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Page 3 Marijuana faces climate McLaren to appeal state’s change – the political kind CRAIN’S MICHIGAN BUSINESS rejection of bed transfer Tool and die BY JAY GREENE to downsize its Pontiac hospital to 108 med- shops come CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS ical-surgical beds, plus 27 psychiatric beds with emergency care and surgical services. back to life, Flint-based McLaren Health Care says it But on June 25, the Michigan Department of Page 8 will appeal the state’s denial of its certifi- Community Health denied McLaren’s applica- cate-of-need application to transfer 200 beds tion, saying it failed to comply with the “re- from its Pontiac hospital for a new hospital placement zone” requirement, which allows World Watch: McLaren wants to build in Oakland Coun- bed transfers only within two miles of the Redico LLC refinanced One Kennedy ty’s Independence Township. existing hospital. The proposed hospital is Square in downtown Detroit for Spotlight on In February, McLaren filed a CON to re- 7.6 miles from Pontiac, McLaren said. $27.3 million or $112 per square foot. Michigan biz locate 200 of the 335 hospital beds at In a statement to Crain’s last week, Incarnati McLaren Oakland to the proposed hospital in in Mexico, Page 15 Independence Township. McLaren planned See McLaren, Page 26 Sky-high refi: Health Care Extra Tackling One Kennedy hospital More the merrier at cruise readmissions, deal milestone Page 16 Companies open the party doors to employees, public Numbers back up Crain’s List BY SHERRI WELCH increasingly opening their tional event for Friday night Largest outstate private AND RYAN KELLY events to employees and the at Pasquale’s in Royal Oak. downtown revival CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS public. The company’s 2011 par- BY NANCY KAFFER companies, Page 12 Auburn Hills-based Plex ty, held in a tented area in While many companies CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Systems Inc. once again have private par- , for example, the restaurant’s parking lot This Just In has expanded on the client- on the day of the cruise, was Two years ago, the deal couldn’t ties planned during Satur- have been done. The market was appreciation event it hosted for customers and prospects, day’s Woodward Dream Cruise too weak, lenders too wary. Plastipak sells minority and run-up to it, others are last year by adding an addi- said Tim Burke, director of But downtown Detroit has stake, gains growth room See Cruise, Page 23 changed. And two weeks ago, One Kennedy Square was refinanced for Plymouth-based Plastipak $27.3 million, making the value of Holdings Inc. closed Thursday the loan $112 per square foot. Be- on the sale of a minority cause the loan was financed at 65 stake to GS Capital Partners — percent of the building’s value, a group of funds in the mer- that places the price of the office chant-banking division of building at a whopping $170 a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. square foot. The amount of the previous- “That’s a big ly announced transaction was fricking num- undisclosed, but the deal will ber,” said Den- provide Plastipak new capital nis Bernard, for “substantial growth oppor- president of tunities across its global busi- Southfield-based ness platform,” GS Capital Bernard Financial said in a press release. Group, which Plastipak, a global maker of handled the refi- rigid plastic containers for nancing for consumer products, did not Bernard disclose how much of a stake Southfield-based GS Capital acquired, except to Redico LLC, owner of One Kennedy. say that the family of founder “I’ll close $500 million in loans this and CEO Bill Young will contin- year, but this is huge.” ue to hold a majority stake. Plex Systems Inc. plans to rev The deal is far from the rock bot- The company last year sup- up its Woodward Dream Cruise tom sales of recent history such as plied bottles and pre-form event, says Tim Burke, director the $5 million sale of the Penobscot containers to more than 450 of global automotive. Building representing a price of $5 customers and reported 2011 per square foot. revenue of $2.3 billion. And the One Kennedy Square — Dustin Walsh See Kennedy, Page 25 NATHAN SKID/CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS

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MICHIGAN BRIEFS First try at local government Hiring and tooling expenditures are also up. consolidation comes up short Slow EV demand jolts W. Mich. battery makers “Both manufacturers and sup- Gov. Rick Snyder’s ambition to pliers seem to be increasing their get more of the state’s 1,800 munic- When Johnson Controls Inc. opened its advanced ion battery assemblies. But the plant is going payrolls and production sched- ipalities to consolidate may have battery plant in Holland in 2011, the company knew through changes as the company reacts to recent ules,” said Dunlap, who is based in sounded good in theory. But in the plant probably would serve a small niche for market forces — including the bankruptcy filing by Holland. His survey also found practice, it remains a work in electric and hybrid vehicles. a major client, Oak Park-based Azure Dynamics Corp., that some office furniture compa- progress. It turns out the company was right. The West and the buyout of its joint venture partner, the nies had modest reductions in In last week’s elections, voters Michigan companies continue to face overcapacity French battery company Saft. The company also work hours, capital expenditures in Onekama and Onekama Town- troubles as well as other turmoil as the electric-vehi- halted expansion plans. and product development . ship turned down a proposal to cle market develops. Industry observers and company officials say the He expects the industry to be flat merge into a single unit of govern- Contrary to previous announcements, the Ger- more than $1.1 billion committed to the industry in for the rest of the year, followed by ment. A two-thirds majority was man company Fortu PowerCell is not building a plant West Michigan positions the region well when the a slight increase in 2013. needed to approve the plan, and in Muskegon anytime soon. Work continues at the market does take off, even if that is a decade away. the total was 340 in favor and 305 LG Chem Michigan Inc. plant in Holland, but the com- Many experts think the market eventually will re- MICH-CELLANEOUS opposed. The village and township pany has not scheduled a date to begin production of act favorably to electric vehicles. But it requires nu- are about 40 miles southwest of lithium-ion batteries. merous factors to fall into place, including high Ⅲ Whirlpool Corp. said last week Traverse City. The first operating advanced battery plant in gasoline prices, government subsidies on EVs and that it plans to shut down the last Snyder championed legislation West Michigan, at Johnson Controls’ Meadowbrook an available charging infrastructure. of its operations in Evansville, to make mergers easier. This was campus in Holland, continues to produce lithium- — Joe Boomgaard, MiBiz Ind., by the end of 2014 and consoli- the first attempt at a merger since date the work at operations near the governor took office. the company’s Benton Harbor less certain than it did just a few bankruptcy court in Detroit, listed verted into common stock repre- headquarters. Whirlpool expects months ago,” Long said. Auto sup- total assets of $112.2 million and senting 53 percent control of the to spend about $18 million on reno- Grand Rapids manufacturing slips pliers, in particular “are not sail- debt of $195.6 million. company after it emerges from vations and equipment there. ing as high as they were a few Chapter 11. Capitol said it’s also For the first time since April The company also reported a net Ⅲ A bit of ominous news on the months ago.” The local economy seeking as much as $115 million in 2009, Grand Rapids’ manufactur- loss of $10.3 million in the quarter state of Europe’s economy: Dow could “dance back and forth across equity financing, which would ing sector declined last month, that ended June 30, compared with Chemical Co. CEO Andrew Liveris give potential investors 47 percent said Brian Long, director of supply the zero growth line” for several a loss of $16.4 million a year earli- said last week that the world’s of the company. management research at the Seid- quarters before resuming a slow er. The loss was due to “continued biggest producer of chlorine has man College of Business at Grand recovery, Long said. costs associated with problem as- seen a decline in demand that goes Valley State University. set resolution.” Survey: Office furniture rebounds beyond normal summer slow- A slight majority of the compa- Capitol Bancorp files Chapter 11 Capitol Bancorp announced in downs. The Midland-based companies he surveys reported a decline June a voluntary restructuring The industry that is practically ny’s factories in Europe are run- in new orders and production in Lansing-based Capitol Bancorp plan in which debtholders were synonymous with West Michigan ning at about 81 percent capacity. July, Long said last week. The em- Ltd. has filed for bankruptcy with a asked to exchange their debt for — office furniture — is reporting Find business news from ployment and purchasing indexes prepackaged reorganization plan preferred and common stock. 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Inside Defense contractors vie for Pot industry sees climate change special ops vehicle, Page 5 — has not returned messages, and DIA turns to building Legal limbo snuffs out growth spurt in Michigan his last known cellphone was not accepting calls or taking messages. endowment funds, Page 7 BY BILL SHEA year championed an unfair crack- ic chronic medical conditions. After Crain’s wrote about the CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS down on pot in Michigan. Arrests The trade school reported oper- school in September 2009, Livio Radio seeks to connect and court rulings chilled the law, ating at its capacity of more than news outlets in busy market, Page 24 School is apparently out for Med they say, and the medical marijua- 100 students and had plans for out- around the Grow Cannabis College in Southfield. na industry is a shadow of its for- of-state expansion. globe — The Whether it’s a victim of the med- mer self. Today, the phones are discon- Washington ical marijuana industry’s collapse Med Grow opened in 2009 to tap nected and the school’s nondescript Post, Time, in Michigan, was simply poorly into the entrepreneurial boom that office location appears empty. Med The Tele- Company index run — or closed for some other rea- erupted after Michigan voters in Grow founder Nick Tennant — a graph of son — isn’t clear. November 2008 approved state-reg- Crain’s 2010 “20 in their 20s” hon- London, These companies have significant mention in this Cannabis advocates say state At- ulated therapeutic use of marijua- oree who said his school was taking The New York Times, week’s Crain’s Detroit Business: torney General Bill Schuette last na for people suffering from specif- in $500,000 in revenue at one point See Pot, Page 26 Adult Well-Being Services ...... 16 Aero Foil International ...... 8 Affinia Group ...... 15 Area Agencies on Aging Association of Michigan . . 18 ISTOCKPHOTO.COM Area Agency on Aging 1-B ...... 16 New workforce Automation Alley ...... 22 BBK ...... 4 Bernard Financial Group ...... 1 Center for Automotive Research ...... 8 nonprofit eyes Christian Home Health Care ...... 18 Chrysler ...... 15 Ciena Health Care Management ...... 20 Citizens Republic Bancorp ...... 4 better results Citizens Research Council of Michigan ...... 24 Con-way Freight ...... 15 Detroit Area Agency on Aging ...... 16 Aim is better biz Detroit Employment Solutions ...... 3 Detroit Institute of Arts ...... 7 ties, job training Duggan’s Irish Pub ...... 23 Federal-Mogul ...... 15 Foley & Lardner ...... 5 BY NANCY KAFFER Forte Bellanger ...... 23 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS General Motors ...... 15 Pamela Moore, president and The Gilmore Collection ...... 13 CEO of Detroit Employment Solutions Grede Holdings ...... 15 Corp., wants business to know Harvey Industries ...... 15 something: The new nonprofit ex- Health Care Association of Michigan ...... 18, 20 pects to be a better resource for em- Hewlett-Packard ...... 22 ployers than its city department Home Care Assistance of Michigan ...... 18 predecessor. IAC Group ...... 15 The 501(c)(3) IHS Automotive ...... 9 took over the Inteva Products ...... 15 functions, feder- Intrinsic Medical Imaging ...... 3 al funding and Karmanos Cancer Institute ...... 19 $47 million bud- GLENN TRIEST Lakeside Software ...... 22 get of the now- CEO Jorey Chernett says Intrinsic Medical Imaging LLC is six months away from a launch of its software that converts Livio Radio ...... 24 dissolved Detroit flat medical scans into 3-D images. Lutheran Social Services of Michigan ...... 18 Workforce Devel- McLaren Health Care ...... 1 opment Depart- Med Grow Cannabis College ...... 3 ment on July 1. Medilodge ...... 20 Moore But freed Metaldyne ...... 15 from the city’s cumbersome pur- Imaging software gets sales OK Michigan Economic Development ...... 10 chasing and payment processes Michigan Restaurant Association ...... 13 and legacy costs, Moore and De- Navistar Defense ...... 5 troit Mayor Dave Bing say they ex- Oakwood Healthcare ...... 17 pect the nonprofit to perform more Intrinsic is out to improve 2-D scans, cut costs Plante Moran ...... 15 efficiently, to work closely with Plastipak Holdings ...... 1 BY JAY GREENE Chernett said. the business community and to Plex Systems ...... 1 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS In the U.S., cardiovascular dis- more closely align training with Quicken Loans ...... 25 ease is the leading cause of death, private sector needs. We believe we Redico ...... 1 Intrinsic Medical Imaging LLC, a “ accounting for 25 percent of total So far, three contractors have Restaurant Partners ...... 13 Bloomfield Hills-based medical have a solution to deaths in 2009. Each year, more been terminated in the Jobs, Edu- Rush Trucking ...... 4 imaging software company, has than 1.2 million angioplasties are cation and Training programs, St. John Providence Health System ...... 16 received approval from the U.S. provide more performed, costing $25 billion. As Moore said. The agency has hired SelfLube ...... 8 Food and Drug Administration to be- many as 40 percent of those proce- a new contractor, New York City- Senior Alliance-Area Agency on Aging ...... 16 gin sales of a workstation that accurate dures may be unnecessary, said a based Grant Associates Inc., to run Strategic Staffing Solutions ...... 4 helps physicians more accurately 2007 study in the New England its three “one stop” centers for job TI Automotive ...... 15 read 2-D computed tomography information. Journal of Medicine. seekers and employers. University of Michigan ...... 19 scans. ” Chernett said his 1-year-old Most job training is actually Woodward Dream Cruise ...... 1, 23 If Intrinsic’s stand-alone imag- Jorey Chernett, company is six months away from conducted by contractors. Con- ing software works more effec- Intrinsic Medical Imaging LLC tracts for the JET programs alone a soft launch of its IMI Spectrum tively than the software built into 3-D imaging workstation. Intrin- come to $11.5 million. existing CT equipment, billions of ganizations putting more respon- Department index Nine JET contractors remain; sic is testing the workstation at dollars in unnecessary cardiology sibility on providers (and health Beaumont Health System the one-stop contractor will be in Royal BANKRUPTCIES ...... 7 and other medical procedures insurers) to reduce costs and im- Detroit Medical Center paid $6.1 million. Oak and the . BUSINESS DIARY ...... 22 could be avoided and patient safe- prove quality, we believe we have Intrinsic’s software enables Moore said 40,000 people either ty, quality and satisfaction could a solution to provide more accu- CALENDAR ...... 14 visited a one-stop office or partici- cardiologists to convert 2-D CT be improved, Intrinsic CEO Jorey rate information to reduce the images into 3-D without loss of CLASSIFIED ADS ...... 21 pated in JET programs last year. Chernett said. amount of cardiac catheterization JOB FRONT ...... 21 “Our contractors were not the data, Chernett said. “With health care reform and (diagnosis and removal of plaque KEITH CRAIN...... 6 See Workforce, Page 24 the focus on accountable-care or- in the arteries) procedures,” See Intrinsic, Page 25 LETTERS...... 6 MARY KRAMER ...... 8 In focus Daily news report OPINION ...... 6 Crain’s subscribers can get the latest business THIS WEEK @ Check out Crain’s collection of PEOPLE ...... 21 videos related to timely news news every day in their email inboxes and mobile WWW.CRAINSDETROIT.COM stories at crainsdetroit.com/video. devices. Sign up at crainsdetroit.com/crainsemails. RUMBLINGS ...... 27 WEEK ON THE WEB ...... 27 20120813-NEWS--0004-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 8/10/2012 4:53 PM Page 1

