Matching the Machine ‘Augmented Reality’ Has Potential to Boost Business Productivity

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By Dustin Walsh “(Augmented reality) is used sort [email protected] of like turn-by-turn GPS in your car, e modern intersection of tech- except for manufacturing,” said Paul nology and work is a paradox. It’s Ryznar, president and CEO of OPS. both responsible for climbing cor- “When there’s only four turns, it’s porate pro ts, and for mass job easy; but if there are 50 turns, you’re losses and rising income inequal- going to make a mistake. Manufac- ity. is has been called the robot turing is now all about variation and revolution, but it’s not all doom complicated processes. Our system and gloom for the laborer class. eliminates that risk for errors. All the A new breed of technologies worker has to do is follow the lights.” called “augmented reality” — fueling It’s an update on a popular mobile games like Pokemon Japanese concept Go — is altering that perception. It called poka yoke, or holds the potential to boost produc- driving down costs tivity and make economic growth and increasing pro- through manufacturing a reality. ductivity in the man- e innovation is one part inter- ufacturing process active how-to and one part idi- through “dummy proof- ot-proo ng, and is gaining traction ing,” and has been used in manufacturing, health care and for decades. e Japanese other elds. term, coined in the 1960s by a Wixom-based OPS Solutions LLC Toyota Motor Corp. engineer, makes software de ned the just-in-time produc- powering aug- tion philosophy rst implemented mented reality by Toyota before spreading to the Teams’ exec currently expand- other automakers. Production quality ing through the au- and e ciency spiked from imple- tomotive sector. mentation of the process. ranks slow It works like this: OPS is now taking advantage of a e software, called new poka yoke renaissance. “Light Guide Systems” uses OPS is experiencing 100 percent to shed boys’ projectors to overlay step-by- year-over-year growth and plans to step images and instructions, maintain that rate as more compa- complete with visual cues like arrows nies see how augmented reality can club reality and videos on parts and production increase productivity, Ryznar said. By Bill Shea areas to assist workers with proper as- Companies across the manufactur- [email protected] sembly. A worker follows visual indica- ing sector are experimenting with aug- A little over a year ago, National tors to complete each step of the man- mented reality — most often with Football League Commissioner ufacturing process. A red light ashes wearable devices, or glasses, rather Roger Goodell announced that pro and a buzzer sounds if a step is missed than OPS’ projector system. ough, football’s diversity rules would ex- or incorrect part is used. Ryznar said, wearables can create safe- pand to require that women be in- It’s a deceptively simple way to ty concerns as the image display on the terviewed for executive jobs inside get some huge productivity and eyeglasses impair worker vision. the league’s headquarters. quality gains. General Electric Co. is experi- e NFL’s 30 teams didn’t have to At automaker FCA US LLC’s menting with augmented reality in adopt the change, but the Detroit Li- UAW-Chrysler National Training its oil and gas division. ons say they have. Center, roughly 5,000 new employees Technicians assembling and in- at’s one step toward increased are training in standard manual as- specting nozzles for its heavy-duty gender diversity in male-dominated sembly on OPS Light Guide systems. gas turbines at GE’s Florence, Italy U.S. major league sports. FCA revealed the OPS system boost- plant need to make 100 precise mea- A small step, with miles to go. ed worker productivity by 38 percent surements before the part is At a time when gender equality and quality rose by 80 percent. WILDPIXEL VIA ISTOCK SEE REALITY , PAGE 15 has taken center stage in the national conversation, Detroit’s four pro teams have very few women in top

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INSIDE MICHIGAN BRIEFS BANKRUPTCIES 14 CALENDAR 11 Uber, Ly can operate CLASSIFIED ADS 15 legally in Michigan DEALS & DETAILS 11 Ride-hailing companies Uber and KEITH CRAIN 6 Lyft can operate legally in Michigan OPINION 6 now that new licensing rules are in e ect. OTHER VOICES 7 Gov. Rick Snyder in December PEOPLE 14 signed legislation that created a RUMBLINGS 19 standard set of regulations for so- called transportation network com- WEEK ON THE WEB 19 panies, limo carriers and taxi companies. ey took e ect this week. COMPANY INDEX: e new rules require criminal SEE PAGE 18 background checks for drivers and ated Press reported. vehicle inspections, and drivers UBER e grant announced March 17 Ride-hailing companies Uber and Ly can operate legally in Michigan now that new licensing rules are in eect. wouldn’t be allowed to work for a was promised to the Michigan De- company if they have more than four partment of Environmental Quality recent trac violations or any recent to operate at airports, including De- Associated Press reported. the aid for a private purpose. T by Congress in December. felony convictions. Companies troit Metropolitan Airport in Romu- e lawsuit, led in the Court of hey called it a “backdoor voucher.” It aims to help Flint accelerate would have to pay annual lus. claims, challenges $2.5 million in and expand its work to replace lead registration fees and have vehicle e legislation was an e ort to au- funding that was set aside by the Re- EPA awards $100 million water service lines and fund other signage or decals approved by the thorize ride-hailing services, which publican-controlled Legislature and for Flint work critical water infrastructure im- state. previously operated outside the legal Gov. Rick Snyder for the rst time in provements. Taxis will now be regulated by the framework for similar for-hire trans- the current budget for nonpublic e U.S. Environmental Protec- Mayor Karen Weaver said in a state, rather than by local govern- portation companies. schools. tion Agency has awarded $100 mil- statement that the much-needed ments. e Michigan Department of e Michigan Association of lion to help fund infrastructure up- money will help Flint reach a Licensing and Regulatory A airs will Public school advocates School Boards and groups repre- grades in Flint amid the city’s crisis goal of replacing 6,000 pipes this have oversight of transportation net- to sue state senting school districts and admin- with lead-tainted water, e Associ- year. work companies. istrators said the planned spending e new regulations also satisfy Public school advocates on Tues- is illegal because the state constitu- Correction concerns about insurance coverage, day sued the state of Michigan in an tion prohibits spending public particularly for San Francisco-based e ort to stop it from spending public money on private schools and the J A Deals & Details item on Page 11 contains an incorrect URL for the Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. money to help private schools cover state Senate fell short of the mini- Detroit Dog Co. website. It is www.detroitdogco.com. e error was dis- e bills had sparked debate about the cost of complying with state re- mum two-thirds vote that would covered after that page went to press. the ride-hailing companies’ ability quirements such as safety drills, e have been needed to allocate

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Philanthropy Commerce Year-round Daylight Saving Time? Buyer beware By Lindsay VanHulle Crain’s Detroit Business/Bridge Magazine LANSING — A week or so ago, Dave Arland took a call from someone who wanted to set up a meeting. e caller asked for the current time in Indiana. Keep in mind, it’s been more than 10 years since Indiana began changing its clocks twice a year like most of the rest of the country. Working e questions haven’t yet stopped. It’s March, the time of year when we push clocks forward an hour and to ght routinely At a glance question the Rep. Peter Lucido, wisdom of do- Detroit’s R-Shelby Township, ing so. introduced House Michigan is Bill 4011 , which as one of at least written exempts 16 state legis- problems CHAD LIVENGOOD/CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Michigan from latures that observing Daylight have seen as Darreaux Waddell, archivist for Detroit Public Schools Community District, instructs volunteers from Quicken Loans on which documents from former student les they can Saving Time. Lucido many as 24 purge as part of a large-scale digitization project. said he has draed bills intro- a revised version duced dealing Employees of Gilbert companies tackle projects including digitizing old DPS records, blight ght that would move with Daylight Michigan Saving Time so By Chad Livengood employees with backgrounds in $17 million Dan Gilbert’s family of president of community initiatives permanently onto far this year, [email protected] philanthropy and government ex- companies plans to spend on at Rock Ventures. Daylight Saving according to a At a stuy Detroit Public Schools ploring new ways to work “up- philanthropy in Detroit this year. Uhl’s group is working on a pro- Time. recent post warehouse east of downtown, up to stream” in xing Detroit’s most vex- e group is treading far outside posal to change the way municipal from the Na- 20 Quicken Loans employees are ing problems — from preventing of the sphere of selling mortgages, government is nanced and has tional Confer- riing through old records four further blight to creating jobs for managing downtown properties hired an outside rm to study wheth- ence of State Legislatures. ey get mornings a week to help the city’s Detroiters outside of their own and writing checks to local chari- er investors would buy social impact attention, but rarely pass. school system digitize decades of company. ties. bonds to fund blight prevention ini- Supporters of a bill in the Michi- student records. ey’re operating a small un- “We have a dierent DNA. It’s tiatives in Detroit. gan House say time changes are in- It’s an example of an eort coor- der-the-radar think tank of sorts, not your traditional corporate Social impact bonds have been convenient and harmful to sleep dinated by a team of Rock Ventures trying to nd ways to go beyond the philanthropy,” said Chris Uhl, vice SEE PROJECTS, PAGE 18 rhythms and worker productivity and general health. But that doesn’t mean they’re Culture good for business, if you ask Michi- gan’s neighbor to the south, where businesspeople say being out of sync Jazz Fest sees benets, pitfalls of prominent patron with the rest of the country brought a By Sherri Welch through a new host of headaches. [email protected] festival app avail- Until 2006, the majority of Indiana e Detroit Jazz Festival, the world’s able for $10, a counties in the Eastern Time Zone largest free jazz event, and its year- new e-store in the stayed put while nearly every other round programs have survived for the works and a new state sprang forward and fell back. past 12 years largely on the generosity permanent en- at meant most of Indiana spent of Carhartt heiress and philanthropist dowment push winters following New York’s clock Gretchen Valade. launched in early and summers on Chicago time. In recent years, her support has March, it is bank- “Caveat emptor, that would be my made up about half of the organiza- ing on continued advice,” said Arland, executive direc- Gretchen Valade: tion’s annual budget and made up for support from its tor of the Indiana Broadcasters Asso- Supports annual shortages in sponsorship revenue, largest benefac- ciation. Buyer beware. festival. other donations and vending revenue. tor. e relation- “If you’re not careful,” he added, It’s a donor relationship that can’t ship paints a picture of the big benets “you’ll be an island, and people will continue forever — or can it? and big pitfalls of having a prominent never know what time it is in Michi- Even as the festival continues to patron. gan.” The Detroit Jazz Festival is the world’s largest free jazz event. seek alternate sources of revenue SEE FESTIVAL, PAGE 17 SEE TIME, PAGE 17

