba City Council last feasibility of a 12-mile bus rapid liminary injunction blocking the week approved a plan by Kalama- transit line between Grand Valley Sault Ste Marie Tribe of CORRECTION zoo-based Bell’s Brewery Inc. to open State University and downtown plans by the Upper Hand Brewery in that Upper Grand Rapids, MLive reported. Chippewa Indians, the Lansing State ■ A story published on Page 6 of the April 22 issue incorrectly stated Peninsula city, MLive reported. An arbitrator has ruled that Journal reported. The tribe wants that Suzy Alberts was president-elect for the Michigan Association of Upper Hand, a division of Bell’s, McLaren Lapeer Region hospital to ask the federal government to Health Plans. She is the president-elect of the Michigan Association of would brew and bottle beer for dis- must pay back 51 nurses who filed take the land into trust so the tribe Health Underwriters’ metro Detroit chapter. tribution across the U.P. and near- a grievance after part of their can begin construction.

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Inside Medical group looks to hire 300 Businesses plan united challenge to retroactive

licensed prac- cialists. runoff fees, Page 6 Demand up for home-based tice nurses, SEND RESUME Hospice care: Certified nurse triage nurses, assistant, nurse case manager, medical assis- For information, physical therapist, social workers. see usmmllc.com tants, internal care; job fair at Troy HQ /careers “We are centralizing our call medicine and center, billing, credentialing, in- BY JAY GREENE able Care Act. family medi- surance verification, patient in- CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS While the new medical employ- cine physicians, podiatrists. take and preparing for significant ees are primarily needed to staff Office support: Customer ser- growth in home-based care” that U.S. Medical Management is hir- USMM’s new 25,000-square-foot pa- vice; medical billing and coding; fi- has been building over the last ing 300 workers for its Troy head- tient care call center now under nance, human resource and pay- decade, said Kevin Murphy, Ceramics startup founders quarters over the next two years to construction, the company also is roll; patient registration and USMM COO. accommodate growth in home- adding other types of personnel. intake; financial analyst; informa- On May 4, USMM will hold a job mold strong backing, Page 29 based primary care stimulated by Specifically, the company is tion systems administrator; direc- recruiting fair from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. an aging population and incen- seeking to hire: tor of quality assurance and health at its new corporate office at 500 tives contained in provisions of Medical: Laboratory medical information management; and Kirts Blvd. in Troy. Last year, the Patient Protection and Afford- technologists, registered nurses, various information system spe- See Hire, Page 35 Company index These companies have significant mention in this week’s Crain’s Detroit Business: 4731 Group ...... 21 Ackerman Ackerman & Dynkowski ...... 23 Advanced Media ...... 12 Air Time Trampoline Troy ...... 3 Angle Advisors-Investment Banking ...... 29 Ashley Capital ...... 6 Padded sells BAE Systems ...... 30 Bounce U ...... 3 Trampoline parks, bounce houses Bradley J. Foster Corp...... 12 Brighton Dance Festival ...... 17 Building Owners and Managers Association ...... 6 CDL Marketing Group ...... 15 multiply as economy catches air Central Michigan University ...... 4 Chalkfly ...... 16, 17 BY CHAD HALCOM Zone to more than 35 locations na- Christian Financial Credit Union ...... 21 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS tionwide, and Air Time to three Comerica Bank ...... 14 corporate-owned locations in Continental Automotive ...... 1 Local trampoline parks and metro Detroit, with some possible Covaron Advanced Materials ...... 29 playscapes are getting a bounce franchise locations to follow later Detroit Collision Works ...... 3 along with the economy as owners outside the state. Detroit Economic Growth ...... 34 embark on expansion plans. Bounce house stadium and en- Detroit International Bridge ...... 23 Canton Town- tertainment center Detroit Training Center ...... 19 ship-based Have Fun Detroit Water and Sewerage Department ...... 6 Bounce U fran- Drought Detroit ...... 15 Fly Safe LLC, the chisee Kbok LLC in franchisee for Sky We’re seeing a Eastern Market Corp...... 19 Troy, which Eastern Michigan University ...... 4 Zone Indoor Trampo- “ bit of new business backed off from its Ecotelligent Homes ...... 13 line Park in South- plans for a possible Empowerment Plan ...... 19 east Michigan, is coming our way second location in Foley and Lardner ...... 35 planning to add Farmington Hills General Dynamics Land Systems ...... 30 new locations in out of (children’s) in early 2010, may Grand Valley State University ...... 4 Novi and Shelby take a fresh look at HandyPro International ...... 24 Township later health concerns. Have Fun Fly Safe ...... 3 growth since the Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn ...... 6 this year. ” economy is healthi- Also bounding Hostel Detroit ...... 33 Ken Olivier, Bounce U franchisee er, said co-owner Hotel Investment Services ...... 33 into Shelby Town- Ken Olivier. Kbok ...... 3 ship will be co-owners William and “I’ve been tossing some ideas Landau Brothers ...... 16, 17 Pam Wannemacher of Air Time Tram- around, but I’m not sure yet if the MeritHall Staffing ...... 19 poline Troy LLC, who plan new loca- market will support so many of Michigan Corps...... 13 tions of Air Time Trampoline and Game these venues if they’re based so Michigan Dance Project ...... 17 Park along M-59 by early summer Michigan Fashion Week ...... 16 much on private events,” he said. JOHN SOBCZAK Minority Males for Higher Education ...... 18 and in Auburn Hills near Great Pam Wannemacher, co-owner and president of Air Time Trampoline Troy, plans “With the economy improving and Mr. Handyman International ...... 24 Lakes Crossing by late summer. to open two Air Time Trampoline and Game Park locations in the area this Raising Our Community’s Knowledge ...... 18 The expansions will bring Sky See Padded, Page 34 summer. Rock Gaming ...... 34 Rock Ventures ...... 20 Saxappeal ...... 15 Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park ...... 3 Style Guy’d ...... 18 Tower International ...... 31 Thinking in the box: Hotel would use shipping containers U.S. Medical Management ...... 3 Warner Norcross & Judd ...... 35 BY SHERRI WELCH She is await- men is still working on the aesthet- are a lot of peo- Wayne State University ...... 4 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS ing the final re- ics, but said it will include commu- INSIDE ple doing that port from an en- nal gathering spaces intended to right now.” Plans for a $4 million boutique vironmental draw in the public so guests can Peek inside the Collecting hotel using reclaimed steel ship- study on the connect with the community. She box: Container stories from Department index ping containers are taking shape preview set for land and hopes believes the industrial architec- Eastern Market, people in De- BANKRUPTCIES ...... 6 for a 1-acre site fronting the Dequin- to complete the ture, along with a planned focus on Page 33. troit and using BUSINESS DIARY ...... 26 dre Cut near Detroit’s Eastern Mar- purchase within connecting guests with Detroiters those stories to CALENDAR ...... 27 ket. four to six and their stories through ongoing create a space will help visitors New York City transplant Shel months so con- recordings and public events, will more quickly immerse in what’s CAPITOL BRIEFINGS...... 30 Kimen, founder of Detroit Collision CLASSIFIED ADS ...... 29 Kimen struction can be- attract travelers looking for a happening in the city, Kimen said. Works Inc. and former senior vice gin. unique experience. At the same time, sharing their JOB FRONT ...... 28 president at Saatchi & Saatchi The 36-room hotel would be made “One of the initial points of this stories will also be important for KEITH CRAIN...... 8 Worldwide, is negotiating with the from heavy-gauge steel cargo ship- project is to create an immersive the people who live here, she said. LETTERS...... 8 city of Detroit to buy the lot at 1923 ping containers — like those that environment for creative visitors “By having a place that cele- Division St., between Orleans and once traveled by train down the coming here to work or just check MARY KRAMER ...... 9 St. Aubin streets, for $52,000. tracks running along the cut. Ki- out the scene,” Kimen said. “There Box, Page 33 OPINION ...... 8 PEOPLE ...... 28 Crain’s Daily News Report Video break RUMBLINGS ...... 36 THIS WEEK @ Crain’s subscribers can get the latest business news Crain’s regularly adds short videos of WEEK ON THE WEB ...... 36 every day in their email inboxes and mobile devices. local people and happenings at WWW.CRAINSDETROIT.COM Sign up at crainsdetroit.com/crainsemails. crainsdetroit.com/video. 20130429-NEWS--0004-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/26/2013 3:59 PM Page 1

Page 4 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS April 29, 2013 Outstate universities launch Detroit satellites, plan outreach

BY CHAD HALCOM Grand Valley State CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS University plans a formal opening May Several new office leases and 8 in the building it building purchases inside Detroit acquired last year by outstate universities are part of for $3 million on Madison Street a growing focus on the city and its from the Barden public and charter schools as a dri- Cos.’ Waycor ver of new student enrollment Development Co. amid a falling state population. Grand Valley State University plans a formal opening May 8 in the three-story building it acquired for $3 million on Madison Street from the Barden Cos.’ Waycor Develop- ment Co. in early 2012. Central Michigan University also CDB/NATHAN SKID authorized in February a seven- pete against all of them already. Budget, Planning and Analysis. year lease of 4,000 square feet in But we are quite aware of the de- A breakout by county was not One Kennedy Square at 777 Wood- clining number of Michigan high immediately available, but Wayne ward Ave., and Eastern Michigan school graduates, and that’s a State has previously reported that University a few weeks ago complet- trend that’s expected to continue its enrollment in Macomb County ed a move from a 6,251-square-foot over the next decade.” grew from 880 students in 2007 to space on Myers Drive into an ex- As of October, 118,907 high 1,685 in 2011, suggesting Wayne panded 10,983-square-foot off-cam- school seniors attended public County and other areas account pus center along Outer Drive near schools statewide, a decline of for a shrinking portion of enroll- Shareholder problems? the Wayne County Community College nearly 2,000 from a year earlier ment over the same period. Changing the Odds in Our Clients’ Favor District northwest campus. and nearly 6,000 from five years Grand Valley also houses an Plans in the city vary by institu- ago, according to enrollment data oversight program for its 52 charter tion. EMU has classroom and office from the state Center for Education- schools in the new Detroit building, Brian E. Etzel Jayson E. Blake Marc L. Newman Kevin O’Shea space and faculty offices after al Performance and Information. which consolidated more than a agreeing to a 63-month lease with The shrinking pie of prospective dozen university employees from College Park RCO LLC and paying for future college undergrads is defi- other offices earlier this year, said more than $100,000 in improve- nitely getting carved different ways Matt McLogan, GVSU vice presi- ments to the building, while Grand compared with years past, as uni- dent for university relations. Valley is housing a regional office versities statewide compete for Some 31 of the schools it has of the Small Business Technology De- market share. The city could play a chartered are in Southeast Michi- velopment Center, a program funded strategic role for some schools. gan, and several of them, includ- by the U.S. Small Business Administra- Allendale-based Grand Valley, ing University Preparatory Academy tion for which GVSU is a statewide for instance, has grown from in Detroit, contribute a regular program manager. 18,579 students in 2000 to 24,654 last crop of new students annually for All three locations will play a fall, and Wayne County accounts Grand Valley among other col- role in efforts to recruit standout for more than 6 percent of its total leges statewide, McLogan said. students from Detroit Public Schools student body, compared with just “Grand Valley enrollment has E. Powell Milller Richard “Tony” Braun and more than three dozen charter 3.3 percent in 2000. It didn’t have a grown by almost 50 percent in the schools in and around the city, breakout of how many of those stu- last 15 years, and much of that in-

Shareholder and partnership disputes Corporate governance litigation CMU officials said. Central Michi- dents are from Detroit. crease has definitely come from Minority oppression litigation Corporate control contests gan President George Ross told Central also reports Wayne Southeast Michigan. What we are Breach of fiduciary duty Securities fraud and derivative claims Crain’s in a re- County was home to 1,720 of the ap- doing is not new, but the approach cent interview proximately 18,800 students in Mt. we might be taking is probably dif- Pleasant this academic year, com- ferent today, given the more com- 248-841-2200 the Detroit office millerlawpc.com will house CMU pared with 1,618 five years ago and petitive environment we face,” he staff devoted to 1,332 in 2000. said. student admis- Another 7,100 students attend The building on Madison also sions and out- CMU somewhere outside the main houses some classroom space and reach services. campus, with the majority of those a computer lab the university “We’ll be host- in metro Detroit, Ross said. The added after the building purchase, ing programs university has satellite campus lo- but McLogan said those will pri- like orientation cations in Troy, Livonia, Clinton marily serve for in-service day in- Ross services for stu- Township, Dearborn, Southfield struction for the teachers and oth- dents there, and I can envision and Warren. er faculty at the local schools that bridge programs between local high Student credit hours for EMU GVSU charters. schools and CMU, and dual-enroll- had slipped in recent years at its Margaret Trimer Hartley, super- ment courses and services,” Ross former Myers Drive location, but intendent of GVSU-chartered Uni- said. “One of the biggest conduits to Provost Kim Schatzel said in a versity Preparatory Science & Math enrollment and internships and statement the new location is part Schools, which is a separate insti- training opportunities are busi- of an effort to reverse that trend. tution from University Prep Acad- nesses and schools in Detroit, and “(Being) across from the WCCC emy, said the local charter schools’ we’ll be heavily engaging those facility and within a reasonable leadership teams have already folks downtown.” commute from other community held some of their monthly profes- Central’s lease caps annual rent colleges, creates numerous oppor- sional development meetings at the capped at $143,000, but Ross said tunities for a group of students new building in Detroit. the university is already exploring whom we very much want to serve. The school administrators also expansion space in the same build- We are committed to growing en- expect to attend graduate school ing if student needs or alumni ac- rollment in Detroit, and the new courses at the Barden building, tivities in Detroit call for it. site and course offerings will be in- with GVSU offering partial tuition “And yes, we’re looking to grow strumental in that effort,” she said. reimbursement. (enrollment). The tri-county area is Wayne State University in Detroit, “I see it as a tremendous asset,” where we do get the largest share of meanwhile, now carves out a small- Hartley said. “Not all of the our students, and we are looking to er piece of the same Michigan tu- schools have the large meeting build a combination of online and ition pie, with 26,933 total students spaces that building can offer, and satellite campus students, and enrolled this semester compared sometimes it’s nice to have a fresh some coming to (the main campus with 30,906 in fall 2006. In-state stu- and neutral space to get together.” in) Mt. Pleasant,” he said. dents accounted for 90 percent of Chad Halcom: (313) 446-6796, “But it won’t be elevated compe- enrollment both years, according to [email protected]. Twitter: tition with other schools. We com- data from the university’s Office of @chadhalcom DBpageAD_DBpageAD.qxd 4/9/2013 4:53 PM Page 1

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Page 6 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS April 29, 2013 Businesses plan united challenge to DWSD’s surprise runoff fees

