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Readers first for 30 Years Special Report No downtown? No problem. CRAIN’S Rochester Hills creates hubbub in its retail hubs. BUSINESS Page 9 June 29-July 5,2015 Looking Back: Avast impact: How marriage Local theaters State’s boating ruling might change focus economy affect benefits PAGE 3 PAGE 3 PAGE 3

Adding a second tower to the Campbell Crowne Plaza Pontchartrain could bring the hotel up to Pontch may get 800-850 rooms, Ewald wins making it the state’s second largest. contract from second tower Henry Ford Plan adds more rooms to attract conferences By Bill Shea By Sherri Welch A second tower at the Pontchar- [email protected] [email protected] train would allow the RenCen Mar- The Detroit-based advertising he owners of the Crowne Plaza riott and other hotels downtown to agency Campbell Ewald has picked Pontchartrain Detroit are con- “play well together as a group in up a pair of new clients this month, Tsidering a second tower on its bringing these conventions to the work that potentially softens the downtown Detroit site, the Detroit city,” he said. blow of losing the massive U.S. Navy Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau has “(We) need to create some more recruiting account in May. confirmed. inventory of rooms if we’re going to The firm intends to announce Construction of a second tower — be successful in bringing large today that it has been hired by De- which experts say would cost in the meetings to Detroit.” troit-based Henry Ford Health System $30 million-to-$35 million range — In the near term, the addition as its agency of record. could bring the hotel up to 800-850 of that many rooms could de- Terms haven’t been disclosed, rooms. That would make it the state’s crease occupancy and average but the health system spent second largest, behind the riverfront daily rate numbers for hotels $4.1 million on advertising last year, Detroit Marriott at the . downtown, said Ron Wilson, according to an annual survey by And it could help the city gain an CEO of Hotel Investment Ser- Voicetrak Inc., a Tucson, Ariz.-based edge in attracting large conferences. vices Inc., a hotel owner, devel- market research company. “One of our challenges is we don’t oper and operator. That new account comes on the have as many hotel rooms that are an “But long term, it’s a benefit heels of the June 18 announcement easy walk to the convention center like to have that number of rooms,” that Campbell Ewald had won the many of our competitors do,” said Wilson said. three-year, $150 million contract to Michael O’Callaghan, executive vice The owner — Pontchartrain market California’s state-run health president and COO of the convention bureau. See PONTCHARTRAIN, Page 21 See CAMPBELL EWALD, Page 19 PIERRETTE DAGG/CDB State firm has novel role in saving Hemingway’s legacy in Cuba

By Kirk Pinho co de Paula are some of the famed that Ronald Staley, senior vice presi- Ronald Staley and The [email protected] American author’s most prized pos- dent of Lansing-based The Christman Christman Co.in Cocooned by palm, mango and sessions: about 9,000 books, rough Co., first experienced nearly three Lansing are helping avocado trees and bamboo shoots drafts of his own work, letters, photo- years ago as an adviser to a nonprofit erect a building that atop a hill overlooking downtown graphs, the heads of exotic game — trying to preserve those artifacts for would preserve Ernest Havana 12 miles away, Finca Vigía and the guns he used to get them — many more years to come. Hemingway’s artifacts — Ernest Hemingway’s home for from hunts in the island nation’s bru- Today, Staley and Christman, on the grounds of his more than two decades until just tally hot and humid climate. which earlier this year opened a Cuban home, Finca before he committed suicide in It’s that climate and the way the new office in the in Vigía. 1961 — is one of the top tourist at- documents were stored that jeop- Detroit, are more than advisers for a THE CHRISTMAN CO. tractions in Cuba. ardizes many of Hemingway’s more On its 12 acres in tiny San Francis- fragile items, and it’s that climate See HEMINGWAY, Page 21 © Entire contents copyright 2015 by Crain Communications Inc. All rights reserved. crainsdetroit.com Vol. 31 No 26 $2 a copy. $59 a year. Are you managing your entire databerg? (see page 2) NEWSPAPER 20150629-NEWS--0002-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 6/26/2015 4:54 PM Page 1

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principal of Grand Rapids-based Diplomat stock, MLive.com report- Thomas J. Newhouse Design LLC. “The ed. Burman’s generated about $383 INSIDE assumption is that you’ll gain million in revenue for the year that THIS ISSUE weight, get fat and die — what an ended May 31. BANKRUPTCIES ...... 11 CALENDAR ...... 16 overstatement. But sitting has A U.S. bankruptcy judge reject- CAPITOL BRIEFINGS ...... 17 proven to cause … problems when ed the sale of Grand Rapids-based CLASSIFIED ADS ...... 17 done for long durations. Humans Family Christian Stores, the nation’s CRAIN’S LIST ...... 13 aren’t meant to do that, but they’re largest chain of Christian book and DEALS & DETAILS ...... 15 BRIEFS not meant to stand all day, either.” gift stores, to a bidder who prom- MARY KRAMER ...... 7 ised CEO Chuck Bengochea a job, OPINION ...... 6 MICH-CELLANEOUS MLive.com. Judge John Gregg said PEOPLE ...... 14 Fifth Third to consolidate, Wellness,worker mobility Hospitals in southern Michigan the contact was “at the very least, RUMBLINGS ...... 22 sell; Mich.impact uncertain shape office furniture biz have agreed not to limit their mar- reckless.” Bengochea contacted At- WEEK ON THE WEB ...... 22 keting or restrict competition in re- lanta businessman Richard Jackson Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Ban- Employee wellness initiatives are sponse to a lawsuit by the U.S. Justice about Family Christian Acquisition corp will consolidate or sell 100 changing the way corporate Ameri- Department. Justice and the state ac- LLC’s bid to take over the company COMPANY INDEX: branches and 30 other properties in ca makes decisions about office fur- cused the hospitals of unlawfully and keep its stores open. SEE PAGE 21 response to changing practices by niture, MiBiz reported after talking agreeing for years to carve out terri- Consumers Energy launched a consumers. Jack Riley, senior vice with executives at this year’s NeoCon tories, The Associated Press report- drone to inspect utility poles and president of marketing for Fifth trade show in Chicago. That push ed. The hospitals that have settled wind turbines in Jackson, Mason 130-room hotel at the tribe’s exist- Third, Eastern Michigan, said the hold- for wellness is largely driving office are ProMedica Herrick and ProMedica and Tuscola counties, the Jackson ing Odawa Casino in Petoskey. ing company has not told its region- furniture manufacturers to strike a Bixby in Lenawee County, Hillsdale Citizen Patriot reported. The drone Downers Grove, Ill.-based al banks what impact they will feel. balance between offering both pri- Community in Hillsdale County and can be used to inspect utility lines Hearthside Food Solutions LLC plans Fifth Third said it will take an im- vate, productive spaces and open, Community Health Center in Branch and take thermal and regular video to spend $10.7 million and add 91 pairment charge of as much as $85 collaborative environments. County. Allegiance Health, owner of images. jobs over three years at its Kent- million in the second quarter and Overall, office furniture manu- Foote Memorial Hospital in Jackson, The Little Traverse Bay Bands of wood plant near Grand Rapids, spend up to $10 million in other facturers have been moving toward declined to settle. Odawa Indians said construction of a MiBiz reported. Hearthside, the costs, primarily from terminating products that encourage worker Bell’s Brewery Inc.’s Two Hearted 5,000-square-foot “boutique” casi- largest contract food manufacturer real estate contracts. The company mobility as a way to complement Ale again was ranked the No. 2 beer no would begin in September on in North America, was awarded a projected about $60 million in con- employers’ emphasis on increased in the country by readers of Zymur- vacant Mackinaw City property the $450,000 performance-based grant tinuing cost savings by the middle productivity. That’s led the furniture gy Magazine, a publication of the tribe purchased in 2012, The Associ- from the Michigan Business Devel- of next year. The lender has about makers to design a variety of pri- American Homebrewers Association, ated Press reported. The casino is opment Program, administered by 1,300 branches and 2,600 automat- vate, semi-private and collaborative MLive.com reported. Bell’s Hopslam part of a five-year economic devel- the Michigan Economic Development ed teller machines in a dozen states. work areas that cater to different ranked No. 7. Galesburg-based Bell’s opment plan that also includes a Corp. Fifth Third, Eastern Michigan will work styles and offer different pos- was ranked the third-best brewery. begin moving 180 employees from tures for employees throughout the Grand Rapids-based Founders Brew- Correction its Southfield headquarters into day. The rationale: The more op- ing Co. was the sixth-best brewery. 62,000 square feet over four floors in tions employees have, the more Flint-based Diplomat Pharmacy A photo on Page 1 of the June 22 issue was a cropped photo of the the One Woodward Building in they’ll move around the office. purchased Philadelphia-based Bur- , not the Fisher Building. A different photo should have downtown Detroit. “Sitting has been called the new man’s Specialty Pharmacy for $72.8 appeared with the story. 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BY THE NUMBERS: THE MICHIGAN ECONOMY Boats help keep state afloat Ruling could By Dustin Walsh [email protected] With nearly 20 percent of the world’s fresh water found in and around the state, it’s no surprise Michiganders take to the water. In this state, you’re never more than six miles from a lake or stream. spark health Michigan’s Great Lakes, and its more than 11,000 inland lakes and river systems, are a recreation- al boating powerhouse. There are nearly a million registered boats and an estimated 300,000 kayaks and canoes in Michigan. And despite a recent decline in boat registrations, Michigan boaters are spending more than twice as much on boats and boating related products than in 2008. plan changes Below is a snapshot of Michigan’s boating economy, the third largest in the nation. Future of domestic partner coverage a question

By Chad Halcom same-sex mar- [email protected] riage is legal in Noel Baril has a few big decisions Michigan. to make shortly. “We’re now in Baril, vice president of total re- the situation — wards at Detroit-based Henry Ford and it’s a won- Health System, and his partner are derful challenge raising an adopted child together to have — of fig- and have to decide eventually what uring out how Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling Noel Baril: “It’s a we transition legalizing same-sex marriage na- wonderful challenge from the domes- tionwide means for their own family. to have.” tic partner cov- It also likely means changes soon erage we offer to at Henry Ford Health, where Baril employees who could not qualify oversees employee benefits, com- for spousal coverage before to the pensation and retirement plan ad- more traditional benefit plans we ministration. offer to married couples,” Baril said. He estimates that about 100 of “I think, unless there is legal or the hospital system’s approximately regulatory guidance that we receive 23,000 employees are enrolled in its that says otherwise, that we are long-standing health coverage plan going to offer a pretty long and lib- for domestic partners — the kind of eral timeframe for any transitions benefit employers and human re- that employees need to make. Be- source organizations already have said may get phased out once See RULING, Page 20

LOOKING BACK The megaplex has taken on a starring role in over the past three decades. But the industry may be poised for a plot twist. More at crainsdetroit.com/30 Theater biz model changes its focus,then changes again

By Chad Halcom many say it’s time to change once [email protected] again. The movie theater landscape It was a different era when Crain’s today in metro Detroit is dominated reported on July 1, 1985, that market by three companies that were large- comer AMC had proposed its first ly unknown here in the mid-1980s, foray into Southeast Michigan with the result of a series of acquisitions, the region’s first 12-screen theater in developments and changes in the Canton Township. That develop- theater business model. ment never materialized, but AMC But while local market leaders is now the local market leader, with such as Troy-based Emagine Enter- more than 150 screens at seven loca- tainment Inc., Bloomfield Hills-based tions; and about 20 area theaters MJR Theatres Inc. and Leawood, today can boast 12 screens or more. Kan.-based AMC Entertainment Inc. Still, some see a shift away from built their brand in large part on the megaplexes of the 1990s and 2000s, See THEATERS, Page 18 LISA SAWYER/CDB MUST READS of the week ... Another ticket window of opportunity Reflections on a life in art The Detroit Pistons and Palace Sports & Entertainment have Graham Beal answers a few questions before he re- found a new way to sell tickets to games, concerts and other tires after nearly 16 years of leading the Detroit Insti- events: a text messaging service, tute of Arts through good times and what he calls Page 4 “unwelcome challenges,” Page 5 20150629-NEWS--0004-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 6/26/2015 4:54 PM Page 1

4 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // June 29, 2015 Text-to-buy initiative boosts ticket sales for Pistons,PS&E