Candice Miller’s The Joe’s MUST new niche controversial Former congresswoman birth READS settles in as Macomb public Other Voices: How OF THE works commissioner, won’t Coleman Young got the rule out run for governor, arena started without a WEEK Page 6 net, Page 7 4 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // MARCH 27, 2017 Meeting of meats: Grobbel to acquire maker of Sy Ginsberg corned beef By Sherri Welch [email protected] E.W. Grobbel Sons Inc. is acquiring fellow Detroit corned beef company United Meat and Deli Inc. for an undisclosed amount in a transaction set to close Friday. e merger of the two will create a company with $110 million in annual revenue with more than 200 employees (it rises in the runup to St. Patrick’s Day). Grobbel plans to use its process- ing capacity and logistical strength to take United’s premium Sy Gins- berg brand corned beef and other meat products and the deli items it sources and distributes — bacon, ham, New York rye bread, Dr. Brown’s Soda, frozen matzo balls and other products — to new custom tomers in the deli and retail seg- UNITED MEAT AND DELI INC. MAKE THE MOST with cus ments around the country. A sandwich made with United Meat and Deli’s Sy Ginsberg brand corned beef. Reprints, United’s founder Sy Ginsberg and OF YOUR EDITORIAL his business partner Scott Mendel- Deli and Stage Deli, and some retail with some employees who have been COVERAGE IN CRAIN’S E-prints sohn will contin- customers like Kroger, Busch’s and with the company for 25 or more [email protected] • (212) 210- 0750 and more! ue to oversee the Holiday Market. Nationally, its cus- years. business, serv- tomers include Sysco, U.S. Foods and lt’s been thrilling to see some of ing as executive smaller distributors supplying delis United’s Hispanic employees be- vice president and restaurants. come U.S. citizens, raise families and and vice presi- Last year its sales were $40 million, send their kids on to college, he said. dent of sales, re- with distribution of products sourced “To uproot that whole situation was spectively, for from other companies accounting not anything we ever wanted to do, the United Meat for about a quarter of that. even though we were locked in on and Deli Divi- “ at’s one of the reasons why space for a while.” Sy Ginsberg: Will sion. we’re so excited about this merger,” United has also maintained a cul- continue to e two com- Ginsberg, 72, said. “Our strength is ture of being very involved in its cus- oversee business. panies are merg- their weakness and vice versa, so this tomers’ businesses, Ginsberg said, ing for competi- is going to be a real good blend.” noting that Zingerman’s Founder tive eciencies gained through Paul Saginaw often introduces him cost-savings on things like transport- “We’re strong in as the rst person to ever make a Zin- ing both companies’ products on the german’s sandwich. United has been same trucks to points around the Irish American Zingerman’s only meat processor country, said Jason Grobbel, presi- corned beef, and since the day it opened its doors, he dent of E.W. Grobbel Sons. said. “We’re strong in Irish American they’re strong in All employees will remain with the corned beef, and they’re strong in the the Jewish merged company. Jewish American corned beef. To- American corned e heads of the two companies TOP GRADUATE gether, we cover the whole spec- had met previously, but it wasn’t un- trum,” he said. beef. Together, we til a mutual friend suggested it last PROGRAMS “We’re excited to take this to the cover the whole fall that the two began talking about next level. eir skills and abilities ... combining their operations. and our team ... are a quite strong, spectrum.” Grobbel said he’s always admired Set yourself apart amazing force in Jason Grobbel, president of E.W. Ginsberg and Mendelsohn. “I’ve the food busi- Grobbel Sons tried to model myself after them … in Separate yourself from the crowd by earning a ness.” terms of the ethical way they do busi- graduate degree from Grand Valley. With 38 master’s Grobbel, the It had become apparent over the ness, the humility.” and doctoral programs, we oer the degree you need larger of the two last four or ve years that it was time Birmingham-based Williams, Wil- to advance your career, increase earnings, and enhance companies, was to sell the company because United liams, Ratner & Plunkett P.C. and your job satisfaction. Programs deliver a unique blend in business 100 had run out of space at its Carabell, Leslie and Co. P.C. in Mt. of theoretical knowledge, practical experience, and years before 28,000-square-foot southwest De- Clemens advised Grobbel. professional networking here in West Michigan that United’s 1983 troit operation. As a result, it had United’s attorneys at Maddin, no other university can match. And, you’ll beneﬁt from launch. It’s one been forced to outsource parts of its Hauser, Roth & Heller P.C. in South- Jason Grobbel: of the largest operations, turning to Alexander & eld advised it in the deal. Grand Valley’s respected reputation among employers, Sells corned beef corned beef pro- Hornung in St. Clair Shores and an- Grobbel plans to gradually move convenient campuses, aordable tuition, and diverse to grocers. cessors in the other company in Ohio to help cook United’s production to its newly ex- educational opportunities. country, selling meats and Chicago Meat Authority in panded campus in Eastern Market. It Set yourself apart. Contact The Graduate School at Grobbel’s corned beef to grocers in- Illinois for help in trimming meat. invested $5 million in new process- (616) 331-7105 or [email protected] for more cluding Walmart, Sam’s Club, Publix at had been frustrating, Gins- ing systems and expanded its foot- information or help getting started. Spring classes and, through co-packing agree- berg said, because United didn’t like print into an adjacent building last ments, to Kroger and Meijer for prod- to cede control of any part of its pro- fall, giving it a total of 55,000 square start May 2017. ucts sold under their store brands. cessing operation. feet. It had $70 million in sales last year Several large companies from oth- United’s southwest Detroit build- and employs 180 generally but brings er states had approached United ing will continue to operate as a dis- an additional 70 people on during with oers, and they all looked good tribution site. the run-up to St Patrick’s Day. on paper, Ginsberg said. But selling (Ginsberg is father of Crain’s Spe- United, conversely, has sold pri- to them would have meant produc- cial Projects Editor Amy Elliott Bragg, marily into the deli, restaurant and tion would be moved to another who was not involved in reporting or gvsu.edu/gs food service markets. Locally, cus- state. editing this story.) tomers include Zingerman’s, Mud- “We never wanted to do that. ... Sherri Welch: 313-446-1694 gie’s, Bread Basket, Russell Street We’re hometown people,” he said, Twitter: @SherriWelch CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // MARCH 27, 2017 5 Blue Cross CEO Loepp, company PAC push Duggan re-election 7DOHQWZLWK3XUSRVH By Jay Greene 5HFHQW6XFFHVVHV [email protected] At a company meeting this month ([HFXWLYH6HDUFK3DUWQHUV at the MotorCity Casino, CEO Dan %HDXPRQW+RVSLWDO)RXQGDWLRQƇ(TXDOLW\0LFKLJDQ Loepp of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan asked more than 1,000 Blue )UHG$DQG%DUEDUD0(UE)DPLO\)RXQGDWLRQ Cross employees to donate to and otherwise support the re-election of )ULHQGVRIWKH5RXJHƇ0DNH$:LVK0LFKLJDQ Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan. 0D[0 0DUMRULH6)LVKHU)RXQGDWLRQƇ 0LFKLJDQ6WDWH%DU)RXQGDWLRQ Loepp’s personal support for Dug- Mike Duggan: Dan Loepp: Urged gan wasn’t a surprise to Blue Cross 5DOSK&:LOVRQ-U)RXQGDWLRQƇ8QLWHG:D\IRU6(0LFKLJDQ Seeking re-elec- support for employees. But it was unusual and tion as mayor. Duggan. possibly violated Blue Cross’ own cor- &RQVXOWLQJ3DUWQHUV porate code of business conduct for a employees. BluesPAC regularly sends Blues executive to make a pitch for a out mail and emails on its own to $XWLVP$OOLDQFHRI0,Ƈ'HWURLW0HWUR&RQYHQWLRQDQG9LVLWRUV%XUHDX political candidate at a compa- members requesting donations and 5RQDOG0F'RQDOG+RXVHRI'HWURLW ny-sponsored event. support for political candidates or It’s a sign of strong corporate sup- causes. port for Duggan, who has made one of “If you provided it (email) you his hallmarks a push to make Detroit probably got a subsequent solicita- )RFXV2Q an easier city in which to do business, tion email from the campaign,” Stojic but has left him open to criticism as said. “However, this email was not di- ([HFXWLYH6HDUFKKƇ6XFFHVVLRQ3ODQQLQJ6 L3OLƇ77DOHQW'HYHORSPHQWO too tight with corporate interests. rected specically to BCBSM employ- Employees “may not use any com- e e s .” pany property, facilities or time of any Last month, on Feb. 28, more than *DU\'HPEV²&(2 other workforce member for any po- 1,000 Blue Cross employees who also litical activity. Workforce members are members of BluesPAC also re- JDU\GHPEV#QSSQFR involved in political activities should ceived a letter in the mail asking for _ZZZQSSQFR do so outside of working hours,” Blue donations of $1,000 for corporate o- Cross’ conduct code reads. cers, $500 for vice presidents, $250 for Blue Cross employees are allowed directors and $100 from managers to “participate in the political process” and others to support the Mike Dug- but should make it clear they are act- gan for Detroit Committee. ing as an individual and not acting on BluesPAC also invited its members behalf of the company, the conduct to a reception it is hosting Tuesday at code states. the Firebird Tavern in Detroit’s Greek- In an email to Crain’s, Helen Stojic, town. Blue Cross’ director of corporate af- In a statement to Crain’s, Jerey fairs, said “there was a very brief re- Rumley, chair of BluesPAC and also minder (by Loepp) to a PAC-eligible Blue Cross’ general counsel, said this: audience of an invitation that was sent “BluesPAC members are proud to to PAC members. BluesPAC sees come together to support Mayor Dug- nothing that would preclude this type gan’s re-election. He has done tre- of communication.” mendous work leading Detroit’s Stojic declined further comment comeback, mobilizing business and when asked if Loepp or Blue Cross ex- community leaders to work together ecutives ever made public statements for a better Detroit.” at company events to support political As one of the state’s largest non- candidates. prot PACs, BluesPac had a balance of e day after the company event $240,892 at the end of January while March 16, employee members of expending about $66,000 during the BluesPAC, Blue Cross’ political action month, according to the Michigan Ulliance specializes in high-impact training customized to your needs. committee, received a company-ad- Secretary of State’s oce. An informed workforce makes your organization more effective, efficient, dressed email from the Duggan For Besides Blue Cross employees, or- and financially competitive. 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Until March 8, I didn’t know oxytocin, the hor- Hmone, from OxyContin, the powerful pain relief drug that is often linked to prescription drug abuse. Miller settles in aer going home At an event on March 8 created by Crain’s and United t is a Saturday morning in Washing- Way for Southeastern Michigan, Wendy Steele de- ton in the spring of 2015, and Can- scribed the power of oxytocin, which helps moms bond dice Miller is talking to herself. with their new babies or rewards “givers” when they act IAfter casting votes late into a Friday in a generous night, the popular congresswoman from fashion. suburban Detroit briefly considers re- ere must maining in Washington for the weekend. have been a lot of “No, I just gotta go home,” she mutters. oxytocin oating “Geez, this place.” RON FOURNIER around that Washington is the pits. After 12 years Editor/Publisher morning: the 250 in office, Miller misses her family and is women who at- tired of the senseless grind. So she heads After announcing her congressional tended were in- MARY KRAMER home — but for more than the one departure, Miller rejected several offers spired to contrib- Group Publisher weekend. Settling into her airplane seat to join lobbying groups and trade asso- ute, collectively, on that fateful Saturday morning, the St. ciations in Washington. She considered more than Mary Kramer is group publisher and Clair Shores native flips over some con- one private sector offer “pretty darn se- $70,000 to ear- Ron Fournier is editor and publisher of gressional paperwork and writes these riously” before turning it down. LARRY PEPLIN ly-childhood ini- Crain’s Detroit Business. Catch them words on the back: “I know this might not sound sincere, Drain Commissioner Candice Miller would not tiatives by the end at 6:10 a.m. Mondays on the Paul W. “This is a community that I love, that I but I mean it: At 62 years old, I don’t re- rule out running for governor in 2018. of the day. Smith show on WJR AM 760. call home, and at the conclusion of my ally need a bigger paycheck,” she chuck- Steele’s con- current term of office, I will be coming led. other.” sulting business, Generosity Matters, helps organiza- home. I will not be seeking re-election.” What she needed was a job where she Business, she said, is now different in tions, large or small, build cultures of generosity in ways Miller shared this memory with me could make a difference. Strangely, her Macomb County. that benet employees, their families, their communi- last week, when I visited her at the Ma- mind kept turning to the Macomb Coun- Public works projects are competi- ties and, of course, their employers. comb County Public Works Department, ty drain commissioner — a job, she said, tively bid and transparent. The county’s So how did a former banker get into philanthropy? where she serves as commissioner, the that fit her passions for clean lakes and 700-plus public drains are being in- Working for a bank in Cincinnati after 9/11, she had an job she ran for and won after leaving economic growth. Also, she had heard spected. Its below-ground infrastructure epiphany: A lot of women like her had busy careers and Congress. rumors of corruption at the public works will be audited and put on a long-term families, without a lot of “extra” time to volunteer. How I was curious about why she traded department under six-term Democratic maintenance schedule. could they really feel part of giving back in a way that the gilded halls of Congress for the sew- incumbent Anthony Marrocco. Miller inherited the sinkhole in Fras- made a dierence? age lines of Macomb County. One day, she met Macomb County er, the latest sign of a crumbling system. Her elegantly simple solution: pull together at least “When I went (to Washington) initial- Executive Mark Hackel at a Bob Evans She vowed to fix the troubled sewage 100 women who could write a check for $1,000 apiece to ly, I never thought I would stay there as not far from Marrocco’s office. Sipping line for good. “My successor is not going create a $100,000 kitty. Members would then vote to long as I did. I know everybody says that coffee, Hackel pitched several job op- to be standing in a sinkhole at 15 Mile award the lump sum to a nonprot they deemed most and I think everybody means it, but I tell portunities to his old friend. She reject- Road 10 years from now.” worthy. Impact100 was born. you, it’s very insidious,” Miller told me. ed each one. Turning the conversation back to It has grown to more than 40 chapters, including Oak- “Whether you are a Republican or a “If I’m going to do anything,” Miller Washington, the town we just left, I land County, where its current president, Ginny Fisch- Democrat, you get there, and pretty told Hackel, “I am going to run against asked Miller about President Donald bach, imported the idea from Alabama, where she has a soon you’re a chairman or you’re this or Marrocco.” Trump’s proposed budget cuts to pro- second home. you’re that, and you think, ‘I can’t leave “If you do that,” Hackel replied, “I’ll grams that keep the Great Lakes clean. A Impact100 Oakland gave its rst $100,000 grant last this time, I have to run again,’ and next endorse you.” bad idea, she said. year to VARIETY-the Children’s Charity for a program thing you know, you have been there 30 Miller laughed. She’s a Republican, Then I asked the typical Washington than ensures low-income children in the Pontiac years.” and Hackel, like Marrocco, is a Demo- question: Is this your last public office? schools eat on weekends. Nearly 40 nonprots applied. Miller asked how long I had lived in crat. Surely he wasn’t serious. Hackel “I don’t know,” she said. “I really don’t Amy Tattrie Loepp, the Oakland chapter’s treasurer, Washington, covering politics, before said he was. know.” told me last year that what appealed to her about the moving home to Detroit last fall. With his endorsement, Miller beat Any chance you’ll run for governor in Impact100 model was “doing something beyond serv- Twenty-three years, I replied. But it Marrocco by 8 percentage points. 2018? ing on boards.” It’s the engagement — reviewing the seems like 30. No matter how well I did On her first day at work, she ordered “I just got into this job,” she said. “But pitches from nonprots looking for money and then my job, I wasn’t making an impact. I “a couple of big guys down the hall” to who knows, right?” voting on to whom the grant should be given — that re- wasn’t making the system better. Miller remove a symbol of Marrocco’s pay-to- She left the door open, so I pressed. ally makes the model dierent. nodded. play culture: an enormous conference “I am very satisfied with where I am e Oakland chapter hopes to double the size of its “In the Congress, you have this huge room table. “I wish I had a dollar for ev- because I have a lot of things going, and grant and make two $100,000 grants in 2017. But the anthill and you've got to get all the ants ery contractor that said every time they we’re really doing well here,” she said. “I chapter is accepting new members only through March to try and charge up to the top of the hill. walked into this room, their permits know people always ask those questions, 31. For more information, check the website, www.im- A lot of them keep peeling off, so it’s dif- were on one end of the conference table but I don’t really see it.” pact100oaklandcounty.org, or email Impact100oc@ ficult,” she sighed. and the fundraising tickets were on the “But we will see. Who knows?” gmail.com.