Page 4 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS August 13, 2012 vs. Female execs: Negotiating skills need sharpening BY MEGHANA KESHAVAN AND DANIEL DUGGAN TIPS FOR MOVING UP TUESDAY, AUGUST 2I • 7:055 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Author Sara Laschever gave six tips to help empower women in asking for “Men are likely to describe what they want: First 10,000 fans get a Prince Fielder Bobbleheadad negotiation as like ‘winning a ball- Ⅲ Don’t accept the status quo — beforehand with a friend or game,’ and women are more likely assume everything is negotiable. colleague and role-play. Get them to WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22 • 7:057:05 to describe it as ‘going to the Ⅲ Do your research. “The more you push your buttons, have them make dentist,’ ” said know, the better equipped you’ll you lose your composure — and First 10,000 fans get a Detroit Tigers All-Star Posterster Sara Laschever, know how high to aim and what to practice calm responses. Learn how ask for.” to put the ball back in your court.” an author and Ⅲ THURSDAY, AUGUST 23 • I:050505 speaker who co- Ⅲ Set a high target. “There’s a Be careful how you ask. “For wrote the book direct correlation between what women to be influential, persuasive, they need to be Women Don’t target you set and what you get. Women just have an inaccurately perceived as likable.” Ask with low sense of what they can get.” Ⅲ Build confidence and develop Carnegie Mellon Ⅲ Role-play. “Get together your skills. University eco- vs. nomics professor Linda Bab- IX GAME CHANGERS Laschever S cock. Honored at the Crain’s Women: Profiles in Power event were six women Laschever was keynote speaker named as game changers in Crain’s June 4 issue for their career at the Crain’s Women: Profiles in accomplishments: Power event, which more than 400 Ⅲ Fran Parker, executive director of Staffing Solutions FRIDAY, AUGUST 24 • 7:05 people attended last week. the UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Ⅲ Sandy Pierce, former president Friday Night Fireworks She said that a reluctance to ne- Trust and CEO of Charter One Bank gotiate is deep-rooted. Ⅲ Carol Goss, president and CEO of Ⅲ Glenda Price, retired president of Women mostly aren’t raised to SATURDAY, AUGUST 25 • 7:0505 the Skillman Foundation in Detroit Marygrove College be aggressive, and those who are Ⅲ Cynthia Pasky, president and Ⅲ Andra Rush, CEO of Rush Saturday Night Fireworks perceived to be can be stifled in CEO of Detroit-based Strategic Trucking Inc. their careers if they are deemed SUNDAY, AUGUST 26 • I:055 unlikable, she said. Laschever’s speech was fol- company with 2011 revenue of SUNDAY KIDS DAY lowed by a panel discussion of six more than $200 million. All kids get a Back to School Insulated female business leaders, who were “We don’t do long-term con- Lunch Bag among 11 “game changing” tracts for anything,” she said. “We women profiled in Crain’s June 4 always negotiate. It’s our mindset; issue. negotiating is fun, so we negotiate Not so surprisingly perhaps, everything.” they view negotiating differently. Pasky said that being an un- “Well, I do ask,” said Andra flinching negotiator has helped 866.66.TIGER Rush, CEO of Rush Trucking Inc., re- her secure large deals with inter- sponding to a statistic that indicat- Rush Pasky national companies. ed men ask for advanced pay or “You have to focus on what your prestigious projects four times much that “when people see my end game is, and focus on what’s more often than women. name on their phone, they run.” important to you,” she said. “You Cynthia Pasky, president and That culture of negotiating is can be yourself. Don’t get caught CEO of Detroit-based Strategic something that she’s fostered at up in how you’re perceived when Staffing Solutions, said she asks so Strategic Staffing Solutions, a you’re negotiating.” Report: Citizens Republic solicits Huntington bid Huntington Bancshares Inc. may $1 billion since 2007 in commercial “I was a bit surprised (Citizens) be interested in Flint-based Citi- and residential real estate loans — would put itself up for sale,” Gard- zens Republic Bancorp Inc., accord- which forced the lender to operate ner said. “But if you take a look at ing to a Bloomberg report. under a supervisory agreement what Huntington is doing ... it Bloomberg reported that Citi- with the Federal Reserve Bank of looks like an attractive acquisi- zens is soliciting takeover bids Chicago. In April, the agreement tion.” from competitors, including Ohio- was terminated. As of Friday, Citizens had a mar- based Huntington, to repay its Citizens was expected to pay ket value of $804 million. $300 million TARP loan from the back its loan in early fall after It operates 156 offices in Michi- federal government. cleaning up its loan portfolio since gan and many more across the Three unnamed sources told merging with Republic Bancorp Midwest. Huntington operates 241 Bloomberg the company hired J.P. Inc. in 2006, said Larry Gardner, branches in Michigan. Morgan Chase & Co. to find a buyer founder of Troy-based Lawrence Citizens Bancorp is the 10th- in recent weeks. Gardner Associates Inc. largest bank by deposits in South- Huntington declined comment Gardner said Huntington could east Michigan, according to Friday afternoon; Citizens could be interested in Citizens’ reach in Crain’s list of largest banks and not be reached. Wisconsin as well as growing its bank holding companies. Continuity Citizens has lost more than own corporate deposits. — Dustin Walsh Trusted for 70 years. We’ll be here for generations. Some execs fear tier-two suppliers can’t keep up We work with our clients and their advisors to: TRAVERSE CITY — Some man- graded their operations. says many tier-two companies — Reduce estate and income tax Enhance fixed income ufacturing executives fear that Guy Morgan, managing director suppliers who serve tier-one sup- many North American tier-two for the Southfield-based global pliers — have gotten away with yields Solve family and business issues Improve suppliers will be unable to keep up supply chain consulting firm BBK not having formal procedures and existing life insurance policies. with the expected growth to 15 mil- Ltd., estimates that as many as 30 standardized production systems. lion in U.S. sales a year, up from percent of the tier-two sector may He believes high volumes over the about 14 million now. be unprepared for the industry’s past decade concealed factory inef- The reason? They lack the effi- pending expansion. ficiencies and poor management. cient operating systems that au- “Many of them just won’t sur- “Many of them have very unso- tomakers and tier-one suppliers vive the next wave,” Morgan said, phisticated management,” Morgan have been embracing. speaking after his presentation at reports. “They don’t see a problem Many small suppliers failed dur- the 2012 Management Briefing with high scrap rates. They’re not BIRMINGHAM, MICHIGAN 248.731.9500 ing the recession, leaving sur- Seminars last week. prepared to accommodate flexible WWW.SCHECHTERWEALTH.COM vivors pressed for capacity and Morgan, who works with suppli- line changes.” capital. Yet, many have not up- ers to improve their performance, — Automotive News 20120813-NEWS--0005-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 8/10/2012 4:49 PM Page 1

August 13, 2012 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 5 Defense contractors set sights on supplying special ops vehicle

BY CHAD HALCOM GMV 1.1, as did Sterling Heights-based Gen- CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS eral Dynamics Land Systems. New Hudson-based Pratt & Miller Engineer- At least five defense contractors with ing Inc. and BAE Systems Inc., which houses Southeast Michigan operations are vying its Heavy Brigade Combat Team business for a $318 million contract to supply a spe- unit in Sterling Heights, are project collabo- cial ops truck with weapons and off-road ca- rators with Northrop Grumman Corp. on that pability that can be deployed from military company’s Medium Assault Vehicle – Light helicopters. proposal for the GMV 1.1 program. Engineers and designers at the Madison Oshkosh Defense, a division of Wisconsin- Heights office of Navistar Defense coordinat- based Oshkosh Corp. (NYSE: OSK), an engi- ed that company’s development of the Spe- neering center in Warren, also submitted a cial Operations Tactical Vehicle, Navistar’s bid on GMV 1.1 but did not furnish details proposal for the pending Ground Mobility about its proposal to Crain’s. Vehicle 1.1 program under consideration at Northrop and Navistar confirmed their the U.S. Special Operations Command. proposed vehicles include a retractable A business unit of Warrenville, Ill.-based mounted machine gun. Ken McGraw, Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV), deputy public affairs officer for SOCOM, Navistar Defense collaborated with Science said the new vehicle fleet is expected to be Applications International Corp. of McLean, transportable via Chinook and have an off- Va., and South Carolina-based Indigen Armor road capability to tackle “previously denied on that proposal, which builds upon the de- terrain” for special operations. sign of Indigen’s own Non-Standard Tactical George Ash, partner and chairman of the Truck. regulated industries practice team at Foley & “It’s a more overt version. Where the (In- Lardner LLP in Detroit, said local defense con- digen Armor) truck is covert and designed tractors are showing increased interest in to look more like a conventional pickup that smaller-scale military projects. blends in, this is more oriented to resemble A January contract decision date, Ash a military vehicle,” said communications said, could be a sign that a vehicle program manager Elissa Koc of Navistar Defense. remains subject to $110 billion in automatic “(The military) has asked for an unarmored federal spending cuts that kick in Jan. 2 un- variant, (but) even our variant has a certain less Congress works out other means of re- limited amount of armor.” ducing the federal budget. But McGraw said SOCOM, a unified military command of the award date is not related to sequestration. the U.S. Department of Defense in Tampa, Fla., “If you have a contract in place, and you coordinates clandestine operations and have budget money obligated on the con- oversees more than 50,000 special operations tract, you’re probably in good shape if se- When it’s your heart... personnel in the various armed services. It questration happens,” Ash said. received business proposals in mid-June “But to the extent you have an award com- and expects to award a seven-year contract ing after the November-December time- why go anywhere else? on the GMV 1.1 by January. frame, the program could be more tenuous. The contract will involve two years of in- Congress may not address this issue until af- tegration and prototype testing followed by ter the Nov. 7 election, and there’s certainly five years of fixed-price production. At least a lack of clarity on which direction the bud- 1,300 new trucks are expected to be produced get will take.” Whether you come to Beaumont for an EKG or a heart by 2020. Chad Halcom: (313) 446-6796, attack, you’ll find the most advanced heart care – The new fleet is expected to feature sever- [email protected]. Twitter: @chadhalcom al upgrades to SOCOM’s current ground mo- anywhere. bility vehicle, which is a variant of the High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle, or At Beaumont, we pioneered a procedure – now used Humvee, developed by AM General LLC. It is also designed to allow teams of up to around the world – that actually stops heart attacks seven special ops soldiers to while they are happening. rapidly deploy from the cargo holds of Army CH-47 Chi- As the leader in minimally invasive heart surgery, we nook or Marine were first in the country to use a tiny catheter to replace Corps MH-47 helicopters. an aortic valve. First in Michigan to correct atrial AM General, fibrillation robotically. And we offer minimally which has a military vehicle engi- invasive treatment for complex aortic aneurysms. neering and product COURTESY OF NAVISTAR Navistar Defense in development center Madison Heights The world’s most advanced technology and most in Livonia, also sub- worked up this design. mitted a bid on the experienced surgeons and cardiologists are right here. Do you have a Beaumont doctor? Bing seeks state’s help in creating lighting authority

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing is calling for the bonds to finance about $160 million in capi- Legislature to pass a package of bills that tal investments, using revenue from the would allow the city to create a public light- city’s utility users tax to pay the debt. Call 888-683-7678 or visit beaumont.edu ing authority. In fiscal 2011, the tax generated roughly The five-year, $144 million plan would be $44 million. About $17 million was allocated enacted in four phases and a “pre-phase,” to the Detroit Police Department. which could be completed before the author- Detroit COO Chris Brown said that the ity is created. city is also asking the Legislature to suspend Marc Sakwa, M.D., a second-generation surgeon, is chief of More than half of the roughly 88,000 Public an income tax rollback. The additional in- Cardiovascular Surgery at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak. Lighting Department streetlights are out, and come tax funds would replace the utility At the Beaumont Valve Center, he and his colleagues are restoring all of those lights isn’t in the cards. users tax in the police department’s funding. But Bing said that, under the new authority, The legislation proposed by Bing would en- performing innovative, leading edge procedures, such as the number of working streetlights would go able communities to create lighting authori- replacing aortic valves through small, three-inch incisions. from about 35,000 currently to about 45,000 ties. In Detroit, for example, the City Council in about five years. would have to vote to create the authority. The authority would be able to issue — Nancy Kaffer 20120813-NEWS--0006-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 8/10/2012 5:03 PM Page 1