By Bill Shea The PS&E signup is at [email protected] How text-to-buy works PalaceNet.com/alerts. The Detroit Pistons found success Up to 48 hours before an event It allows fans to choose offers for last season with a new text message- begins, people who have signed up alternative, comedy, country, family based ticket sales initiative, so it has for the Mobile Pass service receive events, pop/R&B, rap/hip-hop, and been expanded to Palace Sports & text messages featuring offers rock/hard rock. Entertainment’s other venues. about games, concerts and events The Pistons’ opt in is at The Pistons moved about 1,000 at the Palace of Auburn Hills, DTE ReplyBuy.com/pistons. single-game tickets with the text-to- Energy Music Theatre and Meadow ReplyBuy’s business model is sim- buy technology, and PS&E has sold Brook Music Festival. ple: It keeps an undisclosed portion about 100 event tickets in the three of every ticket sale. It also handles Users can buy tickets by replying weeks since launching the service. customer service issues on behalf of to the text and confirming on a one- The numbers are not enormous, teams and venues. touch link. Users can enter credit but the text service is intended as a “We see Palace Sports & Entertain- card information in their user profile way to move ticket inventory late, ment as being extremely progressive or enter it for each purchase. Those and each additional sale represents in the entertainment industry. This is who respond to the text offers the additional concession, merchandise yet another great example by priori- fastest get the best tickets. and parking revenue. tizing instant mobile sales as being Anyone can sign up for the nearly Tickets are sent to the user as a part of their long-term strategy,” Re- instant service, which sends per- QR code on their phone that can be plyBuy founder and CEO Josh Man- sonalized text offers about games, scanned at the gate on their mobile ley said in a statement. concerts and events at the Palace of device and also as printable email. Mobile Pass has quickly gained a Auburn Hills, DTE Energy Music Theatre foothold among professional and and Meadow Brook Music Festival up college teams since ReplyBuy was to 48 hours before they begin. ly to $25 and were in the lower “end launched four years ago. Once they’ve created an account zone” area of the Palace. There are no The Cleveland Cavaliers, owned by A Fee Only Wealth Management Group with event/team preference, users fees for using the ticket texting serv- Detroiter Dan Gilbert, also use Reply- can buy tickets by replying to the ice, Donnay said, so the $25 price is Buy, as does the team’s home venue, * text and confirming on a one-touch what users actually pay. Quicken Loans Arena. Michigan's #1 Financial Advisor link. Users can enter their credit Palace Sports went live with its Other pro teams using ReplyBuy card information in their profile, or Mobile Pass offers June 1. include the Boston Celtics, Brooklyn Now with a Metro Detroit Location enter it for each purchase. “What’s intriguing here, within 48 Nets, Philadelphia Flyers, Washington Capi- The offers are for seats in a section hours of launching (the) platform, tals, Winnipeg Jets, Arizona Coyotes, Hous- of the venue, and users find out their more than 6,000 people opted in to ton Rockets, L.A. Clippers, Minnesota Tim- seat locations when they arrive at the receive special offers,” Donnay said. berwolves, Washington Wizards, San event. Those who respond to the text The program generated about 25 Francisco 49ers and Chicago Fire. offers the fastest get the best tickets. sales for the June 5 George Thoro- At the college level, ReplyBuy Tickets are sent to the user both as good and the Destroyers/Brian Set- clients include Eastern Michigan Uni- a QR code on their phone that can be zer’s Rockabilly Rio concert, he said. versity, Auburn University, University scanned at the gate on their mobile About 100 PS&E event tickets have of Florida, University of Kentucky, Uni- device and via printable email. been sold via text since the launch, versity of Colorado and Oklahoma That eliminates the online shop- Donnay said, a number that is ex- State University. ping cart, streamlining how long it pected to grow as more people be- Pro and college teams, and enter- takes to get tickets to a few seconds. come aware of the service. tainment venues, have adopted in- Charles C. Zhang The idea is for teams and venues Teams and venues create ticketing creasingly sophisticated methods of CFP ®, MBA, MSFS, ChFC to move unsold ticket inventory, campaigns based on the inventory ticketing in recent years in an effort to Managing Partner whether it’s discounted nose-bleed they want to move and the database increase attendance and boost rev- seats or full-price premium seating, of fan profiles. ReplyBuy has a deal enue. Michigan’s Leading Fee-Only by getting the offers directly in front with Ticketmaster’s Archtics ticketing For example, variable pricing is of fans who have opted into the sys- platform as customer relationship when ticket prices are set by the ex- Financial Advisory Firm tem — meaning they’re among management software for Mobile pected popularity of the opponent, those more likely to buy such tickets. Pass. and teams typically have two or three Last season, the Pistons became A Pistons data analysis of ticket- levels of prices. The Pistons and the We Uphold a Fiduciary Standard the first National Basketball Associa- buying habits revealed that most Detroit Lions have adopted dynamic tion team to sign up with Scottsdale, walk-up purchases happen within 48 pricing. Ariz.-based ReplyBuy to provide the hours of the game, so the Mobile Pass Dynamic pricing is when ticket 101 West Big Beaver Road text messaging ticketing service, offers begin 48 hours before the prices change based on an algorithm 14th Floor known as Mobile Pass. game, Donnay said. Two days also is of factors, and the price can be The team got 4,000 fans to sign up when PS&E offers are texted. changed at any time by the team (or Troy, MI 48084 for the service when it was launched “We’re trying to capture that walk- automatically by the software). The in October, said up purchaser, someone that’s on the Detroit Tigers, Detroit Red Wings and (248) 687-1258 (888) 777-0126 Mike Donnay, fence about coming to the game,” he the University of Michigan football PS&E’s vice presi- said. team use dynamic pricing. Visit www.zhangfinancial.com dent for brand Additionally, the Pistons and PS&E Ticket industry observers say mo- networks. are using incentives to boost Mobile bile technology is where teams, ven- for more information The Pistons Pass participation, such as drawings ues and developers are concentrat- did 21 Mobile to win autographed jerseys and free ing their attention and resources, and Assets under custody of LPL Financial and TD Ameritrade. Pass ticket offers tickets. ReplyBuy is making a name in the *As reported in Barron’s February 23, 2015. Factors included in the rankings: during the sea- The Pistons and PS&E have made marketplace. assets under management, revenue and the quality of the advisors’ practices. Mike Donnay: son. That gener- mobile technology a priority, and “They’ve proven their case with the Minimum investment requirement: $1,000,000 Mobile Pass sold ated about 1,000 owner Tom Gores has financed tech first couple of teams that adopted it,” 1,000 tickets ticket sales, of upgrades as part of his $40 million in said Connor Gregoire, an analyst for which 20 percent improvements to the Palace. New York City-based ticket search en- were first-time Pistons ticket buyers, ReplyBuy’s platform fits in with gine SeatGeek. “ReplyBuy has done a GET IN ON THE CONVERSATION Donnay said. what PS&E is trying to do. good job of taking over that niche of Kirk covers real estate, higher education, Oakland and Macomb counties. “That is a great opportunity for us, “We saw a strategic hole in how we text message ticket offers. We’ll contin- Keep up with Kirk at crainsdetroit.com/blogs and something we want to build use mobile to get fans into the arena,” ue to see other teams give it a try.” upon,” he said. Donnay said. “It breaks down all the Bill Shea: (313) 446-1626 KIRK PINHO TWEET @KIRKPINHOCDB The tickets were discounted slight- barriers.” Twitter: @Bill_Shea19 20150629-NEWS--0005-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 6/26/2015 6:40 PM Page 1

CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // June 29, 2015 5 Q&A: GRAHAM BEAL, DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS Despite ‘unwelcome challenges,’DIA’s Beal to retire happily

Detroit Institute of Arts Director ing the huge asbestos problem dur- country and in Europe, there is just And it looks like that is likely to hap- Are you happy with how you are Graham Beal is set to retire this ing the renovation of the museum. astonishment that an art museum pen with at least one institution. leaving the museum? week after leading the museum for It meant that we were going to have could get a tax passed for it with all Yes, I am. I’ve done what I came nearly 16 years. to raise a lot more money and do a the politicians desperately trying to Will you and your wife stay here? to do. I’ve made my contribution. Although the museum’s chal- whole new set of planning. I de- find ways to lower taxes. I think by We’re going to lead a semi-no- There are aspects that didn’t get lenges” through Detroit’s bankrupt- scribed it as a body blow at the time. and large people think it isn’t likely. madic existence for a while and see quite finished, like reinstalling the cy are best-known, Beal’s signature We did it because it was existential what things look like. Right now, Asian collection. But as a whole, it contribution What lessons would you say you’ve for us. Our business model was bro- we’re planning on staying here, but feels like the right time to be step- came in 2007 learned in leading the DIA? ken. We’d lost all city support and not forever. ping aside. Ⅲ when the muse- I’ve learned a lot about dealing later state support. We had been rais- um reinstalled with pure politics with a capital “P.” ing an additional $15 million each 5,000 pieces of The old, trite saying about the simi- year and knew that was unsustain- art after a six- larity between watching sausage able. We knew without the millage, year renovation being made and watching politics we were going to shut down. Most and expansion. was driven home to me. It’s not al- museums don’t face that. The reinstalla- ways a pretty sight. Graham Beal: tion project fol- Any advice for your successor? Retiring after 16 lowed years of Is there anything you’d do differently or I don’t really have advice. But I do years leading DIA. audience re- exactly the same as you did it? aspire that whoever comes in that he search to identi- I don’t think there’s anything I’d or she will build on what’s been done fy what most attracted and repelled do differently. The things we wanted here and somehow extend the man- museum visitors. to do, like the reinstallation — we date of inclusiveness. If, to do that, Beal spoke with Crain’s senior re- did them. They turned out to be they need to tear down my beloved porter Sherri Welch about his DIA successful. It would have been nice reinstallation, so be it. What’s impor- tenure. His remarks have been edit- if we hadn’t lost so much state fund- tant is that it’s an institution that is ed for clarity and length. ing so we didn’t have to go out for a valued by its community. millage, but we did. And it would What would you say the highlights have been nice if the powers that be, What’s next for you? have been during your time at the DIA? the emergency manager, would Some travel and doing some The reopening of the new DIA have agreed with the attorney gen- writing of, for lack of a better word, and the success of the reinstalla- eral that we were a public trust and memoirs and a little bit of art histo- tion, which was meant to make the could not be sold to repay public ry. My notion is I’m not going to be museum as accessible as possible. I debts. But he didn’t. running anything full time. But ob- will always cherish that as some- viously, I want to keep active and in- thing that was more successful than Is the millage a precedent? volved, so some form of advisory I could have dared hope. It is and it isn’t. Everywhere, in this work is something I’m interested in. The exhibition on which I exit (“Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit”) is everything we want the museum to be — local, internation- al, passionate and about the signifi- cance of art in life. It really sort of THE MILLER LAW FIRM sums up many of the things I feel most strongly about what museums Changing the Odds in our Clients’ Favor could do. I’ve benefited from extraordinary help and support and advice, formal and informal; a great chairman; great colleagues at the DIA. I’ve been privi- leged to be the leader in something that’s turned out to be significant.

What were the low points? The public challenges everyone knows (like the threat to the collec- tion amid Detroit’s bankruptcy). I wouldn’t call them low points so much. They were profoundly unwel- come challenges. A real low point was the divisive- ness I found here at the DIA when I first came. I’d been involved with nonprofit turnarounds before com- ing to the DIA, but nothing prepared me for the difficulties and complexity I found here. Because of the historical circumstances of this institution in this city — the history of the city of Detroit with all of its challenges, the The Miller Law Firm is Recognized as the economic woes of Southeast Michi- gan, all of those factors — it was just Leading Shareholder Rights Firm in Michigan more challenging than I thought. Though it looked to the world Q Shareholder and partnership disputes Q Corporate governance litigation like there was one DIA, there were in fact two with different working Q Minority oppression litigation Q Corporate control contests rules for different employees from Q Q the Founders Society and the city. It &reach oJ ½duciary duty Securities fraud and derivative claims just took a lot of work and a long time to bring it together. After three 950 West University Drive, Suite 300 years, I wondered, “Can I do this, am I up to this?” Obviously, we did. Rochester, Michigan 48307 248-841-2200 millerlawpc.com Another low point was discover- 20150629-NEWS--0006,0007-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 6/26/2015 6:17 PM Page 1

6 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // June 29, 2015 CRAIN’S OPINIONDETROIT BUSINESS Define transit plan, then find support