Be nice, it’s good business Have you ever noticed that you the other potential customers I often kiddingly tell our own sales nuts and coee. He was one of the tend to gravitate to the folks who around me. folks that they should listen and, best. Small things but with a big im- happen to be nice? It is no wonder to me why some when they get the order, it is time to pact. It seems like Basic Business 101: people are naturals at selling. One shut up. I see folks who keep selling If you want your company to do We should be nice to our customers. secret — not a secret at all — is how long after I have agreed to buy. at well, make sure that your sales folks But I am amazed at the number of they treat their customers. can be frustrating as well. know the basics. times I am made to feel I’m intrud- Granted, plenty of products and But we know we all return to a ere are lots of great sales ing on a person’s time when all I services are complicated and some- salesperson who treats us well. schools that can remind your sales want to do is buy something, Wheth- KEITH CRAIN times di cult to explain. But the Rick Greer, who worked for Auto- force of those basics. But you have to er I am ordering a meal in an expen- Editor-in-chief same basic tools work everywhere. motive News for many years, used to practice the basics to be good. sive restaurant or trying to buy a car, Be nice and listen to what the cus- show up at a customer’s o ce rst It is not that hard to outsell your I often am ignored by a salesperson. And I watch that salesperson ignore tomer has to say. thing in the morning with dough- competition. Be nice and listen. CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // MARCH 27, 2017 7 Without a net: ‘The Joe’ had bold, controversial start As the Detroit Red Wings prepare and asked for a meeting. at after- Longtime Detroit to play their nal game in Joe Louis noon, Mayor Young and Cavalieri Mayor Coleman Arena on April 9, many fans are worked out the deal that kept the Young started viewing “the Joe” with nostalgia as Red Wings in Detroit and gave the work on Joe Louis the longtime home of the team they city a ticket surcharge to enable it to Arena with no root for so fervently. pay for the arena’s construction. team to play in it, Forgotten in the haze of history is With the agreement completed, no nancing and just how controversial Joe Louis Are- the city raised the funds to complete no architectural na was at its beginning and how OTHER VOICES the Joe by tripling its original grant plans. close the Red Wings came to leaving Bob Berg through the U.S. Housing and Com- the city. At the time, Mayor Coleman munity Development Act and bor- Berg is a founding partner of, and of Young started construction of the rowing another $38 million against ing for their move to Little Caesars ferent things would be in Detroit to- new arena even though he didn’t counsel to, Van Dyke Horn, formerly Berg block grants that would be issued to Arena, the Pistons are moving back day if Coleman Young had not taken have a contract with a team to play in Muirhead and Associates. He served as the city in the future. downtown, the Lions are back in De- a chance and started work on an are- it — and even though he didn’t have the senior public aairs adviser rst to It was an incredible, and ultimate- troit, and the Tigers average more na with no team to play in it, no - nancing in place to pay for it or ar- Gov. William Milliken and then to Detrot ly successful, roll of the dice. than 30,000 a game at Comerica nancing to pay for it and no architec- chitectural plans to complete it. Mayor Coleman A. Young. Today, the Red Wings are prepar- Park. One can only wonder how dif- tural plans to build it. In fact, the Red Wings had announced an agreement to move to a proposed new stadium, to be named Olympia II, in honor of the team’s old arena. It was to be built next door to the Silverdome in Pontiac. With the Lions and Pistons already having left the city, Mayor Young felt it was critical to the city’s future to keep the Red Wings here in Detroit. So he took $5 million in federal public works money and started digging a hole just west of Cobo Hall. As he explained in his autobiogra- phy, “We couldn’t aord to wait for a commitment from a tenant before we started digging because the delay would cause us to lose our leverage and our federal money, which came with a deadline attached for beginning construction.” ere was a great deal of controversy at the time. e newspapers, members of the Detroit City Council and other critics were beating the 10% mayor up pretty badly. How, they demanded, can you start building an SAVINGS arena without a team to play in it, without nancing and without architectural plans? When your business is more energy efﬁcient, it’s All this came in 1977 in the middle also more proﬁtable—and DTE Energy wants to help of the mayor’s rst re-election cam- make that happen. Take John Logiudice, owner paign. At the time he was considered vulnerable, running against of Florentine Pizzeria, for example. DTE worked popular City Council President Ernie with him to make some small changes that led Brown. One day in the heat of the controversy, staer Bill Ciluo, who to big savings. Simply installing a programmable was handling the Joe Louis Arena is- thermostat, sink aerators, LED lights and a pre- sue, got a call from Bob Millender, a key political adviser to the mayor. rinse spray valve in the kitchen saved John around Millender told him a new poll 10% a month on his energy bill. showed the issue was hurting Mayor Young badly. Indeed, Millender was If you’d like to manage energy use to save money worried it could lose him the election. Bill went in to tell the mayor at your business, visit dteenergy.com/savenow. about the call. e mayor paused for a minute, and then in true Mayor Young fashion, said, “---- the poll.” As the controversy continued to swirl, Red Wings owner Bruce Norris sent a letter to the mayor, which became public, detailing the reasons why he was not interested in a downtown arena. Critics cited the letter as another example of how misguided the mayor’s eorts were. But Mayor Young thought the letter showed promise, thinking why would Norris bother to spell out his objections if he had no interest in negotiating with the city? Sure enough, at the urging of two local business leaders — retailer Max Pincus and Fisher eatre impresario Joey Nederlander — Red Wings General Manager Lincoln Cavalieri called the mayor’s oce 8 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // MARCH 27, 2017 SPECIAL REPORT: LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Robert Dutkiewicz, president of South eld-based accounting rm Clayton & McKervey PC, and Denise Asker, director of marketing. Asker runs the company’s leadership training program. Future stock PHOTO BY LARRY PEPLIN Sachse Construction: How companies groom and train new leaders Millennials mentor baby By Rachelle Damico ahead and lead,” said Robert Dutkiewicz, presi- employs 75 and made $12 million in revenue in Special to Crain’s Detroit Business dent of South eld-based accounting rm Clay- 2016. boomer generation Every company needs to think about how to ton & McKervey PC. Dutkiewicz said he often had daily mentoring Detroit-based Sachse Construction and develop its next generation of leaders. e key is For advice and tips on how to implement a time with the company’s former president Kevin Development Co. LLC has a mentoring to have practices, procedures and programs in leadership program, Crain’s talked to companies McKervey. e pair made time to discuss the program Todd Sachse place — it’s not going to happen organically. about how they groom and develop the future transition plan and issues that would come up calls “reverse mentor- “You need to have a very mindful and inten- leaders of their companies. within the company. ing,” where millennials tional program for recruiting and retaining the “Probably the greatest training I had was Kev- mentor the baby boom- next generation of leaders so your organization Mentoring in’s personal attention,” Dutkiewicz said. er generation on how to is sustainable,” said Todd Sachse, CEO of De- Dutkiewicz said he was in process of transi- improve the company. troit-based Sachse Construction and Develop- Having a mentoring program in place ensures tioning for the role when McKervey died unex- “I’ve always felt that ment Co. LLC. employees bene t from the knowledge and ex- pectedly in March 2016. you need to have repre- Detroit-based law rm Clark Hill PLC has a perience of more senior people at the company. e personal coaching time with McKervey sentation from every professional development department speci - Mentoring is a critical aspect in the training helped Dutkiewicz prepare for the sudden tran- decade,” Todd Sachse, cally tasked with training and developing its at- and development of attorneys at Clark Hill. e sition, he said. Todd Sachse: CEO said. “You can torneys. law rm employs 630 and generated $151.5 mil- Within eight hours of his death, the entire Learn from each learn from each other “ e goal is to hire and retain the most quali- lion in revenue last year. ownership team had a written plan. Employees other equally. equally.” ed and the best talent that we can,” said Jenni- Sarhaddi said senior attorneys are required to were briefed, and clients were noti ed with per- Sachse is also men- fer Sarhaddi, manager of professional develop- bring junior attorneys to client meetings, help sonal phone calls and other methods of out- tored by a millennial. A recent mentoring ment. them generate new business, and bring newer reach. session covered work-life balance — Training and developing the future leaders of attorneys to community and client functions. “ at was extremely important because the whether millennials live to work or work to a company is an investment — not something “It’s incumbent upon senior attorneys to day after his passing, we had immediately went live. that happens overnight. bring others underneath their wing and to be a into conversations with our sta about how we At that meeting, Sachse said he learned “ ere’s a whole bunch of talented individu- very hands-on mentor,” Sarhaddi said. were continuing to service clients and that noth- millennials work hardest when they know als who can develop into those leadership posi- Mentoring was also an important aspect in ing had changed despite (Kevin’s) sudden de- their work has meaning. tions, but it takes time to help them develop their Dutkiewicz’s transition into his role as president parture,” Dutkiewicz said. SEE SACHSE , PAGE 9 skills and put them in the best position to go of Clayton & McKervey. e accounting rm SEE TRAINING , PAGE 9 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // MARCH 27, 2017 9

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More than 100 di erent compa- civic duties or board positions. TRAINING nies from around the country went to “ose are all important elements FROM PAGE 8 Clark Hill: Department the event. in developing leadership skills, be- “ere’s deeper knowledge out cause you have to work through Career path management there. We’re not experts at every- teams, and quite often you have to trains future leaders thing,” Sachse said. promote ideas and execute,” Dut- A career path plan is crucial for By Rachelle Damico e professional development Detroit Economic Club has a kiewicz said. “It also exposes you to a employee development and helps Special to Crain’s Detroit Business department has practical and sub- young leaders program where partic- variety of di erent community lead- encourage employees to move on Detroit-based Clark Hill PLC has a stantive skills training programs that ipants under the age of 40 are invited e r s .” to leadership roles within an orga- professional development depart- help attorneys advance within the to meet prominent CEOs. Clark Hill o ers its attorneys a non- nization. ment specically tasked with devel- rm. Training includes intensive le- President and CEO Beth Chappell prot board fundamentals course to When Sachse Construction hires oping the law rm’s attorneys gal writing, business development, said the program provides a rare op- help prepare them for board service new college graduates, they work in throughout negotiation skills, critical thinking portunity for access to top business in their local communities. di erent departments to see where their careers. skills and successful communication leaders, who o er the attendees ca- “A very critical aspect is making they are most comfortable. Jennifer Sar- with internal and external clients. reer-shaping advice. sure people are going out and ex- e construction and develop- haddi, who In addition, attorneys are required “(Attendees) interact with a global tending themselves beyond the ment company has about 150 em- works out of the to participate in an annual series of CEO who has insight that most folks workplace, reaching back into their ployees and generated $174 million rm’s Chicago courses. e topics are rened each don’t have access to,” Chappell said. communities and bringing their in revenue last year. e company’s oce, is in year, but include ethics and econom- “It provides such rich connections skills to play in the communities in portfolio includes some of the De- charge of man- ics of the law. for young leaders.” which they’re living,” Sarhaddi said. troit area’s biggest projects, includ- aging and sup- Attorneys looking to develop their Past speakers have included Bill ing Nike stores, additions to the De- porting the de- management and leadership skills at Ford Jr., executive chairman of the Feedback troit Athletic Club and Meridian Jennifer velopment of the rm have their own set of cours- Ford Motor Co., Chris Ilitch, presi- Plan’s headquarters. Sarhaddi: Have a the rm’s senior es. Speakers have visited the rm to dent and CEO of Ilitch Holdings, and To support an employee’s devel- Sachse employees sketch out team to recruit attorneys and discuss new and creative ways to ap- Irma Elder, CEO of Elder Automotive opment, ensure they’re given feed- where they’d like to see themselves and retain. associates. proach the practice of law. Last year, Group. back. within the company in one, five “To be suc- courses focused on subjects such as e young leadership program is Sachse Construction collects and 10 years. Then they’re as- cessful as a rm, it’s of utmost impor- assembling and managing teams exclusive to DEC members, and is anonymous feedback on team mem- signed a mentor and follow a for- tance to have a talent management and leadership practices. limited to 50 people per session. bers from a group of 12-15 people. mal, written career management team that works to recruit and retain “We want to make sure they’re at group includes managers, path plan. employees, and to create an environ- given the skills and the access they Community engagement subordinates and clients. Todd e company is in the process of ment and a culture where your em- need at each step in their career,” Sar- Sachse calls it “360” feedback. expanding the career path manage- ployees know that you’re investing in haddi said. “Lawyers have to rene Community engagement can help “A lot of times people only get ment to include all employees. them, helping them put their best their skills and stay current on legal future leaders of the company ex- feedback from their supervisor, but “is gives them the opportunity foot forward and to grow and devel- trends to survive and thrive in a com- pand their existing knowledge and people have di erent interactions,” to better understand how a con- op as professionals,” Sarhaddi said. petitive legal market.” skills. Sachse said. “Your supervisor isn’t struction company works and to Clayton & McKervey’s employees going to judge how well you’re lead- discover where their interests lie are encouraged to run certain coming as much as the people you’re within the company,” Sachse said. Internal training assigns employees technical and mittees, initiatives and perform other leading.” Sachse said it also helps the and workshops leadership training that must be sat- company prepare to ll positions as ised within a given year. is helps they become available. In-house leadership development employees hone their skills. “It’s their responsibility to al- programs help employees improve Employees also participate in con- ways be training their replace- their management skills. ferences, o -site learning activities, ment,” Sachse said. “at’s the key Sachse Construction has a work- daily mentoring and in-house coach- thing. As the CEO, if I drop dead shop called “Opening Doors” where ing. tomorrow, who would ll my middle managers are taught how to “As you grow through the organi- shoes?” take the next step in leadership and zation, there’s a lot of opportunities enhance their management skills. to develop leadership skills,” said Performance reviews Todd Sachse said that the work- Dutkiewicz. “We have built our orga- shop involves activities such as role nization for eternal succession.” Performance reviews help track playing, leadership management an employee’s development and techniques and self-guided assess- External workshops progress and determine if employ- ments. and conferences ees are right for a leadership role. “It invests in developing the lead- Clark Hill requires attorneys to ership skills of our middle managers, Another way to develop leaders is complete performance evaluations who are on the frontline of managing to ensure they’re given the opportu- that examine how they are develop- our people on a day-to-day basis,” nity to participate in workshops and ing in various aspects necessary to Sachse said. “We are giving them the trainings outside of the company and excel at the rm, such as leadership resources both to help our team to network and learn at conferences. and management skills. members excel and (to) grow our Sachse Construction sends man- Attorneys are evaluated twice a company.” agers to several conferences through- year to review their performance Clayton & McKervey has a young out the year. Recently, four managers and set goals they plan to achieve leadership training program that be- were sent to the Young Presidents’ before their next review. en they gins before employees are even man- Organization’s construction confer- meet with practice group leaders agers. ence in San Francisco to learn how to and directors for areas where attor- e accounting rm has a leader- be a good leader and how to inspire neys need improvement. ship development committee that others.