Page 6 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS August 13, 2012 OPINION LETTERS Turmoil over EM law Tenure issue misunderstood Editor: knowledge is made by professors Mary Kramer mistakenly char- Crain’s Detroit Business who are engaged in both teaching welcomes letters to the editor. acterizes the choices about a pro- and research. Tenure is hard won All letters will be considered for posed contract at Wayne State as a after incredibly competitive job publication, provided they are mustn’t stall change clash between a board that realisti- searches and years of review and signed and do not defame cally needs more control over per- assessment. Tenure provides intel- individuals or organizations. t’s like peeling an onion. sonnel during a time of economic Letters may be edited for length lectual freedom and a long-term Under Detroit’s consent agreement with the state or crisis, and a faculty union and and clarity. commitment between professor union sympathizers who are blind- and institution that allows re- Write: Editor, Crain’s Detroit I earlier agreements that changed management of the city’s ly defending tenure (“Faculty talks searchers to create new knowledge Business, 1155 Gratiot Ave., regional water, there’s the tantalizing promise of saving mon- test Wayne State board,” July 30). in their fields. They share those Detroit, MI 48207-2997. ey and improving services by removing layers of calcified This is another case where those in findings with their students and Email: [email protected] business practices. business and industry make unin- the greater community. That progress must not end because of turmoil created by formed assumptions about how Research universities spur eco- higher education works. marks not just the loss of one job nomic activity and revitalization. the future of Public Act 4, which strengthened the powers of The problem isn’t the faculty but also the end to an entire ca- WSU has a history of doing just state-appointed emergency managers to run financially insol- union. The problem is that the job reer. Even in this dismal job mar- that in Midtown, the region and vent local governments. Though PA 4 is on hold pending the market in higher education oper- ket for those with Ph.D.s, it is the state, all while providing edu- outcome of a public vote in November, we hope Detroit’s con- ates in a manner very different from highly unlikely that qualified can- cational opportunities to many sent agreement was crafted to be on sturdier legal ground. other private or public sectors. didates will consider coming to people who are often the first in Seen from the point of view of a Wayne. their families to attend a universi- Certainly, there was a flurry of activity last week. First, prospective faculty member, why If Wayne State adopts the pro- ty. Are the board and business Mayor Dave Bing announced a plan to overhaul the Detroit accept a post at an institution with posed labor agreement, it will be leaders willing to destroy all of Water and Sewerage Department, cutting more than 1,000 jobs a hiring (and firing) policy radical- impossible to hire and retain com- that for such short-term, short- over several years while reducing job classifications to 30 from ly outside the norm for the profes- mitted, dynamic teachers and re- sighted gains? If adopted, these 257. (Imagine the effect in your own business of job descrip- sion? This is especially true when, searchers. Universities are not policies will be the end of Wayne because of the peculiarities of the just places where existing infor- State as a research university. tions so narrowly drawn that flexibility and efficiency are vir- academic job market, losing a uni- mation is transferred to students. Sara Chapman tually impossible to achieve.) versity post almost inevitably They are also sites where new Birmingham Bing also urged state lawmakers to approve bills to create a new public lighting authority for Detroit, a step that deserves bipartisan support. It has been just over four months since Detroit’s mayor and a majority of City Council members reached a consent agree- TALK ON THE WEB ment with the state. The path under that agreement hasn’t been smooth, but it hasn’t failed, either. From www.crainsdetroit.com Consider the transition of the city’s workforce development Re: DIA millage approved actual or manufactured bottom department to a nonprofit agency. As Nancy Kaffer reports on Reader responses to stories and blogs that appeared on Crain’s line and whether the Freep might Page 3, the new agency already has fired three subpar contrac- Let’s work to get representatives have been better off as an indepen- of the taxpayers onto this board. website. Comments may be edited for length and clarity. dent rather than being swallowed tors and hired a new major contractor. It landed its first big Their interests, not those of the client: vetting applicants for 500 new jobs at an auto supplier. and loaded down with the debt and privileged few, should be heard. unaccountable management prac- The alternative to the consent agreement is almost certain Jeff Stoltman Corp. … The Mackinac Center has tices of the new and remote mega bankruptcy — with a bankruptcy judge calling the shots. No- said Snyder is “building a scaffold- corporate owner. body — neither the state nor the federal government — will ing for plunder.” MichAuto is one Milton Alexander Re: Chamber, MEDC to work together of the platforms. simply write a check to Detroit to enable the status quo. on MichAuto to boost auto industry P Lester Diddy Snyder may have gone into of- Re: Emergency manager referendum fice by getting more citizen votes Re: General Motors’ IT insourcing I’d like to know what the people Forum continues right-to-work talk opposing these laws would do to than the Angry Mayor, but he does I’m sure all of GM’s former IT em- solve the issues plaguing the cities When business leaders in West Michigan staged their first not work for the people of Michigan. ployees who were forced into EDS, and schools (where) EM’s have He works for the Business Leaders having lost most of their GM retire- public policy forum in 2008, making Michigan a “right to been put in place. I hear them for Michigan and the Chamber of ment benefits, are just thrilled work” state landed at the top of their policy wish list. wanting to repeal the law, but no Commerce. … Snyder and his crew about this. All who are so excited The forum reconvenes in Grand Rapids in September for the alternatives to solve the problems. in the Republican cause have con- about this have a very short memory. BrandonP third time in six years, just seven weeks before Michigan voters fiscated a pile of loot from pension- Mr. VRC decide whether Michigan should guarantee collective bargain- ers, homeowners, the working ing rights in the Michigan Constitution. (See story, Page 11.) poor, K-12 education, university As a laborer affected by the provi- students and their parents, and lo- Re: Detroit Free Press departures sions of Public Act 4, I am very re- The forum may be in Grand Rapids, but it’s an important cal communities. They are passing The sugarcoating in this story lieved by Justice Mary Beth Kelly’s topic for businesses across the state. The constitutional guar- it out to political friends in busi- about a “natural” fallout of talent decision. She clearly placed morals antee will be a barrier for job growth — except maybe in the ness (and) government via the at the Detroit Free Press possibly before politics and ruled accordingly. public sector. Michigan Economic Development tells something about Gannett’s Brian Harris KEITH CRAIN: For most, the elections are already over Last week, we held our primary the Democratic incum- all over. We’ll be bom- and happy for the next few turnout is still far less than a lot of elections. It was a partisan vote, bent, there could be barded by commercials months. people hope for. Republican or Democrat. In many some surprises that will for all sorts of candi- Of course, there are a lot of is- I still believe that the unin- races, whoever won the primary make it closer than the dates and issues in the sues that most folks don’t even formed should just stay home. I fig- has virtually won the November pundits predict. next three months. know are on the ballot. So ad cam- ure that if someone doesn’t really election, too. We’re going to have There was a time paigns will try to persuade them, know the issues and the candi- But there are still a couple of quite a few statewide when everyone thought too. dates, they shouldn’t vote. Or they very important contests in Novem- referenda on the No- that Michigan was There is no point in spending should vote only in the races or the ber we can’t ignore. The presiden- vember ballot, too. Two firmly in the Democrat- any money on the folks who are al- ballot positions they know. Leave tial election certainly will be a of the hot questions are ic camp for president. ready for or against you. It’s just the rest of the ballot empty. very tight race; whoever thinks asking whether citizens But that’s changed, and those few lucky souls who still that is already decided is sadly want a second bridge to we’ll see a lot more po- haven’t decided. Voting is a right of our citizens. mistaken. Canada in Detroit and litical advertising on The primary brought out some- But with the right comes the re- We also can’t ignore the race for whether the state can appoint TV and radio to try to reach the thing around 20 percent of eligible sponsibility of learning about the U.S. Senate. Although most folks emergency managers. undecided. The extra spending voters. Although the presidential candidates and the issues. Is that will tell you that it’s a done deal for So don’t sit back and think it’s means broadcasters will sit fat election will bring out many more, too much to ask? 20120813-NEWS--0007-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 8/10/2012 4:47 PM Page 1

August 13, 2012 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 7 After millage win, DIA turns to building endowment funds

BY SHERRI WELCH donors, and indeed all of the resi- There are no immediate plans to peer institutions in Cleveland, “I’m sure there are a lot of peo- CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS dents of Southeast Michigan,” Er- hire additional fundraising staff, Toledo and Indianapolis. ple ... whose estate planning is al- ickson said. “Those are the mes- she said. Such institutions with a sizable ready settled. You just have no Raising endowment funds in the sages we’ll be formulating and “What really is critical is how ef- endowment supporting them saw idea what is already in the (DIA’s) best of times is challenging. articulating in the months ahead.” fective your message is, how well an individual family or handful of pipeline, and they’ll continue But the Detroit Institute of Arts is Every type of fundraising car- you deliver it, and how well you donors establish the permanent working with new prospects,” he up to that challenge, said Mark ries its own set of challenges, she cultivate your donors,” Erickson fund at their founding, Erickson said. Neithercut, principal at Detroit- acknowledged. said. said, and they’ve continued to Without the pressure of sur- and Chicago- “And donor fatigue is not some- As part of its new charge to raise grow them. vival, the DIA can focus on endow- based Neithercut thing the DIA is just facing. Many endowment dollars, the DIA may “We’ve got to find our genera- ment, DiChiera said. Philanthropy Advi- of my colleagues around town and have to revisit gifts made to sup- tion of thoughtful and generous “That’s a nice place to be,” he sors and a DIA indeed the U.S. are seeing it.” port its operations. donors who will do that for the said. “I think 10 years is a very trustee. The museum has an accom- “We’ll have to think about DIA,” she said. comfortable amount of time to The DIA par- plished team of staff and volunteer rededicating those, possibly to en- The museum already has built a build a significant amount of en- ticipated in the fundraisers and will continue to dowment,” with donor permission, group of people who support the dowment.” Van Dusen En- formulate its planning and begin Erickson said. museum, said David DiChiera, Sherri Welch: (313) 446-1694, dowment Chal- to execute in the months ahead, The DIA has far fewer dollars in founding general manager of the [email protected]. Twitter: lenge and Touch Erickson said. endowments when compared to Michigan Opera Theatre. @sherriwelch the Future en- Neithercut dowment-building programs administered by the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan in the 1990s and early 2000s. The museum has been educat- ing its donor base about the importance of endowment for nearly 20 MY PASSPORT DOESN’T SAY years, said Neithercut, a former Community Foundation executive who worked with local nonprofits to help them build endowments through the programs. “SPINE DISORDER.” “Given the central importance of the DIA to our region, I think they are well-positioned to be successful,” he said. The museum is catching its Shari Finsilver is not defined by her disorder. breath after winning voter approval last week for a 10-year oper- She just wants to see the world ... on her schedule. ating millage in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties. But it does- Fortunately for Shari, she has the experts of Henry Ford n’t plan to rest long, said COO An- nemarie Erickson. making sure she’s pain-free and still on the go. As the first The DIA hopes to have an early and most experienced minimally invasive spine surgery team strategy for raising a $350 million to $400 million endowment over in Michigan, as well as the first and most proven team in the next decade in place by early fall. the U.S. to perform radiosurgery on spine tumors, the It won’t be starting from scratch. Henry Ford Spine and Neurotrauma Center is on a mission – As of June 30, 2011, the value of the DIA’s unrestricted endowment to conducting more than 20,000 spine surgeries and making sure fund operations was $89.3 million, that patients like Shari can get back on their journey. Vice President and CFO Robert Bowen said in an email. The museum also has three other endowments for specific uses. The June 2011 values of those with the designated purpose were: $59 million for art, $8.2 million for edu- To learn more or to schedule an cation and $11 million for other purposes such as art conservation appointment, visit henryford.com or exhibitions. or call 1-800-HENRYFORD. “We understand fully this (endowment campaign) is going to be about a compelling message to our

BANKRUPTCIES

The following businesses filed for Chapter 7 or 11 protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Detroit the week of Aug. 3-8. Capitol Bancorp Ltd., Capitol Bancorp Center, 200 N. Washington Square, Lansing, voluntary Chapter 11. As- sets: $112.2 million; liabilities: $195.6 million. (See Page 2.) Class Act Outdoor Services LLC, 32615 Pardo St., Garden City, voluntary Chapter 7. Assets: $4,850; liabilities: $73,247. Financial Commerce Corp., 2950 State St. S., Ann Arbor, voluntary Chapter 11. Assets and liabilities not available. One Ace Autobody Inc., 400 W. Ann Ar- bor Road, Plymouth, voluntary Chap- ter 7. Assets and liabilities not available. — Ryan Kelly 20120813-NEWS--0008-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 8/10/2012 1:29 PM Page 1

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Contact Mary Kramer at mkramer @crain.com. CRAIN’S MICHIGAN BUSINESS Mary Kramer House Party launches Grand Rapids edition Seven years ago, the Michigan State Housing Development Authority gave Crain’s a challenge: Could we come up with a creative way to promote market-rate housing in Detroit? That’s how the Crain’s House Party was born: One night, 40 simultaneous house parties in urban lofts and historic homes, an afterglow that drew 1,100 people last September. Among the attendees was a small contingent from the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce, led by their new CEO, Rick Baker. Baker and some of his board members liked the House Party concept enough that they have imported it to Grand Rapids. With a twist. Because employers there have expressed a need to help new hires connect with the larger community, the Grand Rapids party Aug. 29 is specifically geared to “newbies.” But JON BROUWER it’s open to anybody who wants a “We are looking at hiring,” says CEO Philip Allor of SelfLube Inc. “We’re hard-pressed to find capacity to hit intermittent demand now.” peek at some great living spaces in the city. “People interact differently in small groups and when you’re being entertained in someone’s home,” Baker said. “We wanted a way for people to build relationships in a nontraditional, nonchamber way.” Holly Jacoby’s home will be one of them. She and her husband have lived in Tool time their condo above retail space on Monroe Center since 2004. Jacoby, who works with commercial real Recession-thinned tool and die shops bustling to meet rising demand estate clients at PNC Bank in Grand Rapids, saw the House Party as a BY MATTHEW GRYCZAN tent demand now.” chance to show their living space and CRAIN’S MICHIGAN BUSINESS SelfLube has fabricated mov- why the couple love living — and ing parts used in metal-stamp- working — downtown. here’s not as much talk in ing dies and plastic injection “I really think that the hipness and Michigan these days about molds for more than 20 years. coolness of GR is more difficult to see T how the Chinese hijacked The company employs about 30 in your first visit. This is the perfect the tool and die industry, steal- people in the office and on its mix of ‘big’ city and ‘small’ town,” ing jobs that form the back- well-lit, air-conditioned shop said Jacoby, who had lived in Holland bone of manufacturing and as- floor — which resembles a and Chicago before moving to Grand sembly plants worldwide. Rapids in 1991. high-end auto dealership more With the largest concentra- than one of those dungeonlike The House Party format is the same tion of tool and die shops in the tool and die shops of the 1950s. as in Detroit: Each guest will sign up to country, Michigan is bursting Steve Kutches feels the same attend a small cocktail party at a with activity as automakers home, loft, apartment or condominium capacity squeeze at his embark on what experts say is Muskegon shop. He also leads a around the city to network with home the biggest overhaul of their owners and partygoers. coalition of six Michigan tool vehicles in more than a decade. SelfLube makes these bushings and spacers in Coopersville. and die companies that all re- See Mary Kramer, Page 9 Adding to the tooling resur- ported at their June meeting gence is rising demand from they are more likely to source ny out of the tool right now,” higher sales and long backlogs. other industries, such as aero- locally because the lead time is Baron said. “We were meeting monthly, space, office furniture and ap- faster,” said “The other part of the reason but we postponed some of our pliance manufacturing. Jay Baron, why we are so busy is we lost meetings because we are all so Overtime is plentiful now in president one-third of the industry in busy,” said Kutches, founder shops throughout Michigan, so and CEO of Michigan. We are one-third and president of Aero Foil Inter- much so that tool and die com- the Center for smaller than we were 10 years national Inc., a producer of tool- panies have the opposite prob- Automotive ago.” ing for about 28 U.S. foundries lem they faced in 2009. Instead Research in Philip Allor, founder and that supply blades, shrouds of having to lay off highly paid, Ann Arbor. president of SelfLube Inc. in and other parts for high-speed skilled people, they now can’t The au- Coopersville, said his company turbines used in jets and land- find experienced toolmakers tomakers has been “working a lot of based electric generators. Holly Jacoby’s condo — open to Grand and engineers. “are being overtime, and we are looking Rapids House Party guests Aug. 29 — Baron There is some concern that driven more at hiring more full-time ma- is above retail space in downtown “The auto companies are the tool and die industry will Grand Rapids. rolling out a lot of new, re- by delivery dates rather than chinists. We’re hard-pressed to freshed models of vehicles, and trying to squeeze every last pen- find capacity to hit intermit- See Demand, Page 9 20120813-NEWS--0009-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 8/10/2012 10:13 AM Page 1