his month’s rejection of rejoining a regional bus sys- tem by Bloomfield Hills city commissioners tells Ttransit advocates they have work to do before voters are asked to approve a regional transit millage in November 2016. Residents told commissioners the wealthy suburb could “take care of its own” and didn’t need public buses — or a millage that would add $300 to $400 a year to the typical homeowner’s tax bill. LETTERS And a majority of commissioners couldn’t justify spend- ing $750,000 from city coffers to be part of the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation. Those rea- Investment in literacy also key to Detroit’s future sons are echoed across the more than 50 communities in Editor: total health care costs across the the region that have opted out of SMART. Send your letters: Crain’s Detroit I read Mary Kramer’s June 1 col- country are due to poor literacy Business will consider for State legislation creating the new four-county “regional umn “Detroit’s future is about more skills, translating into $75 billion to publication all signed letters to the transit authority” in Southeast Michigan removes the ability than money: jobs too” with great in- $125 billion a year. editor that do not defame to opt out. It’s likely that the new regional plan will focus on terest. She is right about the need And it’s not just a Detroit con- individuals or organizations. Letters for more workforce training pro- cern. Across the country, according phasing in “bus rapid transit” — sleek new buses in re- may be edited for length and clarity. served traffic lanes with limited stops and speedier routes grams. However, what always to a 2013 study by the Organisation seems to be missing from this strat- Email: [email protected] for Economic Co-Operation and because traffic signals give them the green light. egy is the piece that includes those Development, one in six adults in Woodward Avenue may in fact be the first corridor. So with literacy skills (reading and renaissance. the U.S. has low literacy skills. In perhaps the new vision will be more attractive to wealthy math) too low to qualify for the It’s not just about jobs. Millions of Michigan, that number doubles to suburban voters. training programs. In metro Detroit, dollars are being allocated to early one in three. To compare, in Japan it Business has a stake in the debate. In Bloomfield Hills, for the rate of low-literacy adults has childhood, with little to none going is one in 20. Internationally, the U.S. been estimated from one in three to toward building family literacy. Yet is below average. example, there are companies with offices on the Wood- one in two. Our experience at Read- the best indicator of a child’s literacy It’s not just buildings that have ward corridor; there are nursing companies whose aides ing Works, through our nine literacy level is the literacy level of the suffered from decades of neglect. use public transit to reach clients’ homes. provider partner agencies, is that mother. How much more impact Low-skilled adults are being turned First step: defining the transit plan. Second step: building the truth probably lies somewhere would those dollars have if they in- away from workforce training pro- the support to fund it. between those numbers. cluded teaching the child’s care- grams and job fairs, yet they have Most current workforce training givers to read more proficiently? 10, 20, 30 years left to participate in programs require a high school How much more would children the workforce. They are unable to diploma or GED. Strike one for achieve if they had a stable home help their children achieve beyond low-skilled adults. In 2014, the provided by parents who qualify for the poor educational choices of- Beal legacy more than saving art GED test got a lot harder, adding jobs that pay a livable wage? fered to them. six to 12 months onto the time it It’s also about health care costs. They need our investment, both The next director of the Detroit Institute of Arts owes Gra- takes to prepare for the test. Strike Adults who don’t yet read profi- time and money, from Washington ham Beal a big debt. Beal officially leaves on Tuesday after a two for low-literacy adults. Fund- ciently cannot effectively manage to Lansing to the metro Detroit re- 16-year tenure. Most people would think that “saving the ing for adult basic education from chronic health conditions (theirs or gion to build necessary skills and be the state is in jeopardy of being their children’s), read medicine in- art” from sale during Detroit’s bankruptcy process is the big included in our region’s economic drastically cut or eliminated. Strike structions or follow health improve- recovery. More importantly, we “win” for Beal’s successor. three, and they are out of the run- ment plans that might include need them to help build our fami- But it actually starts earlier than that, when Beal helped to ning for self-sustaining jobs. Even something as simple as cooking lies and our community. raise the dollars required to enlarge and reshape the muse- worse, they are disenfranchised recipes. According to a study by Paula Brown um from the perspective of the visitor experience. from fully participating in Detroit’s Pfizer, 3 percent to 5 percent of the Executive director, Reading Works, Detroit The magnificent reopening of the museum in 2007 brought new audiences in droves and paved the way for the TALK ON THE WEB successful tricounty millage that now brings $23 million a Re: marquee gets a Re: Court fight creates a thorn year to the museum. (See senior reporter Sherri Welch’s in- Reader responses to stories and terview with Beal on Page 5.) face-lift,thousands of new lights blogs that appeared on Crain’s for Wesley Berry Flowers But with tax support comes responsibilities of trans- Exterior night-lighting in down- website. Comments may be edited Anyone who wants to send flow- parency and stewardship, even though the DIA is technical- town Detroit tends to be sedate and for length and clarity. ers to someone should just call a ly an independent nonprofit organization. corporate, all very proper and a little local shop. Far too often, people The millage runs for 10 years. If the museum intends to dull. This project will add some flash Re: Losing football,payouts fuel think these national companies are seek public support beyond 2021, the next director will and color. I hope it encourages other $7.9M UM athletics deficit convenient then are shocked to need to be artful in continuing to engage the public imagi- venues to create visual excitement discover how much time they take, to herald all the new development Considering the legacy of David not just to place the order, but to nation and support while managing sometimes thorny po- in the area. Brandon, I am happy that the deficit resolve any issues. 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two” wage structure it approved in about $100 million. to organize suppliers that have tion, but the UAW wants Lear to 2007 to help save the Detroit 3 and Eventually, all this will play out some unionized plants already. agree to a “card check” process — create jobs. among unionized suppliers, too, In a largely PR/pressure tactic, which is more susceptible to peer MARY KRAMER: As the industry has rebounded, because supplier contracts mirror Lear Corp. has been picketed for al- pressure than the secret-ballot Publisher plants have hired thousands of new those of their biggest customers, the legedly creating unsafe working process an election would afford. [email protected] workers. Today, nearly 30 percent of Detroit . conditions at a small foam plant in But beyond the issues of tiered the Detroit 3’s hourly workers are Tiered wages and transplants Alabama that the UAW is trying to wages and transplants, the issue for n a couple of weeks, the United paid tier-two wages, which are seem to be the big issues for the organize. Lear has a lot of unionized all labor unions is relevance. De- Auto Workers and Detroit au- roughly at least $10 an hour less UAW’s future. plants, but its customers for the Al- spite broad public concerns about Itomakers will kick off contract than tier one. The union has been stymied in abama plant are decidedly non- economic inequality in the U.S., talks to replace four-year pacts that For the union, the two tiers rub its attempts to organize foreign au- union. workers don’t seem to be clamoring expire Sept. 14. against the grain of the “equal pay tomakers with plants in the South; So Lear has no interest in anger- for union representation as the so- As Dave Barkholz has reported for equal work” union philosophy. the Volkswagen plant in Chat- ing them by putting out the wel- lution. for our sibling publication Automo- For the automakers, according to tanooga, Tenn., was its last failure. come mat for the UAW at that plant. How can unions grow without tive News, the UAW hopes to elimi- Barkholz, each additional dollar per So it now looks as if it is trying What do the Lear workers want? answering the question “Why aren’t nate or significantly change the “tier hour in wages costs the automakers through the back door — by trying That could be settled with an elec- they?” Ⅲ

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KIRK PINHO Reporter’s Notebook WEB: [email protected] TWITTER: @kirkpinhoCDB OAKLAND COUNTY Catching up on Birmingham plans A year ago last week , Crain’s re- ported on more than $75 million in development and redevelop- ment projects in and around downtown Birmingham. Some of those five projects are now largely complete, while others are in various states of progress. Birmingham remains one of the HUBHUBBUBBUB most desirable enclaves for devel- opers and mixed-use projects. Here is an update on what’s brewing in Birmingham: 220 Merrill St., mixed-use rede- velopment of the 23,000-square- foot former 220 restaurant building into the new 220 Merrill restaurant and 7,000 square feet of office space on the second floor, with space for another restaurant or lounge in the basement. Developers: The Elia Group, Birmingham, and Denise Ilitch. Es- timated cost: $5 million-plus. Com- pletion date: November. The restau- rant opened in 2014 with Executive Chef Frank Olbrantz. Office space is being marketed for lease. All Seasons of Birmingham, 820 E. Maple Road, redevelopment of the former William R. Hamilton Funeral Home into a 131-unit senior hous- ing complex. Developers: Etkin LLC, Southfield, and Beztak Cos., Farm- ington Hills. Completion date: July. Estimated cost: $26 million. The Forefront, 400 S. Old Wood- ward Ave., 49,000-square-foot mixed-use redevelopment of the Rochester Hills doesn’t have a downtown, but Greens Art Supply building with first- floor commercial use and 10 high- end condominiums. Developer: Joey Jonna, founder of Jonna Luxury it has retail hotspots and plenty of activity Homes LLC, Birmingham. Estimated cost: Previously estimated at $20 mil- lion, but Jonna said that figure is no By Laura Cassar Other tenants that have signed longer accurate. Completion date: Special to Crain’s Detroit Business leases at Rochester & Auburn: 2941 Newcomers quick to fill retail Summer 2016. ere’s a statistic that devel- Street Food, serving Mediterranean The Balmoral, 34901 Wood- opers like to hear: Every cuisine; Lapels, an organic dry vacancies in Rochester Hills ward Ave., 88,000-square-foot day, 50,000 vehicles trav- cleaner; Mod Pizza, among the first Stein Mart. The Jacksonville, Fla.-based discount clothing and housewares mixed-use redevelopment with Hel Rochester Hills’ main in Michigan, set to open in the fall; store is moving into the former Borders location at 1122 Rochester Road. It will underground parking, drive- thoroughfare, Rochester Road, be- Visionworks; Firehouse Subs; Sprint; be the first Stein Mart in metro Detroit. Construction is ongoing to add 5,600 through space, commercial and tween M-59 and Auburn Road. That and Premier Pet Supply. square feet to what will be a 32,000-square-foot store. After Borders closed in residential space. Developer: kind of market data is helping drive “The traffic count at this location the fall of 2011, Famous Furniture operated from the site. Famous Furniture Woodward Brown Associates LLC, new construction and redevelop- is a huge plus. It’s one of the premier moved across the plaza into the space that has been vacant since Cost Plus owned by Harvey Weiss and Najib ment in the area. intersections in Oakland County,” World Market closed in 2009. Stein Mart will open later this summer. Samona, Royal Oak. City officials One such development is said Corbin Yaldoo, senior associate did not have development costs or Rochester & Auburn Shoppe’s. The at CMP Real Estate Group, which Fresh Thyme Farmers Market. The Phoenix-based natural grocer will open completion time frame. 32,000- square-foot development is manages the property. July 22 in the Hampton Plaza shopping center at Hamlin and Rochester roads. The Palladium, 202 N. Old Wood- on the site of Meadowbrook Dodge, The site has been vacant since the 22,000-square-foot Fresh Market Inc. ward Ave., redevelopment of second which closed during the recession and Hills’ hubs closed after six months in 2006. The state’s first Fresh Thyme opened this year floors of theater space into two became an empty-lot eyesore. It now Rochester Hills doesn’t have a in East Lansing. Stores are also planned in Troy and Northville. floors of office space and three resi- has one of the highest rental rates in downtown development associa- Lululemon. The women’s athletic store will open in 3,000 square feet at The dential units on the southeast cor- the city, at $38 to $44 per square foot, tion or a downtown like neighbor- Village of Rochester Hills in July. It will be the fourth Southeast Michigan ner of the roof. Also includes two and it’s fully leased. Starbucks Coffee Co. ing Rochester’s — and it doesn’t try location for the Canada-based store. The store is under construction in a space restaurants, Au Cochon and Arthur and Qdoba have moved in. to re-create or compete with that vacated by women’s clothing shop J Jill, which moved to another space in the Ave., owned by Zack Sklar. Develop- The development is part of a re- city’s traditional downtown atmos- Village of Rochester Hills. Lululemon brings the occupancy rate at the outdoor er: A.F. Jonna Development & Manage- tail boom in the city, which has a 6.2 phere. Instead, Rochester Hills fo- mall at Adams and Walton to 90 percent. ment Co., Bloomfield Hills. City offi- percent retail vacancy rate — its cuses on its hubs. These include: Food chains. New walls are going up at Livernois Road and Walton Boulevard cials did not have development lowest ever. Northeast. The corner of at the former site of the demolished Big Boy restaurant, which closed in 2010. costs or completion time frame. “We don’t have a lot of virgin land Rochester and Tienken, which in- New construction by Troy-based Stuart Frankel Development Co. will house Check crainsdetroit.com for available, so redevelopment oppor- cludes a Papa Joe’s Gourmet Market & national chains Pot Belly Sandwich Shop and Smash Burger as well as local past stories on these projects and tunities are important,” said chain Leo’s Coney Island, across the street from Rochester High School. The continued updates. Rochester Hills Mayor Bryan Barnett. See ROCHESTER HILLS, Page 10 restaurants are slated to open in the early fall. 20150629-NEWS--0009,0010-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 6/26/2015 11:13 AM Page 2

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Earn your MBA degree downtown A Best Buy is one of the anchors at University of Detroit Mercy will offer evening MBA courses at its Hampton Riverfront Campus on East Jefferson, beginning in August. Village Center. EDWARD MAURER Experience the Jesuit/Mercy difference with an MBA ranked in the world’s top 30 for sustainability, from an AACSB-accredited business school. ROCHESTER HILLS, from Page 9: Scholarships are available. Score a 600 or higher on the Graduate Plenty of retail hotspots and activity

Management Admission Test (GMAT) and reduce your tuition by half. Catering on the northwest corner Rochester, which is surrounded by and City Walk Plaza on the southeast Rochester Hills on three sides. Of The MBA program is also available on UDM’s McNichols Campus. corner, anchored by the Bar Louie that, 50,000 square feet is empty, for a restaurant for just under four years. vacancy rate of 2.7 percent, accord- Ⅲ Hampton Village Centre. The ing to first-quarter data from the 455,000-square-foot development Washington, D.C.-based real estate at Rochester and Auburn roads is information service CoStar Group Inc. For information on UDM’s MBA, anchored by Target and Best Buy. It Asking retail rents were $21.48 per could see some redevelopment in square foot in the first quarter. Those contact Omid Sabbaghi at [email protected] the next few years, city officials said, are the second-highest asking rents although no specific plans have in the Detroit area, behind only been presented. Birmingham’s $24.56 per square foot. Ⅲ Hampton Plaza. The nine-store Rochester and Rochester Hills plaza, at Rochester and Hamlin also had the third-lowest vacancy roads, stood nearly empty for years. rate for markets with more than 1 Now it’s nearly full, with Dunham’s million square feet of retail space in We want great things for you. Sports moving in this year and a the five-county region of Wayne, Fresh Thyme Farmers Market set to Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw and business.udmercy.edu open this summer (see box , Page 9). Livingston counties. This trails only Ⅲ The Village of Rochester Hills. the 2.4 percent vacancy rate on 4.63 The Village, at Walton Boulevard million square feet of space in the and North Adams Road, has more central I-96 corridor, which stretch- than 50 stores, restaurants and serv- es from western Wayne County into ices, including a Whole Foods Mar- Livingston County, and the 1.9 per- ket.Its occupancy rate is 90 percent. cent vacancy rate on 7.12 million Of all the hubs, The Village comes square feet of retail space in Washt- closest to creating a Main Street feel. It enaw County west of U.S. 23. hosts community events such as the Even at more than 93 percent oc- annual Rochester Hills holiday light- cupancy, Rochester Hills does have ing ceremony, a summer concert se- some notable vacancies to fill. ries and outdoor movies for kids. One is the former Whole Foods “We try to look through the lens of Market in the Rochester Center on the moms and at their relation- Walton Boulevard west of Livernois, ships,” G. Scott Aikens, vice presi- which moved to The Village of dent of leasing for Robert B. Aikens & Rochester Hills. Yaldoo said the Associates, which owns the property. Whole Foods lease doesn’t end until That lens has brought the open- July, but when it does, property ings of a Douglas J salon; Evereve, a manager CMP Real Estate, will con- Meet women’s boutique; and Paper Source, sider splitting the 22,500-square- a stationery store that offers classes foot space for smaller retailers. New James J. for kids and adults. In addition, Lulule- tenants have begun to fill spaces mon will open a store at The Village outside the Whole Foods space on this summer (see box on page 9). the property, including Anytime Fit- Giszczak “We are bringing Birmingham up ness and Great Lakes Laundry. to Rochester Hills,” Aikens said in The property is owned by Jonna discussing Lululemon and Paper Management Group LLC in Sylvan Lake, Attorney. Advisor. Advocate. Source, which have downtown Laith Jonna and associated family. Birmingham locations. One of the city’s largest vacancies t .FNCFS &YFDVUJWF$PNNJUUFF Aikens said he would love to see a is a former Kmart property at t $IBJS %BUB1SJWBDZBOE locally owned farm-to-table restau- Rochester and Avon roads. The ask- $ZCFSTFDVSJUZ1SBDUJDF rant come to The Village as well as ing price for the 120,000-square-foot more regional and local businesses. building, on 13 acres, is $7 million. t $P$IBJS 5SBEF4FDSFU /PO$PNQFUF The state’s first B Spot, a burger Dan Kukes, associate broker at Land- BOE6OGBJS$PNQFUJUJPO1SBDUJDF restaurant created by “Iron Chef” mark Investment, which manages t 7JDF$IBJS -JUJHBUJPO%FQBSUNFOU Michael Symon, has been open a the property, declined to comment little over a year at The Village, Re- about the status of the property. gional Manager Frank Ritz said. Jim Bieri, president of Detroit- “We’re doing great. We see a lot of based Stokas Bieri Real Estate, pre- families and a lot of regulars.” dicts the property will be sold within Fast-rising property values — the the next 18-24 months. “A building of second-fastest in Michigan, accord- that size will have more than one ing to the personal finance website player vying for it,” Bieri said. McDonald Hopkins PLC nerdwallet.com — and low unem- “Rochester Road is an incredibly ployment make the city an attractive busy street with the retail close to the 8PPEXBSE"WFOVF 4VJUF #MPPNöFME)JMMT .*t entrance for retailers who use it as a road, people coming and going to James J. Boutrous II, Detroit Managing Member test market, Barnett said. work, and the housing is dense.” Barnett said a business big Key vacancies enough to want the Kmart property $IJDBHPt$MFWFMBOEt$PMVNCVTt%FUSPJUt.JBNJt8FTU1BMN#FBDI There are 219 buildings totaling could employ 300-400, and that’s 1.86 million square feet of retail space “what a city is supposed to do.” Ⅲ mcdonaldhopkins.com Carl J. Grassi, President in Rochester Hills and neighboring Kirk Pinho contributed to this story 20150629-NEWS--0011-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 6/26/2015 12:09 PM Page 1

CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // June 29, 2015 11 SPECIAL REPORT: OAKLAND COUNTY 2 projects boost Rochester Hills’multifamily housing

By Laura Cassar homebuilder said. back alley along with multiple Special to Crain’s Detroit Business “We expect Barrington Park will pocket parks, should have its grand Two significant multifamily draw strong demand, especially opening in late 2015 or early 2016. housing developments are under- from young families and millennial Rochester Hills Mayor Bryan Bar- way in Rochester Hills: one for con- buyers looking to buy new construc- nett said he’s pushing to see in- dominiums and one for luxury tion in one of the most desirable and creased multifamily options in the apartments. prestigious submarkets in Southeast city to attract a variety of people. One new development is Barring- Michigan,” said Valerie Dolenga, a Besides market demand and ton Park by Pulte Group, 148 single- corporate communications repre- homebuyer requests for more op- family attached condominium sentative for Pulte. “It represents one tions, the city has made a former units on 15.6 acres. This develop- of the few opportunities for buyers push for multifamily development. ment, whose plan was just ap- to purchase new construction for And developers are starting to an- proved by the Rochester Hills City less than $300,000.” swer, Barnett said. PULTE GROUP Council, will be off Auburn Road The development, which will fea- “We are creating a live-walk com- Pulte Group plans 148 single-family attached condominiums in its Barrington Park near Rochester Road with prices ture two-car garages that face a munity,” he said. Ⅲ project off Auburn Road near Rochester Road. starting at $250,000. The location is near a variety of shopping and en- trainment venues. The second project is an added phase for a mixed-use development by Clinton Township-based Aragona Properties. The developer says it has had great success with the commercial property at Rochester and Tienken OAKLAND COUNTY roads, which is driving more hous- Oakland County ing to pair with it. Two of Aragona’s current tenants, Bar Louie and Big Boy, are top sales ONE STOP Entrepreneurs – performers for their respective brands, project manager Francis Aragona said. SHOP Navigate Your When Aragona officials looked to BUSINESS CENTER a phase two for the site, they asked Way to Business themselves what they could do bet- ter. The answer was to add housing via the City Loft development. Success with Us “We had second-story office space at the property that never got leased, so we decided to convert it into a six-unit apartment package to test the market,” Aragona said. The City Loft units are the first of Oakland County’s One Stop Shop Business their kind in Rochester Hills. Center offers customized solutions for Rent for a one-bedroom unit is $1,449 a month and $1,900 a month businesses from any industry, serving any for two bedrooms. market and during any stage of development: The experiment showed that a pre-launch, launch, pre-growth, growth and demand existed for multifamily when you’re reinventing your business. housing. A phase three — City Apart- ments, a four-story, 52- to 60-unit The Business Center can connect you with: building — is in the planning stages. “The mixed-use development • One-On-One Counseling helps both the property and the city • Classes and Workshops* as a whole,” Aragona said. • Templates, Tools and Maps* A tentative time line from Arago- • Loan Packaging na Properties, which has invested Expand your supply chain. about $10 million in the site, would • Financial Analysis and Benchmarking have construction start the end of • Marketing and Market Research Assistance Join the OaklandBusinessConnect.com Network. this year and apartments on the • Aerial Photographs and Property Information* market by the end of 2016. Rent will • Export Information and Opportunities be similar to City Lofts. The project • County, State and Federal Resources still needs site plan approval. As for the Pulte development, a *Some services are available to all Michigan companies. Starting a new business? selling point is marketing to home- buyers who are priced out of the Learn more about our WalkIn/StartUptartUp going rates for newly constructed program (open every Thursday), oofferingffering single-family homes in the area, the free, same-day small business counseling.nseling. YOU CAN REACH US AT Visit: AdvantageOakland.com BANKRUPTCIES (248) 858-0721 | [email protected] The following businesses filed for protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Detroit June 19-25. Under Chapter 11, a company files for reorganization. Chapter 7 involves total liquidation. Find out what’s going on in Oakland County all year long, by Ⅲ LJH Construction LLC, 25801 subscribing to our free, twice-monthly e-newsletter PROSPER at: Lehner Ct., Roseville, voluntary OaklandCountyProsper.com Chapter 7. Assets and liabilities not available. Natalie Broda 20150629-NEWS--0012-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 6/26/2015 11:10 AM Page 1

12 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // June 29, 2015 SPECIAL REPORT: OAKLAND COUNTY Persistence pays: Custom car condo sales take off in Pontiac By Kirk Pinho Bingham Farms-based Core Partners [email protected] LLC. A lot of people thought Brad Ole- “There may even still be a few shansky was out of his mind two people who think that Brad will and a half years ago. whiff on it. But … he’s a get-it-done Pontiac’s bureaucracy was cum- kind of guy.” bersome, naysayers said. The city Oleshansky — whose equity part- was in financial shambles, he heard. M1 CONCOURSE LLC ners are Paul and Roger Zlotoff of Zoning modifi- M1 Concourse will have more than 260 Birmingham-based real estate equi- cations would be climate-controlled car condos. ty investment firm Uniprop Partners a nightmare. No Ltd. — also is a nascent developer. one would want Oleshansky said he is about to start This is the first real estate devel- to invest in a real revving up his presale efforts on the opment for Oleshansky, the former project catered 57 condo units planned for the sec- CEO of Big Communications in Fern- to car enthusi- ond phase of the development. dale, which went out of business asts, Oleshansky “The entire first phase (80 con- after he left. was told. dos) was sold before we even broke “I figured I’d start big,” he said, Brad Oleshansky: But after he ground,” said Oleshansky. adding that the property had to be Phase one sold out first floated the The condos arefor owners of clas- rezoned for mixed-use purposes. before ground idea to build sic and high-end cars to store vehi- Kyle Westberg, president and broken. hundreds of cli- cles in a climate-controlled environ- CEO of Pontiac-based West Construc- mate-controlled ment. tion Services, was not one of the pro- car condos in the city in 2013, Ole- “There were two types of people: ject’s naysayers. He said Oleshansky shansky, founder and CEO of M1 Con- People who believed it was a great was perseverant in getting commu- course LLC, appears to be proving idea but that it was such a big idea nity support for the project, a doubters wrong. that it would never happen, and process that included meeting with Construction on M1 Concourse, a then there were people who thought everyone from Oakland County $40 million-plus development with that it was pie in the sky and that it planning officials to Rotary clubs. more than 260 car condos on an 87- would never happen,” said Bob “When I first heard about it, I acre former General Motors Co. plant Waun, co-manager and partner of thought it was brilliant. I thought it site at Woodward Avenue and South the Indian Hill Co. LLC and vice presi- was a great repurposing of real es- Boulevard, began last week, and dent of business development for tate, that it would be a catalyst proj- ect and that it would drive economic Marketing Management development and be another posi- tive conversation for Pontiac to talk about,” said Westberg, who is rede- veloping the former Strand Theatre Strategic Communications downtown in a $20 million project at 12 N. Saginaw St. that is expected to feature 838 seats and a Slows Bar BQ restaurant. Business Development Services Oleshansky said he had to spur interest in the project by meeting with public and private entities, ranging from car dealerships to Executive Suite Services banks. “I was trying to create a groundswell of support,” he said. Westberg is also the developer of Special Solutions the $20 million Lafayette Place devel- opment featuring the 46-unit Lafayette Place Lofts, the Lafayette Market and Anytime Fitness. All of M1 Concourse’s four phases are expected to be complete by 2019. There are two types of units in the first phase. There will be 54 units with about 600 square feet, which is enough for two cars, costing $110,000 to $120,000, depending on the location. There will be another 26 units with about 1,200 square feet, or enough for four to five cars, costing from $230,000 to $250,000, also depending on the location. The development is also expect- ed to include a 1.5 mile recreational test track, restaurants, a walkable area with auto-focused businesses and year-round programming like car shows, concerts and product demonstrations. Pontiac-based George W. Auch Co. is the general contractor on the proj- ect, which was first announced in May 2013. Ⅲ Kirk Pinho: (313) 446-0412 Twitter: @kirkpinhoCDB 20150629-NEWS--0013-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 6/26/2015 11:10 AM Page 1

CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // June 29, 2015 13 CRAIN'S LIST: SE MICHIGAN PUBLICLY HELD % of revenue by sector from top 25 on 1985, 2014 COMPANIES Ranked by 2014 revenue Crain’s publicly held lists Revenue Revenue Net income 1985 total revenue: $221 billion Rank Company ($000,000) ($000,000) Percent ($000,000) Exchange/Ticker symbol; website Top executive(s) 2014 2013 change 2014/2013 Type of industry Manufacturing General Motors Co. Mary Barra $155,929.0 $155,427.0 0.3% $2,804.0 Automobile manufacturer 1 NYSE/GM; www.gm.com CEO $3,770.0 2.7% Tech 2.3% Banking: 2.1%

Ford Motor Co. Mark Fields 144,077.0 146,917.0 -1.9 3,186.0 Automobile manufacturer r

e Energy: 1.3% NYSE/F; www.ford.com president and CEO 7,175.0 h

2 t Real estate: 0.4% Retail O Services: 0.4% Lear Corp. Matthew Simoncini 17,727.3 16,234.0 9.2 672.4 Automotive supplier 11.2% 3 NYSE/LEA; www.lear.com president and CEO 431.4 Agriculture: 0.3%

Penske Automotive Group Inc. Roger Penske 17,177.2 14,443.9 18.9 286.7 Automobile dealerships 4 NYSE/PAG; www.penskeautomotive.com CEO 244.2 Automotive 79.5% Delphi Automotive plc Kevin Clark 17,023.0 16,463.0 3.4 1,440.0 Automotive supplier 5 NYSE/DLPH; www.delphi.com CEO and president 1,301.0

DTE Energy Co. Gerard Anderson 12,301.0 9,661.0 27.3 911.0 Energy company 6 NYSE/DTE; www.dteenergy.com chairman and CEO 668.0

Ally Financial Inc. Jeffrey Brown 9,667.0 9,577.0 0.9 1,150.0 Bank holding company 7 NYSE/ALLY; www.ally.com CEO 361.0 2014 total revenue: $447 billion

Masco Corp. Keith Allman 8,521.0 8,173.0 4.3 856.0 Building products Manufacturing 8 NYSE/MAS; www.masco.com president and CEO 288.0 Retail 2.2% 3.8% Banking 2.2%

BorgWarner Inc. James Verrier 8,305.1 7,436.6 11.7 655.8 Automotive supplier r

Energy e Transportation: 1.6%

president and CEO 624.3 h 9 NYSE/BWA; www.borgwarner.com t 4.6% Staffing: 1.2% O Restaurants: 0.4% Visteon Corp. Sachin Lawande 7,509.0 7,439.0 0.9 (295.0) Automotive supplier 10 NYSE/VC; www.visteon.com CEO 690.0 Tech: 0.2%

Federal-Mogul Holdings Corp. Rainer Jueckstock 7,317.0 6,786.0 7.8 (168.0) Automotive supplier Nasdaq/FDML; www.federalmogul.com co-CEO, co-chairman 41.0 Automotive and CEO, Powertrain 11 Daniel Ninivaggi 83.7% co-CEO, co-chairman and CEO, Motorparts CMS Energy Corp. John Russell 7,179.0 6,566.0 9.3 477.0 Energy 12 NYSE/CMS; www.cmsenergy.com president and CEO 452.0