and retaining better talent. A third of this will a ect daily life, society and SACHSE the company’s employees are millen- the community,” he said. “ey want FROM PAGE 8 nials. to believe in that and be a part of “ey love to work and will work “ey are going to be the people that.” their butt o as long as they believe that are going to be running the com- Sachse said these mentoring ef- the company they work for has a pany in the future,” Sachse said. “If forts have played a part in attracting greater purpose,” Sachse said. you’re not listening to them and and retaining better talent. A third of “ey really want to understand learning from them, you’re going to the company’s employees are millen- your purpose and your vision — how lose them.” nials. this will a ect daily life, society and “ey love to work and will work “ey are going to be the people the community,” he said. “ey want their butt o as long as they believe that are going to be running the com- to believe in that and be a part of the company they work for has a pany in the future,” Sachse said. “If that.” greater purpose,” Sachse said. you’re not listening to them and Sachse said these mentoring ef- “ey really want to understand learning from them, you’re going to forts have played a part in attracting your purpose as your vision — how lose them.” 10 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // MARCH 27, 2017 Humble Design, U-Haul to take aid concept into new markets By Sherri Welch pro t. Its donation of storage space, [email protected] truck use, grants and company volun- Sometimes there’s a perfect t be- teers is “a vote of faith in their mission tween a company’s assets and a non- and ability to serve this overlooked pro t’s needs. need in the community,” Sebastien Pontiac-based Humble Design and Reyes, director, external communica- U-Haul International Inc. have found tions for U-Haul, said in an email. that. U-Haul plans to give Humble De- ey’re leveraging space at U-Haul sign about 15,000 square feet in a new self-storage facilities and its trucks to Treger Strasberg: Rob Strasberg: storage facility it’s developing in a for- take Humble Design’s design and Shelters begging Those helped feel mer Lear Corp. building o of the home furnishing assistance to for- for this kind of sense of owner- South eld Freeway and Ford Road in merly homeless people into nine new help. ship. Dearborn. markets by 2020, starting with Chica- at space will enable Humble De- go. sembly line to World Medical Relief to sign to more than double the number From there, Humble Design plans improve its operational e ciencies. of veterans it’s currently helping to to move into Seattle. And it’s looking But the relationship between 156 veterans each year or three a at other markets with signi cant Humble Design and U-Haul is inno- week, while it continues to assist the homeless populations including Bos- vative in that it’s enabling the non- same number of families in Wayne, ton, Philadelphia and New York. pro t to scale its operations national- Oakland and Macomb counties. Great ts between a company’s op- ly, said Kyle Caldwell, executive Humble Design is working to raise erations and nonpro t needs aren’t director of the Dorothy A. Johnson $238,000 to cover the build-out of the unheard of. For example, Tay- Center for Philanthropy at Grand Val- interior, marketing and an initial team lor-based building materials supplier ley State University in Grand Rapids. of six comprised of a director to run Masco Corp. has donated materials to Rather than building warehouse the site, a warehouse manager, de- support Habitat for Humanity, and space and acquiring additional trucks STEFAN EDE/HUMBLE DESIGN signers and on-sta movers. automotive seating supplier Adient after raising the money to do so, and Above is a dining room furnished by Humble Design. The inset photo is what the Once the Dearborn site is opera- PLC, the former seating division of then having to carry the costs of main- room looked before Humble Design did its work. tional, PenFed Foundation in Alexan- Johnson Controls Inc., has donated its taining those, Humble Design is using dria, Va., has committed to fund the Six Sigma expertise and an idle as- what U-Haul already has. “ is is a great way for nonpro ts to children will get cash cost to assist each veteran, Stras- think about who in the for-pro ts is most excited berg said. doing what you need or has what you about the theme Humble Design serves three fami- need and bring that into your organi- in their newly lies per week from the Pontiac site. It’s zation,” Caldwell said. decorated bed- operating on a $1.1 million budget for Michigan and Detroit have lots of rooms or the toys 2017, with about $500,000 of that as a social innovation happening, but the waiting for them. cash budget, said Nagle . organizations operating those pro- But they go di- Humble Design’s model is working grams haven’t yet found their corpo- rectly to their so well in Southeast Michigan, it A Fee-Only Wealth Management Group rate matches that will enable them to beds and turn on makes sense to take it other cities, be- Kids expand where needed, he said. Julie Nagle: and o the ginning with Chicago, Strasberg said. get excited about Humble Design’s low-cost model lamps, excitedly. “We thought the need was pro- having a bed and a of providing in-person design con- ey have a place found in Detroit, but the need in Chi- lamp. sulting and gently used home furnish- they can call their cago is more than double.” Michigan’s #1 Financial Advisor* ings and decor is the missing piece to own, now, where they can study, read After appearing on the NBC “Today solving the massive homeless issue in and dream. Show” last summer when it latched the U.S., said Treger Strasberg, “It’s not in the dark, and it’s not on on to a home reveal video that went co-founder/CEO of Humble Design the oor,” Nagle said. viral, Humble Design received about with her husband Rob Strasberg, who People helped by Humble Design 800 emails from communities across Charles C. Zhang left his position as the top creative ex- immediately feel a sense of owner- the country asking it to come to their ® ecutive and former co-owner at ship, Rob Strasberg said. “ ey are regions, she said. CFP , MBA, MSFS, ChFC, CLU South eld-based advertising agency going to ght to keep this home.” Kristin Drutchas, a former Wicker Managing Partner Doner in December to work full time Of the 364 families it helped be- Park home furnishings business own- with his wife at the nonpro t. tween 2014 when it began measuring er and Chicago public school fund- Charles has been ranked in the top While volunteering at Oak Park- and 2016, only 1 percent had returned raiser, was among those eager to see 10 on Barron’s list of Top 100 based food rescue Forgotten Harvest to a homeless shelter within the rst Humble Design in her backyard. She Independent Financial Advisors for in 2008, Treger Strasberg met a wom- year of moving into their new home, did a lot of the early due diligence on 2015 and 2016, and is currently an who was sleeping on the oor of Nagle said, based on feedback from the market, including forging a rela- the highest ranking fee-only NAPFA-Registered Financial her home with her children because the shelters and check-ins with the tionship with Catholic Charities of the Advisor on the list.** they didn’t have beds. She began col- families. Archdiocese of Chicago, which will be lecting furniture and was able to help It’s tough to determine average re- the rst to refer families transitioning the family. But the furniture kept com- cidivism statistics for the homeless out of a shelter to Humble Design. ing, along with the need. “And shelters population in the region, given that She’s joined the nonpro t’s team as We Uphold a Fiduciary Standard were begging us to do this,” Strasberg people who nd themselves home- director of the Chicago operation. said. So Humble Design was born. less again don’t always return to the U-Haul is making available about 101 West Big Beaver Road It continues to collect donations of same shelter. But for some compari- 50,000 square feet in its self-storage gently used furniture, toys, books and son: there were 16,040 homeless peo- facility in Bridgeport on the south side 14th Floor housewares and stores them at its ple in Detroit, Hamtramck and High- of Chicago. Troy, MI 48084 Pontiac warehouse space until it nds land Park in 2015, according to Chicago-based CB2 has also com- the right home for them through refer- Homeless Action Network Detroit. Of mitted $150,000 to fund for the rst (248) 687-1258 or (888) 777-0126 rals from eight area shelters and agen- those, 52 percent reported being year of limited operation there as cies. homeless for the rst time that year, Humble Design ramps up to serving After identifying a family in need, meaning, conversely, that about 48 three families per week as it does in its designers meet with each family to percent had been homeless before. Michigan, Nagle said. www.zhangnancial.com get a sense of their furnishing needs Humble Design has a new satellite Humble Design Chicago furnished and taste. Later the same week, the warehouse location in Dearborn in its rst home March 1. Assets under custody of LPL Financial and TD Ameritrade. designers return to the home with vol- the works currently, thanks to U-Haul, Humble Design is allowing people unteers to furnish it with items from which rst learned of its work through who otherwise couldn’t have the ex- *As reported in Barron’s March 5, 2016. Rankings based on assets under management, the warehouse while the owners are Cynthia Ford, the wife of Edsel Ford II. perience of a new home, said Ryan revenue generated for the advisors’ rms, quality of practices and other factors. gone and reveal it in a style modeled After touring the nonpro t’s ware- Hertz, president and CEO of South **As reported in Barron’s August 22, 2015 and August 27, 2016. Based on assets on the former television show “Ex- house, she asked U-Haul for a truck on Oakland Shelter in Lathrup Village. under management, quality of practices, revenue that advisors generate for their treme Makeover” just hours later. ﬁrms, and other factors. For fee-only status see NAPFA.org. its behalf. “ ey are doing a part of the puzzle Julie Nagle, executive director of e match between U-Haul’s assets shelters aren’t resourced to do.” Minimum Investment Requirement: $500,000 in Michigan/$1,000,000 outside of Michigan. Humble Design, said the Humble De- and Humble Design’s needs became Sherri Welch: (313) 446-1694 sign team and volunteers always think clear as it learned more about the non- Twitter: @SherriWelch CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // MARCH 27, 2017 11

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Vesco Oil Corp. Marjory Epstein, 173.0 161.1 7.4 178 188 60 Distributor of automotive and industrial lubricants, petroleum and 16055 W. 12 Mile Road, Southfield 48076 chairman; Lillian aftermarket products and chemicals 8 (248) 557-1600; www.vescooil.com Epstein Stotland; Lena Epstein, GMs

EHIM Inc. Mindi Fynke 134.7 131.3 2.6 113 112 100 EHIM is a full solution health care company offering pharmacy 26711 Northwestern Highway, Suite 400, Southfield president and CEO benefits management services, third-party administration and 9 48033-2154 consulting services. (248) 948-9900; www.ehimrx.com Rush Trucking Corp. Andra Rush 121.3 140.4 -13.6 245 298 100 Motor carrier 10 35160 E. Michigan Ave., Wayne 48184 founder and (800) 526-7874; www.rushtrucking.com chairman Mahar Tool Supply Co. Barb Mahar 119.0 130.7 -8.9 86 119 100 Tool management partner and industrial distribution 11 112 Williams St., Saginaw 48605 Lincoln (989) 799-5530; mahartool.com CEO Wolverine Truck Sales Inc. Lynn Terry 101.3 80.5 25.8 162 155 100 Truck sales, parts and service 12 3550 Wyoming Ave., Dearborn 48120 president (313) 849-0800; www.wolverinetruckgroup.com Rodgers Chevrolet Inc. Pamela Rodgers 86.1 77.6 11.0 63 63 85 Automobile dealership 13 23755 Allen Road, Woodhaven 48183 president (734) 676-9600; www.rodgerschevrolet.com TTi Global Inc. Lori Blaker 82.7 82.4 0.4 200 200 95 Staffing, learning, outsourcing, research and consulting 14 3903 W. Hamlin Road, Rochester Hills 48309 owner, president (248) 853-5550; www.tti-global.com and CEO BlueWater Technologies Group Inc. Suzanne 76.0 70.0 8.6 220 190 57 Audiovisual consultant. Handles large-scale audiovisual operations 15 24050 Northwestern Highway, Southfield 48075 Schoeneberger for sporting events, trade shows, corporate facilities and retail (248) 356-4399; www.bluewatertech.com president applications Motor City Stamping Inc. Judith Kucway 74.0 69.0 7.2 400 350 52 Stamping plant; automotive welding, assembly, dies and prototypes 16 47783 N. Gratiot Ave., Chesterfield Township 48051 CEO and CFO (586) 949-8420; www.mcstamp.com Systrand Manufacturing Corp. Sharon Cannarsa 69.2 65.0 6.4 217 248 100 Precision machining and assembly of automotive products 17 19050 Allen Road, Brownstown Township 48183 president and CEO (734) 479-8100; www.systrand.com Productions Plus - The Talent Shop Margery Krevsky 62.0 58.0 6.9 65 60 100 Full-service talent management and event staffing agency 30600 Telegraph Road, Suite 2156, Bingham Farms CEO 18 48025 (248) 644-5566; www.productions-plus.com G-TECH Services Inc. Mara Kalnins 56.0 56.0 0.0 527 NA 100 Technical staffing firm specializing in the placement of engineers, IT, 19 17101 Michigan Ave., Dearborn 48126 Ghafari and finance and accounting professionals on a contract and direct- (313) 441-3600; www.gogtech.com secretary hire basis ARC Supply Chain Solutions Inc. Greta Elliott 53.7 55.2 -2.7 40 40 75 Third-party logistics service, freight bill audit and payment, freight 20 13221 Inkster Road, Taylor 48180 president optimization (877) 272-3523; www.arc-scs.com MVC Linda Torakis 53.0 48.0 10.4 14 15 56 Automotive decorative trim components including chrome plating, 21 27087 Gratiot Ave., Roseville 48066 president paint, injection molding, stamping, tool building (586) 491-2602; mvcusa.com Seko Worldwide Detroit Tanya Bartelo 41.3 38.9 6.3 23 24 51 Global logistics provider, including air, ocean and domestic 22 6800 S. Cypress, Romulus 48174 owner transportation, as well as customs brokerage services and export (734) 641-2100; www.sekologistics.com/detroit crating CrossFire Group Deborah Schneider 36.0 41.0 -12.2 NA NA 51 Staffing, payroll, executive search and other HR-related services 23 691 N. Squirrel Road, Suite 118, Auburn Hills 48326 co-founder and (248) 364-0007; www.xfiregroup.com CEO Alliance Technology Solutions LLC Margie Carlson 31.3 18.4 70.4 8 8 100 IT provider offering hardware, software, services and maintenance 24 40 Engelwood Drive, Suite H, Lake Orion 48359 president and CEO (248) 364-2195; www.ATS.biz Automotive Quality & Logistics Inc. Sangeeta 28.0 24.0 16.7 346 318 51 Provides staffing and service to the automotive manufacturing 25 14744 Jib St., Plymouth 48170 Ahluwalia facilities and their suppliers (734) 459-1670; www.aql-inc.com CEO