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CRAIN’S MICHIGAN BUSINESS Advertorial Mary Kramer: GR party ■ From Page 8 After cocktails, guests will move Building Pure Michigan downtown for a strolling dinner, GRAND RAPIDS HOUSE PARTY entertainment and an afterglow at places begins with Open Systems Technologies Inc., an When: 5:30-9:30 p.m. Aug. 29 information technology company Cost: $60 to attend House Party celebrating great places. housed in the former headquarters and afterglow reception, $40 for afterglow only. of a toy and game manufacturer. Now through Labor Day, September 3, 2012, MSHDA is the lead sponsor, as it Registration: (616) 771-0303 or grandrapids.org/houseparty. has been in Detroit. residents across our state have the chance Mary Smith has been handling to win fantastic prizes by answering one relocations for corporate clients of it is a best-kept secret. The diversity simple question: Why do you choose to Greenridge Realty for 11 years. In a of our area keeps changing.” typical year, she can work with 200- Smith joined the advisory com- call Michigan home? 300 prospective hires considering mittee to promote the Aug. 29 event job offers in the Grand Rapids area. as another way of “showing” the “I work with families from all community. “It’s a great way for At the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA), the Michigan over the world. They come with per- newcomers to join a small group of ® ceptions of Grand Rapids,” Smith people, socialize and build relation- Association of REALTORS (MAR) and Art Van Furniture, we are committed to said. “But when I do tours, they see ships.” placemaking – the idea that people are attracted to great places and vibrant communities. We’re uniting to help reimagine Michigan through the lens of placemaking. But we need your help! Enter the MIplace™ Sweepstakes. Tell the world at facebook.com/MIplace2012 why you choose Michigan as Demand: Shops busy your place to live, work, play and share the dream of homeownership. ■ From Page 8 Celebrating great places. get derailed in 2014 when today’s glut of redesigns by the auto in- Michigan is blessed with great dustry subsides. For now, every- The key to high places. Thriving neighborhoods, one is enjoying the ride. “ from Dearborn to Sault Ste. Marie. productivity in Dynamic downtowns, from Tool of industry manufacturing is to Kalamazoo to Bay City. The tool and die industry in Small-town gems, from Michigan is like Waldo of “Where’s have the best tools. Fenton to Ferndale. Waldo?” fame: It’s everywhere, but ” you have to look hard to find it. Philip Allor, Coopersville The goal of the MIplace™ Tooling Alliance “It’s the industry that makes the Sweepstakes is to inspire tools that manufacturers use to make stuff: cars, appliances, air- coming online.” individuals, communities and plane parts,” said Allor, who heads Among other factors, the au- organizations to develop even the Coopersville Tooling Coalition, tomakers milked their existing de- more Michigan great places. comprising his tool and die shop signs longer than normal over the Our mission begins with one and four others. “And the key to past three years because of lack- high productivity in manufactur- luster sales during the recession easy step: Celebrating the great Read about Howell and more Michigan ing is to have the best tools.” and tepid recovery. places that are uniquely Michigan. placemaking success stories at MIplace.org. More people were employed in Michigan last year as tool and die Let the good times roll makers than in any other state — Share why you choose Michigan 11,750, according to the U.S. Bureau Kutches at Aero Foil concedes at facebook.com/MIplace2012. of Labor Statistics. The ratio of tool- that although he has 36 full-time makers to the total Michigan jobs employees working at his Mus- Tell us what makes your Michigan was nearly twice the ratio of the kegon company, “I really should state’s nearest competitor, Ohio. have 45 employees, but I need to place great – from new homes and As one would expect, Michigan’s bring people on slowly and deliber- condos to renovated houses and tool and die industry is concentrat- ately,” he said. repurposed lofts, family-friendly ed in metropolitan areas. The Bu- Working with specialty alloys neighborhoods with parks and reau of Labor Statistics list includes that contain large percentages of the metro areas of Warren-Troy- cobalt and nickel “as hard as wood- gathering places, or walkable Farmington Hills, Grand Rapids- pecker lips” is a demanding job, downtowns with a variety of restaurant, Wyoming, Detroit-Livonia-Dear- Kutches said. Machinists regularly shopping and transportation options. born and Grand Haven-Holland. hold tolerances anywhere from Everyone has a story – we want to hear Allor estimates that about 40 0.0002 to 0.0005 inches on turbine percent of the tooling made in this parts that are precision-ground yours. It’s fast, fun and rewarding. country goes into the auto indus- with diamond-studded wheels. try. “The automotive industry is With annual sales of about $7 mil- To enter the MIplace™ Sweepstakes, submit a video or written testimonial at ferociously competitive — it’s all lion, Aero Foil is one of the largest about style and appearance,” he U.S. producers of electronic gages facebook.com/MIplace2012. Art Van Furniture – which celebrates 53 years said. “When manufacturers want used to check turbine parts, Kutch- of doing business in Michigan – is providing prizes, including a $3,000 to change the appearance of the es said. While his company doesn’t Shopping Spree Extravaganza. The bonus reward? Enjoying more pride do automotive work, his colleagues product, they have to buy tooling.” in your Michigan home. Between 2013 and 2014, the auto in a coalition of five other tool and industry will embark on the biggest die companies all have reported model changeover it has seen over markedly higher sales and longer Michigan residents can submit a testimonial and enter the sweepstakes the past decade, said Mike Jackson, lead times because of increased de- director of North American produc- mand from automotive and other at facebook.com/MIplace2012 until Labor Day, Sept. 3, 2012. tion forecasting at the Northville industries. branch of IHS Automotive, the Engle- As president of the Muskegon wood, Colo., forecasting and busi- Tooling Alliance of West Michigan, ness intelligence group. Kutches heard a report from Camp- IHS Automotive predicts that bell Grinder Co. in Spring Lake that 14.9 million vehicles with gross ve- 2013 will be the best year in its his- hicle weight of less than 5 tons will tory, based on current backlog. Di- be produced in North America this etech Tooling Solutions in Muskegon, year, up 1.8 million from a year which makes dies for the furniture, ago. “That kind of increase is just automotive, aerospace and appli- To learn more about Michigan placemaking, go to MIplace.org. incredible,” Jackson said. “It’s the ance industries, said orders have equivalent of nine assembly plants See Demand, Page 10 20120813-NEWS--0010-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 8/10/2012 10:14 AM Page 1

Page 10 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS August 13, 2012 CRAIN’S MICHIGAN BUSINESS Our Family Demand: Tool and die shops swamped ■ From Page 9 Taking Care of been up 18 months straight, with an kicking and screaming all the way. expectation that 2012 sales will “When you bring competitors reach a 15-year high. Qwik Tool & These are small into a room, in the first meeting or Manufacturing Inc. in Muskegon “ two, you hear stories about how companies, and it Yours For Nearly Heights reported sizable increases so-and-so stole my employees or in business over the past five quar- undercut me on the last bid,” ters. doesn’t take a lot ... Baron said. “You hear the war sto- But times haven’t always been to affect their ries, and you understand that it’s a 30 Years. rosy in tool and die, Kutches said. ruthless business. The tooling alliance started in 2006 “But over time, they start to over- with nine businesses, three of cash flow. look that, and they find things that which have folded as toolmaking ” they can agree to work together on.” was outsourced to low-wage na- Jay Baron, Campbell said a study done by At Advomas®, we believe nothing tions such as China and Mexico. Center for Automotive Research the MEDC last year indicates that Allor at SelfLube said his comments allowed to the 24 coalitions. the return on investment was $1.35 is more important than family. pany discovered the degree of cra- “If we did not have that, I would for every $1 of tax abatement al- tering in the tool and die trades not be here today — seriously,” lowed, using a conservative esti- That’s why we are so passionate about four years ago. Kutches said. “We would have mate of the value of direct jobs. “In the worst part of the reces- been like the other three in our While the cost of producing a die sion, we started calling our contact group who folded.” slid by about a third over the past about improving the financial health list of potential customers that we Said Baron, who himself helped decade, that doesn’t mean profit compiled from attending years of found the United Tooling Coalition in margins have gone down by the of our clients and their uninsured patients trade shows,” he said. “We call it Ann Arbor: “The average tool and same percentage, because tool our X-files because we might not die shop in Michigan has about 24 manufacturing has gotten much have had contact with them for a employees. These are small com- more productive, Baron said. with empathy, dignity, and respect. We while. The shocking thing was that panies, and it doesn’t take a lot of “One of the executives at Ford when we placed calls to these com- money to affect their cash flow.” said that the company reduced the have the knowledge and experience, but panies, about 40 percent of the Along with tax relief, the partici- number of dies per car by one- phones were disconnected.” pants also learned lean manufactur- third. And at the same time, we re- most of all, we have the compassion. ing and best practices — sometimes See Demand, Page 11 Deconstructing, reconstructing Baron at the Center for Automo- To learn more, please visit tive Research said that in 2000 the Michigan tool and die industry started to look for ways to combat advomas.com or call 248.989.4200. the hemorrhaging of jobs overseas. But there were no easy answers. Six of the biggest tool and die companies in Michigan approached Baron then to see how competitors could collaborate on best practices and core competencies without vio- lating antitrust laws. They came to the Center for Au- tomotive Research “looking for a safe haven to have a dialogue about the industry,” he said. “For several years, they funded us as a consultant to run their meetings, to be their spokesperson and go to automakers and clients and talk to them about best practices providing tools.” In 2001, the Michigan Economic De- velopment Corp. paid CAR to come up with guidelines on how small tool and die shops could form coalitions to survive what was becoming an industry debacle. Under the Michigan Tool & Die Recovery Zone Program, companies that formed alliances and adopted best practices in manufacturing would be eligible for abatements on real and personal property taxes and the Michigan Business Tax. “Here’s the ironic thing,” Baron said. “The six companies that started this, none of them qualified for the abatement because they The Seidman College of Business were too big.” M.B.A. Programs But more than 300 companies in Michigan did qualify for the abatements after they joined coalitions that sprouted up throughout the state after 2004. Karla Campbell, manager of state tax incentives for the MEDC, Leading with Results said the intent was to keep the tool and die industry healthy in Michi- gan during the rough patch. Tool 335 East Big Beaver and die is particularly prone to Whether you have recently graduated from college or are seeking new paying high personal property tax- professional opportunities, adding a Grand Valley State University M.B.A. Suite 100 es because the industry often uses degree to your resume makes you a better-prepared and more desirable expensive equipment. Troy, MI 48083 Allor, Kutches and Baron said the job candidate. Apply now to set yourself apart from the competition. tough times would have turned into Call (616) 331-7400 or visit gvsu.edu/grad/mba to learn more. a disaster without the tax abate- 20120813-NEWS--0011-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 8/10/2012 10:32 AM Page 1

August 13, 2012 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 11 CRAIN’S MICHIGAN BUSINESS Business execs to help set A great CPA political action agenda isn’t born that way.

Consider Monica Silwanowicz, CPA. during W. Michigan forum At ShindelRock, Monica works alongside seasoned partners on engagements, allowing BY MATTHEW GRYCZAN CRAIN’S MICHIGAN BUSINESS FORUM FACTS her direct client contact and exposing her to a wide range of assignments. Mirroring the election-year cy- When: Sept. 12-13. cle, the 2012 West Michigan Policy Where: St. Cecilia’s Music As a ShindelRock team member, you’re Forum in Grand Rapids will feature Center, Amway Grand Plaza an address by Gov. Rick Snyder Hotel and JW Marriott Hotel in considered integral to the success of every and presentations by some of downtown Grand Rapids. client engagement, so we support your Michigan’s top business leaders Tickets: $425 per person for about statewide problems and so- two days, including admission professional growth through programs like to Sept. 12 main dinner. Dinner- lutions. only tickets $100 per person. mentorship, career goal identification and This year’s conference will be Registration, more information: attainment, and educational advancement. Sept. 12 and 13 at the St. Cecilia Mu- wmpolicyforum.com sic Center, the Amway Grand Plaza Because those three little letters after your Hotel and the JW Marriott Hotel name are just the beginning. downtown. Ⅲ Shantanu Sinha, president of The conference — launched in the Khan Academy, a nonprofit that 2008 by the Grand Rapids Area Cham- offers free online video lessons in ber of Commerce and spun off from math and other subjects. the chamber last year — has be- Ⅲ Bill George, former CEO of come a biennial networking event Medtronic Inc. and author of the Contact for Inquiries book True North. for hundreds of business execu- Maria Montie, CPA, MST, CVA, CFFA tives and influencers and a way to Ⅲ Robert Genetski, a Saugatuck- form an agenda for political action based economist and president of Managing Partner in the Legislature. Robert Genetski & Associates Inc. Conference organizers said they Sessions have been formed to www.ShindelRock.com | 248.855.8833 will use iPad tablet computers and address topics such as retaining 28100 Cabot Drive Ste. 102 | Novi, MI 48377 an app to poll participants on pub- talent in Michigan, affordable lic policy issues, provide feedback health care, promoting economic and disseminate information. The development, innovation and the conference will lend iPads to atten- state’s logistics systems. dees who don’t own the devices. Executives from chambers rep- Speakers scheduled to appear at resenting Grand Rapids, Kalama- the conference include: zoo, Saginaw, Lansing, Holland, Ⅲ Dan Gilbert, founder and chair- Grand Haven, Muskegon and Tra- man of Detroit-based Quicken Loans verse City serve on the forum’s Inc. steering committee along with Ⅲ Dick DeVos, CEO of the Grand leaders from higher education, in- Rapids-based Windquest Group. dustry and government. Ⅲ Dan Loepp, president and CEO Matthew Gryczan: (616) 916-8158; of Detroit-based Blue Cross Blue [email protected]; Twitter: Shield of Michigan. @mattgryczan

Demand: Complex is good ■ From Page 10 duced the price of our dies by one- They are very unique demands as third,” he said. “So if you do that opposed to even aerospace or med- math, the cost of tooling is down ical, which operate with totally dif- by two-thirds compared with the ferent criteria. year 2000 — the tooling industry is “If you give us something that’s getting almost two-thirds less rev- easy to make, it’s hard for us to be enue than it was 10 years ago.” globally competitive.” Some companies that have tried to strongly diversify have found Where we are headed they sold capacity to industries The adage that anything is possi- needing simpler dies. When the Reliable, modernized grid ble for those who don’t know what auto industry became busy again, they are talking about may apply they couldn’t take on more work. to those who think Michigan’s tool The shakeout over the past Energy is essential to the way we live, work and play. and die industry should become decade has left a smaller number less dependent on the cyclical na- of lean companies that understand ITC operates, builds and maintains the region’s electric ture of the automotive industry. the need to outsource some aspects “The problem is, tool and die of tool and die manufacturing to transmission infrastructure. We’re a Michigan-based company shops that have diversified have other countries, such as the fabri- had trouble making money in cation of machine details. working hard to improve electric reliability and increase electric some other industries,” Baron “My favorite quote is from an ex- said. “The unique thing about the ecutive at one of the major foreign transmission capacity throughout the Midwest. auto industry is that it uses dies automakers,” Baron said. “He said: that are incredibly complex. Some ‘We go to Michigan when we need guys don’t make much money on help or something breaks, because dies; they make it on the engineer- that’s where the engineering talent ing and changes to build. is — not because of low cost. Michi- www.itctransco.com “Complexity is what we are gan has the expertise to fix things.’ ” good at. We can do complex things Matthew Gryczan: (616) 916-8158; quickly, and we can get tooling [email protected]; Twitter: launched very rapidly in a factory. @mattgryczan 20120813-NEWS--0012-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 8/10/2012 11:03 AM Page 1

Page 12 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS August 13, 2012 CRAIN’S MICHIGAN BUSINESS CRAIN'S LIST: OUTSTATE PRIVATELY HELD Ranked by 2011 revenue

Company Revenue Revenue Worldwide Address ($000,000) ($000,000) Percent employees Rank Phone, website Top executive 2011 2010 change Jan. 2012 Type of business Meijer Inc. Hank Meijer $14,400.0 B $14,200.0 B 1.4% 60,000 Operates supercenters and grocery stores in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and 1. 2929 Walker Ave. NW, Grand Rapids 49544 co-chairman and Kentucky. Engages in online retailing and operates gas stations and car washes (616) 453-6711; www.meijer.com CEO Alticor Inc. Steve Van Andel 10,900.0 9,200.0 18.5 20,000 Global company offering consumer products, business opportunities and 2. 7575 Fulton St. E., Ada 49355-0001 chairman manufacturing and logistics services in more than 80 countries and territories (616) 787-7565; www.alticor.com Gordon Food Service Dan Gordon 7,700.0 C 7,700.0 0.0 NA Food service distributor and grocery retailer 3. 333 50th St. SW, Grand Rapids 49501 chairman (888) 437-3663; gfs.com Dow Corning Corp. Robert Hansen 6,430.0 6,000.0 7.2 12,000 Silicon-based materials and technology 4. 2200 Salzburg Road, Midland 48640 president and CEO (989) 496-4000; www.dowcorning.com Jackson National Life Insurance Co. Michael Wells 4,184.8 3,309.4 26.5 NA Life insurance and retirement planning 5. 1 Corporate Way, Lansing 48951 president and CEO (517) 381-5500; www.jackson.com Dart Container Corp. Robert Dart 1,500.0 1,500.0 D 0.0 7,600 Foam cups and containers 6. 500 Hogsback Road, Mason 48854 CEO (517) 676-3800; www.dartcontainer.com Haworth Inc. Franco Bianchi 1,380.0 1,200.0 15.0 6,000 Office furniture 7. 1 Haworth Center, Holland 49423 president and CEO (616) 393-3000; www.haworth.com Alro Steel Corp. Alvin Glick 1,350.0 E 1,100.0 E 22.7 NA Metal servicing 8. 3100 E. High St., Jackson 49204 chairman and CEO (517) 787-5500; www.alro.com Serra Automotive Joseph Serra 992.1 818.5 21.2 NA Auto dealerships 9. 3118 E. Hill Road, Grand Blanc 48439 president (810) 694-1720; www.serrausa.com Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy Phil Hagerman 772.0 575.0 34.3 588 Specialty pharmacy 10. 4100 S. Saginaw St., Flint 48507 CEO (810) 720-4450; www.diplomatpharmacy.com

This list of privately held companies is an approximate compilation of the largest companies headquartered in Michigan outside of metro Detroit that do not have stock traded on a public exchange. It is not a complete listing but the most comprehensive available. Crain's estimates are based on industry analysis and benchmarks, news reports and a wide range of other sources. Unless otherwise noted, information was provided by the companies. Actual revenue figures may vary. NA = not available. B Supermarket News estimate. C Company estimate from Forbes. ■ D Crain's estimate. An expanded version of this list can be purchased at crainsdetroit.com/lists. E Metal Center News.