Con-way Inc. Douglas Stotlar 5,806.1 5,470.0 6.1 137.0 Transportation 13 NYSE/CNW; www.con-way.com president and CEO 99.2 Auto still tops among Kelly Services Inc. Carl Camden 5,562.7 5,413.1 2.8 23.7 Staffing services 14 Nasdaq/KELYA; www.kellyservices.com president and CEO 58.9 shifting industries B Meritor Inc. Ivor Evans 3,766.0 3,701.0 1.8 249.0 Commercial vehicle, heavy While the automotive industry still 15 NYSE/MTOR; www.meritor.com chairman, president (22.0) duty truck and defense and CEO supplier accounts for the vast majority of the revenue of the 25 largest publicly trad- American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. David Dauch 3,696.0 3,207.3 15.2 143.0 Automotive supplier 16 NYSE/AXL; www.aam.com chairman, president 94.5 ed companies in Southeast Michigan, and CEO some changes have occurred within Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. Jeffrey Edwards 3,244.0 3,090.5 5.0 42.8 Automotive supplier the pack since 1985. 17 NYSE/CPS; www.cooperstandard.com chairman, president 47.9 The biggest changes have been in and CEO banking and retail. There are fewer C Metaldyne Performance Group Inc. (MPG) George Thanopoulos 2,609.5 2,533.9 3.0 73.3 Automotive supplier banks on the list with a reduction from 18 NYSE/MPG; www.mpgdriven.com CEO 57.9 five based on 1985 revenue to only one, Ally Financial Inc. Publicly traded Tower International Inc. Mark Malcolm 2,067.8 2,100.2 -1.5 21.5 Automotive supplier retailers have also dwindled to just 19 NYSE/TOWR; www.towerinternational.com president and CEO (20.3) one, Penske Automotive Group. The sector that has grown the most Domino's Pizza LLC Patrick Doyle 1,993.8 1,802.2 10.6 162.6 Restaurant franchisor is automotive, moving from five in ’85 20 NYSE/DPZ; www.dominos.com president and CEO 143.0 to 13 now — and two of the original five have been acquired: Chrysler, No. 4 TriMas Corp. David Wathen 1,499.1 1,388.6 8.0 69.3 Manufacturing conglomerate Fiat 21 NASDAQ/TRS; www.trimascorp.com president and CEO 80.1 in 1985 revenue, now is owned by , who renamed it FCA US LLC. In 1987, Universal Truckload Services Inc. Jeffrey Rogers 1,191.5 1,033.0 15.3 45.4 Transportation Chrysler acquired American Motors 22 Nasdaq/UACL; www.goutsi.com CEO 50.6 Corp. which was No. 6 in 1985 revenue. Many of the companies on the origi- ITC Holdings Corp. Joseph Welch 1,023.0 941.3 8.7 244.1 Utility - electricity nal list moved off through mergers or 23 NYSE/ITC; www.itctransco.com chairman, president 233.5 transmission bankruptcy: Kmart (No. 3); Burroughs and CEO (No. 5), Fruehauf (No. 8), NBD Bancorp Syntel Inc. Bharat Desai 911.4 824.8 10.5 249.7 Information technology (No. 9), Ex-Cell-O Corp. (No. 11), First Nasdaq/SYNT; www.syntelinc.com chairman 219.7 Federal of Michigan (No. 12); 24 Nitin Rakesh Borman’s/Farmer Jack Comeri- CEO and president (No. 13), ca (No. 14), Michigan National (No. 18), Gentherm Inc. Daniel Coker 811.3 662.1 22.5 70.1 Thermal technology Thorn Apple Valley Manufactur- 25 Nasdaq/THRM; www.gentherm.com president and CEO 33.8 (No. 19), ers National (No. 20), Masco Industries (No. 21), Allied Supermarkets/Great This list of publicly held companies is a compilation of the largest companies in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw and Livingston counties that have Scott! (No. 22), Cross & Trecker (No. 23), stock traded on a public exchange. Information is from SEC filings. Handleman (No. 24) and Perry Drugs (No. B Meritor Inc.'s fiscal year end is 9/2014. 25). Pulte Home (No. 17) moved its headquarters to Atlanta. C Metaldyne merged with Grede Holdings LLC, Southfield, and Royal Oak-based HHI Group Holdings LLC in August 2014 to form Metaldyne General Performance Group Inc. It went public Dec. 11, 2014. Still around and on the list: Motors (No. 1), Ford (No. 2); Detroit Edi- LIST RESEARCHED BY CRAIN'S STAFF, SONYA D. HILL son/DTE (No. 7), Masco (No. 10), Federal- Mogul (No. 15) and Kelly Services (No. 16). 20150629-NEWS--0014-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 6/26/2015 11:09 AM Page 1

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Inc., Canton MARKETING SPOTLIGHT Township. Also, Max Muncey to CHRIS PERRY, PEOPLE Spencer Gill to public relations chief marketing officer, vice president, manager, North United Way IT and business American Interna- Chris Perry has been named process, from tional Auto Show, chief marketing officer of the ON THE MOVE independent Troy, from ac- United Way Send news items and photos to [email protected] consultant, count supervi- for Southeast- Sistek Northville; Jeff sor, The Quell ern Michigan. EDUCATION Citizens Bank N.A., Southfield, from Bonello to Group Inc., Perry, 55, Deshawn John- managing director of wealth man- director of Muncey Troy. will oversee son to executive agement, CIG Capital Advisors Inc., business the market- director, human Southfield. development, NONPROFITS ing, brand resources de- from Michelle Henderson to vice presi- and commu- partment, INSURANCE commercial dent of human nication Lawrence Techno- Todd Ruthruff to manager, resources, United Perry functions as logical University, chief relation- Continental Methodist Retire- well as work Southfield, from ship officer, Structural ment Communi- with community impact and director, human Amerisure Mutual Plastics LLC, ties Inc., Chelsea, fund development to help Johnson resources de- Insurance Co., Gill Auburn Hills; from director of meet their goals and estab- partment. Farmington Ketan Patel to strategic work- lish long-term strategies. Hills, from COO, associate director, IT applications, force planning, He has more than 25 years FINANCE Agency Business from global ERP delivery manager, analytics and of marketing experience, in- Timothy Mc- Solutions LLC, a Capgemini, Van Buren Township; Henderson human resource cluding as vice president of Cabe to manag- Ruthruff subsidiary of Shane Marietta to associate director, operations, Uni- marketing for Hyundai Motor ing director, Amerisure Mu- U.S. IT operations and global versity of Michigan Health System, America and vice president of chief informa- tual Holdings Inc., Farmington services, from lead IT project Ann Arbor. marketing for the Chevrolet tion officer advi- Hills. manager for global support division of General Motors Co. sory practice, operations, Visteon Corp., Van SERVICES In addition, Perry has won KPMG LLP, De- LAW Buren Township; and Jillian Blaze to Oscar King III to director, Kelley numerous awards, including McCabe troit, from senior John Gonway program manager, from director of Cawthorne, Detroit, from of-coun- “Marketer of the Year” from vice president to member, Dick- program management, Horsburgh sel, Kelley Cawthorne, Lansing. Advertising Age (a Crain’s sib- and CIO, Delphi inson Wright & Scott Co., Cleveland. ling publication), the “Auto- Automotive PLLC, Troy, from People on the Move motive Leadership Award” Corp., Troy. shareholder, co- Michael Boyle announcements are limited to from the chair, real estate to vice president management positions. Email and the GM “African Ancestry Howard Margo- practice group, operations and [email protected]. Network for Diversity Leader- lis to senior vice Maddin, Hauser, general Include person’s name, new title, ship” award. president and Roth & Heller manager, Detroit company, city in which the person He attended California State senior banker, Gonway PC, Southfield. Chassis LLC, will work, former title, former University, Northridge. Citizens Private Detroit, from company (if not promoted from Margolis Bank & Trust, MANUFACTURING president within) and former city in which the Jim Sistek to senior vice and CEO, person worked. Photos are president, business operations, Boyle ThyssenKrupp welcome, but we cannot guarantee Superior Industries International Inc., Crankshaft Co. they will be used. Southfield, from CEO, Infologic LLC, Danville, Ill. 20150629-NEWS--0015-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 6/26/2015 11:08 AM Page 1

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ACQUISITIONS & the central and northeastern regions NEW PRODUCTS MERGERS of Mexico. Website: us.mahle.com. SolidThinking Inc., Troy, a sub- BNP Media, Troy, a business-to- sidiary of Altair Engineering Inc., Troy, business publishing company, has DEALS Rx Optical Laboratories Inc., Kala- has introduced SolidThinking In- acquired Architectural Record, Engi- mazoo, opened an Rx Optical store spire 2015. The software combines neering News-Record and SNAP at 867 Eisenhower Parkway, Ann faster geometry functions with an publication brands from Dodge Data Arbor. Telephone: (734) 213-3529. updated user interface and ex- & Analytics Inc., New York City. Website: rxoptical.com. pands the scope and complexity of Terms of the deal were not dis- problems that can be addressed. closed. Website: bnpmedia.com. & DETAILS Rue21 Inc., Warrendale, Pa., opened Website: solidthinking.com. Submit news to [email protected] a store at Macomb Mall, 32335 Gra- CONTRACTS tiot Ave., Roseville. Telephone: (586) NEW SERVICES Humantech Inc., Ann Arbor, an tion and mobility services for Center seisystems.com. 296-2996. Website: rue21.com. ProQuest LLC, Ann Arbor, with the ergonomics consulting firm, for Sight & Hearing, Rockford, Ill., a EXPANSIONS National Security Archive, based at worked with Build/Create Studios, not-for-profit, freestanding com- Oakmont Senior Communities LLC, DFCU Financial Credit Union, Dear- George Washington University, Wash- Ann Arbor, a Web design compa- munity rehabilitation and health part of Huntington Management LLC, born, has opened a branch at 855 Ann ington, D.C., is providing a new on- ny, to develop a responsive de- care facility that offers vision Southfield, has opened Oakmont Arbor Road, Plymouth Township. line collection of declassified docu- sign website at humantech.com. and/or hearing loss services in Rochester Assisted, an assisted living Website: dfcufinancial.com. ments. The Digital National Security northern Illinois and southern Wis- and memory care facility for seniors, Archive has expanded to include CIA Medical Weight Loss Clinic, South- consin. Websites: centerforsight- 3466 South Blvd., Rochester Hills. Planet Fitness, Newington, N.H., Covert Operations II: The Year of In- field, a physician-administered hearing.org, Telephone: (248) 564-2200. Website: and PF Michigan Group LLC, telligence, 1975, a collection of 1,000 weight loss program, has contract- leaderdog.org. oakmontcommunities.com. Northville, area developer of Planet declassified documents that reveal ed with Train Better Personal Trainers, Fitness health clubs, has opened the inner workings of America’s spy West Bloomfield Township, to pro- ZipLogix, Fraser, a real estate Lipson, Neilson, Cole, Seltzer, Garin two new franchises: 8260 Mile agencies. Website: proquest.com. vide patients a diet and exercise technology company, and Systems PC, Bloomfield Hills, has opened a Road, Shelby Township and 6650 program to achieve weight-loss and Engineering Inc., Greensboro, N.C., a law office in Phoenix. Website: Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Town- fitness goals. The programs are software developer for the real es- lipsonneilson.com. ship. Website: planetfitness.com. Deals & Details guidelines. available at all Medical Weight Loss tate industry, have entered into an Email [email protected]. Clinic locations. Websites: agreement that creates a new inte- Mahle North America, Farmington MOVES Use any Deals & Details item as a mwlc.com, trainbetter.org. gration between zipForm Plus Hills, part of Mahle GmbH, Stuttgart, Dongan Electric Manufacturing Co. model for your release, and look for with zipFormMLS-Connect and Germany, has opened manufacturing has moved its corporate headquarters the appropriate category. Without Denso International America Inc., SEI’s Navica MLS software to share plants in Ramos Arizpe and Celaya, from 2987 Franklin St., Detroit, to complete information, your item will Southfield, part of Denso Corp., data and streamline workflow. Mexico, to support automotive cus- 34760 Garfield Road, Fraser. Website: not run. Photos are welcome, but we Kariya, Aichi prefecture, Japan, has Websites: ziplogix.com, tomers with assembly operations in dongan.com. cannot guarantee they will be used. entered into an investment agree- ment with Peloton Technology Inc., Mountain View, Calif., an automat- ed vehicle technology company and a developer of systems that ad- vance safety and fuel savings for large truck transportation fleets. Websites: globaldenso.com, peloton-tech.com.

Tweddle Group Inc., Clinton Town- ship, an international automotive communications and publishing firm, and UIEvolution Inc., Kirkland, Wash., a vertical cloud software-as- a-service provider, willcollaborate to create access to owner’s manuals and vehicle information through the vehicle head unit, smartphone or Web browser. Websites: tweddle.com, uievolution.com.