This list of woman-owned businesses is an approximate compilation of the largest such businesses headquartered in Michigan. Percentage of the company that is woman owned may not be solely held by the leading shareholder. Number of full-time employees may include full-time equivalents. It is not a complete listing but the most comprehensive available. Crain's estimates are based on industry analyses and benchmarks, news reports and a wide range of other sources. Unless otherwise noted, information was provided by the companies. Two Men and a Truck International Inc., which was No. 5 on last year's list no longer qualifies since founder Mary Ellen Sheets retired this year. Global Supply Solutions, which was No. 9 and Millennium Software which was No. 21 on last year's list both declined to participate this year. NA = not available. B Marian Ilitch is now the chairperson of the company after the death of husband, Michael Ilitch, on Feb. 10. Excludes revenue from Detroit Tigers but includes MotorCity Casino Hotel, which had 2016 revenue of $467.9 million and is 100% woman-owned. C Crain's estimate. CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // MARCH 27, 2017 13 State grant branches out of downtown, Midtown projects By Chad Livengood [email protected] Michigan’s economic development arm is starting to branch out of downtown and Midtown to help bridge the gap in nancing for commercial and residential real estate projects in targeted corners of De- troit. e Michigan Strategic Fund has awarded a $730,933 performance-based grant to the developers of a $3.9 million mixed-use residential and commercial project in De- troit’s West Village neighborhood on the city’s east side. “Midtown’s doing really well. Proj- ects are getting done with little or very little needed help from us. So now the game moves out to the neighborhoods,” said Steve Arwood, CEO of the Michigan Economic De- velopment Corp. e Coe at West Village at the corner of Van Dyke and Coe streets will include eight three-story residential CHRISTIAN HURTTIENNE ARCHITECTS townhouses and four apartments, A rendering of the Coe at West Village at the corner of Van Dyke and Coe streets. which will be a mix of market rate and aordable rentals. On Van Dyke Parks-Clairmount neighborhood, to get banks to lend money for more Invest Detroit’s Strategic Neigh- clude garages. e studio apartments Street, the L-shaped building will southwest Detroit along the West residential and commercial con- borhood Fund Initiative has dedicat- and one-bedroom lofts will range have two retail storefronts below the Vernor corridor; northwest Detroit struction, Tedder said. ed $1.29 million in a combination of from $936 to $1,479 per month. apartments. along the Grand River corridor; and “We prefer to make an impact on a loan and equity stake in the project. “e thought is if we can show that “We really could not have done the the Islandview and villages neigh- an area, create a (comparable price), Capital Impact Partners’ Detroit ground-up development will work in project at all without the funding borhoods along the east riverfront. so that the next time something goes Neighborhoods Fund has loaned these neighborhoods, we can spur from the MEDC,” said developer Clif- e MEDC’s long-term strategy in to get nanced, you’ve got a clear, $1.9 million toward the construction other developers to come in,” Brown ford Brown of Woodborn Partners Detroit’s long-abandoned neighbor- successful project that you can look costs, Brown said. said. LLC. hoods focuses on helping establish at that is ve blocks away,” Tedder e two-bedroom townhouses Chad Livengood: (313) 446-1654 Brown’s Woodborn Partners, comparable property values needed said. will rent for $2,100 per month and in- Twitter: @ChadLivengood which recently moved from South- eld to Detroit, is redeveloping the less-than-one-acre site under the name of Coe Van Dyke LLC. Detroit-based Sachse Construc- tion is building the residential and retail units designed by Grosse Pointe Park-based Christian Hurttienne Ar- chitects. Brown expects the building to be ready for occupancy by this fall. Employment Law Experience MEDC ocials said smaller projects in neighborhoods like West Vil- ® lage that are seeing other redevelop- In Your Corner. ment activity shouldn’t be discounted in their potential economic impact. Ŷ Facilitative mediator for U.S. District Court – “Small ball can snowball,” Arwood Western District of Michigan and Michigan Courts. told Crain’s. e development of small retail Ŷ Arbitrator and mediator with National Arbitration shops and new housing “could really kick start” revitalization on the city’s and Mediation, Inc., the American Settlement east side, said Greg Tedder, chief Centers and the National Arbitration Forum. community development and marketing ocer for the MEDC. “In a way, these types of projects are just as signi cant as a big building downtown that has a bigger dollar number to it,” Tedder said. “But we’re really about impact as much as we are total value.” e Michigan Strategic Fund’s contribution to the project comes from the $30 million annual state funding for the Michigan Communi- ty Revitalization Program. at $30 million fund is used for both grants and revolving loans for neighborhood-level real estate projects. e MEDC is looking to make new investments and loans in Detroit neighborhoods that are targeted by First Tier Ranking in Mayor Mike Duggan to create more Labor Law – Management walkable communities outside of Midtown, downtown and the New Center area. Ŷ Detroit Ŷ Novi Ŷ Grand Rapids Ŷ Kalamazoo Ŷ Grand Haven Ŷ Lansing Ŷ Ann Arbor Ŷ Hastings Contact Dick Hooker at [email protected] ose areas include the Rosa 14 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // MARCH 27, 2017