BY KIRK PINHO been charged fort to protest the $600-per-month real estate ac- will flee the city because of the CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS for stormwater charges for each acre of impervi- quisition firm, retroactive drainage fees since drainage for ous surfaces, such as parking lots said in a Crain’s BOMA members are “very upbeat A group of businesses is plan- years — or, in and roofs. story published about Detroit.” ning to fight the retroactive some cases, Gold also said he’s spoken to a April 22 that she “I think business wants to get to stormwater drainage fees the De- ever. business owner who, because of believes the the bottom of it, but I don’t believe troit Water and Sewerage Department “The first step the unexpected stormwater stormwater anybody is going to base a location is charging, although it’s not head- is not to file a drainage fees, was unable to hire a runoff charges or relocation decision on this,” he ing to court as a first step. lawsuit, it’s to new employee and is moving his “are excessive said. “It would have to be the last Ken Gold, an environmental law try to convince business out of the city. and they influ- straw.” specialist and partner with Honig- Gold (the DWSD) that “This is one company, and I’m Harvey enced our deci- Still, Magy said the BOMA chap- man Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP in there are other sure there are others that are sion not to buy ter — which represents 400 owners Detroit, said some business and ways to try to get an amicable reso- thinking along the same lines,” he any more industrial property in with more than 250 million square property owners are banding to- lution before we go to court, and I said. the city of Detroit.” feet of office and industrial space gether to challenge the DWSD on think that’s what we’ll do first,” Susan Harvey, senior vice presi- Paul Magy, president of the in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, the fees it is assessing, following Gold said. dent of the Canton Township office metro Detroit chapter of the Building Monroe, Livingston, Genesee, an internal review that found He declined to say how many of New York City-based Ashley Cap- Owners and Managers Association, be- Lapeer, Washtenaw and St. Clair about 1,200 city businesses hadn’t businesses are involved in the ef- ital LLC, an industrial and office lieves it’s unlikely that businesses counties — is “trying to get our arms around the whole thing and help our members develop an ap- propriate response.” He said there are more ques- tions than answers at this point. “Is there a possibility of negoti- ating with the (DWSD) for some kind of a payment plan in light of the fact that this is all coming at once?” Magy said. “It’s likely that the businesses will not be able to afford this on a charge that would What’s the normally be spread out over sever- al years. Will there now be interest and penalties?” DWSD Director Sue McCormick said Wednesday at a Board of Water Commissioners meeting that at least four “situational conditions” led to connection the businesses not being charged for stormwater drainage, noting that the first known stormwater drainage charge was in 1985. For example, one of those sce- narios would be if commercial wa- between a ter service was shut off. When that happened, stormwater drainage charges were discontinued as well, even though the service was still provided at the site. McCormick did not elaborate on qualified the other scenarios, and couldn’t be reached for an interview last week. The charges affect only Detroit businesses because the DWSD is not responsible for stormwater drainage services in suburban workforce communities. The exact amount the DWSD is owed for the unbilled drainage charges is unknown, but it “could ultimately be in the millions,” Bill Johnson, a DWSD spokesman, said and our this month. Johnson said in an email that businesses were not given advance warning of the drainage fees and that the DWSD is working on a new customer service strategy. While it’s unlikely that the affect- community? ed businesses will have what they owe eliminated, the “DWSD under- stand that in some cases these costs created a burden on particularly Oakland Community College. Yes, OCC. Each year, we educate and train thousands small businesses and is willing to work out a payment plan in hard- of people who come to OCC to enrich their lives and enhance their careers. From ship cases,” Johnson said. students looking to transfer to four-year institutions, to those pursuing vocational and He added that “there is a strong technical careers, to workers seeking to upgrade their skills, we’re creating the kind of possibility that interest and penal- ties will not be included.” dynamic workforce that stays in Michigan, keeps companies in our area competitive One northeast Detroit business and even attracts new businesses to our region. Why place so much emphasis on the owner — who spoke on the condi- prosperity of our community? Because at OCC, community is our middle name. tion of anonymity because he had not yet been charged the stormwa- ter drainage fee — called it “arbi- trary.” “We are talking $72,000 a year,” Community is our middle name. he said. “My real estate taxes are about $150,000 a year. As far as I’m www.oaklandcc.edu concerned, they are giving me a 50 percent real estate tax hike.” Kirk Pinho: (313) 446-0412, [email protected]. 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Page 8 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS April 29, 2013 OPINION LETTERS Surprise runoff fees Jones Day was the right choice After reading the Crain’s editor- could be considered, he removed Crain’s Detroit Business ial “We hired an EM, not his ex- himself from any and all involve- welcomes letters to the editor. employer,” April 14, we felt com- All letters will be considered for ment in the firm’s effort to secure pelled to share our perspective. publication, provided they are the contract. During private sec- a debacle for DWSD We agree that the process to se- signed and do not defame tor restructurings, it is common cure firms to assist in Detroit’s re- individuals or organizations. for a court-appointed restructur- usiness needs certainty. Detroit needs business. structuring and resurgence must be Letters may be edited for length ing officer to remain with his or beyond reproach. We respectfully her firm. In contrast, upon his ap- But business attraction and retention are taking a and clarity. submit that the process to bring the Write: Editor, Crain’s Detroit pointment as emergency manag- big hit because the Detroit Water and Sewerage Depart- B Jones Day law firm on board ab- Business, 1155 Gratiot Ave., er, Mr. Orr severed all ties, finan- ment has badly bungled efforts to recoup fees it neglected to solutely met that high standard. Detroit, MI 48207-2997 cial and otherwise, to the Jones charge property owners for years for treating “water runoff.” Jones Day was selected by the Email: [email protected] Day law firm. As Kirk Pinho reported last week, 1,200 commercial and in- city through a stringent request-for- We agree with your editorial in proposal process that included a re- one respect: The expertise offered dustrial property owners were stunned to receive huge bills — to the city of Detroit by Jones Day view of 15 bids, submitted by top turing of the city of Detroit. as high as $54,000 for a year — for water treatment services. cannot be questioned. The firm is firms from across the U.S. The It is important to note that the The fees, based on acreage, aren’t unique. Many municipal- consistently recognized as one of process also included numerous RFP process was not only separate the best restructuring firms in the ities charge similar fees, said Paul Magy, president of the face-to-face interviews with repre- from the financial review of the world. Building Owners and Managers Association of Metropolitan sentatives of several firms that city (which had been completed by As two of the members of the reached the final point of considera- that point), the RFP process was Detroit. But Magy said his members were surprised by no city’s Financial Advisory Board, tion in the RFP process. At the end underway long before Kevyn Orr communication, no payment schedule and no transparency in we would be hard-pressed to find a of the review of select proposals, was a potential emergency manag- better partner to help address De- explaining how the fees were calculated. through a unanimous vote of a 10- er candidate. troit’s long-standing financial cri- Department spokesman Bill Johnson said an internal audit member panel, including members Additionally, the panel that se- sis than Jones Day. revealed many of the city’s 4,000 commercial/industrial cus- of the Bing administration and the lected Jones Day was unaware Sandy Pierce tomers were not billed for at least six years for treating water Financial Advisory Board, it was that Mr. Orr might eventually be CEO, FirstMerit Corp. that runs off parking lots, roofs and other surfaces into the determined that Jones Day was the considered for the post. As soon as Kenneth Whipple right choice to assist in the restruc- Mr. Orr became aware that he Retired chairman, CEO, CMS Energy Corp. city’s sanitary sewer system. But Johnson could not answer questions that Magy’s associ- ation is asking, including how bills were calculated. The Detroit fees are significantly higher than those charged by Ann Arbor, where DWSD Director Sue McCormick formerly worked. TALK ON THE WEB McCormick, director since late 2011, has overseen the re- structuring since the DWSD was freed from federal court over- From www.crainsdetroit.com mission. I live north of Indepen- sight in March. Saddling tens of thousands of dollars on property Re: Michigan House plan has no Reader responses to stories and owners — without notice and without much of a plan for appeals blogs that appeared on Crain’s dence Township and have a busi- money for film incentives ness in the township, and I find the or even a simple communication plan — is a bad stumble. website. Comments may be No funds for economic development edited for length and clarity. blocking of McLaren’s hospital to Johnson pledged last week that there will be both a pay- but roads. Yeah, that’s the way to be unacceptable. First of all, those ment and a communication plan. That’s good, but a little late. rebuild an economy. Keep the con- they want: vibrant urban commu- of us in the township and sur- Responsibility for this debacle rests solely with Mc- tractors happy by letting them nities with police and fire depart- rounding area deserve a nearby Cormick and the newly appointed Board of Water Commis- redo the same roads every couple ments that get the job done, street- hospital. Second, I don’t see how of years. anyone in this economy can fight a sioners. This is not a good start to the department’s new era. lights that work and parks that are flairdetroit inviting places. project that can only bring jobs. Fi- It’s not about the job — young nally, the fact that Michigan even Re: Brewster-Douglass towers talent can find jobs anywhere. But has a CON law is so anti-American Support freer flow of craft brews and anti-free enterprise. It will not demolition plan expected within weeks they are looking for diverse, transit- friendly cities like Chicago, Min- increase health costs. It will only The Michigan Beer and Wine Wholesalers Association is That is great that they want to neapolis, New York and San Fran- increase competition, resulting in better care for everyone. Shame on one of the state’s most powerful lobbies. take it down, but is there a plan to cisco that meet their needs and build something else there? This Crain’s for taking this narrow- But it’s time to take the cap off the bottle(neck) and let craft desires. entire area from Woodward to I-75 minded viewpoint. MWAC breweries and wineries operate more freely and distribute should be carefully planned as a com- Bryan of Clarkston product directly to consumers. plete, walkable neighborhood with Proposed legislation, first reported by Crain’s in March, residential opportunity for all lev- Re: Editorial: Oakland chamber Re: M1 Rail gets key government OK could help build the growing craft beer industry and con- els of income and ages. exit hurts region, itself BloggerDave Hellooooo! It doesn’t go anywhere! tribute to “place-making” to attract tourism and young talent. I must say I am disappointed in Commuters? Nope. Shoppers? Crain’s opinion. It is shocking that Last week, The Detroit News reported Gov. Snyder and the Re: Wanted: 650 IT workers Nope. Who is gonna use it? Oh Michigan Liquor Control Commission director are on board to the Detroit Regional Chamber put yeah, it will probably connect to Why don’t we have sufficient IT its effort to prevent a new hospital the People Mover. enact the changes. workers? Because we haven’t cre- in Oakland County on its list. I fail We support the changes and hope the Legislature will, too. ated the kind of environments to see how this can even be in its See Talk, Page 9 KEITH CRAIN: Peter Brown started it all, 28 years ago Peter Brown will be retiring troit Grand Prix. David cept of Crain’s: “There I ended up ued through to this day. Peter was from Crain Communications at the and I sat Peter down and is more to Detroit than with some great a great editor and also not a shab- end of this week. He is the publish- spent some time with just cars.” It worked editors and won- by reporter. He understood the im- er of Automotive News, a sister pub- him. Afterward, David then and still does. I in- derful assets to portance of a great editorial prod- lication of Crain’s Detroit Business. turned to me and said, sisted that we simply ig- our company. uct with a great staff. But 28 years ago, we started “Hire him, he’s good.” nore the Big Three, now But after al- All of us at Crain Communica- Crain’s, and he was the founding Happily, I had come to the Detroit 3. They were most 30 years, tions will miss Peter Brown. It was editor. Later, he became editor and the same conclusion and well covered, and no Peter Brown fun and a great pleasure to work associate publisher before trans- he became our editor. one realized that there will be retiring. with him over the years on both ferring to Automotive News. Ironically, our first is- was so much more news This from a guy publications. Peter was working for the Detroit sue had a story on the to report in Southeast Brown who warned me But it’s not often in a journal- Free Press and happened to be inter- JOA, the joint operating Michigan beyond the that he never ist’s life you can say you launched viewed for the job by the Pulitzer agreement that allowed auto industry. lasted more than two years at a a new publication and that almost Prize-winning author David Halber- both Detroit daily newspapers to Peter set the standard for great job. I took a chance and it was 30 years later it’s still as prosper- stam. David was in town working on combine with an exemption from journalism at Crain’s, and he did good. ous as ever. a book about Ford and was at a re- antitrust. It’s still in effect. one more important thing — found Crain’s Detroit Business had a Peter Brown was and is a great ception we were having after the De- I had a simple idea for the con- his replacement, Mary Kramer. great beginning that has contin- editor. I will miss him. 20130429-NEWS--0009-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/26/2013 10:07 AM Page 1

April 29, 2013 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 9 MARY KRAMER: Traditional journalism proves its relevance

Pizza never tasted so good. site was open to all, news organization, The news business has been cost producers in China with poor The entire newsroom of the The from around the world with or without tough; many daily newspapers working conditions.) Boston Globe was treated to pizza or down the block. It awards. But it feels have retrenched, offered buyouts, In an age of tweets, social media last week. The gift card read: “We was remarkable and good to see good work laid off reporters. TV and radio posts and other technology that al- can only imagine what an exhaust- thorough coverage. recognized. Our news- also have reduced newsroom lows “news” to travel almost at the ing and heartbreaking week it’s Two days after the room crew took home staffs. So it was good to see good speed of light, The Globe reminds been for you and your city. But do bombing, virtually our 15 awards, 12 of them work recognized, whether it was us that we need traditional journal- know your newsroom colleagues entire newsroom at- first-place prizes for TV (Channel 7 was a big winner) ism, too, with professionals who here in Chicago and across the tended the annual everything from break- or the print competition down the care about accuracy, responsibility country stand in awe of your tena- awards given by the De- ing news (Tom Hender- street at the Freep and News. and the community they serve. cious coverage. You make us all troit chapter of the So- son) to general news re- (And lest we forget, Bill Vlasic, a proud to be journalists. We can’t ciety of Professional porting (Chad Halcom) former business reporter at The Mary Kramer is publisher of buy you lost sleep, so at least let us Journalists. This year, to feature reporting Detroit News now at The New York Crain's Detroit Business. Catch her pick up lunch. — Your friends at journalists from the Pa- (Nathan Skid) to con- Times, was part of a team that won take on business news at 6:10 a.m. the Chicago Tribune.” cific Northwest judged local en- sumer watchdog reporting (Dan a Pulitzer Prize this month for a Mondays on the Paul W. Smith show A simple gesture, but powerful tries from metro Detroit. Duggan). For the whole list, visit series about the shift of manufac- on WJR AM 760 and in her blog at at a time when so many media out- I work with talented people. It is www.spjdetroit.org and click on turing by Apple and other tech www.crainsdetroit.com/kramer. lets made horrific mistakes. In the a privilege, really, to be part of this Excellence in Journalism awards. companies from the U.S. to low- E-mail her at [email protected]. drive to be first after the Boston Marathon bombing, the gaffes ranged from the New York Post fin- gering — with Page 1 photos — the wrong bombing suspects, to CNN reporting prematurely an arrest had been made. YOU CAN MOVE YOUR As big as those stumbles were, it was almost as irritating to watch endless cable coverage — dozens of reporters with so little new to re- BUSINESS FORWARD port. We would hope big national news operations will learn from this debacle, but I’m pretty sure they won’t. Throughout it all, the hometown paper, The Globe, covered the big story responsibly and accurately. Like many newspapers, The Globe has a pay wall on its website, but it lifted the pay wall for a week so the

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No one lives, shops or works in those areas. So, you will do what? Drive to someplace currently un- safe in Detroit, leave your car there, take this train and then what? Arrive at another unsafe place in Detroit. Happy for the temporary jobs, and one can always hope that development occurs along the new line. But as they say, hope is not a WE PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO HELPING LOCAL BUSINESSES GROW. Whether you are looking strategy. Don’t get it. to expand or upgrade your business, we can help you get there. We offer a wide variety of competitive William J loans and lines of credit to fit your needs, and our flexible terms give you great payment options. Re: Hygrade Deli struggling to survive Plus, we’ll get you a loan decision fast. To see what our personal service can do for your business, amid Detroit’s comeback call 1-800-946-2264 today. We are growing and want to help you grow, too! I went to the Hygrade Deli many times through the ’60s as I worked near the train depot. It was always a great spot for lunch — good food, reasonable prices. I had no idea it was still open. Thanks for the sto- HAS BECOME ry. I am going to try it again. WJW

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Page 12 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS April 29, 2013 20 in their 20s

rain’s 20 in their KEN CAULEY, 28 20s program hon- ors success at a Founder and president, Advanced Media Inc., Rochester C young age — and success is defined a number of different Ⅲ Why he lives in metro Detroit: ways. His family, friends and profession- Some honorees are al circle are in the area. up-and-comers who ex- Ⅲ Claim to fame: Launched then revived a digital entertainment re- cel in their careers as view company, sold it, and entrepreneurs. Others launched a second company that’s are young professionals showing significant revenue who are making an im- growth. pact in large organiza- Ⅲ Next step: Working on new pro- prietary ways to grow revenue tions. And still others streams from client websites. are social entrepre- neurs, government or efore age 20, Ken Cauley had creative workers. toured the U.S. campuses of Beyond professional Microsoft and Nintendo, flown success, these hon- B to Hawaii for an industry orees, selected by event and rubbed elbows Crain’s editors and re- with celebrities at parties, includ- ing one at the Playboy mansion. porters, have another It was all, he said, because of his thing in common: a Web-based video game informa- deep appreciation for tion business, Advanced Media Net- the life and opportuni- work Corp., which enlisted 30-40 ties of metro Detroit. writers to cover and review games, technology and movies for Their positive atti- 1 million readers per month. tudes and demonstrated He started the site when he was contributions stand as 13. In 2008, it nearly went under examples to others, as when ad revenue dried up. can be seen in their pro- “It was supposed to be my flag- ship year, and it ended up being a files beginning here. disastrous year,” Cauley said. and continuing through He’d started the year projecting He cut costs and also picked up sent him ads, and he placed them. ment service. The company has six Page 21. revenue of $1 million. Instead, he a revenue stream that would be- After getting his business out of advertising agency clients who rep- got $100,000. come the source for the successor debt, Cauley sold it to video game resent companies such as Procter & “I moved back in with my par- business to Advanced Media Net- information company Intergi Enter- Gamble, Nike and Unilever, he said. ents and locked myself in my bed- work. Cauley started acting as the tainment in 2010. Then he started Ad- Revenue in 2012 was $2.5 mil- room until I found a solution. Just go-between for advertising agen- vanced Media Inc., based in lion, and he said he expects to hit WEB EXTRAS keep going at it,” he said. cies and website publishers. They Rochester, continuing the ad place- $3 million this year. Profiles of the 2013 honorees can be viewed online at crainsdetroit.com/20s, along with a photo gallery and BRADLEY FOSTER, 21 video, plus new interviews with some previous CEO, Bradley J. Foster Corp., Grosse Pointe honorees and a look back at owner financing. winners since Ⅲ Why he lives in metro Detroit: The hotel, the Castillo de 2006. “Detroit is such an uncovered Pavones SA, with four large gem, especially in real estate. … ocean-view luxury suites, With more residential opportunities later caught fire, requiring right downtown, the city will be $400,000 in repairs, and is booming again. More people are on the market. Foster said CELEBRATE frequenting the area, with a wider the hotel is profitable, and variety of industry. This is definitely while he wouldn’t mind Crain’s Detroit Business will starting to happen.” freeing up cash for other present awards to this year’s Ⅲ Claim to fame: Owning and op- projects if he gets the right 20 in their 20s May 8 at erating a hotel in Costa Rica, and Buffalo Wild Wings in Detroit. price, he is in no hurry to then rebuilding it after a fire. Time: 5 p.m. divest. Ⅲ Next step: To develop, with a Foster started selling Tickets: $45 for Crain’s partner in Philadelphia, a mixed- lemonade and cutting subscribers, $75 for non- use development in Detroit that in- subscribers, $40 for groups lawns at age 10, dubbing of 10 or more, and $60 for a cludes condos, office space and a his business Spark Force, ticket that includes a one-year hotel patterned after the Mandarin which quickly evolved into subscription. Oriental in Boston. a computer repair and ser- Registration and information: vice company he operated crainsdetroit.com/events radley Foster is a serial en- out of his parents’ home in trepreneur already, despite Grosse Pointe. only being a junior at the Foster, who built his B Wharton School, the noted first computer when he business school of the Uni- was 12, hired his first em- versity of Pennsylvania. ployee when he was a The Bradley J. Foster Corp. is a freshman at Grosse Pointe South ed he wanted to own a BMW as driver. When he got his li- holding company for Spark Force High School and now has six for a 760Li. So he did what any 15-year- cense, Foster drove. LLC, a computer repair company; business, now an official LLC, old would do — he formed a com- Although in Pennsylvania the Tin Fish, a restaurant in Hub- that he manages to operate while pany called Order My Ride that much of the year, Foster consid- bard Lake; The Edge, a swimming going to school in Philadelphia. served as a designated driver for ers the Detroit area home and and boating camp on Hubbard Foster said he hopes to open a Grosse Pointers who were too ine- plans to invest soon in what he Photos by Lake; and a hotel in Costa Rica second Spark Force operation in briated to drive home or who says will be a significant multi- that Foster bought when he was a Philadelphia by the end of sum- wanted to arrange a ride home use retail, housing and hotel pro- Nathan Skid freshman at Wharton, a $1.1 mil- mer. ahead of time. ject downtown. lion acquisition made possible by At age 15, Foster said he decid- Until he was 16, a friend served — Tom Henderson 20130429-NEWS--0012,0013-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/26/2013 10:21 AM Page 2