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CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // June 29, 2015 17 Survey of biz shows many question compliance costs

LANSING — One takeaway from regulatory departments — Treasury, where they locate or expand their said Mike Zimmer, LARA’s director. a recent state survey of businesses Environmental Quality and Licensing businesses. in Michigan? Companies are still and Regulatory Affairs. “That’s a pretty tough question in Comings and goings concerned about the cost and effort Overall, respondents gave compli- the first place,” Lt. Gov. Brian Calley required to comply with state regu- ance costs 49 out of a possible 100 said about efforts to quantify those Ⅲ Paula Cunningham, president lations. points, the lowest-scoring area of the costs, because regulation “is not in- and CEO of Lansing’s Capitol Nation- It sounds obvious — some busi- survey. The trend line is generally herently a positive experience.” al Bank, will become the state direc- nesses aren’t fans of regulations in LINDSAY positive — that’s up 6 percentage But the answers are meant to help tor for AARP in Michigan as of July 6. general — but the survey comes as points from a comparable survey in determine whether the state has du- In her new role, Cunningham will the state attempts to quantify how VANHULLE the winter of 2014 — but down 1 plicative or unnecessary forms and direct community outreach and ad- companies perceive the cost, ap- Capitol Briefings point from a poll conducted last administrative rules that can be elim- vocacy for the organization’s proval time and effort needed for [email protected] summer. inated, Calley said, with the goal of 1.4 million Michigan members. compliance as part of a broader re- TWITTER: @LindsayVanHulle How companies feel about the speeding up processing times and She was the first female president view of Michigan’s regulatory climate. fees, paperwork and processing improving the regulatory process. of Capitol National Bank, where she The state’s Department of Talent pressions of the business and regu- times required from the different The state is trying to learn, down served for nine years, and Lansing and Economic Development recently latory climates. Their answers were state agencies is useful information, a to dollars and cents, how shaving Community College, where she surveyed 519 companies that do based primarily on their interac- LARA spokesman said, because time off approvals translates to saved worked for 25 years and was presi- business in Michigan on their im- tions with three of the state’s main those perceptions could influence time and resources for companies, dent from 2000 to 2006. Ⅲ Buyback of tax vouchers expected to save state $10M

By Tom Henderson Deutsche Bank ate unanimously. growth of the startups, in turn slow- vouchers itself but would sell them [email protected] and in shortfalls The first fund of $95 million was ing the pace at which they could be to companies with a tax liability in Legislation signed into law last the bank would launched in 2006 with money bor- sold or taken public. Michigan at a discounted rate of Tuesday that authorizes the buy- have incurred rowed from Deutsche Bank and was Early this year, the House Fiscal perhaps 85 percent to 90 percent. back of $100 million in tax vouchers from selling collateralized with $200 million in tax Agency told legislators that it might The state would be on the hook for for what has become a controversial vouchers at less vouchers in the event the state fell be- cost the state as much as $140 mil- the full face value of the vouchers state program won’t have any im- than face value, hind on future principal and interest lion in the next three years to cover from the companies that bought pact on state investments in ven- said Al Pscholka, payments. The second fund of $120 shortfalls in loan and interest pay- them and also would have to make ture capital companies. Al Pscholka: R-Stevensville, million was collateralized with $250 ments for the first fund. up the difference to Deutsche Bank. The program, the Venture Michigan Buying $100 million who sponsored million in vouchers to an affiliate of The first payment of $50 million Buying $100 million in vouchers Fund, will continue to make invest- in vouchers pays in House Bill 4101. Credit Suisse in 2010. on the VMF I fund is due this year, now, Pscholka said, saves the state ments from its two funds, and both long run. The Venture At the time, legislators hoped that with another $50 million due next from having to make up any short- state and out-of-state VC firms that Michigan Fund future interest payments would be year and perhaps $40 million due fall between face value and what have been promised money from was created in 2003 to jump-start made from profits returned to the the year after. Deutsche Bank sold them for. It also the funds will get the full allotment. investments in tech startups in the fund from the VC firms it invested The first payment on the VMF II reduces interest payments. Ⅲ The legislation will save the state state. It got broad bipartisan sup- in. But the Great Recession delayed fund is due in 2021. Tom Henderson: (313) 446-0337 about $10 million in interest to port in Lansing, passing in the Sen- investments and delayed the Deutsche Bank wouldn’t use the Twitter: @TomHenderson2 MARKET PLACE REAL ESTATE

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18 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // June 29, 2015 THEATERS,from Page 3: Moviegoing appears to be returning to neighborhood venues

ever-escalating screen counts and a Location, location ... larger market radius toward a strat- egy of new amenities and audience Here are metro Detroit’s largest cultivation to continue growing theater owners and some of their business. major locations and number of Paul Glantz, co-founder and screens. chairman of Emagine, sees a renais- AMC Entertainment Inc. sance coming for the downtown movie house or multi-tenant space Forum, Sterling Heights (30 with five to 10 screens in a busy re- screens); Star Great Lakes, Auburn tail corridor. That’s part of his com- Hills (25); Star Fairlane, Dearborn pany’s vision for its next new theater (21); Star Gratiot, Clinton Township opening around Labor Day week- (21); Star Southfield (20); Livonia end in Birmingham. (20); John R, Madison Heights (15) “My perception is that moviego- Emagine Entertainment Inc. ing is now returning to its roots as a Novi (18 screens); Canton neighborhood retail business, so a Township (18); Rochester Hills (10); five- to 10-screen theater is really Royal Oak (10); Woodhaven (10); ideal,” Glantz said. Macomb, Macomb Township (9); “I believe moviegoing needs to Palladium, Birmingham (5, be convenient and that a well-locat- estimated opening: September ) ed neighborhood theater can do very well. It’s also true you’re de- MJR Theatres Inc. ploying fewer assets, and rehabbing Brighton Towne Square (20); an existing building can be more Marketplace Digital, Sterling Heights appealing than all-new construc- (20); Southgate Digital (20); tion. But making the product itself Chesterfield Crossing, Chesterfield be closer to the guests can also help Township (16); Troy Grand (16); drive viewing frequency.” Westland Grand (16); Waterford Emagine is finalizing a five- Digital (16); Partridge Creek, Clinton screen theater opening on the Township (14) fourth floor of the former Palladium 12 theater, owned by A.F. Jonna De- velopment & Management Co., almost ing to add amenities to attract and exactly a year after the Palladium expand audiences. closed last September. It follows a AMC followed suit on Emagine’s nine-screen Emagine Macomb that adult-beverage service model by in- opened in December. troducing MacGuffins in-theater The Emagine Palladium will be bar in 2012, and Mihalich said MJR accessible from elevators in the recently added The Studio building lobby, Glantz said, filling bar/lounge locations to Southgate, only a fraction of the multilevel, GLENN TRIEST Troy and Sterling Heights. A fourth 2,200-seat theater built in 2001 by Paul Glantz, co-founder and chairman of Emagine Entertainment Inc., sees a renaissance coming for the downtown movie house lounge is under construction at the The Related Cos. The developer is or multitenant space with five to 10 screens in a busy retail corridor. MJR Westland Grand Cinema 16. converting the rest of the building MJR also has invested $5 million, into condominiums and office cation outside Michigan. opened the Forum 30 in Sterling social media isn’t going to sell it.” beginning last year, to add ameni- space. Glantz entered the theater busi- Heights in 1999 — but no one has ties to theaters in Southgate and Also underway are talks of a pos- ness by purchasing a one-screen tried for the Forum’s scale since. AMC enters market Chesterfield Township. The sible Emagine at the $160 million theater in Clarkston in 1989, fol- MJR’s business model calls for AMC wasn’t part of Southeast Chesterfield theater is getting elec- redevelopment of the Michigan lowed by opening a Cinema Holly- larger theaters than Emagine’s. The Michigan in 1985 but made a no- tronically controlled reclining seats State Fairgrounds by investment wood in Birch Run in 1997. company opened a 16-screen the- table entrance by acquiring in its $2.5 million upgrade. Mihalich group Magic Plus LLC, which in- The first Emagine landed in Novi ater at Maple and Main streets in Nicholas George theaters the next said this feature is becoming a pop- cludes former National Basketball As- in 2002, followed by Canton Town- Troy a year ago at the site of a for- year, said Randy Thomas, president ular upgrade for older or midsize sociation and Michigan State Universi- ship in 2004 and Woodhaven about mer Kmart, and Mihalich said he of Commerce Township-based Insite theaters, much like stadium seating ty great Earvin “Magic” Johnson and a year later. The company refitted expects that size to be closer to the Commercial Inc. and grandson of was in the 1990s. Southfield-based Redico LLC. the former Star Theatre in norm in the future. founder Nicholas George. Also on the increase are online Glantz said Emagine is in active Rochester Hills in 2010, added a “People have done analyses on The company, founded in 1941, ticket sales and call-ahead reserve talks with Redico and hopes to have Royal Oak location in 2011 and the this sort of thing,” he said. “Today I owned theaters that included the seating to avoid the hassle of the a decision on the fairgrounds site nine-screen Macomb Township don’t think 10 (screens) is enough, Americana in Southfield. ticket line and in-theater taverns or this summer — but a possible re- theater last year. All the theaters op- and 20 is probably too many. But “We had a large footprint in the adult-beverage service. turn to a plan for the former Bloom- erate under the Emagine name ex- some of that can have to do with the Detroit metro market, but then back Glantz said Emagine is making a field Park site now appears off the cept for the Clio Square Cinema near size of the land you’re going in on or before the nationals got in, the mar- reach for younger children and par- table. Flint, Glantz said. your surroundings, and 14 to 16 is ket was a number of family-owned ents. Emagine had planned a 55,000- probably a good range.” theater chains,” Thomas said. With that in mind, it has started a square-foot movie theater with 10 Less marketing Some of what limits the size of Ryan Noonan, coummunica- promotional initiative offering free screens before all construction halt- MJR Theatres was a formative theaters, Mihalich said, is the num- tions director for AMC, said the toys to children under 11 for recent ed in 2008 at the half-finished de- company in 1985, owning drive-in ber of marketable films. While there Forum is one of only nine 30-screen children’s movies such as “Cinderel- velopment along Telegraph Road locations in Adrian and second-run undoubtedly is more product, locations nationwide that the chain la,” and Glantz said a collaboration north of Square Lake Road in Ponti- locations in Livonia and Ann Arbor, much of it isn’t marketed well opened, all in the late 1990s and with Henry Ford Health System last year ac. Redico acquired foreclosure as well as the Main Theatre in Royal enough to be profitable at the box early 2000s, in Sterling Heights to assemble healthy snack boxes rights to the project late last year. Oak. The company built its first all- office. along with Los Angeles, Dallas, also has been successful. “Bloomfield Park is a convoluted new theater in Adrian in 1987, then “You can have the biggest, nicest Houston and Chicago. But the com- “I believe we do especially well issue for us. That one appears to be a larger theater in Chesterfield building in the world, and if you go pany hasn’t opened a single new with films that appeal to an adult off the table, which is not to say it Township in 1995. through a bad run of screenings, theater anywhere with more than audience, and we had some spec- couldn’t ever be resurrected,” Like Glantz, MJR CEO Mike Mi- you’ll be hurting as much as any- 16 screens in several years. tacular business earlier this year Glantz said. “But while the fair- halich agreed that the trend toward one,” Mihalich said. In early 2006, AMC acquired with ‘50 Shades of Grey,’ ” Glantz grounds has been in active discus- bigger theater buildings with larger “No doubt about it, there are a lot Loews Cineplex Entertainment Corp. and said. sion, that one (Bloomfield Park) re- market radius might have peaked more movies coming out now than its nearly 200 theaters nationwide, “I think folks who are thinking of ally seems to have gone the other about 10 years ago, sometime after in the past. But some of that is be- including most of the former local an evening out with friends or as a way.” his own MJR Marketplace 20 opened cause states put in incentives that Star theaters that had been sold to couple think of our amenities. But But Glantz said Emagine is also in Sterling Heights. help some independent filmmakers Loews by Grand Rapids-based we’ve also got an opportunity to do completing plans for two other The megaplex star was on the cover a production budget. And founders Jim and Barrie Loeks. well with children’s movies, an op- metro Detroit locations and is also rise when Grand Rapids-based these things never get any kind of portunity to focus there.” close to closing a deal this year that Loeks-Star Theatres opened the Star distribution. They don’t have Raising the bars Chad Halcom: (313) 446-6796 would lead to the company’s first lo- Southfield in 1997 and AMC money to market their movie, and All three companies are continu- Twitter: @chadhalcom 20150629-NEWS--0019-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 6/26/2015 6:21 PM Page 1

CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // June 29, 2015 19 CAMPBELL EWALD,from Page 1: Rebounding agency lands contract with Henry Ford

insurance exchange, Covered Cali- In January Detroit Lions, OnStar, Atkins Nutrition- “They’re of serving the Detroit city and De- fornia. 2014, the firm als Inc., Kaiser Permanente, LifeLock consistently troit area with smart marketing,” Both accounts include generat- moved its 500 Inc., Snuggle, Edward Jones, Unilever Palmer said. ing the creative aspects of the work employees from and USAA. putting out good Advertising industry observers for television commercials, outdoor Warren to a It was Campbell Ewald’s decade creative. say getting into health care market- billboards, radio, print, digital ads $15 million head- of wellness marketing for the $53 ing is a smart move for ad agencies. and social media. quarters created billion Kaiser Permanente health It’s just “It is a very competitive business Campbell Ewald’s first work for inside the old J.L. system in California that Henry a bad and a growing business,” said Ross Henry Ford will appear in the fourth Jim Palmer: Hudson Co. ware- Ford wants the agency to do locally, Lerner, owner of Beverly Hills- quarter, and the Covered California Decision on job cuts house attached said Liz Schnell, the health system’s string of based Lerner Advertising Inc. “With work begins in the fall. awaits appeal on to Ford Field in vice president of brand strategy. luck the aging of the population, you see Getting new revenue is a priority Navy contract. downtown De- “It has been catching our eye for so many things health-oriented. ” for Campbell Ewald as it awaits troit. years,” she said. “Our goal is to har- that has The numbers reinforce Lerner’s word on its appeal of the Navy re- At its height, when it was still ness that same creative strategy.” nothing point: Henry Ford reported cruiting account. handling Chevrolet, Campbell Henry Ford wanted Campbell to do with their $27.8 million in net income last year The five-year, $450 million-plus Ewald had more than 1,200 staffers, Ewald to bid on a marketing request on $4.71 billion in revenue. In 2013, account, which the agency had mostly in Warren but also in satellite for proposals two years ago, but it abilities.” the system suffered a $12 million loss. handled for 15 years, was awarded offices elsewhere in the country. could not because it was doing Tim Smith,Skidmore Studios The nonprofit hospital system, May 27 to New York City-based Chevy was given to another agency work for a rival, Schnell said. which traces its origins to 1915, said Young & Rubicam Inc. in 2010 after 91 years with CE. Campbell Ewald replaces the its market share in Southeast Michi- The one-year contract is worth One local advertising industry in- Milwaukee-based ad agency BVK, He did say the initial project gan is about 18 percent. It is staffed $84.4 million, but four one-year op- sider said Campbell Ewald’s loss of which the hospital system hired to Henry Ford hired Campbell Ewald collectively by about 23,000 em- tions bring the cumulative value to big accounts isn’t because of its work. research and define Henry Ford’s to handle is a soon-to-debut “med- ployees, making it the fifth-largest $457.4 million, according to the “Reputationally, their creative brand look and feel, Schnell said. ical resource for Detroit profession- employer in metro Detroit. contract announcement. work is still outstanding, and that’s That research will be used in als on the go.” The system’s flagship is Henry Ford The appeal process has a 100-day what’s important in our industry,” Campbell Ewald’s efforts, she said. The project led to the full agency- Hospital in Detroit, and it also has time frame for a decision, which said Tim Smith, owner of the De- BVK didn’t launch new work for of-record relationship, Palmer said, four other hospitals, 30 general med- means a ruling could come from the troit-based ad firm Skidmore Studios. Henry Ford but maintained the and that compliments what he said ical centers and seven specialized General Accounting Office by October. “They’re consistently putting out marketing in use, Schnell said. is the ad firm’s goal of working with medical facilities in the region. Ⅲ Losing the Navy was the agency’s good creative. It’s just a bad string of Until December, Henry Ford had more local companies. Bill Shea: (313) 446-1626 second major account loss in less luck that has nothing to do with used Rochester-based DBA World- “It’s in keeping with our mission Twitter: @Bill_Shea19 than a year. In December, Campbell their abilities or creative reputation.” wide to handle a campaign for its Ewald and two sibling firms lost the Campbell Ewald generated West Bloomfield Township opera- $280 million Cadillac account. $113.5 million in 2014 U.S. revenue, tions and other projects. Adding Henry Ford is a boost, but ranking it 94th among all advertis- DBA also created the “Game On the agency won’t know whether it ing agencies by that metric, accord- Cancer” campaign in 2013 for Henry will have to shed jobs until it gets a ing to Advertising Age, a sibling pub- Ford and the Lions as part of the decision on its Navy appeal, Camp- lication of Crain’s Detroit Business. health system bell Ewald CEO Jim Palmer said. Other major clients include the and football team’s three-year effort to raise $15 million for the Josephine Ford Cancer Institute. Henry Ford said the media Liz Schnell: buying for its Campbell Ewald new ad cam- work “has been paigns will con- catching our eye for tinue to be han- years.” dled by Clinton Township-based Harrison Media. Health care marketing is a com- petitive space in metro Detroit. Henry Ford’s $4.1 million in spending last year was second in the market only to the Detroit Med- ical Center’s $5.4 million. “People have choices, to some degree depending on their insur- ance provider,” Palmer said. “In those areas where people can choose where they go, that’s where the battleground is.” While he cannot talk about the upcoming Henry Ford work, Palmer did say it won’t be like what he said is the unmemorable marketing often seen now in health care. Call Paul Mattes “Most spots just go by you, a Vice President-Principal bunch of doctors smiling, and it’s Certified Risk Architect over,” he said. Palmer said that the agency and health system have been in talks since Campbell Ewald moved downtown last year and that health care is a targeted growth area. œ““iÀVˆ>Ê˜ÃÕÀ>˜ViÊÊUÊÊ “«œÞiiÊ i˜iwÌÃÊÊUÊÊ*iÀܘ>Ê˜ÃÕÀ>˜Vi “It’s been a focus for us, and we seem to perform extremely well in that area,” he said, citing the It’s time to rethink your insurance strategy agency’s decade of award-winning 888.525.7575 | 586.323.5700 | sterlingagency.com work for Kaiser Permanente. “We know how to talk to people about their health,” Palmer said. 20150629-NEWS--0020-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 6/26/2015 6:15 PM Page 1