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BY PAT SHELLENBARGER in popularity.” trucks. You will probably see some truck. It was a logical move. SPECIAL TO CRAIN’S MICHIGAN BUSINESS Vendors at a recent National food trucks on our property at the Clauhs had studied cooking in Ire- Restaurant Association show in B.O.B. in the very near future,” he land and had worked at a cooking Occasionally, someone will ap- Chicago encouraged the owners of said, referring to the Big Old school run by her mother and proach the window of Molly Clauhs’ bricks-and-mortar restaurants to Building in downtown Grand grandmother in Pennsylvania. food truck in downtown Grand consider using food trucks. That’s Rapids, which houses several of Her father wasn’t pleased. Rapids and ask for a hot dog. what Paul Lee, owner of The Win- his restaurants. “I did not pay for an Ivy League “I don’t have hot dogs,” she said. chester restaurant in Grand Rapids, Jeff Lobdell, president and ma- education so my daughter can “I will never have hot dogs.” Like- did when his What the Truck food jority owner of Restaurant Partners, work out of a truck,” she recalled wise hamburgers. truck hit the streets in 2010. which operates 16 West Michigan his saying. He eventually relented Today’s menu at her Silver Spork Jesse Hahn did the opposite. He restaurants, at first shared Gil- and helped her buy a 1997 Chevro- Food Truck features a lamb wrap began with his Trailer Park’d food more’s concern but changed his let step van previously owned by with Moroccan spices, carrot slaw, STEPH HARDING truck in Lansing and last fall mind. the Salvation Army. She found it on greens and date sauce; beer-battered Molly Clauhs hopes Grand Rapids will opened a bricks-and-mortar res- “It’s a free enterprise system,” he eBay, had it painted and updated, zucchini fritters; and orzo salad. change its ordinance restricting when taurant called Fork in the Road. The said, “and I support free enterprise. and the Silver Spork Food Truck Such fare is typical of food and where food trucks may operate. truck, which he still operates, was I’m for anything that’s going to hit the streets a year ago. trucks, a growing phenomenon na- of (private) property downtown cheaper to get into and allowed make Grand Rapids a better place.” With the help of five employees, tionally that is beginning to catch and pay rent on it,” she said. “I’d him to earn enough money and de- He and other supporters con- Clauhs’ food truck is out most days on in Michigan. like to see the city allow food velop a following for his tradition- tend that food trucks add charac- April through November at farm- While food trucks are becoming trucks in the public right of way. I al restaurant. ter and sophistication to urban ers markets and art fairs. She may more common in urban parking think it will happen.” “The food truck is our calling communities. The trucks first be- offer it for wedding receptions. lots, farmers markets and art fairs, In Detroit, Anthony Curis and card,” he said. “It’s obviously a lot came popular in Los Angeles, San “I’m amazed at how difficult it is they are not without controversy. Doug Runyon, owners of El Guapo, less of an investment, a lot less of a Francisco and New York City, to have a business, like taxes and In June, the Grand Rapids City Coun- spent a year working with City risk than a restaurant.” then spread to cities such as so much paperwork,” she said. “I cil — to balance the interests of the Hall to become the first legitimate Even those who initially op- Austin, Texas; Boston; Portland, consider this like a graduate de- food truck operators and tradition- food truck in the city. Curis visited posed food trucks are softening Ore.; Philadelphia; and Seattle. gree — a master’s in food truck.” al restaurateurs — approved an or- City Hall nearly 60 times over six their stand. Gregory Gilmore, CEO Clauhs, 24, earned a degree in She’s not getting rich. “This dinance restricting when and months to secure a temporary six- of The Gilmore Collection of 24 West hotel administration from Cornell year we hope to make a little profit where food trucks may operate. month special-use permit. Michigan restaurants, favored the University and worked as an — just a little bit,” she said. They must obtain a temporary Food trucks are “kind of a Grand Rapids ordinance restrict- innkeeper for a while. But “it was- “I don’t think it will ever be the use permit, may not park on the trendy thing right now,” said Adri- ing food trucks. n’t my thing,” she said. way it is in California, where you public right of way and must close ane De Ceuninck, vice president of “It was more about the fairness After she and her boyfriend, who can send out a tweet and have a by 10 p.m. Sunday through Thurs- marketing and communications at and the fact that they can pull up is in food marketing, moved to line of 300 people show up,” said day and by 11 p.m. Friday and Sat- the Michigan Restaurant Association. in front of a restaurant, serve 100 Grand Rapids last year, “I decided I Clauhs, who recently opened a urday. Although she did not know how meals, then pull away and pay no really wanted to have a business,” cooking school in Grand Rapids. Clauhs was not satisfied. “I many are operating in Michigan, (property) taxes,” he said. she said. “I wasn’t sure what.” But, she added, “food trucks are don’t want to be parked on a piece “I’d definitely say they’re growing But now: “I personally love food Her uncle suggested a food here to stay.”

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Monthly Mexico WHERE MICHIGAN DOES BUSINESS

and acoustics to cockpits, floor consoles, he U.S. and Mexico share a 2,000-mile border and bil- doors, headliners and overhead systems, in lions of dollars in trade each year. Each World Watch addition to other interior and exterior com- T Mexico currently is the third-largest U.S. trading Monthly features a dif- ponents. partner, after China and Canada. U.S. trade with Mexico to- ferent country. If you Top executives: Juventino Gutierrez, vice taled $500 billion in 2011; exports were $223 billion, and im- know of a Michigan president of Mexican operations ports were $277 billion, according to the Office of the United company that exports, States Trade Representative. manufactures abroad or Since the implementation of the 1994 North American has facilities abroad, Inteva Products LLC Free Trade Agreement, Mexico’s share of U.S. imports has email Jennette Smith, Based: Troy increased from 7 percent to 12 percent. managing editor, at jh- Federal-Mogul’s Puebla production facility Mexico operations: Four facilities located The second-largest economy in Latin America, Mexico is [email protected]. in Heroica Matamoros, Ciudad Juárez and recovering from a brief but very deep recession. Michigan Employees: 4,180 Puebla companies have a range of operations there for automotive Products: Pistons, ignition products, seal- COMING UP Employees: 2,300 and other types of manufacturing. ing systems, bearings, friction products, Products: Latching systems, door handles, Crain’s monthly World Watch report showcases compa- September: Italy wipers, steering and suspension interior systems such as door trim, and roof nies leading the way in international business, as well as October: Spain/Portugal Top executive: Miguel Garcia, director gen- systems those expanding their global operations. eral Top executives: William Hanna, vice president and executive director of closure sys- General Motors Co. tems; Steve Galle, vice president and global Based: Detroit director of operations Ciudad Juárez UNITED STATES Mexico operations: Toluca de Lerdo, Ramos More information: Inteva operates two Arizpe, San Luis Potosí, Silao de la Victoria manufacturing plants in Heroica Mata- Employees: 13,600 moros and a manufacturing complex in Hermosillo Products: Products made in Mexico in- Puebla. Its Mexico technical center is in clude the Chevrolet Captiva Sport, Cadillac Ciudad Juárez. Nuevo Laredo SRX, Chevrolet Avalanche and Chevrolet Aveo. Metaldyne Corp. Saltillo, Heroica Matamoros Based: Plymouth Ramos Arizpe Monterrey Grede Holdings LLC Mexico operations: Ramos Arizpe Based: Southfield Employees: 325 MEXICO Mexico operations: Two iron foundries in Products: Powder metal connecting rods, San Luis Potosí Monterrey machined connecting rods, machined vibra- Employees: 850 tion dampers Santiago de Querétaro Guadalajara Tepotzotlán Products: Grede’s NovoCast facility, pur- Top executive: Thomas Amato, member of chased last year, produces ductile iron cast- the board of managers Toluca de Lerdo Mexico City Puebla ings for the transportation and industrial markets. Grede’s Teknik facility, also purchased last year, produces both gray and Plante Moran PLLC BELIZE ductile high-quality iron castings for the Based: Detroit transportation and industrial markets. Mexico operations: Monterrey GUATEMALA HONDURAS Gray and ductile iron are combinations of Employees: 30, including the employees metals used in many automotive compo- from co-partner MXGA Affinia Group Inc. ation, CFI Logistica, is headquartered in nents, such as drum brakes and brake discs. Products: Auditing, accounting, tax and Guadalajara, with sales offices in Monter- Top executive: Raul Lopez, managing di- consulting services; a major focus is help- Based: Ann Arbor rey, San Luis rector for Grede de Mexico ing foreign companies establish and operate Mexico operations: Affinia has two divi- Potosí and in Mexico. sions in Mexico. The filtration group in the Mexico City. Harvey Industries LLC Top executives: Alejandro Rodriguez, Mex- state of Coahuila de Zaragoza employs more Terminals are ico country manager; Scott Sneckenberger, than 450 people, and the brake group em- in Torreón, Based: Livonia global services partner in charge of Latin ploys 900 people in Mexico. Gomez Pala- Mexico operations: Nuevo Laredo American practices Employees: 1,350 cio, Saltillo, Employees: 500 Products: Filtration, brake products in- Ramos Products: Intake manifolds (engine compo- cluding brake disc pads, hydraulics, heavy- nent that takes air from outside the vehicle More than 100 Con-way Arizpe, Nue- TI Automotive Inc. duty linings and other products trucks a day cross the World vo Laredo, and sends it to the individual cylinders), Top executives: Vicente Alejandro Lopez Trade International Bridge Monterrey, pump housings, engine covers, aluminum Based: Auburn Hills Guisa, general manager for the Mexico between Mexico and Texas. Aguas- sand castings, die castings Mexico operations: Mexico City, Reynosa, brake division; Luis Eduardo Rodriguez, calientes, San Top executives: Gabriel Arredondo, gener- San Luis Potosí HR manager for much of the brake division; Luis Potosí, Guadalajara, Mexico City, al manager; Jerome Harvey, CEO Employees: 2,500 Chuy Martinez, general manager for the Toluca de Lerdo, Cuernavaca and Puebla. Products: Fluid-carrying systems includ- Mexico filtration division; Alexandra Ortiz, Employees: 62 IAC Group ing brake and fuel lines, powertrain compo- HR manager for the Mexico filtration divi- Products: Transport vans, flatbeds, small nents, fuel tank systems, fuel pumps and sion and large trailers, straight trucks, trailer Based: Southfield modules, and HVAC components and sys- sublease, local distribution, warehousing, Mexico operations: Seven IAC manufactur- tems Chrysler Group LLC crating and local cartage shipments, in ad- ing locations in Hermosillo, Monterrey, Top executives: Alejandro Veraza, general dition to intra-Mexico shipping Ramos Arizpe, Santiago de Querétaro, Tolu- manager FCS Mexico City; Steve Taylor, Based: Auburn Hills Top executives: Roberto Lopez, vice presi- ca de Lerdo, Saltillo and Puebla managing director HVAC North America; Mexico operations: Chrysler de México dent of sales Employees: 5,000 Luis Alvarado, director of operations HVAC S.A. de C.V. has six manufacturing plants in More information: Track-and-trace capabil- Products: All seven plants are dedicated to North America; Guillermo Chacon, plant Saltillo and Toluca de Lerdo. ities, 24/7 surveillance and relationships the manufacture of vehicle interior compo- manager, San Luis Potosí Employees: 7,970 with Customs Trade Partnership Against nents and systems ranging from flooring — Compiled by Ryan Kelly Products: Include the Dodge Journey, Fiat Terrorism 500, Fiat Freemont, body panels for the Dodge Journey, Ram 1500, 3.6-liter V-6 Pen- tastar engine and the 5.7-liter V-8 Hemi en- Federal-Mogul Corp. gine. Based: Southfield Top executive: Fred Díaz, president and CEO Chrysler Mexico & Ram Trucks Mexico operations: Manufacturing sites in Ciudad Juarez, Los Reyes Acaquilpan, Mex- ico City, Puebla, Naucalpan de Juarez and Con-way Freight Inc. Tepotzotlán; distribution center in Mexico Based: Ann Arbor City; administrative offices in Monterrey Mexico operations: Con-way’s Mexico oper- and Guadalajara Harvey Industries’ Nuevo Laredo plant 20120813-NEWS--0016-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 8/10/2012 10:24 AM Page 1