April 29, 2013 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 13 20 in their 20s Elizabeth Garlow, 28 Executive director, Michigan Corps, Detroit

Ⅲ Why she lives in metro Detroit: “If you’re willing to roll up your sleeves, Detroit is a place where you can make a difference. It’s an incredibly collaborative community.” Ⅲ Claim to fame: Garlow launched Michigan Corps’ Pure Michigan Social Entrepreneurship Challenge, with funds from the Michigan Economic Development Corp., to fund the best social-minded business ideas. Ⅲ Next step: “I want to continue working with Detroiters, whether they are near or far, around welcoming newcomers into the city and create an environment that’s open to new people and ideas.”

lizabeth Garlow under- stands the power of good deeds in good business. E After graduating from Kalamazoo College, she trav- eled the world researching the “Economy of Communion” busi- ness model focused on creating business social responsibility. She spent time in Brazil, Argenti- na and Australia and helped start “There’s real value in leverag- funding website Kiva Detroit. business model. a microloan program from profit- ing corporate expertise in launch- Her experience with Kiva led “I am leading the development sharing among businesses in ing social entrepreneurship,” Gar- the metro Detroit native to move and execution of the idea, which is Italy. low said. “I fell in love with the home, where she took the reigns the first in the nation (meaning, She returned stateside in 2008 as process of walking companies as Michigan Corps’ executive direc- no other statewide social entrepre- Cauley also is a member of the microfinance business devel- through due diligence and then tor in May 2012. neurship competition currently Entrepreneurs’ Organization and opment director for Boston-based crowdfunding.” Since then, Garlow has focused exists),” she said. Michigan director of the Global Accion USA. There she worked with At Accion, she also helped for- her efforts on launching the Pure The MEDC provided $50,000 in Student Entrepreneur Awards. the Boston Beer Co., maker of mer Crain’s 40 under 40 honoree Michigan Social Entrepreneur- prize money for the challenge. May Last year, he was a mentor for Samuel Adams, to share the brew- Rishi Jaitly, then the John S. and ship Challenge, a business idea 20 is the deadline, and details are at Winning Futures. er’s expertise with 1,000 local busi- James L. Knight Foundation’s Detroit competition for those looking to michigancorps.org. — Gary Anglebrandt nesses. program director, launch crowd- better the state with a sustainable — Dustin Walsh Amanda Godward, 29 Owner, chief energy engineer, Ecotelligent Homes LLC, Farmington Hills

Ⅲ Why she lives in metro Detroit: Farmington Hills government and community supports environmental initiatives through a sustainability commission. Instead of working Ⅲ Claim to fame: Launching a growing energy-savings firm. in the auto industry, Ⅲ Next step: Growing a midsize “ commercial client base. I did my own thing.

ike many engineers, Aman- da Godward entered her field because of her appreci- ation for hands-on techni- L cal work, only to find her- self sitting in a cubicle “crunching gan expanding into the commercial out Microsoft Excel” spreadsheets. property business and has worked Working for an automaker after on five business” properties so far. earning a bachelor’s degree in me- Godward plans to target small chanical engineering from Ketter- and midsize businesses with 50,000 ing University, Godward saw that she square feet or less of property be- wouldn’t be happy with that work cause most of her competitors work and started her own company. on properties with 100,000 square “It was a downer, so that’s why I feet of space or more, she said. wanted to get out. Instead of work- Besides energy savings, the ing in the auto industry, I did my commercial side of the business own thing,” Godward said. looks at factors that impact com- Her business, Ecotelligent Homes fort for employees, details as small The company employs three the knowledge of thermal dynam- Area Green Sector Skills Alliance, LLC in Farmington Hills, does en- as poor lighting in a certain area people and had revenue last year ics she gained in school. To help which trains workers and connects ergy-usage audits of buildings and that can affect productivity and of $360,000, up from $211,000 the others apply their skills in ways them with employers who need installs insulation, heating and employee retention, she said. year before and $25,000 in 2010. they find satisfying, Godward green job certifications, and Peace, cooling, window, lighting and ven- “It can be as simple as getting Godward hopes the added com- mentors female students at Ketter- Love & Planet, a program to teach tilation features that save energy. rid of some drafts,” Godward said. mercial business will boost the fig- ing about jobs in engineering out- children about energy consump- Most customers are homeown- “All those things really do add up ure to $650,000 this year. side the automotive industry. tion and environmental issues. ers, but Ecotelligent last year be- to a big difference.” The new gig allows her to use She also works with the Detroit — Gary Anglebrandt 20130429-NEWS--0014,0015-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/25/2013 1:59 PM Page 1

Page 14 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS April 29, 2013 20 in their 20s Evette Hollins, 25 Senior financial analyst, Comerica Bank, Detroit

has established her as an emerg- “It’s a very profitable segment, Ⅲ Why she lives in Detroit: Born ing presence in Detroit, someone and Comerica is a bank that sees and raised in Detroit, Hollins with notable connections and opportunity,” she said. “In De- intends to bridge the gap between troit, it’s an underserved market, generations to re-engage the city upon whom to keep an eye. she loves for a better tomorrow. At 19, she began working on and as we continue to grow as a company we want to be active in Ⅲ Claim to fame: At 19, began Strather’s redevelopment of the work as an assistant project Hotel St. Regis’ restaurant, but engaging generational diversity manager for Strather & Associates eventually persuaded him to ren- and long-term strategy.” Inc. to redevelop the Hotel St. ovate the entire 225-room hotel. Linda Forte, senior vice presi- Regis in Detroit’s New Center At that time, she earned her real dent, business affairs, for Comerica area. estate license while attending the Bank, is one of Hollins’ references. Ⅲ Next step: Increasing community University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Hollins also is a member of the engagement in Belle Isle through Ross School of Business. Belle Isle Conservancy and chair- the Belle Isle Conservancy to However, the real estate market man of its young professional aux- revitalize the island park. iliary group, Emerging Patrons. was tanking when Hollins gradu- “I have an apartment overlook- ated in 2009. Instead of heading to n middle school in the De- ing Belle Isle, and every day I see a coast, she took a job as a finan- troit Public Schools system, its untapped potential,” Hollins cial analyst for General Motor Co.’s Evette Hollins wanted to be said. failing GMAC Financial Services, re- in business. Specifically, The conservancy’s chairman, I named Ally Financial. she wanted to work for Sarah Earley, is another of her Herb Strather, president Hollins helped launch the auto champions and references. and CEO of Detroit-based develop- lenders’ RV financing market in “Evette contacted me through er Strather & Associates Inc. April 2010. her mentor, Linda Forte, and She called Strather’s firm at age She left Ally later that year to asked if she could form a ‘junior 12, looking for a job. He hired her work with Comerica Bank as a se- board’ for the Belle Isle Conser- and she worked for the firm every nior financial analyst, performing vancy,” Earley said. “She has summer for 10 years. analysis on a $50 billion portfolio. brought in a dozen young Detroit “If you ever met Herb Strather, She also performed due diligence professionals who have literally you’d understand,” Hollins said. “I on the bank’s 2011 acquisition of jumped right in to help us with knew then he was a powerful man, Sterling Bancshares Inc. social media and other media is- but whose commitment wasn’t Hollins plays a critical role in sues. about himself but helping Detroit. the bank’s business development, “They have been a fabulous ad- That’s what I wanted.” specifically targeting the millenni- dition to our volunteer corps.” That began Hollins’ path that al generation. — Dustin Walsh

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April 29, 2013 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 15 20 in their 20s Craig Jablonski, 26 Caitlin James, 29 President, CDL Marketing Group LLC, Royal Oak Managing partner and co-founder, Drought Detroit, Plymouth

Ⅲ Why she lives in metro Detroit: “While my goal was to get out of Detroit, and I did that, I found metro Detroit was the best place to start a business. And my sisters were the best people to have as business partners.” Ⅲ Claim to fame: She and her sisters raised $13,000 on Kickstarter in 2011 to launch their organic juice business. Ⅲ Next step: With mentoring by George Vutetakis at Ferndale’s Garden Fresh Gourmet, James plans to take her company national this year with an investment in a nine-ton hydraulic cold-press juicer. worked through the financials, via storefront pickup or residen- they decided they could stretch her tial and commercial delivery. ust a year out of Eastern dollars further in the Midwest. All business has been word of Michigan University with a de- “Detroit is my home and New mouth and the number of units gree in special education, York has plenty of juice companies. sold is projected to surpass 87,000 Caitlin James set out to see J Conscientious eaters and drinkers this year, up from 2,100 bottles just the world and help people tend to gravitate toward one anoth- two years ago, she said. with special needs through the er. Detroit is an attractive place for James oversees the day-to-day Peace Corps in 2008. food entrepreneurs,” she said. operations of the company, which After serving in the Dead Sea “My greatest professional operates out of an organic kitchen ing a time of high demand in the Valley of Jordon and later as an achievement is that I co-created and storefront in downtown Ply- Ⅲ Why he lives in metro Detroit: industry. CDL Marketing has Arabic translator and international the only cold-pressed raw juice mouth. It is tracking toward sales “Because everyone loves a good contracts with 30 schools in the volunteer, James earned a scholar- comeback.” company in the Midwest via of $900,000 this year, up from country, Jablonski said. ship to Columbia University. Instead, $87,000 last year. Ⅲ Claim to fame: Launched and crowdfunding startup capital.” Jablonski handles the busi- she set out for New York City in Her company, Drought Detroit, Last month, Drought inked a grew a commercial truck driver ness side of things, such as legal, candidate head-hunting firm. 2010 with an itch to start a business. now pays salaries for four full-time contract with Plum Market, which Ⅲ finance and business develop- James saw an opportunity to employees, including two sisters. has three local stores and is her Next step: He plans to ment, while Onnie handles oper- eventually work at CDL full time launch a venture fueled by increas- The juice comes in 16-ounce re- first specialty retailer. when the company grows into the ations as vice president. Tyler ing public interest she noticed in cyclable glass bottles with a three- The firm was recognized by Food $4 million-$5 million revenue Labarge, who owns U.S. Truck Dri- organic products and whole-juice day shelf life and a $10 price tag. & Wine Magazine in 2012 as one of range. ver Training School Inc. in Sterling cleanses for kidney and liver The business is primarily made- “America’s Best Juice Bars.” Heights, is the third partner. health. As she and her sister to-order, sold direct-to-consumer — Maureen McDonald The company had revenue of raig Jablonski is making $500,000 last year and expects to headway in two very dif- hit $1 million this year. ferent industries, truck- Jablonski said he was thinking ing and health care. about devoting his time fully to C Jablonski is president CDL Marketing when he got an of CDL Marketing Group LaDarrel Johnson, 27 offer from a customer in the LLC in Royal Oak, a company he health care industry to help run started with two friends in 2011. Musician, aka Saxappeal, Detroit a growing urology practice. Com- And he is director of practice de- prehensive Urology needed velopment at Comprehensive Urol- someone with a business back- ogy, a division of Michigan Ⅲ Why he lives in metro Detroit: ground to help the doctors run “Detroit has just as much potential Healthcare Professionals PC, a the business. (if not more) than any major city ... growing urology practice of He took the offer, while contin- music can assist to inspire people more than 50 doctors also based uing to work for his previous em- to work together, and I am part of in Royal Oak. ployer as a consultant and run- this movement.” Jablonski graduated in 2009 ning CDL Marketing. Ⅲ Claim to fame: Rising to the top from Western Michigan University Jablonski worried at first that of Detroit’s jazz chart online. with a bachelor’s degree in busi- he’d answer the phone identify- Ⅲ Next step: Become a full-time ness administration and sought ing himself with the wrong com- musician and release another a career in the job-rich health album. pany, but that hasn’t been a care industry. He got one, han- problem and neither has focus- dling sales in Michigan for ing on the strategic goals of each ising Detroit saxophone Union, N.J.-based Plus Diagnos- business. player LaDarrel Johnson — tics, a prostate cancer screening “It’s all about strategic devel- his stage name is Saxappeal lab. opment for both sides of it,” he — puts together his day job, A friend, Ben Onnie, had an R said. “The same principles apply his evening club gigs and lit- itch to start a business in the on different levels.” eracy sessions for what he calls by the family of companies. Johnson, at a literacy program trucking industry. Having — Gary Anglebrandt his “delicious jambalaya.” His musical chops began at called Reading Rocks! at the worked for a trucking school, he A blend of jazz, hip-hop, soul, birth as the son of Demetrius Charles H. Wright Museum of African saw the great demand trucking and R&B, along with the spoken Smith, a local musician who American History. companies have for drivers and word and even classical music, played widely around Detroit and “Kids learn when you mix mu- saw an opportunity in getting Johnson is ranked No. 1 or 2 on staged improvised concerts in the sic with literacy; the books come more students into schools Jablonski music tracking and download living room with young Johnson alive,” he said. through the Internet. website ReverbNation.com’s Detroit on his Radio Shack keyboard. Music doesn’t yet pay all the Jablonski provided funding worried at first jazz chart, floating in and out of Johnson was 9 when his dad bills for the family, but he said for the new business, which the top spot depending on the day. died of a heart attack, but the love he’s working toward that day. charges truck driver training that he’d answer On his own, he recorded two al- of music endured. Johnson makes $10,000 a year schools for each qualified appli- bums – his 2009 debut “Stay Saxy” At age 17 he performed at on part-time gigs at local clubs and cant it sends their way. the phone and 2011’s “Unmarketable.” Carnegie Hall in New York. He went corporate events. He hopes to gen- Logistics companies locally The notice he’s gotten paid off. to Detroit High School of the Perform- erate enough income to work as a and nationwide have been scram- identifying Johnson recently secured en- ing Arts and Wayne State University full-time musician and support his bling to hire qualified drivers as dorsements from Cintron Energy but jumped college to travel with wife and their child. the country faces a shortage of himself with the Drink, Sax Dakota, Drake mouth- Dwele from coast to coast in 2005. With a day job as an inventory 50,000 to 100,000 truck drivers, in- pieces and Harry Hartman’s fiber He also toured nationally with manager at Quicken Loans, he uses dustry analysts have said. wrong company. reeds. This means he can get in- rhythm and blues artist K’Jon. his lunch hour to practice daily in The schools like Jablonski’s struments at a discounted price Also bringing him joy is per- a storage unit where the noise service because it saves them and he is cited as an expert saxo- forming every second Sunday won’t disturb other workers. time in finding candidates dur- phone player and a valued client with his wife, LaKeisha “Ideeyah” — Maureen McDonald 20130429-NEWS--0016,0017-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/25/2013 4:45 PM Page 1

Page 16 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS April 29, 2013 20 in their 20s Loren Jordan, 25 Founder, Michigan Fashion Week, Detroit

Ⅲ Why she lives in metro Detroit: “The Detroit area has so much room for growth and development.” Ⅲ Claim to fame: Founder of Our goal is to Michigan Fashion Week Ⅲ Next step: Boost Fashion unite fashion Week’s profitability by seeking “ national corporate sponsorships, while adding photography, fashion designers, models design and model classes to the event. and local

he growing crowd of businesses to Crain’s 20 in their 20s alum- ni has more than its share restore Michigan’s of polymaths. T Now, one more joins the list. fashion industry to Loren Jordan is the busi- ness manager of a large church, be comparable to head of a local fashion event and holder of a degree in statistics. New York’s. She’s also author of 25 Ways to Look Good, Feel Great and Turn Heads, a book she self-published while in school. Jordan last year held the first Michigan Fashion Week, featuring In the community, Jordan 15 designers and boutiques and 40 works with adolescent and models. The event drew 550 peo- and seeking more corporate spon- York’s fashion industry,” she said. wanted something more promis- teenage girls to teach the impor- ple, Jordan said. It was at the South- sorships. Jordan is a designer herself, pri- ing,” Jordan said, and she ended up tance of self-esteem” and present- field Civic Center in September, and The week’s purpose is to bolster marily interested in glamorous with a bachelor’s degree in statis- ing a polished image, working on Jordan plans to hold it there again the local fashion scene rather than dresses with a “red carpet feel.” tics from Grand Valley State University. the finer points of etiquette, pos- the same month this year. to monetize it, she said. She wanted to pursue a degree After working in accounting in ture and behaving gracefully. While it’s not really intended to “Our goal is to unite fashion de- in fashion, but her parents Dallas and Southfield, she began Jordan hopes to work in fashion make gobs of money, she plans to signers, models and local business- thought otherwise. handling finances at her parent’s full time someday. Her nickname, move the event from break-even es to restore Michigan’s fashion in- “I initially wanted to go school church, Southfield’s 1,000-member LoJo, is prepped and ready to go. into the black by boosting prices dustry to be comparable to New for fashion design, but my parents Family Victory Fellowship Church. — Gary Anglebrandt

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April 29, 2013 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 17 20 in their 20s Kathy King, 27 Founder and director, Michigan Dance Project and Brighton Dance Festival, Brighton