PEOPLE: WITH Exclusive to Data Superior Industries SPOTLIGHT Members: Tom Goddeeris to join Access the complete digital o ers to purchase Detroit Future City El Excel® download of Tom Goddeeris, executive di- Uniwheels for $715M rector of Grandmont Rosedale Book of Lists Development By Dustin Walsh and Kurt Nagl Corp., is leav- [email protected] and [email protected] BECOME A DATA MEMBER at ing the Detroit crainsdetroit.com/DataMembership Superior Industries International Inc. has organization launched an offer to acquire German com- after 25 years petitor Uniwheels AG in a $715 million bid. to join Detroit The deal is an exclamation point on CEO Future City, ADVERTISEMENT SECTION Don Stebbins’ strategy to grow North Ameri- beginning ca’s largest wheelmaker. Stebbins, the for- April 3. mer CEO of Visteon Corp. who was ousted in At DFC, 2012 after a two-year dispute with board Tom Goddeeris Goddeeris HEALTH CARE members, joined Superior in 2014 and will serve as quickly began slashing costs. director of community and eco- Diana Bundschuh By cutting operating expenses by nearly nomic development, oversee its $50 million between 2014 and last year, the single-family housing, commer- Chief Information CEO was able to increase income to more cial corridors, adaptive reuse and O cer than $41 million last year from $22.8 million planning activities across the city. Oakland County Com- in 2013, all while revenue decreased margin- Goddeeris is known for his pio- munity Mental Health ally. neering community and econom- CONSTRUCTION Autority (OCCMHA) Part of the cuts ic development strategies and Bundschuh’s responsibilities include Uniwheels included moving programs, including single-family Tom Porter, JD, DBIA collaborating with the organization’s supplies Superior’s head- renovation and resale, owner-oc- executive leadership team to establish long quarters from Van cupied home repair, blight reduc- Vice President range goals, strategies, plans, and policies. aluminum Nuys, Calif., to tion, foreclosure prevention, Barton Malow Company She is also responsible for ensuring that wheels to 24800 Denso Drive main street revitalization, public Barton Malow Company OCCMHA’s information systems produce the in Southfield in safety and placemaking. recently announced the necessary data and information to assure BMW, 2015, which was strategic re-hire of Tom quality outcomes are achieved for people Mercedes, supported by a CultureSource CEO Porter as Vice President. Tom will engage in receiving services through the public mental Volkswagen $900,000 perfor- to join Bodman PLC several initiatives supporting Barton Malow’s health system. Prior to joining OCCMHA, mance-based long-term goal to double e ciency by the Bundschuh served as Chief Information and other grant from the Pamela Iacobelli, president and rm’s 100th anniversary in 2024. He brings a O cer for HegiraPrograms, Inc. in Livonia. carmakers. Michigan Strategic CEO of arts and cultural association diverse background and 35+ years of Fund. Culture- experience in many areas of construction, PROFESSIONAL The Southfield-based wheelmaker said it Source, is step- such as legal, nance, risk management, labor SERVICES reached a deal Thursday to acquire the pri- ping down to strategy and safety.Tom is a certi ed DBIA vately held 61.3 percent of the Uniwheel’s return to the professional and an active member of the outstanding shares held by majority share- for-pro t sec- Design-Build Institute of America. Paul Sherwood holder Uniwheels Holding (Malta) Ltd. tor. Business Development It is also simultaneously bidding for the She will join Director remaining 38.7 percent of shares traded on Bodman PLC TECHNOLOGY Ulliance, Inc. the Warsaw Stock Exchange, which will re- as director of Paul Sherwood is quire approval of Uniwheels’ board and Ger- business de- man regulators. Pamela Iacobelli velopment and Dwaine Polio responsible for new business development including creating and Superior is offering $57.20 per share for marketing. Director of Technology executing business strategies, building the shares held by Uniwheels Holding and e CultureSource board has Innovation relationships with prospective and existing $59.60 per share for the public shares. contracted DHR International to KLA Laboratories Ulliance clients, as well as identifying and The transaction is to be financed with conduct a search for Iacobelli's suc- Dwaine Polio will be securing new client accounts. Previous roughly $660 million in debt, including $150 cessor. responsible for developing assignments include Paycor, Blue Cross Blue million from San Francisco private equity In the interim, Chairman Rich and implementing strategies that drive Shield of Michigan, Detroit Regional Chamber firm TPG Growth, which will assume an un- Homberg, who is president of De- technology innovation and growth to create of Commerce, and Heath Care disclosed equity stake in Superior and nom- troit Public Television, will work innovative solutions that meet and exceed Administrators. Sherwood, a Macomb inate a member to its board. closely with the Detroit-based asso- both current and prospective customers’ resident, received his B.A. in organizational Completion of the deal is expected by the ciation's team. needs. He will also be responsible for leading leadership and management from Rochester end of May. research and development to uncover new, College. Uniwheels supplies aluminum wheels to Aerotropolis appoints BMW, Mercedes, Volkswagen and other car- creative ways for customers to use the rst executive director Internet of Things (IoT) to automate their makers. It generated revenue of roughly processes within KLA Laboratories’ verticals. Know someone who is $500 million in 2016, compared to Superior’s e Detroit Region Aerotropolis Polio formerly served as Executive Director of making the move to a new job, revenue of approximately $733 million last Development Corp. named Rob Technology and Services. just received a promotion year. Luce of Canton or was recently appointed Evercore is serving as the lead financial Township as its adviser on the deal, with PricewaterhouseC- new executive INSURANCE as a board member? oopers LLP and Ernst & Young LLP in sup- director. port. Law firm Winston & Strawn LLP, Allen Luce, 37, SHARE THE & Overy LLP, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek and began his post Bryan M Smith SMM Legal are serving as legal counsel. March 6 to Employee Bene ts Sales NEWS oversee the Representative economic de- OneAmerica IN CRAIN’S BANKRUPTCIES velopment Bryan is a group life and Rob Luce agency's day- disability insurance e following business led for bankruptcy to-day opera- professional, and he brings to clients a focus protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Detroit tions and will report to the board on enrollment strategy, underwriting, group March 17-23. Chapter 7 involves total liquida- of directors, the organization an- and voluntary bene ts knowledge. Bryan tion. nounced Tuesday. 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tion, but only incremental. OPS is now targeting the health REALITY More on crainsdetroit.com “Some point to the fact that a tre- care industry — speci cally the FROM PAGE 1 mendous amount of innovation is manual kitting of surgical instru- installed into the turbine. happening in all sorts of elds hav- ments. In most hospitals, workers e manual process takes more ing to do with digital electronics,” organize and package surgical in- than eight hours, said Todd Alhart, Ballard said. “ at’s true, but I think struments based on the need of the director of media relations for GE there are limits to the amount of pro- surgery and surgeon. Errors are Global Research, the technology de- ductivity growth we will get from all prevalent, Ryznar said. velopment arm of the conglomerate. of that.” OPS is currently engaged in sales With the help of augmented reali- Ryznar disagrees. He believes the discussions with University of Mich- ty software installed on a tablet, the Light Guide System will play a role in igan Health System, Henry Ford process is reduced to just one hour. ensuring manufacturers choose hu- Health System and Detroit Receiving “ is used to take a full work day man labor over automation as more Hospital. just to take those measurements,” Al- manufacturing returns to the U.S. “We launched Light Guide Sys- hart said. “ e productivity gains we’ve To see a video demonstration of how under pressure from the federal gov- tems in the automotive market be- seen are startling and (augmented re- OPS Solutions LLC’s augmented ernment — as Trump has maligned cause if it can work at an auto plant, ality) has really made our workers reality system works, go to manufacturers for choosing low-cost it can work almost anywhere,” Ry- more productive and e cient.” crainsdetroit.com/augmented countries. znar said. “Now with con dence we Alhart said GE is expanding its use “With the recent (political) focus can go into hospitals and expect of augmented reality to its aviation on manufacturing in the U.S., as new medical can be more than 50 per- and power business units in the next associate dean for learning design has the potential to do more than plants come on board and new cent of our business (in the future).” 12 months. and professor of industrial and oper- just streamline the process, it o ers workers are hired, companies are Ryznar said the only limits to the Airplane maker Boeing Co. uses ations engineering at the University manufacturing a chance to stave o asking themselves if they should put systems’ ability to help employers custom Google Glass headset devic- of Michigan Ross School of Business. mass automation and maintain em- a person on that job or a robot,” Ry- achieve optimal productivity and es and released results last year “Our economy is declining in its ployment — but only marginally. znar said. “We see Light Guide as an create more jobs is awareness. showing its technicians assembling structural ability to generate wealth “ e OPS system will make a tiny answer to that question. Companies “ ere’s so many companies that wire harnesses achieved 25 percent on a per person basis,” Hopp said. contribution to that, as will all of the can get their people up to speed don’t know about our economy and productivity gains. “No amount of ddling with trade other advances in both automation quickly and boost productivity. think augmented reality is just for Roughly 14.4 million workers in restrictions or pumping up employ- and work practices,” Hopp said. “But at’s why I see us as not only a jobs video games,” he said. “But aug- the U.S. will wear augmented reality ment through government spending those have been going on for the retainer, but a jobs creator.” mented reality is going to be more headsets in 2025, according to For- will change this. e only way we are past decade, and our productivity So far, OPS is succeeding as its accepted and it’s going to build on rester Research Inc. going to see sustained improvement (growth) decline has been rapid.” $10,000 to multi-million dollar sys- that, and it’s going to help the overall in standards of living is by increasing Charles Ballard, economist at tems are making there way to shop economy and make U.S. manufac- The potential return productivity.” Michigan State University, said tech- oors around the world — it currently turing much more productive.” Hopp said the concept of fool- nologies like OPS’ represent positive sells in 13 countries with expectations Dustin Walsh: (313) 446-6042 Productivity — which measures proo ng the manufacturing process gains in productivity and innova- of reaching 20 by the end of 2017. 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To have di er- from e Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida. ent perspectives on any topic or is- Te Detroit Red Wings trail their counterparts. sue at hand is crucial to coming to UCF’s diversity institute, run by Richard Lapchick, every year publishes racial and gender hiring report cards for the major leagues and other sports. His the ultimate and right decision,” said report is widely considered the sports industry’s measuring stick for diversity. (It doesn’t track the National Hockey League.) Detroit Lions CFO Allison Maki, the Here’s a team-by-team look at where Detroit’s four pro clubs stand as far as gender diversity, and what e orts are underway to improve it. — Bill Shea only female C-suite member among any Detroit team. Detroit Tigers Detroit Red Wings Detroit Lions Detroit Pistons Detroit’s teams are generally in The Red Wings Out of 23 jobs from vice president to the line for gender diversity compared have one woman C-suite, the two women employed by the with their peers, according to indus- in a senior Pistons and Palace Sports & try data from e Institute for Diver- leadership role, Entertainment are Diane Ferranti, vice sity and Ethics in Sport at the Univer- Michele Bartos, president of production and programming, sity of Central Florida (see sidebar), and she is the and Alicia Jereys, vice president of brand but they lag the rest of corporate vice president of strategy. The team has two female America. human resources corporate controllers and four senior Why there is so little diversity for Olympia directors — positions that put those doesn’t have an easy answer. Two of Entertainment, women in line for promotion to vice the teams have women owners: Lewis Zeringue Bartos which handles Kozole Grin president roles, the team said. Marian Ilitch owns the Red Wings the team’s Women accounted for 21.5 percent of and Martha Firestone Ford owns the Among Detroit Tigers senior executives, business functions. The Detroit Lions exceed the NFL’s vice presidents across the NBA’s 30 Lions, and the candidate pool of two of 13 vice presidents are women The team website lists 11 senior gender stang average with three teams last year. women with sports backgrounds in- — Elaine Lewis, vice president of executive positions, from vice women among 12 vice president or terested in management roles has The Pistons otherwise have about 80 community and public aairs, and Ellen president to CEO, and all are held by higher positions, which is 25 percent. been growing for decades. to 90 women in roles from senior Hill Zeringue, vice president of men. There are ve women in Among the NFL’s 32 teams, 21 percent Pro sports have made incremen- directors, managers, senior marketing. That’s 15 percent, slightly director-level jobs (out of 23) of senior administrators were women, tal racial diversity progress since coordinators, and an assistant athletic under the Major League Baseball overseeing merchandise, client which was 59 positions in 2016, Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s trainer, to executive and administrative average of about 18 percent of women retention, integrated media, private according to Lapchick’s report card. color barrier in 1947, but gender eq- assistants, ticket sales, corporate sales, in vice president roles. event sales and ticket service. The Lions are owned by a woman, uity has largely been a quieter issue. events, and parking jobs. That’s out of The Tigers also have two senior Martha Firestone Ford, who inherited e landmark federal Title IX legisla- Overall, the team said about a third of about 250 total employees. directors — Kelli Kollman in nance and the club when husband William Clay tion in 1972 established the legal its employees are women. Unlike other PS&E’s Elizabeth Godek, who is senior Karen Gruca in human resources — and Ford Sr. died in 2014, and her three baseline for gender equality for pro leagues, data isn’t available on the director of premium and member a female head groundskeeper, Heather daughters are team vice chairmen. One, funding in publicly funded high NHL’s diversity levels, so it’s dicult to experience, recently co-founded the Nabozny. Sheila Ford Hamp, is said to be school and college athletics, and compare the Wings against league or Detroit chapter of Women In Sports & especially in§uential with her mother’s women over the past couple of de- Based on the team’s front oce team averages. The NHL headquarters Events that aims to help women in oversight of the team. cades also have begun to assume directory listed online, the Tigers didn’t respond to a request for their careers with guidance and more of a presence in pro sports employ 47 women out of 179 staers. comment. When Martha Ford inherited the team, networking. The organization has an leagues and in team front oces. That’s 26 percent and in line with MLB’s The Red Wings do have one woman in she put her stamp on the moribund event planned before the Pistons’ e conversation about the op- average of 27.6 percent for teams. the most prominent front oce franchise with a purge of senior March 28 game at the Palace. portunities for women in profession- To bolster the talent pipeline, the Tigers position of all: They’re owned by management. She hired Rod Wood, the al sports could leap into overdrive: host a “Women in Sports Panel” that’s Marian Ilitch, who bought the club Ford family’s nancial adviser as head Gender equity in general has been a now entering its fourth year. The event with her late husband, Mike Ilitch, for of Ford Estate, as team president. He and managers, among S&P 500 com- major topic in 2017, with millions of is part of a ticket promotion, and the $8 million in 1982. She’s known for red a pair of senior female panies, according to data from the women gathering in Washington, panelists are established women in having been the top nancial administrators but also lled those progressive Washington D.C.-based D.C., and in cities globally on Jan. 21 sports. This year’s panel is May 16. gatekeeper for the team. roles with women: Kelly Kozole as Center for American Progress think for a rights protest, and International senior vice president of business tank. And female minorities account Women’s Day was marked with a development and Emily Grin as vice for just 3.9 percent of executive- or “Day Without Women” strike that points more in net prot than com- work and au- president of marketing. senior-level ocials and managers continued the conversation. panies with less gender diversity, thor of the book Additionally, Allison Maki in 2015 was in those companies, the center said. “I think that whenever the society according to a study of nearly 22,000 You Negotiate promoted to CFO. She’s also senior vice General Motors Co., for example, sees women’s empowerment — in public companies worldwide by the Like a Girl. president of administration. has ve women among 21 corporate this case on such a massive scale — it Washington, D.C.-based e Peter- “Why would you ocers — including CEO Mary Bar- makes those in power in pro sports son Institute for International Eco- eliminate vast ra. at’s 24 percent. take notice of what women can ac- nomics. swaths of a can- The data complish on very big public stages,” Working in prominent roles in tra- didate pool for Results said Mary Jo Kane, a professor and ditionally male-dominated leagues meaningless Because professional sports teams director of the Tucker Center for Re- sends a positive signal for young reasons?” are high-prole companies, often Kane, the University of Minnesota search on Girls & Women in Sport at women: “Certainly, a young girl see- Armstrong: Front oces worth a billion dollars or more, their professor, said gender equity e orts Sports has a the University of Minnesota. ing women in a variety of positions, in traditionally front oce diversity can be in the spot- in professional sports have been a responsibility. that may send a message that says, ‘I male sports such light. Yet unlike companies with simi- mixed bag. Why gender matters can do that, too,’” said former Oak- as football and lar revenue, sports teams typically “e old boys club has to begin to land Raiders CEO Amy Trask. “When hockey remain mostly men because have relatively few employees, often value to what women can bring to Sexism and bigotry, whether overt I started, there were no other women society conditions people to think of just a couple of hundred full-timers the table,” she said. Otherwise, wom- or unintentional, in hiring and pro- in executive positions. e land- those sports as male. And that’s not compared to thousands for a manu- en can view outreach and hiring as a motion is bad for business: Industry scape’s entirely di erent. ere is a good business, said Ketra Arm- facturer. Still, the opportunities for sop to political correctness and to- data shows that women have grown landscape now.” strong, a University of Michigan pro- women in sports have grown because kenism on the part of team owner- to account for at least 30 to 40-plus ere still is resistance to females fessor of sport management and front oces continually enlarge ship, she added. “One or two in lead- percent of fans of each of the major in the front oce. Trask, who joined co-director of the Michigan Center thanks to increasing demands for ership roles, you can say you’re not leagues (along with NASCAR and the Oakland Raiders as a legal intern for Sport Management. technology, marketing, and social me- discriminating,” Kane said. e PGA Tour), and there have been in 1983 and rose to run the team as e visibility of pro sports can dia. Women also are moving into She advocates for the NFL’s corresponding e orts to grow those CEO from 1997 to 2013, is blunt help break down needless employ- coaching, scouting, and ociating. Rooney Rule to be adopted by all pro numbers via merchandising and when asked about teams, leagues or ment barriers for women and mi- ey still lag behind their coun- sports leagues and teams to ensure cause-marketing. Women represent companies that don’t hire based norities, Armstrong said, but it’s a terparts in other elds: Women ac- qualied women get better chances billions of dollars for teams and purely on talent, advocating “busi- slow process. count for 52 percent of all workers for executive jobs in front oces. leagues. ness Darwinism” to claim them. “Because of the masculinity that employed in management, profes- Title IX being on the books for so Increasingly, women expect to “Any business, NFL or otherwise, has dened sports, and perception sional, and related occupations, ac- long, and changes to employment see themselves represented within that doesn’t hire without regard to that any woman there as an invad- cording to federal Bureau of Labor law, mean there are more women those sports, experts say, and there gender, ethnicity, race, religion, or er, sport has a responsibility to be a Statistics data, and they account for qualied than ever before. is evidence to suggest a lack of wom- any other individuality — which social change agent. It can set the 47 percent of total U.S. employment. “We have a signicantly higher en in senior leadership roles is - has no bearing whatsoever on tone throughout the country,” Arm- Outside of pro sports, women ac- pool to draw from,” Kane said. “In nancially foolish: Companies with whether you can do the job — de- strong said. “Eroding that gender count for 25 percent of executive- that sense, we’ve made progress.” at least 30 percent female executives serves to fail,” said Trask, now an ideology is going to take a little and senior-level positions, and 37 Bill Shea: 313 (446-1626) saw as much as six percentage on-air analyst for CBS Sports Net- more time.” percent of rst or mid-level ocials Twitter: @Bill_Shea19 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // MARCH 27, 2017 17