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Denise Bailey, R.N., has been Slowing the revolving door appointed director of nursing for Botsford Rehabilitation and Continuing Care Center, Farmington New projects aim to reduce readmissions, improve care Hills. Bailey, with seven years at BY JAY GREENE Botsford, served as CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS the center’s interim Bailey director earlier this ome 14 hospitals and three year and developed a training program Area Agency on Aging offices on clinical practices. S in Southeast Michigan are beginning to work on separate Safwan Badr, M.D., chief of the Wayne State University School of projects to reduce hospital read- Medicine’s pulmonary, allergy, critical missions by 20 percent over the care and sleep medicine division, was next two years, which could elected president of the American save the Medicare program up Academy of Sleep Medicine, beginning to $15 million and improve the next June. He recently received a quality of patient care. lifetime achievement award from the The projects are: Syrian American Medical Society in New The Senior Alliance-Area Jersey. Agency on Aging for Southern and James Stanley, Western Wayne County, Wayne, M.D., University of and Area Agency on Aging 1-B, Michigan Health Southfield, have been awarded System vascular separate two-year contracts surgeon, earned the that could be extended for an- 2012 lifetime other three years for $5 million achievement award each if readmission rates are from the Society for cut by 20 percent. Vascular Surgery. The Area Agency on Aging 1- Stanley has B also won a Medicare contract practiced for more to work with 10 nursing homes, Stanley than 40 years and three home health and three was the SVS hospice companies and four president from 1997-98. He was head hospitals — William Beaumont- of UM’s vascular surgery program Troy, Henry Ford Health System between 1976 and 2004 and has JOHN SOBCZAK served as vice chairman of the Macomb, Henry Ford Health Sys- From left, RNs Julie Marinski and Sheryl Miller work as transition coaches with patient Thomasine Miller of Ecorse department of surgery. He is an tem Macomb-Warren Campus and before her discharge from Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center in Dearborn. internationally known expert on McLaren Oakland Hospital in pediatric artery disease and has Pontiac — to reduce readmis- Patient Protection and Afford- authored more than 500 papers and sion rates. able Care Act of 2010, the hos- ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT St. John Providence Health pitals and agencies have ap- textbook chapters. Here are Southeast Michigan hospitals with readmission rates William Chey, System and Adult Well-Being Ser- plied or won the contracts for considered to be in the worst quartile in at least two of three M.D., a University of vices of Detroit won a $1.1 mil- projects intended to improve categories between July 2006 and July 2009. The data were compiled Michigan internal lion Medicare contract to re- care transitions of patients by Farmington Hills-based MPRO, a nonprofit that is the federally medicine professor, duce hospital readmissions. from hospitals to private designated quality improvement organization for Michigan under has been renewed The goal is to develop a more homes or long-term care facili- contract with the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: as co-editor of the effective discharge process, im- ties. 30-day readmission rate American Journal of prove patient use of communi- By working more closely Heart Heart Gastroenterology. ty-based support services and with patients at high risk of be- Hospital attack failure Pneumonia He also directs the address patients with serious ing readmitted within 30 days St. Mary Mercy Hospital, Livonia 21% 27.6% 20.7% school’s chronic illnesses or end-of-life for such conditions as heart at- gastroenterology Oakwood Hospital care. tacks, congestive heart failure & Medical Center, Dearborn 20.8% 26.9% 20.1% Chey physiology Also, a third agency, the De- or pneumonia, hospital dis- DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital, Detroit 22.2% 28.4% 21.6% laboratory. troit Area Agency charge nurses and care transi- Beaumont Health System has made on Aging, is ex- tion coaches are providing Henry Ford Macomb Hospital, Clinton Twp. 21% 25.5% 20.3% the following appointments: pected to hear greater assistance to ensure Alan Koffron, M.D., to chairman of soon about its that patients see their primary Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit 21.6% 28.6% 22.8% the department of surgery. Koffron, who contract appli- care doctor within two weeks Botsford Hospital, Farmington Hills 21.6% 26.6% 21% specializes in living donor liver cation from and take prescribed medica- St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor 21.2% 25.9% 19.4% transplantation, joined Beaumont in Medicare, said tions at home. Garden City Hospital, Garden City 21.1% 26.1% 21.2% 2008 as director of multi-organ Tammi Pollum, “We’ve already seen a 12 per- Doctors’ Hospital transplantation. Before that, he was R.N., vice presi- cent decrease in readmissions of Michigan, Pontiac NA 25.6% 20.2% medical director of the living donor liver dent in charge of in one pilot project” using the Providence Hospital transplant program at Northwestern care transitions. care transitions model, said and Medical Center, Southfield NA 26% 20% Memorial Hospital in Chicago and a Pollum The contract Nancy Vecchioni, R.N., vice University of Michigan professor at Northwestern University’s Health System, Ann Arbor 21.4% 26.7% NA medical school. could be worth about $5 mil- president of Medicare opera- lion. tions with Farmington Hills- Oakwood Annapolis Hospital, Wayne NA 27.9% 19.6% Brian Berman, M.D., to chairman of “We are working with three based MPRO, a nonprofit that is the department of pediatrics and to St. John Hospital pediatrician-in-chief of Beaumont Detroit Medical Center hospitals the federally designated quali- and Medical Center, Detroit 22.4% 26.4% NA Children’s Hospital, beginning Sept. 1. — Sinai-Grace, Harper University ty improvement organization St. John Macomb-Oakland He comes to Beaumont from University and Detroit Receiving,” Pollum for Michigan under contract Hospital, Warren NA 26.2% 19.6% Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s said. “Detroit hospitals have with the U.S. Centers for Macomb-Oakland Hospital, Pontiac 21% 26.1% NA Hospital in Cleveland, where he has the highest readmission rates Medicare & Medicaid Services. William Beaumont Hospital, Troy 21% NA 19.5% been chief of the division of general in the state — 25 percent to 30 Over the past several Oakwood Heritage Hospital, Taylor NA 26.8% 19.8% academic pediatrics and director of the percent. We believe we have a months, MPRO has helped the DMC Detroit Receiving Pediatric Consultation and Referral great opportunity for savings.” Hospital, Detroit NA 28.8% 21.5% Service. Through provisions in the See Next Page 20120813-NEWS--0017-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 8/10/2012 10:28 AM Page 1

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From Previous Page three area agencies apply for the contracts through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ In- novation Center. Hospitals have found that patients most often readmitted within 30 days have similar problems. For example, most patients do not understand or remember what they are supposed to do about their medical condition when they are discharged from the hospital and return home. “About 64 percent of patients do not see their primary care physician within 30 days,” said Pollum, noting that patients are told to see their doctor within two weeks. Health Law Is Complex “Many are confused about medications they are prescribed during their stay and sometimes con- JOHN SOBCZAK Understanding It Can Be Simple flict with medications they already Linda Hintze, Oakwood Healthcare have at home,” she said. Inc.’s director of corporate care progressions, said coaching patients If the contract is extended the has already lowered readmission rates. full five years, Pollum said, Medicare expects to save $5 mil- are doing,” she said. “Everybody lion after costs based on an esti- needs different amounts of time mated 2,800 patients per year. because people learn at different National data show that 20 per- rates. The coaches sit down with cent of all Medicare patients are the patient and family and walk readmitted to hospitals within 30 through everything.” days and 33 percent are readmitted The coaches also can help in oth- within 90 days, costing Medicare er ways. For example, some pa- Gain insight and understanding $12 billion to $17 billion annually. tients refuse home health services at hallrender.com. The average hospital stay costs they are prescribed to help ensure Medicare about $9,600. a smooth transition back home. 201 West Big Beaver Road | Suite 1200 | Troy, MI 48084 | (248) 740-7505 In October, hospitals that fail to “Coaches get to know them and meet still-unannounced hospital sometimes convince them to readmission goals for heart attacks, change their mind,” Hintze said. heart failure or pneumonia will lose Over the past several months, 1 percent of their total Medicare she said, Oakwood already has seen payments. During 2014, some hospi- reductions in readmission rates. tals could lose up to 3 percent of “We were at 26 percent for con- Medicare reimbursements. gestive heart failure, and now we Jason Maciejewski, chief infor- are under our target at 21 percent,” mation and planning officer in Hintze said. “A lot of it is just get- charge of care transitions with the ting patients to understand the dis- Senior Alliance, said the agency is ease and work- working on a Medicare contract ing with doctors with six hospitals to reduce read- to be more frank missions, including four with with patients.” Dearborn-based Oakwood Health- Tina Abbate care Inc. The others are Garden City Marzolf, CEO of Hospital and St. Mary Mercy Hospital the Southfield- Your Expert in No-Fault & in Livonia. based Area Coordinating discharges with Agency on Aging Motor Vehicle Accidents hospital nurses and care transition 1-B, said a pre- coaches, Maciejewski said the pro- liminary study Marzolf gram will identify high-risk pa- on the agency’s Maybe you already know Advomas is the premier Michigan firm tients hospitalized for heart failure, first 100 of 4,000 patients shows a 40 heart attacks, pneumonia and percent reduction in expected assisting hospitals with securing a payer source for uninsured eading with Results

chronic obstructive pulmonary dis- readmissions. Of the 100 patients, L patients. Did you know that we are also experts in No-Fault ease. Candidates for the program 16 were readmitted for conditions also will include patients who have that include heart failure, pneu- eligibility for motor vehicle accidents? been readmitted more than two monia and COPD, she said. times during a 90-day period. “We will save (Medicare) money Our insurance team has a 70% success rate and we guarantee “There are several reasons why — a 22 percent return on invest- patients are readmitted within 30 ment — because we will have suc- the highest return on investment! days. We are finding problems in cessful protocals to prevent unnec- the speed (patients) are dis- essary readmissions,” Abbate Since 1986, over $200 million in no-fault charges have been charged. It is almost a surprise to Marzolf said. people that they are going home,” “We are seeing 90 percent of the approved for our hospital clients. Our insurance team has over said Maciejewski, noting the goal issues have to do with medication 200 years of combined experience to ensure that our clients and their now is to begin the discharge edu- noncompliance,” she said. “These cation 24 hours before discharge. people are chronically ill and have patients receive the maximum benefits to which they are entitled. Linda Hintze, R.N., Oakwood’s confusion problems. Another is director of corporate care progres- caregiver burden. They are tired To learn more, please visit sions, said Oakwood’s discharge and need support. We are working advomas.com or call 248.989.4200. nurses started working with the to help them.” coaches in April at Oakwood Hospi- Over the past two years, three tal and Medical Center in Dearborn. other readmission reduction stud- “We had over 200 patient refer- ies involving dozens of hospitals 335 East Big Beaver have begun in Michigan. They are rals to coaches, and they coached Suite 100 the Greater Detroit Area Health Coun- about 93 patients,” said Hintze, Troy, MI 48083 noting that most patients were cil with a grant by the Robert Wood candidates for hospice or pallia- Johnson Foundation; MPRO and the tive care, with a handful refusing Michigan Health and Hospital Associ- the home service. ation; and another headed by Blue Hintze said having coaches Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and work with patients before they are the University of Michigan. discharged and when they return Jay Greene: (313) 446-0325, home pays dividends. [email protected]. Twitter: “This really enhances what we @jaybgreene 20120813-NEWS--0018-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 8/10/2012 10:18 AM Page 1

Page 18 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS August 13, 2012 Health Care Extra Lutheran Social Services follows home-care trend with acquisitions

BY JAY GREENE Services of Michigan and its recent People of the Book Lutheran Social Services decided 18 months those with disabilities to choose CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS acquisitions of two home health Outreach, which is affiliated with ago to create an integrated care whether they stay in a nursing companies. the Lutheran Church, Missouri model that allows more seniors to home or receive in-home services. The growing population of se- In April, Lutheran Social Ser- Synod, in Kirkwood, Mo. stay at home. But there is a waiting list of 6,000. niors and aging baby boomers who vices acquired a 50 percent inter- Last fall, Lutheran Social Ser- “Nonprofit organizations like The Michigan Senate in May ap- want to live at home has led to a est in Christian Home Health Care, a vices also acquired the Michigan Lutheran Social Services need to proved the state Department of Com- new plan to integrate inpatient home health agency based in Clin- franchise of Home Care Assistance develop new business models in munity Health budget for fiscal 2013 and outpatient elder care services ton Township that opened in 2009. of Michigan for an undisclosed order to thrive” under health care that increased MI Choice waiver by Detroit-based Lutheran Social Lutheran co-owns the agency with price from 3BIC and Robert Louis- reform, said Stutrud. “Hospitals funding by $11.8 million and could Ferdinand, the franchise owner. are looking to reduce readmis- reduce the waiting list by about 10 Home Care Assistance is a Palo Alto, sions, and having more caregivers percent. The $15 billion communi- Calif.-based private duty home ser- in homes will keep people out of ty health appropriations bill vices company with franchises in hospitals.” awaits action in the House. most states. To prepare for health care re- “This (expanded in-home ser- “We knew from having conver- form and aid efforts to reduce vices) will be a big component of sations with boomers that they health care inflation, other elder an integrated system” for seniors want nothing to care companies will expand in- and Medicaid, Ablan said. “It is all do with institu- home services, said Mary Ablan, about improving health and out- tional care executive director of Lansing- comes, making care more cost ef- when they get based Area Agencies on Aging Associ- fective.” older,” said CEO ation of Michigan. At Christian Home Health, Mark Stutrud of “More than 90 percent of seniors Stutrud said the agency will pro- Lutheran Social in surveys say they want to live at vide nursing, physical therapy and Services. “They home,” Ablan said. “Companies respiratory care to patients recu- told us: This is that provide nursing home facility perating at home after a hospital our home. Help care are moving into the type of stay. In 2011, the home health keep me there. services that people want, and the agency’s revenue was $305,000. Stutrud We began (our government is wising up to this as Sue Lemon, Lutheran’s vice new strategic plan) from that well.” president of services for senior premise.” Later this year, the Michigan De- adults, has been appointed admin- Lutheran Social Services al- partment of Community Health — istrator of Christian Home Health. ready operates several nursing which manages the Medicaid pro- Birmingham-based Home Care homes, assisted living facilities gram — expects to hear from the Assistance projects revenue of up and group homes for seniors and federal government on its waiver to $1 million this year, with 30 to 40 children in Michigan. request to coordinate health ser- patients served each day. In 2011, David LaLumia, CEO of Lans- vices for about 200,000 dual-eligi- Home Care served about 46 seniors ing-based Health Care Association of ble beneficiaries, or those covered and people with disabilities with Michigan, said some nursing home by Medicare and Medicaid. hourly or 24/7 live-in care. chains are also diversifying to pro- “It is not clear how the state will Stutrud said Louis-Ferdinand vide additional in-home services manage the dual-eligible popula- has been hired as director of to seniors. tion, but if you are merging Lutheran In-Home Services, a sub- “Most people don’t have the re- Medicare and Medicaid benefits, sidiary that will operate Home sources to do what Lutheran is do- and if you really want to save mon- Care Assistance. In 2011, In-Home ing. They don’t have that much of ey, you have to get patients into Services provided care to about a continuum in place,” LaLumia the home (and out of long-term 600 patients daily with annual rev- said. “They might add home health care facilities),” Stutrud said. enue of $4.1 million. care, adult day care and bundle Average monthly nursing home While Home Care Assistance some services to follow a person care can run up to $6,800 compared revenue comes mostly from private once they leave the facility for with home health care at about pay, Stutrud said some revenue home.” $4,800, based on the state average also flows from patients with long- But LaLumia said demand for of $20 per hour for eight hours per term care insurance coverage and nursing home beds in Michigan day, according to the U.S. Congres- those injured in auto accidents, will continue to be strong because sional Budget Office and MetLife. through no-fault auto insurance. older patients require more inten- “There is a huge demand for Over the next five years, the sive services. these services,” Stutrud said. company hopes to expand to other “We have 10,000 people, each “Right now, 87 percent of seniors offices in Michigan, including Ann year in America, who turn 65 over age 85 are still living in their Arbor and Grand Rapids, Stutrud every day. We have more 75- and homes. If they don’t have this, they said. Other locations could include 80-year-old patients in nursing might eventually end up in a more Traverse City, Lansing and Sagi- homes, and they are sicker,” LaLu- acute state with more falls, more naw. mia said. “This is why you will not trips to the emergency depart- Services include housekeeping, see a huge drop in nursing home ment, poorer nutrition or health.” cooking, bathing, dressing, com- beds even though we are creating The Michigan Medicaid pro- panionship and driving to doctor’s lots more opportunities for them gram currently has an MI Choice appointments and other errands. to stay in the home.” waiver program from the federal Jay Greene: (313) 446-0325, Under its new “near to home” government that allows about [email protected]. Twitter: strategy, Stutrud said, Lutheran 11,000 low-income seniors and @jaybgreene

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August 13, 2012 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 19 Health Care Extra UM cancer researchers to consolidate campus location