“For me the only option was I Ⅲ Why she lives in metro have to go to L.A., that’s the Detroit: “The art community in only place you can go to dance, Detroit is just phenomenal. and I didn’t even think that There is so much talent, and I there could be other options think it would be silly to just here,” King said. “There is a give up on it.” way to have a career, or even Ⅲ Claim to fame: Starting the just to jumpstart your career, Michigan Dance Project, a as a dancer here at home in dance company based in Brighton, and the Brighton Michigan.” Dance Festival. The Michigan Dance Project Ⅲ Next step: Planning more is a nonprofit professional productions for the Michigan dance company that puts on a Dance Project and expanding different production every the Brighton Dance Festival year. King holds auditions once from one week to two weeks. a year and finds venues that will hold the productions. The outheast Michigan company also presents work- might not be known for shops for the public. its dancing, but Kathy The Brighton Dance Festival S King is doing her part to is held every summer at the change that. Brighton Center for the Performing King and her family moved to Arts. Each year the proceeds Brighton from Chicago when from the weeklong festival get she was in high school. When donated to the center, totaling she turned 18, King left for Los more than $14,000 in its three Angeles to pursue a career as a seasons. professional dancer. King also teaches at Michelle’s A talent scholarship to Wayne Academy of Dance in Brighton State University lured her back, and is a part-time lecturer at which led her to start the Michi- Eastern Michigan University. gan Dance Project in 2006 and “I have felt so much more Brighton Dance Festival in 2010 to successful and fulfilled and hap- create opportunities for py here than I think I ever dancers in the area to work pro- would have in one of the bigger fessionally and demonstrate cities,” King said. their talents. — Michelle Muñoz drew Landau, 27; Ryan Landau, 24 Co-founders, Landau Brothers LLC, dba Chalkfly, Detroit

when he was introduced last a Grand Rapids fund for star- Ⅲ Why they live in metro Detroit: year to Ryan and Andrew Lan- tups that was founded by Rick Andrew: “There is an entrepreneurial dau, the sibling co-founders of DeVos. renaissance happening in Detroit, and I Chalkfly. Chalkfly is on track for $2 believe there is no better place to start a “It sounded boring,” Linkn- million in revenue this year. It business. Previously, I worked for years for er said. “Really? Office sup- employs six and plans to be at Google, most recently in Chicago and plies?” These are 15 by year’s end. Phoenix, and there is a unique environment in Detroit. You can hire great individuals, But Linkner said the Lan- two guys Among Chalkfly’s employ- build a great culture and get access to daus soon convinced him that “ ees are young professionals resources much quicker than you would despite being in a $30 billion who had lived in Houston, Vir- anywhere else.” annual market with huge com- with the ginia, North Carolina and Ryan: “Young professionals, amazing petitors, they were worth bet- Chicago. culture and an amazing city. What’s not to ting on. right mix of The Landaus are serial en- love? I love being an ambassador of Detroit “They’re street fighters,” trepreneurs. In junior high and helping attract other professionals Linkner said during a March grit and and high school, they owned back to the city.” interview. Carnival Extravaganza LLC, a Ⅲ Claim to fame: Chalkfly is the first More important, the Lan- scrappiness. catering business that provid- company to graduate from the Bizdom daus made a convincing argu- ed food for bar mitzvahs and accelerator that went on to be funded by ment that they could take a — Josh Linkner — birthday parties that eventual- Detroit Venture Partners LLC. Since being ly employed 10. launched last summer, it has raised profitable chunk away from $750,000 in venture capital despite being what they described as Ryan Landau is on the Jew- in what seemed a crowded business niche unimaginative big players by ish Federation of Metropolitan — online office supplies — that would be mastering social media mar- Detroit’s NexGen board, which tough to crack. keting, having an easy-to-navi- aims to make metro Detroit a Ⅲ Next step: Continue to add customers gate website that showed a sense of hu- vibrant place for young Jew- and employees, build revenue and become mor, and by offering a rewards program ish professionals and bring back those known as the Zappos of office supplies, a that allowed buyers to designate a rebate who have left. reference to the highly successful online of 5 percent to a teacher of their choice. Andrew Landau is heading creation of shoe store. ” Chalkfly went through the Bizdom ac- the foundation’s Volunteer Hub, which celerator last summer, raised some seed aims to consolidate and promote volun- osh Linkner, the co-founder of funding from Detroit-based Ludlow Ven- teer opportunities in the Detroit area. ePrize Inc. and managing partner of tures LLC, then in March became the first The launch is scheduled for June. Detroit Venture Partners LLC, a ven- Bizdom graduate to officially become a He is also the youngest board member J ture capital firm that is one of Dan portfolio company of Detroit Venture of Tamarack Camps in Bloomfield Hills, the Gilbert’s portfolio companies, was Partners. The DVP funding was in an in- largest Jewish overnight camp in North initially less than impressed with the idea vestment round joined by Ludlow, Chica- America. of a business selling office supplies online go-based Griffon Ventures and Start Garden, — Tom Henderson 20130429-NEWS--0018-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/25/2013 3:19 PM Page 1

Page 18 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS April 29, 2013 20 in their 20s Edmund Lewis, 27 Founder, executive director, Minority Males for Higher Education; founder, Style Guy’d, Farmington Hills

troit proved the perfect setting. Ⅲ Why he lives in metro Detroit: What started with a placement “My professional reputation began as a community engagement liai- in Detroit as a student, and I want son in the city through the Max M. to expand my network and flourish my professional growth here.” & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation mor- Ⅲ Claim to fame: Starting his own phed into a full-time job as a com- mentoring organization, Minority munity support specialist in the Males for Higher Education. city’s Brightmoor neighborhood. Ⅲ Next step: Find a stable funding He helped cultivate $1.1 million base and a formal office for his in funding to support the needs of mentoring organization and grow the community, and he recruited his public speaking and fashion more than 250 volunteers to build consulting business, the Style a playground at Rouge Park. Guy’d. Lewis has won several honors, including recognition for commu- rowing up fatherless in nity service by U.S. Rep. Hansen Thomasville, N.C., Edmund Clark, D-Detroit, in 2012. Lewis saw little hope of Last spring he saw an opportu- G greatness. nity to take the mentoring pro- Everything changed se- gram to greater levels with his nior year when two men — Grego- own organization, Minority Males ry Lee, a school mentor, and Brian for Higher Education, now in Don Barfield, his pastor — stepped in Bosco Hall in Detroit pending a to help ignite a fire in Lewis for permanent space. higher education. They helped “To see what we are able to do him fill out college paperwork and with a few middle and high found him part-time jobs to cover schools in Detroit really opened bills. my eyes to realize that I could do That led to him not only earning the impossible,” he said. a degree with honors from North “Anything you set your mind Carolina Central University, but a and heart to can happen. I’m an in Detroit gain the resources for programs. Early participants have a fashion consulting business, the master’s degree in social work example.” academic success, from career gone on to Morehouse College, Oak- Famington Hills-based Style Guy’d. from the University of Michigan. In May 2012, he left his job with skills to dressing well. land University and Michigan State Since 2009, he has worked with 15 He championed a mission — to the Brightmoor Alliance and now He works with 85 to 90 high University, he said. to 20 steady clients who come back do for other boys what Lee and lives on his savings to build an or- school and 30 middle school males Lewis, who earns money from for ongoing direction, he said. Barfield had done for him, and De- ganization that helps young men in classrooms and after-school public speaking, also has launched — Maureen McDonald

The firm worth John Purakal, 27 listening to Founder, public health education initiative Raising Our Community’sKnowledge Ⅲ Why he lives in metro Detroit: “I was born in Detroit. I chose to go to medical school here instead of Portland is the firm that because there is a revolution happening downtown with many fields and professions. A new generation of SM young people want to change Detroit for the better, and listens to you. I want to be part of that.” Ⅲ Claim to fame: Founded Raising Our Community’s Knowledge to raise the knowledge of people with chronic diseases on how to take better care of their health. Ⅲ Next step: Train younger medical students to continue Talk to Foley. We’re listening.SM ROCK, present it at national conferences and encourage other medical schools to create similar programs.

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April 29, 2013 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 19 20 in their 20s Alex Riley, 25 Founder and president, MeritHall Staffing and Detroit Training Center, Detroit

train and keep workers they maining a small-business own- Ⅲ Why he lives in metro Detroit: decided to form their own er for long,” Riley said. “My “There are a lot of opportunities to staffing company with another philosophy is ‘Go big, or go do big things in Detroit, and friend, Paul Kaser, and in nine home.’ With that in mind, I de- people are starting to take months did so in downtown De- veloped the ‘Workforce Man- advantage of that.” troit. agement’ program to increase Ⅲ Claim to fame: “Starting a The firm, MeritHall Staffing, MeritHall’s overall growth by bootstrap business on spring break offers workers for jobs such as incentivizing contractors to of my senior year in college.” construction, landscaping and choose long-term staffing over Ⅲ Next step: Prepare contractors for day-to-day staffing.” the Patient Protection and facility maintenance. Workforce Management is a Affordable Care Act and launch an They advertised with online advanced trades division that job boards and visited recruit- service in which the company includes HVAC, electrical and ment fairs and trade shows. hires an existing contractor’s plumbing fields. Slowly, they built a reliable la- staff onto MeritHall’s payroll bor pool and went searching then leases them back at an rustration mounted for more clients. hourly rate. while Alex Riley and his Riley, who manages day-to- Riley’s firm handles the hu- buddy, Patrick Beal, su- day operations, orchestrated man resources matters of pay- up from $233,000 in 2011 and he formed the Detroit Training pervised a residential re- MeritHall’s next major leap. roll, taxes, health care benefits $1.3 million last year, said Ri- Center last fall. F modeling project for the “A few months into and such. It now has a larger, ley, 25, a 2011 graduate of the “I’m happy we’ve started a Detroit Housing Commission dur- MeritHall’s operations I real- more stable talent pool to draw University of Michigan with de- really cool company that helps ing their 2010 summer recess ized that focusing on small dai- upon for new projects. grees in engineering and math- with all aspects of demolition from college. ly sales was not easily scalable It’s proven financially suc- ematics. and renovation. This is much They encountered so many and would hinder our growth. I cessful: MeritHall projects rev- Additionally, to supply needed in Detroit,” he said. problems trying to recruit, don’t have any intention of re- enue up to $4 million in 2013, clients with fresh, skilled help, — Maureen McDonald Fiona Ruddy, 24 Alternative food program coordinator, Eastern Market Corp., Detroit

versity of Michigan for a degree in Bridge card revenue also in- Ⅲ Why she lives in metro Detroit: political science with a minor in creased by 36 percent between the “This region is really, really peace and social justice. She was 2011 and 2012 season. special, and it’s so diverse and out of school a year before joining There was some skepticism of there is something really magical the team at Eastern Market Corp. the idea at first. about that.” Ⅲ A position at Zingerman’s Deli “A lot of our veteran vendors Claim to fame: Ruddy launched and an internship at Freedom were definitely detractors at the the Eastern Market Tuesdays program in 2011 and runs the House, an organization in Detroit beginning,” Ruddy said. “To have Detroit Community Markets and providing asylum for refugees, a bunch of people tell you that Eastern Market Farm Stand helped prepare her for a career at you’re going to fail even before programs. Eastern Market, Ruddy said. you start is an interesting place to Ⅲ Next step: Working with 13 other She was brought on board in be in. But we knew the demand fresh food access programs to 2011 to orchestrate the launch of was there.” help coordinate them and raise the Eastern Market Tuesdays pro- Though the Eastern Market straight to corporate and health done by Eastern Market to get their profile in the city. gram, which was created by the Tuesdays program has been a suc- care sites. fresh food out to more people in corporation’s management to cess, Ruddy is most proud of her Ruddy’s roots in the city run the city is making a big impact. ood is a passion for Fiona meet demand for expanded market work with the Detroit Community deep: A paternal ancestor, Jean “By going out into the commu- Ruddy, and getting the peo- days instead of just being open on Markets program, a citywide net- Casse dit St. Aubin, owned one of nity and making the fresh food ple of Detroit access to high Saturdays. work of fresh food programs. the original French settler ribbon more available, it is definitely quality food has become In the two seasons of Tuesdays, She’s also in charge of the East- farms on the Detroit River, she helping the long-term health out- F her livelihood. Eastern Market Corp. has grossed ern Market Farm Stand program said. comes for the city,” Ruddy said. Ruddy attended the Uni- more than $47,000 in stall revenue. that takes food from vendors Ruddy believes the work being — Michelle Muñoz Veronika Scott, 23 Founder and CEO, The Empowerment Plan, Detroit

Scott was in the research phase of nonprofit organization in Decem- Ⅲ Why she lives in metro Detroit: a project for a product design class ber 2011 when Scott finished “It’s collaboration or die. We need at Detroit’s College for Creative Stud- school, and it now hires women to collaborate; we need to work ies that was becoming more than a from shelters as seamstresses. with as many different people as we can to bring up the whole city. class project. She had been visiting Scott has a staff of 14. That mentality is very unique.” shelters to find out how best to de- In 2012, the nonprofit handed Ⅲ Claim to fame: Started The sign a coat for some of Detroit’s out more than 1,000 coats to people Empowerment Plan, which hires more than 20,000 homeless. in need, and Scott said it plans to women out of shelters to make One of the women at a shelter hand out 4,000 coats nationwide coats. where she was doing research told through other nonprofits. Ⅲ Next step: Launching a for-profit her what she needed to hear — The project is aided by compa- company built around a one-for-one “your coat doesn’t matter.” nies such as General Motors Co. and model in which customers can buy What mattered then and now, Carhartt Inc., which donate materi- a coat for themselves and fund a Scott says, is job creation. als for coats. coat for someone in need. “At the end of the day, people The nonprofit saw $250,000 in gravitate to the coats because it’s donations last year, and has a goal t took one of the people easy to understand, but the unique- of $700,000 this year. whom Veronika Scott was ness in what we do is who we hire,” “I never in my wildest imagina- trying to help to show her a Scott said. “That woman really tion and dreams ever expected it to I unique way to make a dif- changed the whole direction.” become like this,” Scott said. ference. The Empowerment Plan became a — Michelle Muñoz 20130429-NEWS--0020-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/25/2013 3:19 PM Page 1

Page 20 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS April 29, 2013 20 in their 20s Ryan Sullivan, 29 It’s been a Director of business development, wild“ ride, to Rock Ventures LLC, Detroit be sure. Ⅲ Why he lives in Detroit: “I have had a passion for Detroit since childhood, inspired by my family’s heritage in the city. With a young family, making the decision to move to Detroit was not an easy one. However, we were inspired by the opportunity to make a difference in the city through our actions.” Ⅲ Claim to fame: Leading arrangement of $1 billion-plus of financing for Dan Gilbert’s Ohio casino business and leading the acquisition process for Greektown Casino-Hotel. In addition, helped create the Opportunity Detroit branding campaign in a moonlighting role. ” Ⅲ Next step: Improve growth at the Greektown property.

righton native Ryan Sulli- van visited Greenwich Village in high school as he considered attending B New York University, but the enclave was too eclectic for him at that point in his life. Five years later, he found him- self back in the Big Apple as an investment banking analyst for Bank of America Securities LLC and then an associate with Vestar Cap- No glass slippers. ital Partners IV LP. But the Michigan State Universi- Just a home that ty graduate always wanted to re- turn to Michigan. So after four years in New fi ts perfectly. York City, when his wife became pregnant with their first child, a window of opportunity opened when he contacted Rock Ventures Get $7500 toward your LLC President and COO Matt Cullen, for whom Sullivan home purchase. worked as an intern at General Motors Co. 1 Fast forward 2 /2 years and If you need help getting into a home, you might now think of Sullivan call on the Down Payment Fairy from as one of the key lieutenants for MSHDA. To learn more, just visit Quicken Loans Inc. founder and Chairman Dan Gilbert’s gaming OwnMiHome.org and talk to your and real estate acquisitions. lender about a MSHDA loan. Where once it was just Sulli- van working on the financing of such purchases, there is now the five-member business develop- Homeownership. ment team that he leads for It’s magic. It’s MSHDA. Gilbert’s expansive downtown real estate portfolio that when Sullivan joined Rock Ventures in August 2010 was nonexistent. “Three weeks after I started, we moved from Livonia to the Compuware building, and Dan didn’t own any buildings,” Sulli- van said. “It was maybe three or four months later that he bought one, then two, then three, then four, and now 22 properties in the city.” He’s also leading the develop- ment team through Gilbert’s ac- quisition of majority interest of the Greektown Casino-Hotel in downtown Detroit. Once Athens Acquisitions LLC, a group affiliated with Gilbert’s Rock Gaming LLC, closes on the purchase, Sullivan will work to refinance Greektown’s debt. “We are in the lead on getting that done, and I have a very big seat at the table in executing that,” he said. That’s just another big task for the 29-year-old who lives in De- troit’s Indian Village neighbor- hood. “It’s been a wild ride, to be sure,” Sullivan said. — Kirk Pinho 20130429-NEWS--0021-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/25/2013 1:57 PM Page 1

April 29, 2013 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 21 20 in their 20s BUSINESS McDonald Hopkins HOUR Christina Venturini, 25 LIVE WEBCAST Director of sales and development, Christian Financial Credit Union, Roseville “How To” Hiring: Why she lives in metro Detroit: “I love a challenge, and Michigan for Employers right now is challenging … the Getting people who have jobs right now in Michigan and are leaders in it right Michigan are some of the best.” Claim to fame: Helped revamp the Christian Financial Credit Union from indirect auto loan program to more than double indirect loans between 2011 and 2012. the start Next step: To help the associates at all six CFCU locations develop their careers as part of her new position. Thursday, May 2, 2013 Noon to 1:15 p.m. EDT hristina Venturini saw a problem when she was Watch our live webcast on your computer hired at Christian Financial Credit Union in April 2011: RSVP: mcdonaldhopkins.com or C The monthly goals being year and would need retooling. In 2011, CFCU did about $400,000 call: 800.847.6424 to register. set for indirect auto loan Part of the change was switching in indirect loans each month and sales were not being met, and she to technology that would speed up that jumped to $1 million monthly intended to figure out why. the loan process and changing stan- for 2012. Loan totals at the end of Venturini asked Patty Camp- dards for how much buyers had to 2011 were at $22 million and at $54 bell, president and CEO of CFCU, put down on their auto loan and million at the end of 2012. if she could talk with auto dealers how much dealers would make in Campbell said the changes initi- to find out why they would be re- commission on a loan. ated by Venturini have increased luctant to do business with CFCU. “If you’re not consistently efficiency and morale. McDonald Hopkins PLC What she found was the systems changing and growing, you are go- “People are happier with their 39533 Woodward Ave., Suite 318, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304 in place were slow and complicated ing to get worse, you aren’t going to jobs because they are able to earn compared to those at other finan- get better,” said Venturini, who additional dollars that they can use 248.646.5070 cial institutions. The program had graduated with a degree in hospi- for their families,” Campbell said. Stephen M. Gross, Detroit Managing Member not been changed in more than a tality from Michigan State University. — Michelle Muñoz Chicago • Cleveland • Columbus • Detroit • Miami • West Palm Beach

mcdonaldhopkins.com Carl J. Grassi, President Derek Weaver, 26 Principal and managing director, 4731 Group LLC, Detroit LLC to provide maintenance to Why he lives in metro those and other properties, Detroit: “I love the people and and 4731 Advisors LLC for real the opportunities,” he said. estate consulting. Claim to fame: Fully Collectively, the businesses populated a struggling bring in about $250,000. downtown arts incubator and launched several real estate His pet project is the Grand businesses. River Creative Corridor. This Next step: Launch more art project started last sum- arts projects by the fall. mer and has brought in about 70 artists who have put up erek Weaver is one of graffiti murals and outdoor those people who keep art installations on a stretch showing up on the of Grand River between Rosa radar. Parks Boulevard and Warren D First, word gets Avenue. around that he’s taken Home Depot provided tools, over management of a build- MotorCity Casino provided ing meant for artists and ac- lunches and Wayne State Uni- tually filled it with artists. versity medical students vol- Then it turns out he’s the unteered for a cleanup day guy behind the street murals last fall in the neighborhood. that have gone up on Grand The art is only the begin- River Avenue just up the road ning, a way to get people to from MotorCity Casino-Hotel. slow down and pay attention And then he’s on local TV to the area, he said. Weaver news channels last fall for sees the neighborhood as hav- helping an elderly lady in De- filled it. It now is fully occupied ing the same potential as what’s troit shore up the abandoned with 31 tenants, mainly artists who nearby Corktown and Wood-