and the J.C. Heard JazzWeek@ senting sponsor of the jazz festival pick up even cians performing at the Detroit festi- FESTIVAL Wayne program, a weeklong, free last year, and plans to return at some more, and Va- val. FROM PAGE 3 summer camp held in collaboration level this year, Jasmin DeForrest, lade won’t have And it’s launched the Detroit Jazz Valade’s patronage began with es- with Wayne State University for 40- Quicken Loans sponsorship manag- to contribute as Fest LIVE! app which will give view- tablishment of a $15 million endow- 50 youth musicians. e foundation er, said in a forwarded statement. much, Robinson ers access to a live stream of all of ment in 2005-06 to help save the fes- took students from both programs to e Detroit-based company has said. the live performances during the tival, and it’s continued over the past perform at the Detroit Regional set a goal to bring a million new visi- “But she’s Detroit jazz festival for a $10 down- several years, as needed. Chamber Mackinac Policy Confer- tors to Detroit this year to help in- committed to load fee. Valade, 91, has pledged to make ence last year and in 2014. crease demand for local hotels, keeping the fes- Modeled after a similar app de- sure her estate picks up the slack Many local corporate and private restaurants and retailers, which tival the size it is. veloped for the New Orleans Jazz & Chris Collins: when she’s no longer around to foundations initially thought the fes- would, in turn, spur the creation of She doesn’t want Heritage Festival, the app was devel- Came on board to make annual infusions to ensure the tival would survive o the roughly more service and retail jobs, she us to make any oped on the strength of a $200,000 lead organization. event remains free and both it and $500,000 a year in interest the en- said. cuts.” grant from the New York-based Do- the educational programs and con- dowment would have generated. But “To achieve this goal, we strategi- Still, Collins acknowledges the ris Duke Charitable Foundation. certs throughout the year continue, the fund has been drawn down to cally support events that bring peo- foundation’s challenge is to create N-Media coordinated the develop- Jazz Festival board President Tom cover sponsorship shortages and ple with diverse backgrounds and other income sources to build on the ment, which was a collaboration Robinson said. cost overruns that year and in the interests together in Detroit, and the stability of Valade’s generosity rather among Oxford Solutions Inc., Da- Relying on a single donor to sup- years since. Jazz Festival is a perfect example.” than relying on it. Cast and Detroit Public Television. port much of the cost of the Labor Valade told Crain’s in 2012 that Other longtime sponsors of the Early this month, the foundation e app is available through the Day event, which attracts about her biggest mistake was disclosing festival are stepping up their support launched a campaign to raise a per- Google Play Store and will be soon 300,000 people to downtown Detroit the amount of her donation because of the festival, with a few contribut- manent endowment through gifts of through the Apple App Store and will each year, would typically present it gave the impression that the festi- ing an additional $10,000-$15,000 $25,000 or more initially and smaller be marketed across all of the founda- risks, Robinson acknowledged. val’s funding was handled, and each last year, Robinson said. gifts to build on those. ey will cre- tion’s print, television and online ad- But Valade’s commitment “will at sponsorships dried up. e festival But the budget for the festival and ate and bolster endowed funds ben- vertisements and also through social least help us transition over a period has worked for years to bring on other programs have also grown in e ting various programs and focus media and eblasts to the festival’s of years while we adjust nancially,” more corporate support. e list of recent years, from $3.58 million in areas inherent to the Detroit Jazz supporters. he said. companies supporting it today is scal 2014 to $3.7 million in 2015, Festival Foundation’s mission. “A big piece of this is about ex- Valade, who founded Grosse about 45 names long. And last year, $4.6 million in 2016 and $4.9 million e family of James Charles porting the amazing initiative that’s Pointe Woods-based jazz label Mack corporate sponsors contributed just this year. Heard, one of the most recorded jazz going on here in the Detroit jazz fes- Avenue Records, stepped up early in over $1 million or 23 percent of the at translated to losses in 2014 drummers of all time, is working to tival and the city of Detroit itself,” 2005 to save the jazz festival with a organization’s $4.6 million budget. and 2015 and a projected loss for raise a $100,000 endowment in hon- Collins said. $250,000 contribution after Ford at’s up from about $300,000- 2016, a function of consciously or of the late musician’s 100th birth- “is is no small backyard festival, Motor Co. ended its title sponsor- $400,000 in corporate sponsorships choosing not to cut corners on the day that’s focused on mentoring this is a major cultural event,” he ship. in 2009 and 2010, as the region came festival performances (for example, young artists, Collins said. said, drawing about 300,000 people, Between then and the following through the recession. adding another screen where need- e endowments are about creat- nearly a third from outside of Michi- year, she pledged an additional $15 But Valade contributed 52 percent ed) and to maintain educational ing permanence to give people a gan and some as far away as Europe million to support the festival, per- of the budget last year and a compa- programs, said President and Artis- sense of optimism about the Detroit and Asia. formances throughout the year and rable amount the two or three years tic Director Christopher Collins, a Jazz Festival, “which is often a ques- e app presents an opportunity year-round educational programs earlier. e rest came from dona- local jazz musician and WSU profes- tion when you see one name ... or for people around the country to see for Detroit children through the tions, grants, vendor proceeds and sor who came on board to lead the one company so largely associated,” that and for jazz patrons who’ve nev- Gretchen C. Valade Endowment for other sources. organization about a year ago. he said. er been here to see that the lineup is the Arts. “We haven’t crossed that line yet, e foundation’s 2017 budget is e foundation is also looking to comparable to any major jazz festi- e foundation’s educational pro- with companies really taking the realistic, he said, taking into account earn new revenue through a new val in the world, Collins said. grams include Jazz Infusion, which lead,” Robinson said. “We’re still a real costs and any carryover debt, e-commerce store set to launch on “What I hope is it also excites folks brings professional artists/mentors few years away from that … but we’re without cuts to programs or the festi- its website by Labor Day, oering to say, ‘Let’s go to Detroit next year.’” in to work with about 100 students making progress.” val. in-demand items such as posters Sherri Welch: 313 (446-1694) annually at seven Detroit schools, Quicken Loans came on as pre- e hope is that sponsorships signed by the acclaimed jazz musi- Twitter: @SherriWelch

air conditioners and could increase Arizona and Hawaii are the only clocks on the same March and No- do’s bill, and Gov. Rick Snyder were TIME the frequency of workplace injuries. other states that don’t follow Daylight vember dates, or exempt them- to sign it and petition the federal FROM PAGE 3 Lucido told reporters that Michi- Saving Time. selves from the switch and follow government to make the change, The opt-out bill gan should lead the eort to adopt a “ose of us who are lifelong Hoo- standard time year round. Observ- and U.S. transportation administra- single time. He said he has heard from siers, like myself, were quite pleased ing Daylight Saving Time year tors were to agree to move Michigan Rep. Peter Lucido, a Republican Michiganders who want year-round to join the rest of society, even though round isn’t an option, even though into another time zone, then Michi- from Shelby Township, is the sponsor daylight time and residents already it does mean resetting your clocks,” he Americans spend most of their year gan would spend the winter one of a bill that re- have to adjust to changes in time added. “A lot of them set themselves on its clock. hour ahead of New York and two ceived a hearing zones when they cross borders. nowadays.” e federal Transportation De- hours ahead of Chicago. last week in a “We do business here in Michigan,” Farmers and drive-in movie the- partment said commerce is the “at’s the problem,” said Kevin House commit- he said. ater owners were among the main main factor inuencing decisions to Brinegar, president and CEO of the tee. As written, Business, though, happens across holdouts to observing Daylight Saving swap time zones — namely, where Indiana Chamber of Commerce, Michigan would borders. Indiana chamber leaders say Time. Farmers, who work during day- businesses ship products, where who was in the job in 2006. “I used opt out of the one of the biggest challenges of fol- light hours, weren’t in favor of losing newspapers are published and TV to describe it as death by a thou- time change, lowing a single clock all year was that an hour of sunlight in the early morn- networks broadcast and where air- sand paper cuts,” Brinegar said. “It though Lucido people from outside the state who ing and working later into the eve- ports are located. sounds like this bill would open up said he has re- worked with companies in the Hoo- ning. Yet their opposition was less ad- Here’s where it gets tricky: To that whole can of worms for your Rep. Peter vised it to allow sier State never knew what time it was. amant by the end, said Katrina Hall, make year-round daylight time state, if it were to pass.” Lucido: Spon- Michigan to per- e time change contributed to public policy director for the Indiana happen, Michigan would technical- e Michigan Chamber of Com- sored bill. manently stay in missed conference calls and deliver- Farm Bureau. ly have to leave the Eastern Time merce hasn’t taken a position on the Daylight Saving ies and shipments that would show “Nobody else was on our side, so it Zone and align itself with Nova Sco- bill; Rich Studley, its president and Time. Washington would have to say up early or late, said Mark Fisher, the was hard for us to put much eort into tia, which follows Atlantic Time an CEO, said in an email that chamber OK rst. chief policy ocer at the Indy Cham- ghting it,” she said. “We have seem- hour ahead of Detroit and New members “would rather see state “ere is no rational basis, no logic ber. Sometimes, companies that bid ingly adjusted to it fairly well.” York. Michigan would be the only lawmakers spend their time on and, most importantly, no common on municipal bond issues would sub- Business leaders who were around U.S. state in this time zone. It then higher priority issues of broader sense” behind the switch from stan- mit bids after the acceptance window in the mid-2000s say staying on a sin- would have to exempt itself from concern,” including workforce de- dard to daylight time, Lucido told the closed because they didn’t realize the gle time all year was a logistical night- observing Daylight Saving Time. velopment and lowering the cost of committee. hour dierence. mare. Got that? Michigan’s auto insurance. e U.S. Department of Transpor- “ose of us who had to do busi- “Where are most of your custom- In case not, here’s an example. Rep. Eric Leutheuser, R-Hillsdale tation, which regulates the nation’s ness with people on the East Coast or ers, your suppliers, your end users of Let’s say it’s a summer night, 8 p.m. and chairman of the House com- time zones, says observing daylight West Coast, you wanted to be in sync products that you make?” Fisher said. in Detroit and New York (7 p.m. in merce and trade committee, said he time conserves energy, lowers the with somebody and, instead, we were “Is it better to be tied in the same time Chicago) during Daylight Saving was interested in holding a hearing, number of trac-related injuries and always out of sync,” Arland said, add- zone as the rest of your economy?” Time. Fast forward to November, but doesn’t plan a vote on the bill reduces crime. Evidence is mixed. Ac- ing that broadcasters had to air shows when New York and Chicago fall anytime soon. ademic studies also have found that on tape delay, which made station op- It gets tricky back and Michigan does not. It’s Even if Lucido’s bill goes no- changing clocks leads to sleep depri- erations “mind-numbingly confus- still 8 p.m. in Detroit, but now it’s 7 where, the issue will come around vation that increases trac fatalities, ing.” Federal law says states either can p.m. in New York and 6 p.m. in Chi- again — just like the time change. osets any energy savings from turn- And confusion, he said, is detri- observe Daylight Saving Time, cago. Lindsay VanHulle: (517) 657-2204 ing on lights with higher demand for mental to business. which requires them to change So if the Legislature adopts Luci- Twitter: @LindsayVanHulle 18 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // MARCH 27, 2017