BY JAY GREENE probably 200 over time from start- Ann Schwartz, executive vice research center at the site of the neering and pharmacy. CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS up companies,” Simeone said. president for research and acade- former Dalgleish Cadillac building “We will work closely with phar- The UM Comprehensive Cancer mic affairs and deputy center di- on Cass Avenue. maceutical companies and other Up to 25 oncology researchers Center last year received $79.3 mil- rector of Karmanos Cancer Institute, Over the next several months, medical companies to facilitate will relocate over the next two lion in oncology grants — fifth said Karmanos and Wayne State Simeone said, UM will complete a drug development and early phase years from various departments most in the U.S. — from the Nation- also began to centralize oncology construction plan to remodel parts testing of potential new cancer on the University of Michigan cam- al Cancer Institute. The cancer cen- research in 2010 by creating a de- of two of the 28 buildings in the 2.1 treatments,” Simeone said. pus to the North Campus Research ter coordinates UM’s oncology re- partment of oncology. million-square-foot research com- She said the collaboration be- Complex. search. “We have (cancer physicians), plex with a total of about 40,000 tween laboratory scientists and The moves will enable the group More than 1.2 million Ameri- basic scientists, population health square feet. She declined to state the clinicians will help researchers to collaborate more effectively on cans are diagnosed with cancer scientists all working together in amount of funding for the program. better target what treatments are projects, work with industry and each year and nearly half of those one department,” Schwartz said. “The funds are garnered by mul- likely to be effective in patients. develop more startup medical will die from it within five years, “It is not that common in universi- tiple sources, department chairs, The program also will work companies, said Diane Simeone, making cancer the second-leading ties. It is something we felt would the medical school and cancer cen- closely with UM’s Ross School of M.D., director of cause of death after heart disease. help build translational research ter,” Simeone said. “Our goal is to Business and the medical school’s the Ann Arbor Besides UM, oncology research startup companies.” endow the program beyond the an- business development team to work university’s is growing at Wayne State University, Schwartz said of the 300 mem- nual allocation for long-term with biomedical companies that de- Translational On- Henry Ford Health System, Beaumont bers of the cancer institute, the de- growth.” velop products for physicians. cology Research Health System, Barbara Ann Karmanos partment of oncology has about 75 By next summer, she said, about Colin Duckett, director of pro- Program. Cancer Institute, and St. Joseph Mercy researchers. 25 investigators will move to the gram development at the North “The focus Health System in Ann Arbor. “This structure allows for the buildings. Several researchers are Campus Research Complex, said will be to put all But over the past six years, fed- most interaction possible. There is already using space in the com- the oncology research program the research eral research through the National a lot of excitement, and it is pro- plex, she said. will spur development. labs together Cancer Institute has been flat, av- ducing results. Research takes “We hope this new framework “We also offer core services that and take advan- Simeone eraging about $4.9 billion annual- time,” she said. “Lots of times, peo- will help us recruit more re- help facilitate the process of bio- tage of all the ly. Funding also comes from phar- ple don’t get a chance to hear what searchers,” said Simeone, adding medical research and produce re- ground-breaking basic research go- maceutical, health insurance, others are working on. This helps.” that a total of 40 researchers are sults that can be quickly translat- ing on, especially in cancer biology, medical device companies, private Over the next two years, as expected to be working together by ed into benefits for patients,” and to move those projects into foundations and the Centers for Wayne State completes work on its 2015. Each researcher employs sev- Duckett said. clinical trials for patients,” said Medicare and Medicaid Services. 200,000-square-foot biomedical re- eral staffers, including graduate Earlier this summer, UM said it Simeone, a professor of surgery at The federal Patient Care and Af- search facility in Midtown, many students, to conduct tests. would move about 400 researchers the Michigan Medical School. fordable Care Act of 2010 also has of the oncology research teams Research teams will work on ex- from various departments to cre- Simeone also said she hopes the added more than $1 billion in fund- will relocate there to be closer to perimental therapeutics, cancer ate the Institute for Healthcare Policy discoveries from the collaborative ing from 2012 to 2019 for various each other, Schwartz said. stem cells, molecular imaging and and Innovation. cancer research efforts will spur projects to study patient outcomes, Earlier this year, Wayne State genomics, she said. They will come Jay Greene: (313) 446-0325, job growth. improve health, expand access and announced it will start construc- from the medical and dental [email protected]. Twitter: “We hope to generate new jobs, identify best medical practices. tion in November on a $93 million schools, and the colleges of engi- @jaybgreene

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BY MEGHANA KESHAVAN imbursement services at the Lans- ability to fulfill an area’s unmet turned down in July. A lawsuit was Ciena Health Care Management Inc. SPECIAL TO CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS ing-based Health needs, said Tulika Bhattacharya, a filed Aug. 7 in Macomb County Circuit David Stobb, Ciena’s general Care Association section manager for MDCH certifi- Court against the Community counsel, said points were deducted The state received eight Oakland of Michigan. “But cation-of-need evaluation. The four Health Department, Wronski said. because the proposal didn’t have County nursing home proposals last it’s hard to prove projects that were rejected didn’t The Medilodge proposals were a easy access to public transporta- year. Four didn’t make the grade, there’s a need for score high enough, she said. $15 million, 100-bed nursing home tion, didn’t exclusively offer private and the others have received only more nursing But the margins were very thin in Oxford; a $12.6 million, 85-bed rooms and was a new build as op- conditional approval. This has two homes, and there between the accepted projects and nursing home in Bloomfield Hills; posed to an addition or renovation. nursing home operators appealing are only a limit- those rejected, said Frank Wronski, and a $15 million, 100-bed nursing “For some reason that I can’t ex- to win approval of their projects. ed number of president of Medilodge Inc. Three of home in Clarkston. Gail Clarkson, plain, the state wants to encourage “It’s rather unique what’s hap- available beds.” the rejected proposals came from CEO of Medilodge, sits on the Cer- additions to facilities instead of pening there. You see a lot of de- A point-based his company, which operates 15 tificate of Need Commission. building new ones,” he said. “But mand to build nursing homes in approval process Anderson nursing homes around Michigan The other would-be nursing residents want the amenities these Oakland County because it’s a from the Michigan Department of and aims to expand further. home was Regency on the Lake Novi new buildings have. wealthy market,” said Pat Ander- Community Health evaluates each The first appeals were filed with LLC, an $8.3 million, 145-bed project “Older buildings are more insti- son, executive vice president of re- proposal side by side, based on its the MDCH last September and proposed by Southfield-based tutionalized, and even with work won’t be as nice as the new ones.” Ciena operates 37 skilled nursing facilities in Michigan and Con- necticut and will finish building two more this year, in West Bloom- field Township and Grand Blanc. Bloomfield Orchard Villa in West Bloomfield Township and the Fun People Wanted! Manor of Farmington Hills — both operated by Ciena — received conditional approval last September. So did the Senior Community at Provi- TO CELEBRATE OUR MAGNETIC COMMUNITY dence Park in Novi and the Senior Community at Auburn Hills, operated by CCLA 4 LLC, based in Warren. AND WELCOME THOSE NEW TO THE AREA. All four involved building additions with all private rooms to the existing nursing homes. The state received two Oakland County nursing home proposals this year. One, a Medilodge project, Start the evening at your choice of several has been conditionally approved small cocktail parties around town hosted by and will transfer 100 beds to a new site, to be called Avon Wellness Cen- Grand Rapids homeowners and end the evening ter in Rochester Hills, from the 226- bed Medilodge Rochester Hills. with a strolling dinner for all at OST. The other is a $9.1 million plan from Ciena to build a 120-bed nurs- r n Rapid ing home in Springfield Township. G a d s Wednesday, Aug. 29 It is still pending review. Cocktail Parties: 5:30 p.m. Afterglow: 7:30 p.m. CON Roundup

The following are selected filings and decisions from July: OST Letters of intent: 605 Seward NW, Ⅲ Chelsea Community Cancer Cen- ter, Chelsea: Add a second MRT Grand Rapids, Michigan machine, $4.1 million. Ⅲ Michigan Hematology-Oncology PC, Rochester Hills: Renovate a Good ideas know no boundaries. 3,800-square-foot space and provide a PET and CT scanning ser- After seven successful years, vice, $7.2 million. the Detroit House Party is expanding west Ⅲ Michigan Medical Diagnostics LLC, Troy: Start and operate a mo- and sharing a unique experience bile MRI service, $2 million. Filings approved: to connect Grand Rapids newest neighbors. Ⅲ Senior Community of Auburn Hills: Add 70 nursing home beds, $20.6 million. Get registered REGISTRATION Ⅲ Senior Community at Providence $60 EACH: House Party and Afterglow Reception Park, Novi: Add 75 nursing home $40 EACH: Afterglow Reception Only today! beds, $22 million. Ⅲ Harbor Oaks Hospital, New Balti- www.grandrapids.org/houseparty or call 616.771.0303 more: Add six child/adolescent inpatient psychiatric beds, $2.9 million. Filings denied: TITLE SPONSOR PREMIER SPONSOR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH Ⅲ Medilodge of Clarkston: Begin operation of a 100-bed nursing home, $15 million. Ⅲ Medilodge of Oxford: Begin operation of a 100-bed nursing home, $15 million. Ⅲ Medilodge at Square Lake, Bloom- MAJOR SPONSOR SUPPORTING SPONSOR FRIEND SPONSOR field Hills: Begin operation of an 85- bed nursing home, $15 million. Ⅲ Regency on the Lake Novi LLC: Build a 145-bed nursing home, $8.3 million. — Meghana Keshavan 20120813-NEWS--0021-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 8/10/2012 1:33 PM Page 1

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Page 22 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS August 13, 2012 Hewlett-Packard hires, trains after workforce cutbacks

BY CHAD HALCOM opment program expected to fund cuts were announced this spring. come from GM’s outsourced IT ser- qualify. The grant funds expire in CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS high-level IT training for more than HP announced in May it would vices in the former Electronic Data April 2016. 200 hires at Hewlett-Packard sub- eliminate up to 27,000 jobs, or more Systems, which HP acquired in 2008. Participating employers in the Hiring by Hewlett-Packard Co. in sidiary HP Enterprise Services LLC at a than 8 percent of its global work- The company also handles some program would screen new hires Pontiac related to public sector ser- Pontiac public sector applications force, by October 2014, in an effort integration services for commer- for their skills then place them into vices work — and training pro- center for government clients. to shave more than $3 billion in cial clients in Pontiac. It was un- appropriate training offered at Oak- grams planned in tandem with The funding also would provide costs. clear if HP employees who were land Community College or Oakland those jobs — still has a green light training for up to 90 new jobs at But Jane McMillian, director of downsized from other divisions County Michigan Works Workforce De- despite HP corporate cuts. Lakeside Software Inc. in Bloomfield media relations for HP, said those would be eligible to transfer or ap- velopment Division and funded by the Automation Alley plans a formal Hills. The funding was announced cutbacks are unrelated to the pub- ply to the government contracting Labor grant. launch next week of a talent devel- early this year, before HP corporate lic sector services, and hiring in the center or receive the training. The Alley previously has said the government contracting operation The training funds are for gov- funding could train more than 700 is expected to continue. ernment-related jobs only. employees, including 540 new local The company also still expects to “We’ve received no changes to hires, although a portion of the participate in Automation Alley’s those original estimates of employ- funding will be set aside for a chal- Technical Talent Development Pro- ees to be hired at those companies lenge grant. gram, which will implement a four- (HP and Lakeside),” said Alley Next week’s program launch is year, $5 million award the Alley re- communications officer Kelly Ko- expected to be hosted by HP in Pon- ceived this year under the U.S. zlowski. tiac, but Kozlowski said the Alley is Department of Labor H-1B Technical “But we are not expecting to be finalizing other details of the talent Skills Training Grant Competition. limited to those two employers for development program. Some train- The company had hired more that specific program, either. ing will be available almost imme- than 30 employees as of late spring We’ve invited a number of other po- diately after the launch, she said. for the public sector business unit, tential employer partners that can “The program is continuing, and which focuses on IT integration still get involved.” we are expecting to hire people,” work for customers in federal, state The Alley is inviting 30-40 such McMillian said of HP’s role. “We and local governments. companies in the region to attend are very involved in this (Oakland Meanwhile, General Motors Co. an- its launch event next week as po- County) program, and we are excit- nounced a plan to take much of its tential “employer partners” who ed to see it move forward.” data management, software devel- could then join the talent develop- Chad Halcom: (313) 446-6796, chal- opment and related IT work in- ment program and share in the [email protected]. Twitter: @chad- house — with a large share likely to $5 million in training funds if they halcom