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April 29, 2013 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 23 Railroads unlikely to derail Detroit River bridge project, state says

BY BILL SHEA affected by construction and oper- A small portion of the 42-acre CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS ation of the bridge, plaza and high- former Yellow Freight truck termi- way interchange, based on plans nal at 7701 W. Jefferson is partly in The state says it’s likely to dodge made public by the Michigan De- the bridge project’s footprint, an one of the thorniest obstacles to partment of Transportation. aide for the site’s owner said. building a second Detroit River Another line, along the Detroit The terminal is owned by Am- bridge because no active railroad River serving a cement company, bassador Bridge owner Manuel tracks appear to be affected by the will be unaffected underneath the Moroun, who bought the freight fa- project. bridge. cility site in 2010 and moved some Michigan has said it intends to “It looks like the state seemed to of his trucking operations there use state eminent domain law to avoid interfering in any rail opera- from Romulus. seize private property to build its tions in its plans,” said Darius Mickey Blashfield, director of portion of the $2.1 billion New In- Dynkowski, a partner at Bloom- governmental relations for Mo- ternational Trade Crossing — but field Hills-based Ackerman Acker- roun’s Detroit International Bridge taking railroads requires the tra- man & Dynkowski, which handles Co., which operates the Ambas- ditionally more-difficult federal eminent domain cases. sador Bridge, declined to com- approval. If a railroad objects to being tak- ment. The Norfolk Southern line “We don’t believe there are any en, the condemning agency has to serves the Moroun facility along active, operational railroads in the seek approval from the federal with other industrial operations in current NITC footprint, though Surface Transportation Board. the Delray area. keep in mind the footprint is sub- “That involves a lengthy hear- Moroun owns other property in ject to change,” said Ken Silfven, ing to determine whether that the NITC site, and his aides have Gov. Rick Snyder’s deputy press property is necessary for railroad indicated in the past that none will secretary, via email. purposes and if it can be taken at be for sale. He considers the new “Part of our process, though, all,” Dynkowski said. bridge a financial threat to the will be to check with the Federal The new bridge, work on which Ambassador Bridge. Railroad Administration to see if it is tentatively scheduled to get un- The state said it has not talked recognizes any of the property to derway in 2015 and be done by to any of the property owners yet be ‘railroad property’ even if there 2020, would connect I-75 and High- in the NITC site. The NITC project are no active tracks.” way 401 between Delray north of received its required Presidential A stretch of Norfolk Southern Zug Island and Windsor’s Permit from the U.S. State Depart- tracks runs parallel to Fort Street Brighton Beach area with a six- ment on April 12, clearing the way along one boundary of the project lane bridge. The U.S. bridge plaza for land acquisition. footprint in Detroit’s industrial site is bounded by Jefferson Av- Bill Shea: (313) 446-1626, Delray neighborhood, but neither enue, Post and Campbell streets, [email protected]. Twitter: the tracks nor the roadway will be and the rail line. @bill_shea19 20130429-NEWS--0024-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/26/2013 9:33 AM Page 1

Page 24 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS April 29, 2013 It pays to be handy: WE CAN HELP Fix-it company builds YOUR BUSINESS SAVE its franchise numbers

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CRAIN'S LIST: OAKLAND COUNTY'S LARGEST EMPLOYERS Ranked by full-time employees

Full-time Company Full-time employees Full-time employees employees in Worldwide Address in Oakland County in Oakland County Michigan employees Rank Phone; website Top local executive Jan. 2013 Jan. 2012 Jan. 2013 Jan. 2013 Type of business Beaumont Health System Gene Michalski 11,683 11,389 12,856 NA Health care system 1. 3711 W. 13 Mile Road, Royal Oak 48073 president and CEO (248) 898-5000; www.beaumont.edu

Chrysler Group LLC Sergio Marchionne 10,172 9,894 27,296 66,223 Automobile manufacturer 2. 1000 Chrysler Drive, Auburn Hills 48326-2766 chairman and CEO (248) 576-5741; www.chryslergroupllc.com

General Motors Co. Daniel Akerson 8,550 8,258 41,379 213,000 Automobile manufacturer 3. 300 Renaissance Center, Detroit 48265 chairman and CEO (313) 556-5000; www.gm.com

Trinity Health Larry Warren 5,966 5,822 25,231 58,014 Health care system 4. 20555 Victor Parkway, Livonia 48152 interim president and CEO (734) 343-1000; www.trinity-health.org

Henry Ford Health System Nancy Schlichting 4,740 3,356 18,218 24,000 Health care system 5. 1 Ford Place, Detroit 48202 CEO (800) 436-7936; www.henryford.com ■ Biggest increase: 41.2 percent.

St. John Providence Health System Patricia Maryland B 4,211 4,354 12,464 12,464 Health care system 6. 28000 Dequindre Road, Warren 48092 president and CEO (866) 501-3627; www.stjohnprovidence.org

U.S. Postal Service Charles Howe 3,359 3,363 NA NA Postal service 7. 1401 W. Fort St., Detroit 48233-9651 district manager, customer service and (313) 226-8678; www.usps.gov sales

Oakland County L. Brooks Patterson 3,215 3,229 3,215 3,215 Government 8. 1200 N. Telegraph Road, Pontiac 48341 county executive (248) 858-1000; www.oakgov.com

Flagstar Bancorp Inc. Michael Tierney 2,724 2,119 3,320 3,603 Financial institution 9. 5151 Corporate Drive, Troy 48098 president and CEO (248) 312-2000; www.flagstar.com

Botsford Health Care Paul LaCasse 2,665 2,511 2,665 2,665 Health care system 10. 28050 Grand River Ave., Farmington Hills 48336 president and CEO (248) 471-8000; www.botsford.org

Oakland University Gary Russi 2,102 2,095 2,113 NA Public university 11. Squirrel Road, Rochester Hills 48309 president (248) 370-2100; www.oakland.edu

Comerica Bank Thomas Ogden C 2,001 2,053 5,277 9,003 Financial institution 12. 411 W. Lafayette, Detroit 48226 Michigan market president (248) 371-5000; www.comerica.com

Detroit Medical Center Rodney Heubbers 1,601 NA 11,931 14,379 Health care system 13. 3990 John R, Detroit 48201 president and COO (313) 578-2442; www.dmc.org

Lear Corp. Matthew Simoncini 1,587 1,558 3,022 113,400 Automotive supplier 14. 21557 Telegraph Road, Southfield 48033 president and CEO (248) 447-1500; www.lear.com

Walled Lake Consolidated Schools Kenneth Gutman 1,543 1,543 1,543 1,543 Public school district 15. 850 Ladd Road, Walled Lake 48390 superintendent (248) 956-2000; www.wlcsd.org

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Sarah McClelland 1,456 1,456 4,458 NA Financial services provider 16. 611 Woodward Ave., Detroit 48226 Michigan market president (313) 256-8500; www.jpmorganchase.com

Crittenton Hospital Medical Center Frank Sottile, MD 1,423 1,398 1,423 NA Medical center 17. 1101 W. University Drive, Rochester 48307 chief medical officer and interim (248) 652-5000; www.crittenton.com president and CEO

Farmington Public Schools Susan Zurvalec 1,403 1,379 NA NA Public school district 18. 32500 Shiawassee, Farmington 48336 superintendent (248) 489-3349; www.farmington.k12.mi.us

Huron Valley Schools James Baker 1,387 1,371 1,387 1,387 Public school district 19. 2390 S. Milford Road, Highland 48357 superintendent (248) 684-8000; www.hvs.org

Rochester Community Schools Robert Shaner 1,381 1,381 1,381 NA Public school district 20. 501 W. University, Rochester 48307 Superintendent of Schools (248) 726-3000; www.rochester.k12.mi.us

Comau Inc. Riccardo Tarantini 1,320 1,250 1,320 14,000 Manufacturing 21. 21000 Telegraph Road, Southfield 48033 CEO (248) 353-8888; www.comau.com

Kelly Services Inc. Carl Camden 1,306 1,276 1,390 8,000 Workforce solutions 22. 999 W. Big Beaver Road, Troy 48084 president and CEO (248) 362-4444; www.kellyservices.com

Delphi Automotive plc Rodney O'Neal 1,277 NA 1,485 117,500 Manufacturer of mobile electronics and 23. 5725 Delphi Drive, Troy 48098 CEO and president entertainment systems (248) 813-2000; www.delphi.com

State of Michigan Richard Snyder 1,195 1,199 45,236 NA State government 24. 3042 W. Grand Blvd., Cadillac Place, Suite 4-400, Detroit 48202 governor (313) 456-4400; www.michigan.gov

U.S. government NA 1,134 D 1,131 29,126 D 1,982,829 D Federal government 25. 477 Michigan Ave., Detroit 48226 (313) 226-4910; www.usa.gov

This list of Oakland County employers encompasses companies with headquarters in Livingston, Oakland, Wayne, Macomb or Washtenaw counties. Number of full-time employees may include full-time equivalents. It is not a complete listing but the most comprehensive available. Crain's estimates are based on industry analyses and benchmarks, news reports and a wide range of other sources. Unless otherwise noted, information was provided by the companies. Companies with headquarters elsewhere are listed with the address and top executive of their main Detroit-area office. Actual revenue figures may vary. NA = not available. B Maryland to become COO and president of healthcare operations for Ascension Health July 1, 2013. C Thomas Ogden is to retire July 2013. Michael Ritchie is to succeed him. D As of Sept. 30, 2012. LIST RESEARCHED BY BRIANNA REILLY 20130429-NEWS--0026-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/26/2013 9:42 AM Page 1

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 Request for Proposals for Governmental Affairs Consulting Services for the Police and Fire Retirement System of the City of Detroit The Trustees of the Police and Fire Retirement System of the City of Detroit are seeking proposals for Governmental Affairs Consulting services. Interested individuals or firms are invited to submit a Job Front proposal. The request for proposal will bee available on April 22, 2013. Responses are due on May 6, 2013 by 3:00 P.M. EST.  The RFP will be posted on the Police and Fire Retirement System of the City of Detroit’s web site at www.pfrsdetroit.org. The RFP will be on the PFRS home page. All correspondence and inquiries concerning this RFP should be directed solely to David Cetlinski, PEOPLE Assistant Executive Director, at [email protected]. Responses are due on M a y 6 , 2 0 13 by 3 :00 P.M. EST. ARCHITECTURE LAW Lise Newman to IN THE SPOTLIGHT Workplace Studio has named leader, Smith- General Motors Co. GroupJJR, Detroit, Thomas Timko vice president, chief from part owner accounting SMALL OFFICE and principal-in- officer and charge of design, controller. He Landry + New- succeeds Nick HOME OFFICE man Architecture Cyprus, who is PC, Birmingham. retiring. Timko, 44, had FINANCE been corporate Newman Outstanding Selection Jim Kourkoulakos vice president, Esser-Weidenfeller Schoeny For Small Professional to senior portfolio chief manager for fixed accounting officer and Lisa Esser-Wei- Office or Home Office income, Munder Timko corporate denfeller to share- Capital Manage- controller for Applied Materials holder, Sommers ment, Birming- Inc., Santa Clara, Calif., a supplier Schwartz PC,  ham, from portfo- of manufacturing equipment and Southfield, from Free Design Assistance associate attor-  lio manager and services to the semiconductor Customization - Sizes & Finishes co-head of credit industry. ney. Also,  Professional Installation research, Califor- Danielle Schoeny Timko earned a bachelor’s degree to shareholder  Contemporary or Traditional nia Public Em- in accounting from Fairleigh ployees’ Retire- from associate at- Kourkoulakos Dickinson University, Teaneck, N.J. torney. ment Service, Sacramento, Calif. Julianne Cassin FEATURING gan to manager, audit and assurance Sharp to partner, Sharp Philip Yanick to senior vice president, department; Andrew Rundle to manag- Jaffe Raitt Heuer chief risk officer, Crestmark Bank, er, forensic, litigation and valuation & Weiss PC, Southfield, from associate. Troy, from senior commissioned ex- services department; Jeff Solis to man- Lingyan Yan to director of China busi- 6287+),(/'ō752< aminer, FDIC, Detroit. 129,ō/$.(6,'( ager, audit and assurance depart- ness development, Dickinson Wright *5$1'5$3,'6 Kathy Crockett to manager, tax de- ment; and Larry Stoklosa to manager, PLLC, Troy, from executive vice presi- www.gormans.com partment, UHY LLP, Sterling Heights, SPBT0402 audit and assurance department, from dent, Detroit Chinese Business Asso- from senior accountant. Also, D.J. Lo- senior accountant. ciation, Southfield.