20 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // June 29, 2015 RULING,from Page 3: Next step for employers: Figuring out impact of same-sex decision

cause this is still a very big decision U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith for all couples to make in their lives, ruled in January that the previous whether heterosexual or gay. And it unions are valid, but the Supreme takes time to plan a wedding.” Court case was expected to decide Like more than 10 percent of all whether others could be performed Michigan employers who partici- here. pated in a recent survey by the Julian Davis Mortenson, a profes- Livonia-based American Society of sor of constitutional law at the Uni- Employers, Henry Ford Health has versity of Michigan Law School and offered domestic partner benefits to part of the legal team for the same- unmarried partners of its employ- sex couples in the Goldsmith case, ees for same-sex couples only. also said domestic partner plans But domestic partner benefits would diminish in importance after also count as “imputed income” for the ruling but doubted they would employees at tax time and carry a fi- be completely obsolete. nancial penalty that married cou- “Certainly in the private sector, ples do not suffer. The Supreme you would expect there would be Court certainly had a mind toward less reason to offer those plans, and the various legal benefits of mar- anxiety that employers might have riage, including insurance, in Justice over that just might outweigh the Anthony Kennedy’s decision for the strong commitment to justice or majority. equity that caused them to adopt “While the states are in general the plans in the first place,” Morten- free to vary the benefits they confer son said. “You could imagine some on all married couples, they have of the employers would have less throughout our history made mar- reason, but not no reason, to con- riage the basis for an expanding list tinue offering them.” of governmental rights, benefits BLOOMBERG Mortenson also said the marriage and responsibilities,” Friday’s ruling Attorney Dana Nussel (left) holds up a copy of the U.S.Supreme Court same-sex ruling with Jayne Rowse (center) and April recognition issue was resolved for states. “These aspects of marital sta- DeBoer, plaintiffs in the Michigan case Obergefell v. Hodges et al., during a news conference Friday in Ann Arbor. the 300-plus couples who obtained tus include: taxation; inheritance licenses in Michigan in 2014 because and property rights; rules of intes- tions; workers’ compensation bene- two years ago, and that all states same-sex marriage violates the U.S. the state did not appeal the January tate succession; spousal privilege in fits; health insurance; and child cus- must recognize same-sex unions Constitution, until the 6th U.S. Cir- ruling. the law of evidence; hospital access; tody, support, and visitation rules.” legally performed elsewhere. cuit Court of Appeals imposed a stay But the Obergefell case still might medical decision making authority; The high court, in a 5-4 ruling, Michigan had issued licenses to on that decision and later upheld have ramifications in other states adoption rights; the rights and ben- found that all 50 states must license 323 couples in one day last year, the ban. that were in litigation over the recog- efits of survivors; birth and death same-sex marriages, even though after Judge Bernard Friedman of The ruling Friday in Obergefell v. nition, particularly if the court had certificates; professional ethics 37 states already had begun to do so U.S. District Court had found that Hodges et al. reverses that decision ruled a different way. rules; campaign finance restric- since the court last visited the issue Michigan’s voter-approved ban on for Michigan and three other states. “The states in some cases could have, and a few were expected to, find that the state did not have to offer recognition under a different ruling,” he said. “But that possibility has completely slipped off the table. This case has totally mooted all of Jill M. Miller those questions.” Terry Bonnette, an attorney at the Detroit-based Nemeth Law Firm ® PC, said the deci- In Your Corner. sion could mean some extensive review of paper- Varnum welcomes Jill Miller to the fi rm. work for em- ■ Electronic payments, mobile payments, ployers, some of electronic fund transfers, stored value cards. whom still might have benefit ■ Data Security and Information law, privacy plan underwrit- policies, breach notifi cation requirements. TerryBonnette: ing documents Paperwork may that define mar- ■ Aviation law, aircraft acquisitions, disposition, need reviewing. riage as a union operation, leasing and fi nancing, FAA fi lings, between a man International Registry requirements. and woman for coverage purposes. “It’s highly regulated when and how you can make changes to those plan documents, and the specific procedures you have to follow,” he said. Helen Stojic, director of corpo- rate communications for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, said it’s possi- ble that employer inquiries about its spousal coverage options will in- crease soon in light of the ruling. A majority of Blue Cross’ more than 3.4 million insured Michigan resi- dents are covered under group plans that employers purchase, she said. Gov. Rick Snyder and Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette on Friday said the state intends to fol- low the law and respect the Supreme Court’s decision. Ⅲ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Contact Jill Miller at [email protected] Metro Detroit Grand Rapids Kalamazoo Grand Haven Lansing Chad Halcom: (313) 446-6796 Twitter: @chadhalcom 20150629-NEWS--0021-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 6/26/2015 6:45 PM Page 1

CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // June 29, 2015 21 HEMINGWAYfrom Page 1: Keeping a writer’s work from fading away CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS new Finca Vigía (which means years when Mary-Jo Adams thought Treasury and Commerce, Adams years before Hemingway was born), www.crainsdetroit.com “Lookout Farm” in Spanish) project. the project to build the “taller” — said. If everything goes well, she has 20 employees in metro Detroit Editor-in-Chief Keith E. Crain Group Publisher and Editor Mary Kramer, They are responsible for coordinat- pronounced “tai-ER” and translat- said, the first large shipment of con- and 274 companywide. It had $601 (313) 446-0399 or [email protected] ing logistics for getting materials for a ed as “workshop” in Spanish — struction materials could land on million in revenue in 2014. Associate Publisher Marla Wise, (313) 446-6032 or [email protected] new 2,500-square-foot building on would never become a reality. the island in the fall. Finca Vigia, owned by the Cuban Executive Editor Cindy Goodaker, (313) 446-0460 the property to house Hemingway’s The executive director of the Although financing has not been government and managed by its Na- or [email protected] tional Cultural Heritage Council Managing Editor Jennette Smith, (313) 446-1622 artifacts in a climate-controlled envi- Boston-based nonprofit Finca Vigía finalized, it’s expected to come from , has or [email protected] ronment, which would spare them Foundation since 2004 has traveled a mix of private companies and cultural and literary significance. Director, Digital Strategy Nancy Hanus, (313) 446- from the harsh Caribbean elements. several times to Cuba to visit Finca foundations, Adams said. Consisting of Hemingway’s main 1621 or [email protected] Managing Editor/Custom and Special Projects It won’t be easy, though. Vigía and discuss the project and its Sense of historic value house and several smaller ancillary Daniel Duggan, (313) 446-0414 or If the project was being built in necessity with Cuban officials. buildings, it is where he wrote his [email protected] Assistant Managing Editor Kristin Bull, America, it could easily be completed “These are irreplaceable docu- The Christman Co., and in partic- Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Old Man (313) 446-1608 or [email protected] in six months — an in-and-out job. ments, some of them coming from ular Staley, was selected for the proj- and the Sea” as well as a significant Senior Editor/Design Bob Allen, (313) 446-0344 or [email protected] But this is Cuba, which for more the 1910s and 1920s that Heming- ect because of previous work at portion of “For Whom the Bell Tolls.” Senior Editor Gary Piatek, (313) 446-0357 than 50 years has been under a way brought with him to Cuba be- President Lincoln’s Cottage national It was also in and around Finca or [email protected] Research and Data EditorSonya Hill,(313) 446-0402 trade embargo that only recently cause he thought they were impor- monument in Washington, D.C., Vigía that he spent much of his time or [email protected] has been relaxed under the Obama tant,” she said. said William Dupont, San Antonio hunting, fishing and playing base- Web Producer Norman Witte III, (313) 446-6059 administration. “But the inks were faded. They Conservation Society endowed pro- ball with the young children of San or [email protected] Editorial Support (313) 446-0419; YahNica Craw- “If I need a bag of cement, electri- were being stored in the basement fessor in architecture at the Universi- Francisco de Paula. ford, (313) 446-0329 cal wire or flat washers here, I’ve got of the guesthouse, which was filled ty of Texas at San Antonio who is He paid $12,500 for the property Newsroom (313) 446-0329, FAX (313) 446-1687 , TIP LINE (313) 446-6766 Home Depot or with termites. I think it was in dan- working on the Finca Vigia project. in 1940. Walmart,” Staley ger of imminent collapse and that He and Staley worked together on a President Barack Obama has REPORTERS Na- Jay Greene, senior reporter Covers health care, in- said. “Those would have crushed the collection.” $15 million restoration by the been loosening the Cuban embar- surance, energy, utilities and the environment. aren’t on the is- tional Trust for Historic Preservation, go, including authorizing in January (313) 446-0325 or [email protected] Financing not finalized Chad Halcom Covers litigation and the defense in- land. The raw ce- with the cottage opening for the that building materials for certain dustry. (313) 446-6796 or [email protected] ment for making In large part because labor costs first time to the public in 2008. types of projects could be shipped Tom Henderson Covers banking, finance, tech- nology and biotechnology. (313) 446-0337 or mortar is all from are so difficult to predict — Cuba “I recognized Ron as one of the to the island for the first time since [email protected] China. An air has two currencies, the Cuban peso, pre-eminent construction man- Fidel Castro’s revolution in 1959. Kirk Pinho Covers real estate, higher education, Oakland and Macomb counties. (313) 446-0412 or conditioning unit or CUP, and the Cuban convertible agers for historic preservation The U.S. severed relations with [email protected] Ronald Staley: is from China. peso, the CUC, which is worth 25 as work,” Dupont said. “One of his Cuba in 1961, the year after Hem- Bill Shea, enterprise editor Covers media, advertising and marketing, the business of Cuba presents That’s their logis- much as the CUP — a final project strengths is protection of the exist- ingway left Cuba. sports, and transportation. logistical challenge. tical problem for price tag has not yet been finalized. ing historic fabric and being very His legacy on the island remains. (313) 446-1626 or [email protected] Lindsay VanHulle, Lansing reporter. (517) 657- getting the build- But this much is known: about good at planning out a project so “It’s like going into Memphis with 2204 or [email protected] ing done — and they don’t know $862,000 will be spent divided about that things go smoothly. He has a Elvis,” Staley said. “The bars he went Dustin Walsh Covers the business of law, auto suppliers, manufacturing and steel. (313) when it will show up or what govern- evenly on the actual construction particularly keen sense for the his- to, there are cast bronze statues in 446-6042 or [email protected] ment project it will go to.” materials, as well as things like ma- toric value of what we’re dealing the bars. The places he hung out, Sherri Welch, senior reporter Covers nonprofits, services, retail and hospitality. (313) Irreplaceable terials shipping and warehousing. with and a great passion for making went fishing – they are all important. 446-1694 or [email protected] Approvals have been secured sure that the finished product we He is Cuba, in a lot of ways.” Ⅲ documents ADVERTISING Kirk Pinho: (313) 446-0412 from the Cuban government as well are aiming for retains that value.” Sales Inquiries (313) 446-6032; FAX (313) 393-0997 There were times in the past 11 as the U.S. departments of State, Christman, founded in 1894 (five Twitter: @kirkpinhoCDB Sales Manager Tammy Rokowski Senior Account Executive Matthew J. Langan Advertising Sales Christine Galasso, Catherine Grace, Joe Miller, Sarah Stachowicz Classified Sales Manager Angela Schutte, (313) 446-6051 PONTCHARTRAIN,from Page 1: Tower would add rooms, competition Classified Sales Lynn Calcaterra, (313) 446-6086 Audience Development Director Eric Cedo Detroit Hotel LLC,a Mexican and Eu- after a $5 million groups in bringing larger conven- lobby, laundry, administration, Events Manager Kacey Anderson ropean investors group led by Mexi- renovation. tions to Detroit and the demand for kitchen, food and beverage outlets Creative Services Director Pierrette Dagg Senior Art Director Sylvia Kolaski can investor Gabriel Ruiz Huerta — The 25-story rooms from companies moving and parking — are in place, Wilson Marketing Coordinator Ariel Black has been discussing a second tower hotel has 367 downtown. And another large hotel said. A second tower would add the Special Projects Coordinator Keenan Covington for about the past six months, guest rooms, in- will give the city more leverage to at- most profitable part of the hotel: Sales Support Suzanne Janik, YahNica Crawford Editorial Assistant Nancy Powers O’Callaghan said. cluding more tract more large events. sleeping rooms. Production Manager Wendy Kobylarz Although the idea isn’t new — it than 60 suites, as Hotel occupancy downtown has To rebuild the Pontch today, he Production Supervisor Andrew Spanos