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Quicken Loans employees Lawrence Reliford, right, and Kelly Erickson sort old ings and title work for free. or [email protected] But as the billionaire mortgage student records at Detroit Public Schools Community District’s warehouse on East Data from Multiple Listing Ser- Research and Data Editor Sonya Hill, (313) 446-0402 impresario has built a downtown Warren Avenue. vice suggests the sales are having or [email protected] Newsroom (313) 446-0329, FAX (313) 446-1687, business empire, his companies some eect on driving up home val- TIP LINE (313) 446-6766 have become increasingly focused Employees can volunteer unlim- pages of records are contained in the ues, which are key to appraisals and on playing a bigger role in xing ited hours on company time for white le boxes stacked oor to ceil- getting nancing from a lender like REPORTERS what ails one of the poorest big cit- nearly 250 approved causes across ing in the warehouse. Quicken. Tyler Cliord, breaking news. (313) 446-1612 or tcli[email protected] ies in America. metro Detroit. “At our current speed, it’s going to In the Bagley neighborhood on Annalise Frank, breaking news. (313) 446-0416 or “You can’t just build this gilded e DPS project was sparked by take years,” Uhl said. the city’s northwest side, average [email protected] Jay Greene, senior reporter Covers health care. central city and forget about the problems Detroit’s hospitals had e remaining records will be sale prices were $19,175 in 2011 and (313) 446-0325 or [email protected] rest of the people,” said Uhl, who with getting high school transcripts digitized with scanners donated by $36,373 in 2015, the year the Re- Chad Livengood Covers Detroit rising. (313) 446-1654 or came to Rock Ventures from the and health records of job applicants Lear Corp. and saved in a database habbed & Ready program began, [email protected] Kurt Nagl Breaking news. (313) 446-0337 or knagl@ Skillman Foundation. who attended Detroit schools that that Quicken employees are helping according to MLS data. crain.com e community initiatives and have long been closed. the DPS information technology de- Nine Rehabbed & Ready houses Kirk Pinho Covers real estate. (313) 446-0412 or activation division at Rock Ven- Ocials at Henry Ford Health partment develop, Uhl said. in the Bagley neighborhood have [email protected] Bill Shea, enterprise editor Covers the business of tures is driven by a “for more than System, St. John Hospital, Detroit “You guys are coming in and as- sold for an average of $88,267, ac- sports. (313) 446-1626 or [email protected] pro t” mission that mixes Gilbert’s Medical Center were rescinding job sisting me in a major way,” Waddell cording to Quicken, while house Lindsay VanHulle, Lansing reporter. (517) 657-2204 big bet on Detroit with a “moral im- oers to Detroiters because DPS had told Quicken employees during a resale prices in the neighborhood are or [email protected] Dustin Walsh, senior reporter Covers economic issues. perative” to reverse decades of de- delays of up to three months to pro- cent three-hour document-purging averaging $52,693 this year. (313) 446-6042 or [email protected] cline, said Helen Davis Johnson, duce a copy of a former student’s session. e higher sale prices for the Sherri Welch, senior reporter Covers nonprots and vice president of community acti- academic records, said Je Donof- Quicken employee Kelly Erickson move-in ready homes creates com- philanthropy. (313) 446-1694 or [email protected] vation at Rock Ventures. rio, executive director of workforce said the company’s request for vol- parable sales that can spur more ADVERTISING Johnson’s group toggles between development for Mayor Mike Dug- unteers on the DPS project was a sales or re nancing, said Gina Me- Sales Inquiries (313) 446-6032; FAX (313) 393-0997 projects aimed at boosting tourism gan. cause she could relate to. “As some- trakas, an executive vice president at Director of Sales Lisa Rudy to Detroit by 1 million visits this “When we have Detroiters not be- one who has needed student records Quicken Loans. Senior Account Manager Katie Sullivan Advertising Sales Gerry Golinske, Sharon Mulroy, Diane year and programs that help local ing able to get jobs because you of my own, I can’t imagine not being “People who are sitting in homes Owen entrepreneurs launch or expand can’t nd the records in a timely able to get those records,” she said. in these neighborhoods are starting Classied Sales Manager Angela Schutte, (313) 446-6051 small businesses. manner, it just seemed like a very Ford Motor Co. and Lear Corp. to move on them because they’ve Classied Sales Lynn Calcaterra, (313) 446-6086 “We’re adamant that’s important logical one for us to kind of swing at,” have used their employees for mass seen what this program has been Events Manager Kacey Anderson to restarting the wealth engine,” Uhl said. volunteer projects, but not in the able to do to prices,” said Metrakas, Marketing and Sales Promotions Manager Christina Fabugais-Dimovska said Johnson, who previously Duggan detailed the project way Gilbert is, said Peter Reming- who came to Quicken in 2014 from Senior Art Director Sylvia Kolaski worked at the Kresge Foundation. during his Feb. 21 State of the City ton, a veteran corporate fundraiser U.S. Department of Housing and Ur- Special Projects Coordinator Keenan Covington address. and president of e Remington ban Development. Sales Support Suzanne Janik Media Services Director Geof Innis Digitizing records “Who’s going to scan these mil- Group. Subsidizing rehab projects to cre- Media Services Manager Hussein Abdallah lion pieces of paper?” Duggan said. “Dan has kind of taken it to a new ate comparable sales records on Gilbert’s portfolio includes 110 “Well, only one person in town had level,” Remington said. homes in Detroit neighborhoods CUSTOMER SERVICE businesses that vary vastly in pur- that many people — so we went to can also create new business for Main Number: Call (877) 824-9374 or [email protected] pose from selling mortgages and Dan Gilbert.” Fighting blight Quicken. e land bank’s website Subscriptions $59 one year, $98 two years. Out of state, making football helmets to design- Quicken’s involvement is saving includes a link for potential home $79 one year, $138 for two years. Outside U.S.A., add $48 ing oce interiors and answering DPS “a huge amount of money,” Since planting his ag in Detroit, buyers to “get preapproved with per year to out-of-state rate for surface mail. Call (313) 446-0450 or (877) 824-9374. inbound phone calls for other De- Donofrio said. Gilbert has made ghting blight one Quicken Loans” for a mortgage. Single Copies (877) 824-9374 troit businesses. “Having Quicken at the table real- of his missions, even as his mort- Remington said Gilbert’s mixture Reprints (212) 210-0750; or Krista Bora at Rock Ventures is attempting to ly changes the whole dynamic and gage company has come under of business with community aid ts [email protected] To nd a date a story was published (313) 446-0406 use the varying professional skills of the speed at which you can accom- scrutiny for a higher number of fore- with the “venture philanthropy” or e-mail [email protected] its workforce for volunteer projects plish the task at hand,” Donofrio closures in the Motor City after the trend started by Silicon Valley tech- that go beyond stocking shelves at a said. 2008-2009 housing crisis that fueled nology companies. Crain’s Detroit Business is published by Crain Communications Inc. local food pantry. Like many support services in neighborhood abandonment. “ey’re putting people into a Chairman Keith E. Crain In the case of the DPS records Detroit schools, the warehousing Depressed housing values since neighborhood, stabilizing the President Rance Crain project, Quicken employees who and records department has been the Great Recession have proved to neighborhood and they’ve got skin Treasurer Mary Kay Crain Senior Executive Vice President William A. Morrow handle sensitive homeowner docu- hammered by budget cuts. be one of the biggest obstacles to the game,” Remington said. “It really Executive Vice President/Director of Strategic ments each day are helping the dis- Darreaux Waddell, the lone archi- getting a mortgage to buy a home in is to be commended and modeled.” Operations Chris Crain trict purge hundreds of thousands of vist for Detroit Public Schools, said Detroit. Chad Livengood: (313) 446-1654 Executive Vice President/Director of Corporate Operations KC Crain pages of old student records. ey’ll his department shrunk from 60 In an attempt to boost home val- Twitter: @ChadLivengood Vice President/Production & Manufacturing eventually be digitizing essential re- workers in 2009 to a team of ve he Dave Kamis cords that DPS graduates and drop- now manages. e daunting task of Chief Financial Ocer Bob Recchia Chief Information Ocer Anthony DiPonio outs routinely need for employment, tracking down student records dat- INDEX TO COMPANIES G.D. Crain Jr. Founder (1885-1973) passports, verifying their citizenship ing back to the 1950s was com- These companies have signicant mention in this week’s Crain’s Detroit Business: Mrs. G.D. 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Developers eral investigation and dispute with Detroit Digits the state over contractor billing. She sought for 12 plans to do private development and A numbers-focused look at last consulting for Invest Detroit. week’s headlines acres of Detroit J e Heidelberg Project nonpro t’s riverfront land administrative oces are moving to 5,000 temporary space in the West Village ne of Detroit’s largest bond- The number of J.C. Penney Co. now that the organization’s eight- holders during its historic employees to be aected when year home in Brush Park has been municipal bankruptcy says seven Michigan stores close purchased for $1.15 million by an Omore than 2.2 million square feet of ownership entity called Detrel LLC, around June. space could be built on nearly 12 which has dierent plans for the acres of east riverfront land it re- building. ceived development rights to as $4.2 million J e Detroit Public Schools Com- PHOTO BY ROB KOHN/THE DISTRICT DETROIT The amount the Michigan part of its settlement agreement munity District announced three - Construction on the steel trusses supporting the ceiling of the Via concourse Economic Development Corp. and with the city. nalists for the position of superin- surrounding Little Caesars Arena in The District Detroit has nished Thursday, New Economy Initiative aim to Syncora Guarantee Inc., based in tendent: Nikolai Vitti, with the opaque material between the trusses to be installed in the coming raise to bring local tech Bermuda, is putting a March 31 superintendent of Duval County weeks. companies more startup capital. deadline on possible development (Florida) Public Schools; Derrick R. partners to submit proposals, ac- Coleman, superintendent of the Riv- cording to an oering document ob- 12 er Rouge district; and Orlando Ra- Trusses in place for Little tained by Crain’s that has been pri- The number of billionaires in mos, regional superintendent for vately circulated in the past several Michigan, with Hank and Doug Milwaukee Public Schools. weeks. Meijer, co-chairmen of Grand J e city of Warren now has an in- Caesars Arena atrium e company said in a statement Rapids-based Meijer Inc., topping dustrial property base in that sector Iron Workers Local 25 and De- rants. that it is “actively working with the the Forbes list. that far outpaces Detroit's at $578.2 troit-based Ideal Contracting LLC Separately, Labatt Blue has city, along with various local stake- million, triggered in part by a hand- have nished work on steel trusses signed on as a Landmark-level holders, to develop the best solution ful of sweeping industrial expan- that span the walkway surrounding partner and will become the o- for each property.” been awarded a commercialization sions and retoolings in the automo- the Little Caesars Arena bowl. cial and exclusive Canadian import “We have had substantial interest readiness grant of $1 million from tive industry. Installation of the trusses started beer of the Detroit Red Wings, in the riverfront properties and are the National Eye Institute to contin- J Detroit’s plan to squirrel away sur- the week of Feb. 1, with crews Olympia Entertainment an- engaging in an open and equitable ue advancement of the company’s plus funds to help absorb a $200 mil- hoisting the white supports into nounced. process to identify partners who will lead drug candidate. lion balloon payment on pensions place on the Via, a 61,000-square- Labatt will have a branded La- properly steward this land to com- J Jordan Avakian Group, co-found- has won praise from Moody’s Inves- foot covered walking area with of- batt Blue Zone bar on the main plement the current communi- ed by Jerey Michael Jordan and Se- tors Service, which called it a “credit ces, retail stores and restaurant concourse of the new Little Caesars ty-driven plans and development,” van Avakian, has acquired private positive” move. options, e District Detroit said in Arena in downtown Detroit, as well the statement said. equity in Detroit-based WaitTime J A new report by advocates for a news release. as sponsorship rights to the Labatt LLC, which uses arti cial intelli- Michigan’s public Medicaid behav- e 65 trusses are individually Blue Club in the north end. Labatt COMPANY NEWS gence to provide people waiting in ioral health system estimates it has shaped, varying from 40 to 120 feet Blue began its partnership this sea- line at entertainment events with re- saved the state $5.3 billion over the long. ey connect to the arena on son and is the ocial Canadian J Troy-based Tollbrook LLC has al-time wait times. past 18 years and would save an ad- the inside and to new mixed-use beer of the Detroit Red Wings. proposed a luxury loft-style apart- J Restaurateur Joe Vicari of Joe ditional $7.4 billion through 2024 buildings outside the arena, creat- Financial terms of the deal were ment complex with 140 units on Muer Seafood in Detroit is suing to using their patient-centered and in- ing an atrium with a clear covering not disclosed. more than 2 1/2 acres of land near stop a new restaurant at the Mall at tegrated care model. between the trusses that allows e Landmark-level corporate Big Beaver Road and McClure Drive, Partridge Creek in Clinton Town- J e Detroit Public Schools Com- light in. deals are multimillion-dollar in- east of Somerset Collection. ship, Muer’s Table + Bar, from using munity District led a lawsuit March e $635 million Little Caesars vestments and the second-highest J Demolition of the former Pea- the Muer family name. 17 in the Michigan Court of Claims Arena is scheduled to open in Sep- level of branding investment in the body’s Restaurant in Birmingham seeking a ruling naming its poor-per- tember at I-75 and Woodward Ave- new arena after the naming rights has begun, with plans for a $30 mil- OTHER NEWS forming schools exempt from nue. e venue is the centerpiece deal struck last year by the Little lion ve-story mixed-use develop- state-ordered closures for three of e District Detroit, a 50-block Caesars pizza chain ($120 million ment in the works from South- J Rodrick Miller, president and CEO years under the argument that the mixed-use development of $1 bil- over 20 years). Landmark deals are eld-based Alden Development of the Detroit Economic Growth district is technically only 9 months lion or more of new oce space, for a minimum of ve years, but Group. Corp., is leaving the economic devel- old. retail, residential, bars and restau- can range up to 10 years. J Lear Corp. was selected to work opment organization eective J Detroit’s Department of Housing with the Wyoming Department of March 31 to “pursue other opportu- and Revitalization is seeking propos- Transportation on a pilot program to nities,” according to a news release. als to develop a vacant former Cath- DPD seeks trademarks to sell branded items improve road safety by providing J Carrie Lewand-Monroe said she olic school building in the Bangla- technologies that allow vehicles to will step down from her post as exec- town neighborhood into a e Detroit Police Department body to capture our logo and use it communicate with other vehicles utive director of the Detroit Land mixed-income apartment building, could soon bring more into the kit- for their own messaging or person- and avoid accidents. Bank Authority in mid-May as the with help from the Archdiocese of ty for training and equipment with al gain,” Woody said in an email, J Labatt Blue signed on as a Land- agency continues to deal with a fed- Detroit. things like branded onesies and adding that the department is mark-level partner and will become shot glasses, among other tchotch- starting to review vendors that use the ocial and exclusive Canadian kes. its name and logo “to see what we import beer of the Detroit Red In the past month, the depart- can work out and give them a fair Wings. Huntington Bank also signed ment has applied for trademarks chance to apply for or request a li- a deal, becoming the naming rights for both “Detroit Police” and cense.” sponsor of the northwest entrance “DPD” to put on goods such as e New York City Police Foun- and the Legends Club inside the are- those, as well as cell phone battery dation earned over $470,000 from na. chargers, lunch boxes, beer and NYPD licensing and other revenue J Detroit-based luxury goods maker coee mugs, lap blankets and golf in the scal year ending in June Shinola/Detroit LLC rolled out a towers. 2015, the last year for which it was new marketing campaign with a se- e “Detroit Police” trademark immediately available. ries of stories and messages it says was led Feb. 28 and the “DPD” e police department is just the illustrate the values and characteris- trademark on March 13. latest city agency to le a trade- tics of American workers. Ads de- Michael Woody, a police spokes- mark, with “Project Green Light” signed by Partners & Spade in New man, said “many” other police de- being trademarked last year and York City will hit Detroit with bill- partments around the country the Detroit Land Bank Authority boards and building murals on April TOD WILLIAMS BILLIE TSIEN ARCHITECTS | PARTNERS have done similar things. (not ocially a city agency) trade- 3. Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids Township plans to expand “We also have been working marking its name and the name of J Ann Arbor-based pharmaceutical and update its botanic and sculpture experiences over four years, including building very hard on developing our brand its home auction program, Re- company ONL erapeutics Inc. has a new welcome center, transportation center and amphitheater. and don’t want to allow just any- habbed & Ready. APRIL 27-30, 2017 - COBO CENTER

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