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for Ann Arbor-based ceramics startup ENTREPRENEUR LOOKING TO BUY ATTENTION MARKETING COMPANY OWNERS! BY TOM HENDERSON Are you trying to figure out your exit strategy? What will become of your CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS company, your staff, and your customers? A privately held, international marketing Ann Arbor-based startup Covaron company is looking to expand through acquisition. If you are looking to sell your Advanced Materials, which has devel- marketing firm, let’s talk and find out if oped a new process for making there are any synergies. Contact the owner directly, 100% confidential and private, high-performance ceramics, is ex- email:[email protected] or pected to announce today that it has Crain’s Classifieds Gets Results (248)891-2020 secured $300,000 in seed funding. The news isn’t the money in- AUCTIONS volved, it’s who have joined to help run the company — two retired ex- NOTICE OF BANKRUPTCY SALE ecutives at Dow Chemical Corp. Pursuant to Order of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of They were asked to vet the tech- Michigan entered in the matter of Sync Technologies, Inc., Chapter 11 Case No. 12-46005-mbm, an auction sale of a portion of the Debtor’s assets, the "Included nology and liked it so much they Assets", as that term is defined in the debtor’s motion for authority to conduct a sale wanted to sign on and have invest- pursuant to 11 USC § 363(b) filed on February 23, 2013 at Docket #75. ed in it — a coalition of venture The auction sale of the Included Assets will be conducted on May 7, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at the offices of the Debtor’s Attorney, Jay S. Kalish & Associates, P.C., 28592 capital firms, including firms in Orchard Lake Road, Ste.360, Farmington Hills, MI 48334 Texas and Colorado that are al- The Debtor has received an opening bid from a Proposed Purchaser for the Included ready planning a much larger in- Assets in the amount of $60,000.00, the ("Proposed Purchaser’s Bid") and a subsequent bid of $75,000.00 (the "Subsequent Bid"). Any competing bid must be at vestment round next year. least $10,000.00 higher than the Subsequent Bid. Prospective bidders may obtain The news is also in the size of further details and a copy of the detailed bid procedures from the Debtor’s Attorney, the markets — billions of dollars TOM HENDERSON Jay S. Kalish. Cameron Smith (left) and Vince Alessi formed Kymeira Advanced Materials, Requests for further details and/or a copy of the detailed bid procedures should be — that the fledgling company is which evolved into Covaron Advanced Materials. made via e-mail to [email protected] or via facsimile to (248) 932-8580 targeting, with a product that evolved quite by accident. said Shick, who said the patent ap- this is something worth doing.” When Vince Alessi, a chemistry plication covers composition of Hatfield asked former colleagues, major who graduated from Oberlin matter and the production including Shick, to take a look. JOB FRONT College in Ohio last year, invented process. “I have an awful lot of ex- He also asked Dave Cornelius, his way of making ceramics in perience in quickly assessing tech- former director of new ventures 2011, he was just trying to come up nology. That’s what I did at Dow. for Dow Corning and now director MANAGEMENT with a better material for making “This has a lot of potential. The of portfolio development at Aspen, the housing for audio speakers. idea that you can have a low- Colo.-based Two Seven Ventures LLC, Instead, company officials and Mutual Insurance Company Chief Operating Officer temperature cure for ceramics is to help vet the technology. investors say, Covaron’s ceramics unheard of.” “This is a technology that is A Michigan Based Mutual Insurance Company is accepting resumes can replace such current materials The company has two produc- broadly applicable, with lots of for the Position of Chief Operating Officer (COO). This position re- used in manufacturing as steel, tion facilities in Midland, the Mid- markets and lots of specific appli- quires broad-based knowledge of Workers’ Compensation Insurance aluminum and certain polymers. Michigan Innovation Center and the cations,” said Cornelius. “We like in Michigan including loss control and claim management. They say they will first target Geisler Industrial Incubator. the management team that has The COO reports directly to the Board of Directors and is responsible the tooling and mold markets, but Alessi, who grew up in Ann been assembled, and we are quite for the entire operation of the company including the responsibility for that the technology also has a Arbor, and Cameron Smith, who happy with the investor group, es- all work-related staff activities. The current COO is retiring and the large potential market in the fast- formerly worked for Wal-Mart Stores pecially the Houston group.” staff is aware of this talent search. growing fracking industry, with Inc., met in January 2012 and decid- The Houston group is the Mercury Only resumes of qualified candidates will be considered. tiny, durable ceramic beads being ed to form the company, originally Fund, a VC investor with a national used to keep the cracks in rock Please email resume to [email protected] called Kymeira Advanced Materials. reputation that has been making Reference Box #10058 in Subject Line. made by fracking from resealing. Alessi is the company’s chief seed-stage investments since 2005. Covaron has applied for a patent technology officer. Smith, who will Other investors include the Detroit- on what it calls low-temperature receive a joint master’s degree in based First Step Fund and Ann Ar- thermosetting high-performance business administration and nat- bor-based Huron River Ventures. ceramics. ural resources from the University Cornelius said an A round is REAL ESTATE Covaron’s process replaces what of Michigan this week, is CFO. planned for about this time next is called heat sintering, which re- The company was still called year, provided the company hits MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANEOUS quires very high temperatures, Kymeira when it won $25,000 as development milestones. with chemical sintering, which best student entry in last Novem- Cliff Roesler, a partner in Birm- GRAND BLANC AREA, MUNDY TOWNSHIP FLAT ROCK Beautiful on-going 100 lot subdivision. does not. ber’s Accelerate Michigan Innovation ingham-based investment banking Ready For Building Permits. $18,000 - Builders Ready for building permits. Lots for sale - $27,000. Terms. Homes in the sub selling for $160,000 & up. Builders Terms. Homes in the sub selling for Currently, making high-perfor- competition, and when it won firm Angle Advisors-Investment Bank- Call (586) 232-3335 $200,000 & up. Call (586) 232-3335 mance ceramics used in manufac- $1,000 in January in the Great Lakes ing LLC, which does a lot of M&A turing requires baking ceramic Entrepreneur’s Quest business plan work in the auto supply chain, AUCTIONS COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES powders at temperatures of about competition. said Covaron’s technology is ex- GAYLORD...... 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit for sever- In March, the company, now re- tremely promising, provided it can Absolute Auction Prime business location in al hours. named Covaron, won $25,000 at the be ramped up from sample size to commercial district, 11+ acres (up to 
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Page 30 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS April 29, 2013 Political jockeying ahead Intellectual Property | Litigation | Technology as chambers mesh budgets One of the most The state House com- Holland, said in a state- has said it is important for the cau- pleted its work on its vi- ment that the goal of in- cus to look at all areas of state flexible and sion for the state budget Capitol cluding the language funding where existing money last week, while the Sen- Briefings was to encourage offi- could be used, before going to the responsive firms ate still has work to do on cials and administrators taxpayers and asking for more to we have used a handful of bills that in the state to “act more fund infrastructure improve- will make up its budget responsibly” with the ments. -STEVE LITCHFIELD, ASSISTANT GC plan for the coming fiscal money they receive from With a good chunk of the GOP in Schneider Electric year. taxpayers. the Legislature reluctant to vote Neither will match up He noted that despite for a tax increase to fund the roads with Gov. Rick Snyder’s all the media attention plan, this will have to get done proposed budget. And the issue received, very with Democratic votes, so the con- YOUNG BASILE. both budget plans will few public bodies signed ventional thinking goes. Strategic advisors to the world’s spend much less than his Chris Gautz such contracts. Ferris But recent history has proved — largely due to the ex- State University, most no- that when Democrats think they most innovative companies. clusion of Snyder’s $1.2 billion ticeably, opted not to sign a con- hold all the cards by not offering transportation funding plan, or tract with its union that it had support, they can sometimes be the expansion of Medicaid. been working on before the enact- stuck watching the Republicans ANN ARBOR TROY SILICON VALLEY CHICAGO There are other variances be- ment of the right-to-work law, for come through with a winning www.youngbasile.com tween the budgets put forth so far. fear of losing state aid. It was then hand. They will begin to be reconciled hit with an unfair labor practice Late last year, after the right-to- when the conference committees, charge. work law was signed, Democrats which consist of both House and “Looking back on the progress were seething and refused to sup- Senate members, start meeting to our chairs and their subcommit- port a variety of bills they general- iron out their differences. That tees made in ly supported, including the con- will take place once the Senate that effort, we version of Blue Cross Blue Shield of budget is complete and the two accomplished Michigan to a nonprofit mutual. chambers approve each other’s our goal,” Have- The political jockeying occur- version of the budget. man said. ring now on the state budget is They have just more than a There is also similar to the way the Blue Cross month to do so, given their self- no agreement bill was approved last year, when imposed June 1 deadline to com- on a transporta- Democrats wouldn’t vote for the Bring morale up. plete the budget. tion funding bill and Bolger went to the right If no agreement on transporta- plan, so one of and got votes from his caucus by tion or Medicaid can be arrived at Snyder’s top adding some controversial abor- Haveman About thirty stories. by then, members and the GOP budget priori- tion language. leaders of both chambers have ties was left out of the House and Snyder vetoed the bill because of committed to continuing to work Senate budget bills. The House did that language, but House Republi- on those items — with the possibil- cobble together $300 million for cans believe that won’t be the case ity of including them before the transportation in its budget by this time because they won’t in- state’s fiscal year actually begins cutting from a variety of pro- clude the items they really want to on Oct. 1. grams, including the $25 million the transportation bill. One of the big changes to the that Snyder requested for the film Instead, they could vote for budget occurred last week when incentive program. some type of tax increase on the House Republicans retreated from But most believe that program is roads, but still go home to their their position of cutting state aid not dead, as Snyder and Senate constituents and tell them of some to public bodies that signed long- Majority Leader Randy other bill they voted for, perhaps term union contracts prior to the Richardville, R-Monroe, want to prevailing wage, or another set of March 28 enactment of the state’s see it continued, with Richardville abortion bills, that in their mind right-to-work law. possibly being the biggest propo- would balance out a tough vote on Wayne State University and the nent of the program in the entire the roads. University of Michigan stood to lose Legislature. The program provides Bolger Press Secretary Ari $27.5 million and $41 million, re- incentives to moviemakers based Adler said they are “real close to spectively, if such punitive lan- on the amount of expenditures that point,” and if Democrats push guage had been kept in. made in the state. too far, Bolger again will go in But the Senate was not on board However, the House Republi- some other direction, and get it with such action, and Snyder was cans also know that the $300 mil- done without the Democrats. leery as well, and so the House re- lion it came up with for roads is “He will go to the right,” Adler moved it, claiming victory in the nowhere close to the roughly $1.2 said. process. billion that Snyder is calling for. Chris Gautz: (517) 403-4403, House Appropriations Commit- Throughout this process, House [email protected]. Twitter: tee Chairman Joe Haveman, R- Speaker Jase Bolger, R-Marshall, @chrisgautz New in 2013 GDLS, BAE get $340M pact extension for military vehicles

Thrills bring every group together. Experience the thrill BY CHAD HALCOM fleet of Bradley armored vehicles. vehicles for more than 20 military of the record-breaking, high-flying, new GateKeeper. The CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS The new awards use federal re- brigades at a cost of more than $28 search, development, testing and billion sometime after a finalized excitement of the water rides. Not to mention the funnel cakes. General Dynamics Land Systems evaluation budget funds allocated vehicle enters production, starting A corporate outing to Cedar Point is unlike any other, with and the local business unit of BAE to the Army this fiscal year, but ac- in 2019. Systems Inc., both in Sterling tually extend the life of the vehicle The funding decision follows a something for everyone to enjoy. Learn more at cedarpoint.com/ Heights, have received nearly contracts from December 2013 to report this month by the Congres- group-sales/corporate-programs or call 1-800-448-2428 today. $340 million combined to extend June 2014 — around the time the sional Budget Office that suggests their early development contracts U.S. Department of Defense expects the Ground Combat Vehicle might on the military Ground Combat Ve- a decision on the second phase of be less valuable for the Army than hicle program by six months. engineering, manufacturing and other possible options to replace The U.S. Army Contracting Command development on the Ground Com- the Bradley. Contractors took is- at the Tacom Life Cycle Management bat Vehicle. sue with that report for using an Command in Warren this week In 2011, General Dynamics and outdated and speculative version awarded up to $180.5 million to BAE each received two-year tech- of the finished vehicle for compari- GDLS and $159.4 million to rival nology-development contracts, val- son purposes. Opens May 11 BAE for the infantry fighting vehi- ued at $439.7 million and $449.9 mil- Chad Halcom: (313) 446-6796, cle, which is under development to lion, respectively, for the program. [email protected]. Twitter: replace much of the military’s aging The Army expects to order 1,748 @chadhalcom 20130429-NEWS--0031-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/26/2013 3:59 PM Page 1

April 29, 2013 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 31 Tower International to close Detroit subsidiary, lay off workers

BY CHAD HALCOM tions if any are available. Chase in February 2011 in a power CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS W Industries was founded in play that led to Tower buying W It really just has to do with the fact that 1981 by Robert Walker; his son Industries’ assets two months lat- Tower Defense and Aerospace LLC, “ and then-CEO Ed Walker in 2003 er. the subsidiary of Livonia-based business has been dropping off made a move to diversify the Revenue had fallen to $65 mil- Tower International Inc. created to company from primarily automo- lion before the Tower acquisition, acquire W Industries Inc. of Detroit significantly, particularly with tive contracts into other indus- and it had more than $10.5 million two years ago, is now closing that tries. Revenue grew from $15 mil- in overdue balances to vendors operation and laying off 190 re- sequestration. lion that year to $90 million by maining employees. ” and suppliers, according to a 2009, the same year it won a 10- breach-of-contract lawsuit Tower The company that acquired W in Derek Fiebig, Tower International year, $9.7 million state tax credit filed shortly before the acquisi- a contentious transaction in April to expand and add a 200,000- tion. At that time, employee head 2011 filed a notice late last week buildings,” he said. “Everything governments 60 days before build- square-foot building near the with the Michigan Workforce Devel- indicated it was going that direc- ing closures or layoffs that affect headquarters. count was about 250, according to opment Agency under the federal tion.” more than 50 full-time employees. But it financed much of the Tower. Worker Adjustment and Retrain- The WARN Act requires compa- The union has no bumping rights growth by borrowing, and Tower Chad Halcom: (313) 446-6796, ing Notification Act that it would nies with more than 100 employees with other Tower employees, but acquired a total of $28.6 million in [email protected]. Twitter: close the former W headquarters to file notice with state and local Fiebig said they can apply for posi- W Industries obligations from @chadhalcom and an adjacent plant on Hoover Street effective June 30. Derek Fiebig, executive director of investor and external relations at Tower International, said Tow- er Defense and Aerospace contin- ued to suffer falling revenue amid diminishing military equipment contract spending, just as W had experienced before the acquisi- tion. 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Page 32 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS April 29, 2013 TAKE YOUR GROUP Forgotten Harvest plants a new OUT TO THE mission with large-scale farming

BY SHERRI WELCH BALLGAME CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS I had a personal pull on my Oak Park-based food rescue or- “ ganization Forgotten Harvest is get- heartstrings, My grandmother... ting into the farming business with its first large-scale planting taught me about taking this spring on about 92 acres of a Fenton farm that’s been in the Mo- care of others. roun family for generations. ” After a successful farming pilot Nora Moroun last year on 37 acres of borrowed land in Oakland and Macomb coun- years has leased the roughly 1,000- in 2009 that’s produced 78,656 ties, Forgotten Harvest is planting acre Ore Creek Farm to a dairy pounds of produce the past three crops on leased land at the Moroun farmer to grow feed corn and alfalfa years. Gleaners Community Food family’s Ore Creek Farm in Fenton. for his cattle, Nora Moroun said. Bank of Southeastern Michigan and The farm is expected to yield But after getting involved with For- Capuchin Soup Kitchen in Detroit nearly 2 million pounds of corn, gotten Harvest the past few years grow vegetables on a smaller scale potatoes, cabbage, squash and oth- as a volunteer and ambassador, she in nearby gardens. Forgotten Har- er vegetables this year, based on made a decision to donate use of a vest’s farm would be the most siz- the yield of more than 440,000 portion of the farmable land there able operation among local non- · Group tickets as low as $9 per person* pounds of produce harvested from to Forgotten Harvest. The land gift profits. the pilot farms last year, said Chief followed her earlier donation of Growing produce is a much · A choice of ten different picnic areas, party suites, or Development Officer Russ Russell. $200,000 worth of Apple Inc. stock to more cost-effective way to get luxury suites for up to 300 guests Forgotten Harvest, which has a the nonprofit. fresh produce to the hungry than cash budget of about $8 million this “I had a personal pull on my buying it, said Sherrie Tussler, ex- · Benefits include preferred seating, recognition on the year, plans to operate the farm on a heartstrings,” Moroun said. “My ecutive director of the Hunger Task budget of about $150,000. It’s invest- grandmother was very influential Force, a Milwaukee food bank and scoreboard, parking passes, and more** ed about $15,000 so far in farm with me and taught me about tak- hunger advocacy organization equipment and has budgeted about ing care of others.” whose operations Forgotten Har- $55,000 more to cover equipment Moroun joined Forgotten Har- vest is benchmarking. *Subject to availability. **Restrictions apply. such as a mechanical transplanter vest’s board last September. The agency got into farming in and a moldboard plow, Russell “When I give donations, I tend to 2004, taking over the operation of a said, in the event it can’t get those get personally involved,” she said. 208-acre prison work farm that had (313) 471-BALL (2255) groups items donated. provided it with produce in the So far, Forgotten Harvest has re- Volunteer labor past and was going to be closed. ceived about $135,000 worth of do- “We couldn’t have afforded nated equipment, including two Michigan State University Extension fresh produce in the past. It’s per- tractors, a flatbed equipment trail- Program is providing Forgotten ishable, you have to move it fast er, a tiller, and planting and har- Harvest with advisory services as it and it’s super expensive,” she said. vesting tools for volunteers. ramps up the farming operation. “Growing our own made it af- It’s hired a full-time farm manag- The food rescue will look to large fordable, just as having your own er and plans to hire two more sea- groups of volunteers to provide the backyard garden would.” sonal employees, but it will rely majority of labor on the farm, said The knowledge and capital in- primarily on large groups of volun- Sandy Gabel, director of agricul- vestment required for a large-scale teers to help plant and harvest the ture and agency relations. Last farming scale operation, however, crops. year, 1,000 volunteers came to help are far greater than a backyard “This is certainly an expansion it plant and harvest crops. This garden, Tussler said. of our work,” said Executive Di- year, it’s seeking 3,000 through There’s a huge learning curve rector Susan El- groups of 50-100 at a time. on weather, irrigation, bugs, lis Goodell. “We really depend heavily on weeds and harvesting practices, Forgotten our corporate volunteers,” Gabel and early challenges finding quali- Harvest has said, noting that companies in- fied staff, she said. There’s also been harvesting cluding General Motors Co., Chrysler heavy capital investment needed or rescuing Group LLC and Quicken Loans Inc. on an ongoing basis, Tussler said, crops left in the have already signed up to help pointing to $17,000 transplanters, fields around the with the farming this year. $28,000 vegetable conveyor belts metro area’s The new farming operation for use during harvest, $15,000 for perimeter for builds on Forgotten Harvest’s food a small used tractor and $50,000 for Goodell more than a rescue last year at three dozen a large new tractor. decade, but it re- farms in Macomb and Oakland The Hunger Task Force has ally ramped up harvesting at area counties and an apple orchard with been adding 10 acres of planting farms within the past three years, 500 trees planted last year for the each year on its farm, Tussler said. she said, adding to the food it res- hungry on land loaned by Blake After eight years of operating the cues from area restaurants and gro- Farms in Armada. farm, it planted 90 acres last year cery stores and receives from na- The young trees aren’t expected with 26 different crops (including tional food manufacturers. In fiscal to produce their first apples until lighter-weight crops such as 2012, the nonprofit distributed 43.9 2015, but Forgotten Harvest is al- greens and bell peppers) and har- million pounds of food to more than ready reaping something from vested 360,000 pounds of produce. 260 emergency food providers in them. It has secured sponsorships About 2,000 volunteers helped Wayne, Oakland and Macomb ranging from $250 to $1,000 for 67 of with the planting and harvesting, counties. That was up from 23.2 mil- the trees to date, many of them “in she said. lion pounds of food in fiscal 2011. memoriam” gifts, Russell said, that Even though Forgotten Harvest- Still, there’s a shortage of fresh help pay to cover the costs of caring plans to grow a lot of heavier crops produce available for distribution for the trees. like potatoes and cabbage — which to people in need, Goodell said, and are easier to grow than other that’s a critical need because of the crops, according to Tussler — she nutritional value provided by fresh Room to grow said she believes it will take For- produce and the high cost to pur- Many food banks across the gotten Harvest 5-10 years to get to a chase it. country are getting into farming, 2-million-pound yield. “We see (farming) as a key strat- but only a handful of food rescues “It’s a great idea in concept, but egy of sourcing food for people in have done the same so far, accord- the actual implementation takes need ... we feel it’s strongly incum- ing to Chicago-based Feeding Ameri- years and a lot of capital invest- bent on us to do the work and de- ca, the national association for ment,” Tussler said. velop the systems necessary to get food banks and food rescues. Sherri Welch: (313) 446-1694, that food,” she said. Food bank/rescue Food Gatherers [email protected]. Twitter: @sher The Moroun family for many in Ann Arbor planted a small farm riwelch 20130429-NEWS--0033-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/26/2013 4:04 PM Page 1