was part of the hotel’s original plan well as an indoor been rising. estimates, would cost about CUSTOMER SERVICE when it opened in 1965 and has Michael pool, business O’Callaghan said average occu- $180,000 per room. Wilson said. Main Number: Call (877) 824-9374 been talked about from time to time O’Callaghan: center, ballroom pancy in 2014 was 62.5 percent, up That cost drops to roughly $90,000 or [email protected] Subscriptions $59 one year, $98 two years. Out of over the years — “this is a recent Pontch’s original and 10,000 from 58.7 percent in 2013. for an additional tower. That would state, $79 one year, $138 for two years. Outside plan,” O’Callaghan said. “This cur- plan had second square feet of The 2014 metro area average was put the estimated project cost at U.S.A., add $48 per year to out-of-state rate for sur- face mail. Call (313) 446-0450 or (877) 824-9374. rent group of owners recognizes tower. meeting space. 65.1 percent, up from 62.6 percent $30 million to $35 million. Single Copies (877) 824-9374 there’s some good potential.” Its location di- the year before, according to Hen- “If someone wanted to build an Reprints (212) 210-0750; or Lauren Melesio at [email protected] “And from what I’ve seen, (the) rectly across Washington Boulevard dersonville, Tenn.-based STR Inc. 800-room hotel downtown, I don’t To find a date a story was published (313) 446- second tower is even bigger than from Cobo Center makes it an ideal Metro Detroit’s average daily think they could pull the financing 0406 or e-mail [email protected] Crain’s Detroit Business is published by the current one.” location, O’Callaghan said. room rates also rose, increasing together; it would be a difficult deal Crain Communications Inc. Calls to the hotel’s general manag- He thinks the demand for an ad- 5.8 percent to $89.06 in 2014. to do,” said Chuck Skelton, presi- Chairman Keith E. Crain er were not returned late last week. ditional 400-450 rooms at the hotel The region hosted 14 multiple dent of Ann Arbor-based Hospitality President Rance Crain Treasurer Mary Kay Crain The hotel reopened in July 2013 is already there, given interest from hotel meetings last year, up from six Advisors Consulting Group Inc. Executive Vice President/Operations in 2013, the convention bureau said. “This way they’re just putting up William A. Morrow Executive Vice President/Director of Strategic With more rooms, the Pontch rooms to an existing property but Operations Chris Crain INDEX TO COMPANIES could continue to serve regular cus- end up with the same kind of prod- Executive Vice President/Director of Corporate These companies have significant mention in this week’s Crain’s Detroit Business: Operations KC Crain tomers who at any given time occu- uct. I think that’s a great resolution.” Vice President/Production & Manufacturing 220 Merrill ...... 9 Hotel Investment Services ...... 1 py 150-200 rooms and people com- Having a second tower at the Dave Kamis All Seasons of Birmingham ...... 9 Lerner Advertising ...... 19 Chief Financial Officer Thomas Stevens ing for conferences or meetings, Pontch would help attract the Chief Information Office r Aragona Properties ...... 11 M1 Concourse ...... 12 Anthony DiPonio Wilson said. largest conferences and events, said G.D. Crain Jr. Founder (1885-1973) The Balmoral ...... 9 Mich. 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FULL VERSIONS OF THESE AND OTHER STORIES @ CRAINSDETROIT.COM WEEKON THE WEB/JUNE 22-25 RUMBLINGS Ferndale IT firm Detroit Digits Oxford Cos. closed on the purchase of 22 buildings spread A numbers-focused look at the Travel Michigan’s newest over three office parks previously week’s headlines: to open office in owned by fellow Ann Arbor real estate firm McMullen Realty Co. Inc., chief hopes post will last Detroit making Oxford owner-manager of $80 M about 15 percent of the office ith Dave Lorenz’s ap- graduation rates, licensing tests and reative Breakthroughs The high-end of the investment market in the city and dissolving pointment as acting residency placement rates have Inc., the Ferndale-based planned by a joint venture that McMullen after more than four vice president of been “extraordinary and above na- information technology acquired the Fisher Building and decades in business. W Travel Michigan, the tional averages,” but “we didn’t re- Cadvisory and network Building in Detroit’s Grace Centers of Hope began a state’s tourism arm is on its third spond well to Proposition 2.” security services company, will New Center for $12.2 million on $2.2 million renovation to convert leader in the past year. Prop 2, approved by Michigan move to nearly 10,000 square feet Wednesday. The joint venture is its former Grace Gospel Fellowship As Travel voters in 2006, banned affirmative of office space in downtown De- between New York-based HFZ church in Pontiac into a transi- Michigan’s No. 2 action programs based on gender or troit in early fall. The firm is taking Capital Group and Southfield- tional shelter for homeless administrator, racial preference. WSU did not com- the second, third and fourth floors based Redico LLC. women and children. The project Lorenz has pensate by stepping up recruiting in the 15,000-square-foot building is slated to finish by January. served before as and taking other measures, Wilson at 1260 Library St. Fitness studio Orangetheory the agency’s act- said. 5,000 Fitness and SVS Vision Optical Cen- ing director. This Since the inspection visit three ON THE MOVE The amount of new neon, in feet, to ters signed leases to become ten- time, he said, he months ago, newly appointed med- be installed in the Fox Theatre ants at Northville Park Place, bring- hopes to drop ical school dean HealthPlus of Michigan named marquee as part of a renovation ing the number of committed “interim” from his Dave Lorenz: Jack Sobel said, Michael Genord, M.D., president project. The signage will also tenants to 13 ahead of an Aug. 29 title. Taking a long-term the university and CEO of the Flint-based non- receive more than 1,000 new LED grand opening. “I am certainly view. has taken steps profit health insurer, effective lighting components. The Miami-based John S. hopeful that that to rectify the vio- Sept. 1. Genord, who had been and James L. Knight Foundation will be made permanent, but I’m not lations and is hir- chief medical officer, will succeed committed $1.5 million to Motor the one who will make that deci- ing staff to boost Nancy Jenkins, a longtime compa- 10 City Match, Detroit’s new small- sion,” he told Crain’s from London, diversity recruit- ny executive who has been CEO The number of years the new $12 business attraction and develop- where he has been pitching the state ment and beef since last fall and is retiring at million independent minor-league ment program. Motor City Match on a sales mission this week. “My up teaching Jack Sobel: Fixes year’s end. baseball stadium in Utica will be aims to fill vacant commercial performance will help to decide methods. Wilson are on the way. Bankole Thompson resigned called Jimmy John’s Field, under a spaces in Detroit’s neighbor- that.” estimated those after nine years as senior editor of naming-rights contract. The hoods by matching entrepre- Lorenz said he got the call that measures will cost roughly $550,000. The Michigan stadium is being funded by Andy neurs with available properties. he was replacing David West while In the meantime, WSU has ap- Chronicle, the Appleby, founder of Rochester- German auto supplier ZF overseas. West resigned Wednesday. pealed the decision and awaits a re- Detroit-based based General Sports & Friedrichshafen AG plans to spend The Michigan Economic Development consideration hearing in October. It weekly news- Entertainment LLC. more than $71 million and add Corp., which manages Travel Michi- won’t officially be on probation paper aimed at 571 jobs by expanding its gan, would not discuss the reason until that is complete. an African- Northville Township technical for his sudden departure. Even if probation is in the offing American au- of the board of center. The Michigan Strategic Fund West started in December. He — which Wilson says is likely — dience. In a trustees of the approved a $4 million perform- came to Travel Michigan from the WSU will have company. From resignation let- Okemos-based ance grant for ZF subsidiary ZF Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau, 2005 to 2014, the Liaison Commit- ter provided to Bankole Michigan Health North America Inc. Pa., where he was marketing vice tee placed on probation nearly a Crain’s, Thomp- Thompson: & Hospital Asso- Detroit-based DTE Energy Co. president, to succeed longtime di- third of the 159 schools it reviewed. son said his last Resigned from The ciation. Bob issued a request for proposals for rector George Zimmermann. day would be Michigan Chronicle. Riney, president multiple solar-generating plants Lorenz’s “experience and knowl- TechTown Detroit seeks July 8. and COO of in Southeast Michigan that would edge of the state’s tourism industry campers for biz launch James Birge, most recently Henry Ford range in size from 5 to 50 and the Pure Michigan campaign president of Franklin Pierce Univer- Health System in Rob Casalou: megawatts. ensures the work Travel Michigan is TechTown Detroit is accepting ap- sity in New Hampshire, was Detroit, was Named association doing can move forward with no plications for its fall 2015 Retail named interim president of Mary- named chair- chairman. OTHER NEWS real transition needed,” spokes- Boot Camp. grove College in Detroit. Birge re- elect of the 25- woman Michelle Grinnell said. The eight-week camp prepares places David Fike, who resigned to member board. Madonna University’s “Leading Lorenz joined Travel Michigan in business entrepreneurs for the become president of Golden Gate the Way” fundraising campaign 2002. He says his main priorities launch of a brick-and-mortar busi- University in San Francisco. COMPANY NEWS has raised $56 million, 10 percent will be to revamp the Michigan.org ness in a core Detroit commercial Leonard Israel was selected above its $50 million goal, the website and lead strategic planning district. Applicants must have retail president of mortgage operations General Motors Co. is investing Livonia school announced. with his staff and major stakehold- experience, funding sources and a for Flagstar Bank, Troy-based $245 million in its Orion Township Matt Prentice, longtime area ers in the tourism industry. strong proposition that offers an ex- Flagstar Bancorp Inc. announced. assembly plant and adding 300 restaurateur citing or niche product. Israel most recently was a director jobs for an “all-new vehicle pro- and former Probation ahead for Wayne Concepts covered through the of Sabal Financial Group LP of New- gram,” Automotive News reported. Trowbridge State medical school? boot camp include choosing the port Beach, Calif. The Detroit Pistons were one Restaurants Inc. right location, marketing and The Birmingham-based ad- of 13 National Basketball Associa- CEO, remains Would more pingpong tables branding and taxes and insurance. visory firm Angle Advisors-Invest- tion clubs to announce corporate under a non- have saved Wayne State University’s The camp runs Sept. 14 to Nov. 3 ment Banking LLC hired Tom Gordy sponsorship deals with the New compete School of Medicine from possible ac- and will comprise Web and in-person as managing director. Gordy most York City-based daily fantasy agreement and creditation probation? sessions covering Detroit-specific recently was senior managing di- gambling giant FanDuel Inc. a $2 million law- Matt Prentice: No No, but having only one was a topics and a toolkit of services to help rector at Variant Capital Advisors Ford Motor Co. and the South- suit judgment appeal planned. student complaint during a review launch the businesses. LLC, a subsidiary of the Birming- east Michigan Ford Dealers extend- from his former by the Liaison Committee for Medical Up to five graduates will be se- ham-based advisory firm Conway ed their title sponsorship of the employer, the Michigan Court of Ap- Education, the accrediting body for lected by partner organizations to Mackenzie Inc. Labor Day weekend Arts, Beats & peals ruled. Prentice told Crain’s 134 American medical schools. open brick-and-mortar or pop-up John Hertel, who spent the Eats festival in Royal Oak through he does not plan an appeal. The medical school has been noti- storefronts in the city. past 30-plus years as a Huron-Clin- 2018. The Detroit Institute of Arts con- fied that it faces possible accredita- Applications will be accepted at ton Metropolitan Authority com- Detroit-based Huron Capital servation staff, along with Novi- tion probation for a dozen violations, techtowndetroit.org until July 31. missioner, was appointed chair- Partners LLC said it acquired based Precision Installation and Ser- including a lack of student diversity The program fee is $499. man of the authority’s board of Chelmsford, Mass.-based GxP Au- vices and Detroit-based Venus and lack of independent and active One-hour information sessions commissioners. He will continue tomation LLC — which designs, in- Bronze Works Inc., completed minor teaching in the curriculum. for those interested: to serve as general manager of the stalls and maintains building au- structural work and surface clean- Other areas of noncompliance June 29: 8:30 a.m., TechTown Suburban Mobility Authority for Re- tomation systems — for one of its ing of “The Fist” sculpture at Jef- include inadequate numbers of Detroit, 440 Burroughs St. gional Transportation. platform companies, Edison, ferson and Woodward avenues. lockers and lack of space in the June 30: 6 p.m., Always Brew- Rob Casalou, CEO of St. N.J.-based Albireo Energy LLC. The structure, formally known as cafeteria, lounge and auditorium ing Detroit, 10180 Grand River Ave. Joseph Mercy Health System in Ann Terms of the deal were not dis- the “Monument to Joe Louis,” is a areas — hence the pingpong beef. July 1: 11 a.m., Coffee and (___), Arbor, was installed as chairman closed. part of the DIA collection. 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