April 29, 2013 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 33 Box: Hotel made of shipping containers ■ From Page 3 brates the story, that gives voice to what was and also (to) what they want to be, can have a profound ef- fect on the people telling the story — as well as the people listening,” she said. In New York, Kimen says, there are hotels where business people keep office hours. She envisions the same type of connectivity be- tween the Collision Works hotel, KOOP AM An artist’s rendering shows what a possible container hotel might look like. its guests and local Detroiters. Creative credentials After growing up in Chicago, Ki- Container preview set for Eastern Market men spent about 14 years in New Shel Kimen, founder and CEO The mini-lobby area in one of York, providing research, strategy of Detroit Collision Works, plans to the containers will be used to and design for a number of digital bring a preview of her planned promote the concept and will be advertising agencies, serving last shipping container hotel project outfitted with couches, a table, as senior vice president at Saatchi to Eastern Market in time for Internet and a recording booth to & Saatchi Worldwide. Flower Day on May 18. collect people’s stories. It will But she was no stranger to De- Dubbed “First Container,” the open into a stage to provide a fo- troit and Michigan. Her father was Eastern Market preview will in- rum for interactive storytelling born here, and her grandfather clude two of the steel containers events, with a different theme for worked for Cadillac. Kimen earned that Kimen plans to use to con- each month, such as arts, science a bachelor of arts degree in envi- struct the hotel. and technology, alternative ronment and design at Michigan The two retrofitted containers transportation and food produc- State University before moving to will be placed near Eastern Mar- tion. New York. ket’s shed No. 5 until the end of For the tech theme, for exam- “All of the work I’ve done has the local growing season in Octo- ple, Detroit Collision Works may been about engaging people ... with ber. One will be converted to a invite notable auto and other de- a product, a service or a brand,” mini-lobby to help market the ho- signers or inventors to speak she said. “As marketing has tel, educate people on shipping about their craft, trials and fail- evolved, it’s no longer about me container design and foster pub- ures. The second container will telling you (that) you should find lic storytelling from local people provide pop-up retail space for this because it’s cool. It’s about of interest. The other will be Eastern Market Corp. trying to find a shared sense of val- turned into pop-up retail space. The market is working with ue and purpose with consumers.” A two-week crowdfunding cam- existing vendors to identify po- Kimen, 43, said she was looking paign on kickstarter.com earlier tential users for the pop-up for a change, and Detroit was it. this month generated $41,000 to retail, said Dan Carmody, presi- “I’d been hearing about arts fund the demonstration. dent of the market. and creative culture here, had friends and family here. I came for a visit, and ... I just really, re- unique experience.” dam and in the U.S. the past few ally loved it.” Hostel Detroit founder Emily Do- years for everything from pop-up Kimen moved to Detroit at the err, community and economic de- coffee shops to what is reportedly end of 2011 and began meeting velopment director for the city of the first U.S. multistory commer- with the city planning depart- Oak Park, said the hostel has host- cial building made from them, at ments and the Detroit Collabora- ed many creative types exploring Fort Bragg in North Carolina. tive Design Center at the University what is happening in Detroit since And it makes use of the vast sup- of Detroit Mercy, which is a consul- its opening two years ago. ply of shipping containers coming tant on the hotel project. “A lot of hostel guests want to to the U.S. from China but never She’s pulled together an advisory see the ‘real’ sides of Detroit, and going back. It’s cheaper for the Chi- board including: TechTown Presi- integrating that through story- nese to make new containers than dent and CEO Leslie Smith; Recov- telling is a great idea,” she wrote to ship empty ones back from the eryPark President and CEO Gary in an email. U.S., she said. And the U.S. is im- Wozniak; UDM professor Stephen porting more than it’s exporting. Fogel, who is former dean of the Fast delivery The hotel concept is so “out of the UDM School of Architecture and box” that it doesn’t fall under the founder of the Detroit Collabora- The container hotel could be umbrella of normal demand theory, tive Design Center; Vince Dattilo, “up” or built in four months and said Ron Wilson, CEO of Troy- project and construction manager, open within six months of getting based Hotel Investment Services Inc., The Roxbury Group; Simone DeSousa, a financing deal put together, Ki- which owns and/or operates 16 ho- owner, Re:View Contemporary Gallery men said. tels, 10 of them in Michigan. in Detroit; Ivory Williams, master With container construction, a The per-unit or room cost of storyteller at the Virgil H. Carr Cultur- lot of the prefabrication work can $111,000 per key makes sense if Ki- al Arts Center; and Laurent Vernhes, take place off-site, she said. The men already owns the shipping co-founder and CEO of Tablet Ho- containers are 8 feet by 40 feet, or containers, Wilson said. But he be- tels, a booking engine for boutique 320 square feet, and 8 feet by 20 lieves it will be tough to get lend- hotels. feet, or 160 square feet. ing for the hotel from conventional Kimen has begun fundraising for “You can put them together and sources, given the novelty of the the hotel and is seeking a develop- slice them in different ways for the project, and that it will be hard to ment partner. Detroit Collision interiors, which is what we’ll be project demand through conven- Works is set up as a for-profit, but doing with the hotel,” Kimen said. tional methods. she hopes to shift it to a low-profit Depending on the configuration, The hotel will likely qualify for limited liability company, which six containers could make four new market tax credits, like any could take foundation investment rooms, she said. hotel in Detroit, and perhaps other since it has social and financial tar- SG Blocks in New York is supply- community development grants, gets. ing the containers. New York-based such as tax abatements, he said. “The idea is to ultimately be a Koop architecture + media is serving “There’s a steep learning curve sustainable business, having the as architect, and Integrity Building with these types of eclectic take- hotel redirect profits into the de- Group LLC in Detroit will head con- offs on a hotel unless experienced velopment of the social program- struction for the hotel. hotel design/programming and op- ming or storytelling and arts activ- Once prefabrication work is erational expertise” is a part of it, ities,” Kimen said. complete, a crane can be brought he said. The hotel would give travelers in for a few days to stack the con- “It’s eclectic and fun, but at the looking for a unique experience tainers as needed, before they are end of the day, it’s still a hotel busi- and connection a place to come, bolted and welded. ness.” she said. It’s a type of architecture that’s Sherri Welch: (313) 446-1694, “This is space that’s designed to been used for about a dozen years [email protected]. Twitter: @sher bring people together; that’s the in places like London and Rotter- riwelch 20130429-NEWS--0034-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 4/26/2013 4:32 PM Page 1

Page 34 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS April 29, 2013 Padded: Trampoline, fun centers bounce back with economy ■ From Page 3 parents increasingly looking for so popular that I knew if I didn’t do forward in the next several weeks, pacity of 169.) and operating loans from the U.S. new ways to improve their chil- it someone else would,” she said. “I she said, both new locations could The International Association of Small Business Administration and is dren’s fitness level, I know we’re found this investment partner, for be open by August or September. Amusement Parks and Attractions es- working with the agency on possi- seeing a bit of new business coming the Shelby Township location, and Another aspect of the business timates the family entertainment ble additional financing to help its our way out of health concerns.” was (also) fortunate enough to con- that Fitzgerald said helps set Sky center industry has grown to expansion plan. Air Time also has Pam Wannemacher, co-owner nect with a developer who could Zone apart from Bounce U and oth- about 1,500 locations nationwide had a handful of queries about pos- and president of Air Time, said she find me two building locations.” er competitors is Sky Zone’s host- and has a net gain of 20-25 new lo- sible franchising. expects to finalize a location for Fitzgerald said the economy has ing of “open jump” hours for walk- cations each year. “We wanted to open a park in a the Shelby park within weeks and made developers and local commu- in customers all the time, although “The growth rate has been fairly suburban community tied to a does not expect heavy competition nities more receptive to a broader like the other business owners, she consistent for several years as an strong school district, and organi- with Sky Zone franchisee Colleen range of tenants in industrial build- is also focusing more on events industry overall, but more recently zations that might use the venue Fitzgerald, who plans a roughly ings, although some have required and private parties. we have seen the growth more fo- for events, plus plenty of high-den- 25,000-square-foot park near 23 a special-use permit. The company Olivier estimates nearly 90 per- cused among inflatable equipment sity retail space,” she said. Mile and Schoenherr roads. has required Sky Zone franchises cent of Bounce U revenue is parks and stadiums, and then even Fitzgerald and Wannemacher “We have stayed a little out of to fill more then 20,000 square feet, “event-specific” from private par- more recently the trampoline park also said the family entertainment each other’s way, but our business although a few are as small as ties, and open admission hours at trend has been very strong,” said industry is growing in part from model is different in that they (Sky 18,000 square feet, and she is con- the bounce play stadium are much David Mandt, vice president of the economic recovery and partly Zone) go more into industrial sidering whether to franchise a more intermittent. communications for IAAPA. from an interest in healthy choices spaces and reuse some of those sites smaller-footprint model in Saginaw Fitzgerald would not disclose “Families are always looking for for preteens who are too old for at a low cost,” Wannemacher said. or elsewhere in mid-Michigan. revenue for the Canton park, but new ways to entertain, whether playground equipment. “We try to be more in high-density “There are very specific needs Sky Zone reported to Bloomberg it’s a traditional venue or some- Market demand also fluctuates retail space so Mom can drop off the for a trampoline park, and so light News that 2011 annual revenue thing more unusual to keep chil- with the seasons or school activi- kids and do some easy shopping be- industrial or industrial research was $15.7 million from four corpo- dren active.” ties, said Olivier, a franchisee of fore picking them up again. And buildings can work well,” she said. rate and 15 franchise locations at Wannemacher would not dis- Tempe, Ariz.-based BU Holdings LLC. we’ll have more visibility.” “Because we need a clear ceiling the time (franchisees pay corpo- close Air Time revenue, but did say “We are much busier in winter. Fitzgerald, a global account di- height of 20 feet, at least 40 feet of rate 6 percent royalties on gross the 31,000- square-foot Troy location Our customer volume drops proba- rector at Towers Watson in South- column spacing in the interior, sales and another 1 percent for of Air Time is cash-flow positive af- bly by half around July; that field and a Sky Zone franchisee, plus sufficient parking space to company-wide marketing), sug- ter about six months in operation. month is pretty flat, because fami- confirmed she is moving into an in- satisfy a retail ratio.” gesting per-store revenue is more She and husband and co-owner lies can do it all outside,” he said. dustrial building that houses two Fitzgerald signed leases in Janu- than $2 million. William Wannemacher moved to “But when I look at the locations tenants in Novi, and a stand-alone ary, in collaboration with developer Olivier estimates Bounce U rev- Michigan last year from Columbus, in Arizona (and) California, they building in a Shelby Township in- D’Agostini Land Co. LLC in Sterling enue in Troy is less than one-quar- Ohio, after comparing the local sub- are doing about the same volume dustrial park in addition to her Heights, to occupy a building near ter of that, but it is also smaller urban market for parks with those in a reverse pattern, because their Canton Township location. Beck Road in Novi and a stand- and can host about 20-80 visitors in Indianapolis, Philadelphia, At- summers are too hot.” “We opened last July (in Can- alone building to be built on Sabrina per day depending on event plan- lanta and Charlotte, N.C. Chad Halcom: (313) 446-6796, ton), and I hadn’t intended to ex- Drive in Shelby Township. ning, time of year or school holi- The couple opened the Troy lo- [email protected]. Twitter: pand this quickly, but it’s already If local regulatory approvals go days. (Sky Zone Canton has a ca- cation on a pair of construction @chadhalcom

I-375: Proposal would create a boulevard for development ■ From Page 1 and wants to hear from the com- around the state. This idea is an evolution of a Avenue to 60,000 closer to I-75, that corridor should look like.” munity about what it wants. But Action on moving forward with freeway change idea from more state traffic data shows. Regardless of the final outcome, $80 million is the upward end. the plan will begin right away with than a decade ago. Not everyone is on board with Steudle said, a plan of some kind is “This is a significant piece of the formation of an advisory board Steudle said years ago there was the idea, a factor Steudle readily needed because of the poor shape downtown Detroit,” said Michigan and possibly hiring a consultant. a major push to extend I-375 two discusses. of the road. Department of Transportation Direc- Steudle said the goal is to have a blocks to the waterfront, because He said issues have been raised “It’s on its last legs,” he said. tor Kirk Steudle. firm decision on what to do with at the time it was thought that was both about the construction period The boulevard idea would make the corridor by next spring. where the city’s casinos would lo- and traffic pattern changes once about 12 acres between Gratiot and After that, it would likely be 2015 cate. That project was estimated to construction is completed. State and federal oversight Jefferson avenues available for de- or 2016 before construction begins, cost about $63 million. There are concerns about main- If the boulevard idea is agreed to velopment that the highway and and construction would take about In 2000, an environmental as- taining convenient access to the in some form, federal input will be rights of way now use, and that a year to complete, Steudle said. sessment was conducted and it Greektown Casino-Hotel and the the- necessary because I-375 is a federal opens up potential for a public-pri- “We’re real anxious to get this found there would be no signifi- ater district during construction highway, and environmental per- vate partnership to help pay for process going,” he said. “We don’t cant impact to the environment. and ensuring that residents in the mits would be needed. the project, Steudle said. want to spend money that doesn’t But since then, the casinos locat- area can come and go convenient- Steudle said the plan wouldn’t One idea to make that work fit into the overall scheme.” ed elsewhere and the riverfront de- ly. call for pushing the costs of upkeep would have the private sector in- Several overpasses along I-375 veloped in a completely different And after construction is com- onto the city. vest in paying for the boulevard are in poor condition and in need manner, with more residential pleted, access concerns remain as “This is our asset,” he said. “It construction. In return, those in- of repair, he said, and the state will and retail locations, Steudle said, it relates to residents, fans coming will still be part of the national vestors would receive portions of continue with preventive mainte- and the expansion never occurred. to town on game days, and for mov- highway system.” the land that would be freed up. nance to keep them safe until the Matt Cullen, Rock Gaming LLC ing in and out of Greektown and If the city wanted to take owner- The premise is that given a recon- outcome of the study is known. president and COO, said at that the theater district. ship of it, though, it is something figured road system, that land and “We’re holding them together,” time he was with General Motors Another concern is whether the the state would consider, he said. new boulevard frontage is more he said. and also chairman of the Detroit project should better tie into East- George Jackson, president and valuable. But Steudle said discus- Riverfront Conservancy, and that he ern Market, Steudle said. Also, CEO of the Detroit Economic Growth sions have “not gone that far” in liked the idea then of bringing the there will need to be discussion Corp., who will be at today’s an- determining how the land would The boulevard corridor to grade level. about where the transition will oc- nouncement, along with Cullen be divvied up among investors and Other cities around the country He said the current configura- cur from highway to the proposed and Steudle, said the idea poten- who would purchase or obtain spe- have done something similar to add tion makes it difficult to access the boulevard and whether that would tially opens up all sorts of develop- cific portions of the land. boulevard stretches, including San east riverfront and the Renais- begin at Gratiot Avenue or at an- ment opportunities. “It can’t be piecemealed,” Steu- Francisco, Portland, Ore., and Mil- sance Center. other spot. It’s very rare for someone to pro- dle said. “This has to be a holistic waukee. There are a variety of “I remain a philosophic fan of An alternate but similar idea — process.” cities now considering such a it,” he said. “It would be much bet- bringing the highway to grade lev- pose an idea that creates 12 acres move, including Cleveland, Seattle, ter for economic development, ur- el at Lafayette Street and in- of developable real estate in a New Orleans and New York City. ban planning and city building if stalling a traffic circle — was part growing downtown, Jackson said. Budget cap After observing what happened you could not have that thing cut of the initial proposal but has al- “This gives us a real great op- Since the repairs to I-375 in its in those cities after such a switch, the city in half.” ready been scrapped because too portunity to develop the river- current form would cost about $80 the state learned that property val- Cullen said he would be support- many objected to it, Steudle said. front,” Jackson said. million, Steudle said he does not ues increased, new development ive of “the idea of a beautiful All of those questions and con- But Jackson said the DEGC is want to move forward with some- projects sprung up and access to boulevard coming into town, cerns and others are part of the not endorsing the idea and will thing to cost more than that. And waterfront was key in most of the rather than this big ditch separat- discussion and study for the next wait to hear from the community right now, that is $80 million the changes, according to materials ing everything,” but still needs to year, he said. and various stakeholders. state does not have, he said. One of supplied by the administration. see the details of the traffic pat- “We want to start a conversation “There is not a preconceived the benefits of moving to a boule- Gov. Rick Snyder is aware of the terns to see if it could accommo- with stakeholders about what I-375 conclusion,” Jackson said. vard concept is that it would free project and is fully supportive of date the amount of traffic. should look like,” he said. “We are Chris Gautz: (517) 403-4403, up financial resources the state the idea, said his chief strategist, The average daily traffic on I-375 looking forward to opening it up fur- [email protected]. 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April 29, 2013 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 35 Hire: U.S. Medical Management looks to add staff www.crainsdetroit.com ■ EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Keith E. Crain From Page 3 GROUP PUBLISHER Mary Kramer, (313) 446-0399 or [email protected] USMM moved from a 24,000- is projecting $195 million in rev- or a 17 percent, from lower use of shared savings demonstration pro- ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Marla Wise, (313) 446- square-foot headquarters in Farm- enue this year, Murphy said. Ap- home health, hospice, inpatient gram, Independence at Home, un- 6032 or [email protected] EXECUTIVE EDITOR Cindy Goodaker, (313) 446- ington Hills to its current 150,000- proximately 85 percent of its rev- and outpatient care, according to der the new health care act. The 0460 or [email protected] square-foot home. enue comes from fee-for-service USMM. program awards incentive pay- MANAGING EDITOR Jennette Smith, (313) 446- 1622 or [email protected] USMM is a medical services or- patients, with the remainder from Gary Burkart, USMM vice presi- ments to providers that reduce MANAGER, DIGITAL CONTENT STRATEGY Nancy ganization that also operates Visit- contracts with health insurers. dent, said the company recently Medicare costs and hit designated Hanus, (313) 446-1621 or [email protected] DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR Daniel Duggan, (313) ing Physicians Association, which The bulk of USMM’s future contracted with Molina Healthcare quality targets. 446-0414 or [email protected] cares for more than 50,000 home- growth, said Murphy, will come of Michigan, a Medicaid HMO, to USMM was awarded five of the SENIOR EDITOR/DESIGN Bob Allen, (313) 446- bound seniors in 10 states, among from working with such take care of Molina’s most serious- 18 practice sites chosen by 0344 or [email protected] SENIOR EDITOR Gary Piatek, (313) 446-0357 or them Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, accountable-care organizations as ly ill patients at home. He said Medicare, including one in Flint [email protected] Kentucky, Wisconsin, Texas and Detroit Medical Center’s Michigan Pi- USMM expects to contract with and one in Lansing. WEB EDITOR Kristin Bull, (313) 446-1608 or [email protected] Kentucky. oneer ACO, health insurers that in- several other ACOs and managed “We expect a lot of growth over WEST MICHIGAN EDITOR Matt Gryczan, (616) 916- Founded by CEO Mark Mitchell clude Wellpoint and Anthem, and care organizations this year in the next five years with managed 8158 or [email protected] DATA EDITOR Brianna Reilly, (313) 446-0418, in 1993, USMM also owns Pinnacle caring for chronically ill patients Michigan and other states. care and the dual-eligible popula- [email protected] Senior Care, Grace Hospice, The Home covered by Medicare and Medic- In Michigan and 25 other states, tion,” Sowislo said. “Managed care WEB PRODUCER Norman Witte III, (313) 446- DME and Visiting Podiatry. aid, the so-called dual-eligible pop- dual-eligible patients are expected will figure prominently in our 6059, [email protected] EDITORIAL SUPPORT (313) 446-0419; YahNica Over the past three years, ulation, under a new Medicare to receive integrated care from growth because (insurers) want to Crawford, (313) 446-0329 USMM has grown from a company program called Independence at managed care organizations to re- save money on patients with mul- NEWSROOM (313) 446-0329, FAX (313) 446- 1687 TIP LINE (313) 446-6766 with $146 million in net patient Home. duce costs and improve quality tiple co-morbid conditions. They service revenue in 2010 to one with In January 2012, USMM, its once Medicare approves the pro- are worried about very sick pa- REPORTERS Jay Greene, senior reporter: Covers health care, more than $162 million revenue in physicians and 2,000 of their pa- gram, said Robert Sowislo, tients with four to eight chronic insurance, energy utilities and the environment. 2012. tients joined Michigan Pioneer in USMM’s government affairs offi- illnesses.” (313) 446-0325 or [email protected] Chad Halcom: Covers litigation, higher education, USMM — which employs 1,954 the Medicare ACO program. Esti- cer. Jay Greene: (313) 446-0325, non-automotive manufacturing, defense nationally in 33 offices, including mated savings for USMM’s pa- Sowislo said USMM is partici- [email protected]. Twitter: @jay- contracting and Oakland and Macomb counties. (313) 446-6796 or [email protected] 865 in Michigan and 350 in Troy — tients in 2012 totaled $11.9 million, pating in a three-year Medicare bgreene Tom Henderson: Covers banking, finance, technology and biotechnology. (313) 446-0337 or [email protected] Kirk Pinho: Covers real estate and the city of Detroit. (313) 446-0412 or [email protected] Bill Shea, enterprise editor: Covers media, advertising and marketing, the business of sports, and transportation. (313) 446-1626 or Driverless: Bill aims to give hand to handless driving [email protected] Nathan Skid, multimedia editor. Also covers the food industry and entertainment. (313) 446-1654, ■ From Page 1 [email protected] Dustin Walsh: Covers the business of law, auto abled. ber-led auto advocacy group suppliers and steel. (313) 446-6042 or MichAuto, said the legislation is [email protected] Semi-autonomous vehicles, Sherri Welch: Covers nonprofits, services, retail where the driver still must inter- couched to keep liability on the and hospitality. (313) 446-1694 or act but not operate all functions of driver, for good reason. [email protected] LANSING BUREAU driving, will hit the market in “Ultimately, they want an occu- Chris Gautz: Covers business issues at the Capitol 2020, the company said. pant in the vehicle and that occu- and utilities. (517) 403-4403 or [email protected]. By 2025, some cars may drive pant to be able to disengage that ADVERTISING fully independently, experts are technology,” Manganello said. SALES INQUIRIES: (313) 446-6052; FAX (313) predicting. “They want to keep the driver in 393-0997 Continental has logged thou- charge. Otherwise, they’ll always SALES MANAGER: Tammy Rokowski sands of hours on its semi- have to find who is responsible: the SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE: Matthew J. braking system supplier or the au- Langan autonomous Volkswagen Passat in ADVERTISING SALES Christine Galasso, Jeff Michigan, Arizona and Nevada. It tonomous system supplier? The le- Lasser, Dale Smolinski, Sarah Stachowicz also helped draft the proposed gal issues are going to be interest- CLASSIFIED SALES (313)-446-0351 changes to Michigan’s Motor Vehi- ing.” EVENTS DIRECTOR Nicole LaPointe cle Code. Manganello said as the technolo- DIRECTOR, INTEGRATED MARKETING Eric Cedo SALES PROMOTION MANAGER Karin Pitrone Continental tests the Passat at its gy progresses and the industry brushes closer with putting au- ASSISTANT EVENTS MANAGER Kacey Anderson test tracks in Auburn Hills and PHOTO COURTESY OF CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SENIOR PRODUCER FOR DIGITAL/ONLINE Brimley, Mich., as well as on public Continental engineers test the supplier’s autonomous vehicle on the Las tonomous, or even semi-au- PRODUCTS Pierrette Dagg roads around the state — always Vegas strip. tonomous, vehicles in dealerships, MARKETING ARTIST Sylvia Kolaski with a driver behind the wheel, the further liability issues will need to SALES SUPPORT Suzanne Janik, YahNica Crawford PRODUCTION MANAGER Wendy Kobylarz company said. be addressed. HIGHLIGHTS OF SENATE BILL 169 “There will be questions about PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Larry Williams “The legislation is very impor- Automated, or autonomous, technology refers to technology installed on driver override and whether driver CUSTOMER SERVICE tant to us,” said Steffen Linkenbach, a vehicle with the capability to operate the vehicle without direct active or input affected the vehicle,” he said. MAIN NUMBER: Call (877) 824-9374 or write director of systems and technology [email protected] monitoring by a human. “There will be all sorts of supply for Continental Automotive’s chas- SUBSCRIPTIONS $59 one year, $98 two years. 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Call (313) 446-0450 or Carmakers, suppliers and upfitters may test the technology on public While the Senate bill is focused (877) 824-9374. macro level, Michigan is a place roads or use in a public event as long as it has a special license plate on testing the vehicles, the bill SINGLE COPIES: (877) 824-9374 that’s conducive to this type of test- REPRINTS: (800) 290-5460, ext. 125; approved by the secretary of state. does call for further recommenda- ing; it already has the high-tech sup- (717) 505-9701, ext. 125; or lindsay.wilson A supplier or upfitter must be a recognized producer of subcomponents tions from MDOT and the secre- @theygsgroup.com pliers in this area.” with automakers, as determined by the secretary of state. TO FIND A DATE A STORY WAS PUBLISHED: tary of state no later than Feb. 1, (313) 446-0406 or e-mail [email protected] During testimony before the Dealers of automated, or autonomous, vehicles are also required have a 2014. Senate Transportation Committee special license plate issued by the state. Kowall said the government and CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS IS PUBLISHED BY in February, Michigan Department CRAIN COMMUNICATIONS INC. If a vehicle is sold, the dealer or vendor can only operate without a companies, including Google Inc., CHAIRMAN Keith E. Crain of Transportation Director Kirk special plate for 72 hours. which has its own driverless car, PRESIDENT Rance Crain Steudle said Michigan companies A driver must always be behind the wheel when the vehicle is in TREASURER Mary Kay Crain have worked collaboratively on Executive Vice President/Operations are spending an estimated $120,000 operation, unless being tested on a closed course. the legislation and hope to maxi- William A. Morrow every time they leave the state for The driver must always be able to disengage the automated functions, Vice President/Production & Manufacturing mize Michigan’s stake in this tech- Dave Kamis a test trip on autonomous cars. have a visual representation of when it’s in automated mode and an alert if nology as it progresses. Chief Information Officer “It seems absolutely crazy that an automated function fails. Linkenbach said competiveness Paul Dalpiaz we should put that burden on sup- The vehicle must be properly insured. Chief Human Resources Officer among products and brands will Margee Kaczmarek pliers and manufacturers,” he told Automakers are exempt from civil liability for damages resulting in a eventually take over as the cars be- G.D. Crain Jr. Founder (1885-1973) the committee. “They’re here, and collision if equipment is installed by a supplier unless the defect is proven gin to go to market, but working Mrs. G.D. 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brook Schools in Bloomfield ter 30 years of business, CEO nounced he will not seek an- Hills entered this month’s Henry Ford Paul Czamanske announced. other term on the council. robotics world champi- Detroit-based Henry Ford An agreement has been Schlichting onships in Anaheim, Calif., Health System reported a 15 reached with Wayne County and was named the “Inno- hospital chief percent decrease in net in- to stop foreclosure proceed- vate Award World Champi- come last year to $53.1 mil- ings on Detroit’s historic on” for those ages 8-14. lion from $62.9 million in Masonic Temple, temple Pres- The award was for using to step down 2011. The dip came mainly ident Roger Sobran said. to talk shop at the best combination of in- from a $23 million increase The Federal Transit Ad- genuity and innovation in erard van Grinsven is in uncompensated care and ministration gave the M1 Rail designing a robot. resigning as presi- $36.4 million spent on instal- streetcar project its re- There were 7,300 teams G dent and CEO of lation of an electronic med- quired environmental White House worldwide that entered the Henry Ford West Bloomfield ical records system, said clearance, which means M1 championships, with 700 Hospital effective June 1, ac- CFO James Connelly. can proceed with right-of- ancy Schlichting has Embark Digital LLC opened from 24 countries making cording to an internal Troy-based Delphi Auto- way acquisition and con- been invited to the in January inside Duffey the final cut and competing email sent Friday to em- motive and Germany’s Conti- struction. M1 named Jeni N White House on Petrosky headquarters, but in Anaheim in a variety of ployees from Henry Ford nental AG bid for Johnson Con- Norman, a senior manager Tuesday to meet with the it is having a formal private categories and age groups. Health System President trols Inc.’s automotive at The Rehmann Group, as Obama administration’s top launch party today. and COO Bob Riney. electronics unit, which may CFO beginning next month. two health care leaders to It is doing work for sever- Van Grinsven will be- fetch about $1.2 billion, The Metro Detroit Transit discuss the impact of health al Duffey clients as well as BITS & PIECES come president and CEO of sources told Bloomberg. Workshop, an event for po- tential stakeholders in a re- care reform and federal its own, including Chrysler, Chicago- Several former execu- The Women Officials Net- gional transit system, is set budget cuts on safety net or- Ally Automotive, St. John Provi- based Can- tives at Pleasant Ridge- work Foundation will honor for May 17-18 at the Universi- ganizations. dence Health System and the cer Treat- based ePrize LLC could seek four women Tuesday at the ty of Detroit Mercy. “I am very excited to go,” Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, ment millions in damages in a San Marino Club in Troy. Por- https://community.udmer- said Schlichting, CEO of De- the agency said. Billings to Centers of new lawsuit, claiming they trait artist Patricia Hill cy.edu/transit troit-based Henry Ford Health date are $30 million. America, the were never paid for their Burnett; Carolyn Cassin, presi- The United Way for South- System and The agency has 25 staffers, email said. shares when a majority of dent and CEO of the Michigan eastern Michigan said it has Crain’s and ownership said it’s look- Women’s Foundation; public It was un- the Internet marketing firm clear raised $35.1 million in its Newsmaker ing at downtown satellite of- affairs consultant Anne Mer- was acquired by Connecti- 2012-13 annual workplace whether De- of the Year fice space. venne; and Nancy Philippart, a Van Grinsven cut private equity company and individual giving cam- troit-based for 2012. The agency was co-found- member of the Wayne State Catterton Partners Corp. paign, up 11 percent from Henry Ford’s pending merg- She ex- ed and is co-owned by Mark University College of Engi- The Michigan Strategic the amount raised last year. er with Royal Oak-based pects to Petrosky, CEO and co-owner neering’s Hall of Fame, are Fund board approved giving Detroit’s parks will Beaumont Health System meet with of Duffey Petrosky. The oth- being honored for improving ADP Dealer Services Inc. a stay open this spring and played a role. Kathleen Se- er Embark founder and own- the quality of life in South- $1.5 million Michigan Busi- summer thanks to funding ness Development perfor- Schlichting belius, secre- er is President Mark Russell. east Michigan through civic, by Michigan companies, tary of the Russell was previously philanthropic and profes- ON THE MOVE mance-based grant as it led by $5 million from Department of Health and Hu- president of Wunderman sional accomplishments. plans to invest $3.3 million Southfield-based Lear Corp. man Services, and Marilyn Toronto and managing direc- The Detroit Sports Com- Patricia Maryland, presi- and bring 150 jobs to down- The Detroit Athletic Tavenner, acting administra- tor of New York-based digi- mission, a subsidiary of the dent and CEO of Warren- town Detroit. The company Club will host the 2013 Pro tor of the Centers for Medicare tal agency Blast Radius. From Detroit Metro Convention & Visi- based St. John Providence will open what it called a Squash Tour World Champi- and Medicaid Services. 2007-10, he was president of tors Bureau, won the Out- Health System, was named “digital marketing innova- onship Tournament on Fri- “We have to protect some Wunderman Team Detroit. standing Marketing Cam- COO and president of tion center” next month in day. The club signed to host (safety net) organizations in Embark Digital was cre- paign award last week from health care operations for the Renaissance Center. the event through 2015. this country” that could be ated to meet growing client the National Association of St. Louis-based parent As- Detroit-based Title The Yankee Air Museum, hit hard by payment reduc- requests for increasingly Sports Commissions. The com- cension Health effective July Source Inc. moved 200 of its housed at Willow Run Airport tions from sequestration sophisticated digital social mission won for its mascot 1. She will replace Charles employees from its Troy of- near Ypsilanti, wants to and other possible cuts this media and mobile market- campaign launched in 2012 Barnett, who becomes exec- fice to the First National Build- purchase and renovate part year as Congress debates ing work, Petrosky said. to gain aware media atten- utive chairman of the board ing, bringing its downtown of the former Willow Run the 2013-2014 federal bud- Duffey Petrosky, with tion and brand awareness. of Austin, Texas-based Se- roster to more than 2,000 powertrain plant, a former get,” Schlichting said. more than 90 employees and The Grand Hotel on Mack- ton Healthcare Family, also employees. The company World War II B-24 bomber “Medicaid expansion will $100 million in billings of its inac Island plans to open a part of Ascension. said it expects to hire anoth- plant, and officials have help (in Michigan), but it own for more traditional new ice cream parlor serv- The Detroit Tigers er 250 full-time employees kicked off a $6 million cam- will not cover all the costs advertising work, renovat- ing Holland-based Hudsonville signed pitcher Jose Valverde and 100 summer interns. paign to make that happen. of uncompensated care.” ed its two-story, 30,000- Ice Cream in time for the De- to a reported $5 million, With the fifth overall Officials estimated square-foot office last year troit Regional Chamber’s 2013 one-year contract to return pick in the National Football cleanup costs at up to $150 for more than $3 million, Mackinac Policy Conference as the team’s closer. League draft, the Detroit Li- million at an ex-Visteon Party for digital marketing Petrosky said. The agency that runs May 29-31. Sadie’s ons took defensive end Corp. plant in Shelby Town- The co-founder of Farm- was founded in 1997. Ice Cream Parlor is named for Ezekiel “Ziggy” Ansah out of ship, formerly known as ington Hills-based advertis- the Scottish terrier belong- COMPANY NEWS Brigham Young University. Ford Utica Trim, where test- ing agency Duffey Petrosky & Hail the Crandroids! ing to the late R.D. “Dan” Troy-based Entertain- Offensive tackle Eric Fisher ing shows pollutants are Co. has launched a business Musser Jr., chairman emeri- ment Publications LLC said became the first Central more widely dispersed than initially suspected. aimed at digital, social me- Crandroids rule. tus of the hotel, and his wife, that the son of its founders Michigan University player to Oakland County has dia and mobile marketing. The team from the Cran- Amelia. purchased the 50-year-old be the draft’s No. 1 pick nearly returned to the em- coupon book company for when he was selected by ployment levels it enjoyed $17.5 million. The price paid the Kansas City Chiefs. shortly before the global by Lowell Potiker of HSP-EPI Two medical office economic collapse of 2008, Acquisition LLC was higher buildings owned by South- according to the 2013 Oak- than his $11.3 million initial field-based RSM Development land County Economic Out- bid, according to U.S. Bank- and Management were sold look, prepared by the Univer- ruptcy Court records. Enter- to Newport, Calif.-based Grif- EST FROM THE LOGS sity of Michigan’s Institute B B fin-American Healthcare REIT tainment resumed opera- for Research on Labor, Em- READ THESE POSTS AND MORE AT WWW.CRAINSDETROIT.COM/BLOGS tions last month after filing II Inc. Griffin-American pur- ployment and the Economy. for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. chased the 57,000-square- An arbitrator awarded foot Keystone Medical Office Wanted: 650 IT workers Exclusive look at Whole Foods The new Detroit Electric more than $700,000 to for- Center in Novi for $12.6 mil- Inc. and China-based Geely mer Detroit Metropolitan Air- Cars aside, it Today I got my first Automobile Group have lion and the 38,000-square- port chief executive Turkia seems“ that there’s look“ inside Midtown’s agreed to co-develop electric foot West Oaks Medical Cen- Mullin, saying that the tough competition Whole Foods — with its vehicles for the Chinese ter in West Bloomfield among Detroit’s café tabletops made Wayne County airport market, the companies an- Township for $9 million. board wrongly fired her. automakers when it from old car hoods and nounced at the Shanghai Mo- comes to talent, IT other Detroit-centric The Ford Motor Co. Fund talent in particular. touches. tor Show. Detroit Electric will donate $1 million over will develop the electric dri- OTHER NEWS five years for efforts involv- ” ” ve systems for Geely’s Em- Detroit Mayor Dave ing the Detroit-based College grand brand starting in 2014. Bing picked up petitions at for Creative Studies, includ- Birmingham-based ex- the city clerk’s office for a ing establishment of the Hen- Dan Duggan’s blog on real estate and retail is at Nathan Skid’s Detroit-area restaurant blog is at ecutive search and manage- spot in the August primary. ry Ford Academy: School for www.crainsdetroit.com/section/blogDanielDuggan www.crainsdetroit.com/section/blogNathanSkid ment consulting agency Detroit City Council mem- Creative Studies’ College and Compass Group is closing af- ber Kenneth Cockrel Jr. an- Career Transitions Office. DBpageAD_DBpageAD.qxd 4/16/2013 1:27 PM Page 1

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