BUSINESS DIARY ACQUISITIONS Dick’s Wings & Grill full-service NEW PRODUCTS restaurants and Dick’s Wings Express AGIS, Birmingham, Orlando and Jack- RTT USA Inc., Royal Oak, announced restaurants, to assist the company in sonville, Fla., an independent, full-ser- the release of updated software for its communicating its corporate strategy. vice employee benefits agency, was core product, RTT DeltaGen, the com- acquired by the Hylant Group, Toledo, UHY LLP, Sterling Heights, a financial panies’ leading 3D visualization soft- Ohio, a privately owned insurance services company, announced a new ware. Website: www.rtt.ag. brokerage firm. member, Eki Revizija d.o.o., Belgrade, Serbia, to the UHY global accountancy Crestmark Bancorp Inc., Troy, an- NEW SERVICES network. nounced the purchase of the working Urban Science Applications Inc., De- capital portfolio of First Citizens Bank, EXPANSIONS troit, a global automotive retail con- Raleigh, N.C., and the institution of a sulting firm, launched its dealer ser- strategic partnership. Crestmark TI Automotive LLC, Auburn Hills, vices group to provide consulting, Bank will provide asset-based lending, opened a manufacturing facility in training and call center support to recourse and non-recourse factoring, Liberec, Czech Republic. Website: auto dealers around the world. Web- The markets have closed and the www.tiautomotive.com. and other working capital services to site: www.urbanscience.com. First Citizens customers. First Citi- Mahle Industries Inc., Farmington UM-Dearborn Investment Challenge Scott Advertising Inc., Grosse Pointe zens will continue to maintain and Hills, has completed the acquisition of Farms, debuted two new websites on serve clients’ primary banking and the former Nailco facility at 23200 second quarter winners are: behalf of Eagle Advancement Insti- traditional lending relationships. Haggerty Road, expanding current fa- tute, West Bloomfield Township: Clar- cilities for future growth. Website: ity Detox (claritydetox.com) and Shar- www.us.mahle.com CONTRACTS er Design Group LLC, Plymouth Simply the Best $10 Boutique Inc., , Novi, integrated engine con- (sharerdesigngroup.com). Preh Inc. Rochester, opened a store at 577 Forest Executive Mark trol units for the management of the Ave., Plymouth. Telephone: (734) 455- Macomb County Jim Moscato lithium-ion battery in BMW’s new Ac- 0010. Website: www.stbstores.com. Hackel announced the launch of the tiveHybrid 5 sedan and in the BMW Make Macomb Your Home website, Sharpe Ratio ActiveE. Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc., Pittsburgh, www.makemacombyourhome.com or opened a store at 2105 Telegraph Road, Challenge Winner ForeSee Results Inc., Ann Arbor, a tech- www.mmyh.org, to market and pro- Bloomfield Township. Website: mote Macomb County. nology-driven customer experience an- www.dickssportinggoods.com. alytics company, announced that it is Innovative Learning Group Inc., Royal Magneti Marelli North America, working with the Virginia Lottery to Oak, launched mLearning Decision Auburn Hills, a global automotive sys- measure the customer experience on its Maker, a free application that guides tems and components supplier, is plan- mobile site and traditional website. users through a quick assessment ning to locate a new lighting operation DataFactZ, Northville, a data ware- process for learning needs. Website: inside its existing site in Pulaski, Tenn. www.innovativelg.com. house and business intelligence inte- Website: www.magnetimarelli.com. LectureTools, Ann Arbor, released an gration company, added clients Meijer , Shelby Compass Self Storage LLC iPad in-class learning and communi- Inc., Grand Rapids, and Enova Finan- Township, expanded the store by cation tool application. Website: cials, Chicago. adding a new building with various www.lecturetools.com. Munro & Associates Inc., Troy, a con- unit sizes. Website: www.compassself Kyle Zielinski sulting engineering firm, has signed a storage.com. Stefanini Inc., Southfield, a global provider of onshore and near-shore IT platinum-level distribution agree- First Preferred Mortgage Co., Port Total Return consulting, integration and development with Paramex Limited, Coven- Huron, opened a new office at 863 W. ment, and outsourcing services, now try, U.K., an engineering products and Ann Arbor Trail, Plymouth. Tele- Challenge Winner offers SAP application management services company. This partnership phone: (734) 931-6587. Website: enables Paramex to sell the complete www.firstpreferred.com. services. Website: www.stefanini.com. Design Profit software platform exclusively in the U.K. and on a non-exclu- MOVES STARTUPS sive basis in other European markets. Secrest Wardle, a law firm, moved LV8 Communications, a strategic com- Both men received $1,250 each in prize winnings. Fortech Products Inc., Brighton, a from Farmington Hills to 2600 Troy munications firm, at 21043 Mack Ave., provider of corrosion-resistant coat- Center Drive, Troy. Telephone: (248) Grosse Pointe Woods. Telephone: (313) ings, metal-forming lubricants and 851-9500. Website: secrestwardle.com. 338-8004. Website: www.lv8communi contract packaging services for the Secrest Wardle hired The Forum cations.com. auto industry, has selected AutoCom Group, Bloomfield Township, to coor- The Penning Group Advisors & Attorneys Associates, Bloomfield Hills, as its dinate the headquarters move. PLLC, a consulting law firm, at 39555 Or- public relations agency of record. Your People LLC, a PR, marketing and chard Hill Place, Suite 600, Novi. Tele- Lambert, Edwards & Associates, De- business development firm, from phone: (248) 893-1400. Website: troit, an investor relations agency, has 25444 Southwood Drive to 29623 North- www.penninggroup.com. been retained by American Restaurant western Highway, Suite 2-B, South- Siren PR LLC at P.O. Box 1298, Royal Concepts Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., an field. Telephone: (248) 281-6079. Web- Oak. Telephone: (313) 354-5428 or (586) owner, operator and franchisor of the site: www.yourppl.com. 212-4792. 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August 13, 2012 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 23 Cruise: Companies open party doors ■ From Page 1 global automotive. This year, Plex has added an event the night before for its em- Surplus expected in Dream Cruise coffers ployees as well as customers. It After operating at a loss the Increased sponsorships, the will serve ’50s fare such as hot past couple of years, Woodward new Cruise in Shoes 5K run, a sec- dogs and hamburgers and give at- Dream Cruise Inc., the nonprofit ond merchandise booth along the tendees who make a $5 donation to that organizes the annual event, cruise route and first-time licens- the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Michi- is poised to generate an excess. ing fee agreements with media gan a chance to play a version of The money raised helps offset sponsors are boosting revenue, Plinko and win prizes, Burke said. the costs of portable bathrooms, Michaels said. “We’ve got that space available, policing and cleanup for the nine New sponsors this year include so we’re using it Friday night to do communities along the 16-mile Auctions America, ReMax, Genesys something for employees and to stretch of Woodward Avenue host- Credit Union in Auburn Hills and give something back to the coming this year’s cruise Saturday. AAIM Novelties LLC in Rochester. munity,” he said. After disaffiliating with WDC in The positive revenue projec- Plex is among the companies, 2009 when the organization wasn’t tions follow at least two years of auto brands and nonprofits hold- making revenue distributions to losses. ing hospitality events, fundraisers the communities, Birmingham re- WDC is still finalizing its IRS 990 and other events this week before joined the organization and the tax forms from the past couple of and during the cruise. Event plan- other eight city members in June. years, Michaels said. But the orga- ners say the trend is toward events Other communities sharing in nization ended 2011 with a $14,000 that are open to the public, for revenue raised by WDC are loss after making $5,000 distribu- awareness-building and give- Berkley, Bloomfield Hills, tions to the eight cities that were aways. Overall spending is on par Bloomfield Township, Ferndale, members at that time, he said. with previous years. Huntington Ridge, Pleasant That followed a net loss of Plex expects to spend about the Ridge, Pontiac and Royal Oak. $50,000 in 2010, following $2,000 same as it did in 2011, or about WDC is projecting an excess of distributions to the communities, $30,000 between its sponsorship of $25,000 or more this year after it Michaels said. the cruise and investment in the makes promised distributions of The cruise has taken on “a real tent parties, Burke said. But with- $5,000 to all of the communities responsibility as far as expens- in its total spending, the company except Birmingham, which came es,” and seen revenue gains, he is probably doubling its hospitali- in after budgeting was complet- said. “The event has always been ty investment with the addition of ed, said Executive Director Tony great, but it’s headed in a the Friday event, while scaling Michaels, who also leads the De- stronger direction.” back to a more comfortable price troit-based Parade Co. — Sherri Welch level on its cruise sponsorship. “We have 200 registered guests only, corporate events in the past, more fun to share it with all the cu- coming on Saturday and will have in addition to public events, said rious people,” Catallo said. “We probably at least that many or John Heiney, director of the Birm- are going to have a parking lot tent more (employees) with their fami- ingham Principal Shopping District. and will be grilling some great lies on Friday,” he said. But it doesn’t have a private event garage grub out back.” The amount companies are on tap this year. Duggan’s Irish Pub in Royal Oak spending on cruise events this “Whether will also be open during the cruise. year is fairly consistent with what companies do “About five years ago, we closed they spent in 2011, said John Forte, corporate events the lots to private parties,” under president and or not, they rec- three-year contracts first with De- CEO of Troy- ognize the pub- troit-based Primedia Inc. and then Great Rates! based catering lic nature of the with Siemens AG, said owner Larry firm Forte Be- cruise,” Heiney Payne Jr. “But since the economy langer, which is said. “You see crashed, a lot of these companies fully booked for the lawn chairs don’t want to spend that kind of Reﬁnance Now! the cruise. on Woodward — money anymore.” Heiney Clients in- everyone gets Duggan’s will host a WWJ AM 950 clude Canton this is wide-open to the public. I Business Breakfast Friday, WOMC Township-based think (companies) understand the FM 104.3 broadcasts beginning to- steel and gear nature of the cruise and want to ac- day and WXYZ-Channel 7 broadcasts Forte maker Timken commodate.” beginning Friday, Payne said. Co. — which has put on a party Ford is once again hosting every year, even in 2009 when “Mustang Alley” in Ferndale. The Horsepower for fundraising many did not, Forte said. event will feature 800 privately Duggan’s will also have a tent “A lot of companies are utilizing owned Mustangs, up from 600 last with food and drink in its parking the same event to serve both client year. Owners pay a $20 fee to regis- lot, open to the public, with a por- and employee needs. Companies ter and show their car. tion of the proceeds going to the Local restaurants are also book- are buying a lot smarter,” he said. Farmington Hills-based Boys & ing a range of parties and events. Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan. More open invitations Como’s in Ferndale is hosting Sponsorships are up for Oak Google for a private event, and SAE Park-based food rescue Forgotten Company events have shifted Detroit Section is hosting a car Harvest’s 10th annual Champagne the past few years from invitation- show/networking event for mem- Cruise, scheduled for Friday at only receptions to public events, bers and their guests at the restau- Westborn Market in Berkley. said Woodward Dream Cruise Inc. rant on Thursday. Novi-based ITC Holding Corp. and President Greg Rassel, director of The Emory has rented itself out Madison Heights-based Residential recreation and public services for Friday to the Cooking Channel, said Home Health signed on as new spon- Call for a Consultation. the city of Royal Oak. WDC esti- Emily Husband, general manager. sors of the event this year, said Loan amounts: $1,000,000.00 and above. mates that more than 1 million Krista Johnston, co-owner of John Owens, director of communi- people attended in 2011. The Emory and Woodward Avenue cations at Forgotten Harvest. Re- s Investment Real Estate s Accounts Receivable

“I think there’s been a push be- Brewery, which are hosting events turning sponsors include BASF s Owner Occupied Real Estate s Equipment tween the suppliers and the au- for companies that include Corp., GM, United Parcel Service Inc. s Lines of Credit s Bank Workouts tomakers to just interact more Auburn Hills-based Dana Holding and Quicken Loans. with the public,” he said. “And I Corp., said she has seen an uptick For ITC, the sponsorship was con- think it’s going to gradually shift in corporate events for the Dream sistent with its support each year of over time, more and more.” Cruise since December 2010. other charities hosting fundraisers Chevy, the cruise’s title sponsor And Vinsetta Garage, a home-style tied to the cruise, said Bob Doetsch, for the second year in a row, is restaurant opened in June by KC senior communications specialist. hosting two interactive events for Crain, publisher of Crain’s sister Ferndale has four or five private the public along Woodward in Roy- publication Autoweek, and Curt events on tap, said Michael Lary, al Oak. Cruisers can bring cars to Catallo, owner of the Clarkston Union WDC vice president. “Last year, I be photographed with a vintage and Union Woodshop, chose to re- think we just had two. 800.509.3552 backdrop. It’s also hosting a dis- main open to the public. “It’s a good sign that companies www.eclipsecapitalgroup.com play in Birmingham featuring the “We had a lot of opportunities to are starting to spend dollars again.” 2207 Orchard Lake Road, Sylvan Lake, MI 48320 60th anniversary of the Corvette. book (private) events, but we de- Nathan Skid contributed to this “Since 1997” Chevy has done some invite- cided for the first year it will be report. 20120813-NEWS--0024-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 8/10/2012 4:51 PM Page 1

Page 24 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS August 13, 2012 Livio Radio seeks to connect in busy auto infotainment market

BY DUSTIN WALSH Livio already has secured a con- portunity, said Joel Hoffmann, a right time with the right technolo- instead of Pandora Radio, they can CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS tract to supply Livio Connect to an strategist at Intel Corp.’s automo- gy,” Baldini said. do that, too, Baldini said. automaker, but Baldini declined to tive solutions division in Novi England-based semiconductor Toyota Motor Corp. has similar Last week, Massimo Baldini in- reveal the company’s name. The and a board member of the open- and software distributor CSR plc technology called the Toyota En- troduced himself to as many auto- system will be featured on an up- source automotive software al- offers Livio Radio’s software in its tune, but users are limited to sup- motive executives as he could find coming 2013 model. liance Genivi. chips to automotive customers, ported apps, such as iHeartRadio or at the Center for Automotive Re- Livio Radio estimated revenue “The challenge there: The auto- and Livio is seeking new contracts Pandora. search’s Management Briefing at $6 million in 2010 but declined to motive development cycle is so with suppliers and automakers, Panasonic’s U-Connect system, Seminars in provide 2011 or projected 2012 rev- long, and small companies typical- Baldini said. developed for Chrysler Group LLC Traverse City. enue. ly need revenue a lot quicker,” he Livio Radio also recently se- and largely engineered at Panason- The president Software developers from all said. cured Series C funding from ven- ic Automotive Systems in Southfield, of Livio Radio, a corners of the globe are rushing to “With a new open-source soft- ture capital funds — including supports many apps, including dba of Myine the automotive infotainment mar- ware model, we could see where Farmington Hills-based Beringea Pandora as well. Electronics Inc., ket — a $32.5 billion market last this whole new supplier world LLC, Ann Arbor’s North Coast Tech- Myine Electronics was founded was there to net- year, according to Northville- could do things more efficiently, nology Investors and Detroit’s First in 2008 by Ferndale resident Jake work and poten- based IHS Automotive. opening up opportunity for compa- Step Fund — to further commer- Sigal — who was a 2009 Crain’s 20 tially sell the Microsoft Corp. software is al- nies like Livio.” cialize Livio Connect. Ferndale-based ready in Ford Motor Co. models, and Baldini, former business line di- The company declined to dis- in their 20s honoree — with a startup’s new Apple Inc. is making plans to work rector of satellite radio for Delphi close the amount of funding. $10,000 loan from his parents. automotive info- Baldini with manufactures to install its Automotive PLC, understands that a Baldini said the Livio system Myine has grown to offer 20 con- tainment software. Siri voice recognition system di- startup breaking into the market transcends current software sys- sumer products and has completed The company developed and re- rectly into cars. on a mass level will be difficult. tems because it can operate with licensing agreements with Pando- cently unveiled Livio Connect, de- The market already is dominat- But Livio is capitalizing on market few limitations. ra and NPR. signed to allow drivers to access a ed by other technology compa- momentum, he said. For example, if Livio Connect Dustin Walsh: (313) 446-6042, variety of audio-based apps from nies, leaving 15-person Livio with “Of course it’s not easy as the users want to access NPR’s radio [email protected]. Twitter: their smartphones via Bluetooth. an uphill battle but realistic op- small guy, but we’re here at the app, they can. If they want Last.FM @dustinpwalsh Workforce: Nonprofit aims for better biz ties, job training ■ From Page 3 best contractors,” Moore said. “If they say, ‘We need individu- of the board of Detroit Employ- “Everyone knows, inside and out- als with specific training,’ if they ment Solutions) to make that side of the city, that the city doesn’t Other departments may become nonprofits say, ‘We can prepare the curricu- change. We’ve talked to employers pay on time. It’s a big, inefficient This year, Detroit Mayor Oct. 1. The institute will operate lum if you help us fund that,’ who said they tried to use the ser- system. Many processes are bro- Dave Bing identified the Work- at the health department’s head- which we can; if an employer com- vices five years ago, and you sent ken, especially with the financial force Development Department as quarters at the Herman Kiefer mits to hiring certain number of me people who were not ready to crisis on top of everything else. It one of three departments — Health Complex. individuals, we can do the train- go to work. There wasn’t a good job takes a long time to get paid.” along with the city’s Health and Bing’s press secretary was not ing, we can even provide space for of screening.” Poor contractor performance Wellness Promotion Department able to provide information by training,” she said. Crain’s Publisher Mary Kramer was noted by the state, Moore said. and Human Services Department Crain’s deadline about the Hu- The agency has a $47 million an- is on the nonprofit’s board. “When I came into the depart- — that could be spun off as non- man Services Department — nual budget, down from past years With a new operator for the one- ment at the end of 2010, the state profits. Those departments are which manages weatherization as federal funds have been cut. stop employment centers, Moore gave me a whole list of compliance largely funded by federal and lo- funds and offers services to low- Moore said the nonprofit can solic- said, screening operations will be issues,” she said. “We had disal- cal dollars and don’t perform income residents and children it private sector funds. better, focusing on soft skills like lowed costs, poor-performing con- core city services. — but said Detroit COO Chris “Federal funds are disappearing, professional demeanor and com- tractors. … Since I’ve been here, I Most of the health depart- Brown is set to address the De- but the other big piece in this is we munication skills, not just educa- have slowly taken a hard look at ment’s functions will be taken troit City Council on the topic this are now positioned to go out and at- tional attainment. contractors and eliminated those over by the 501(c)(3) nonprofit In- week. tract private dollars, because no “If you’ve graduated from high not performing up to standards — stitute for Population Health on — Nancy Kaffer one would have written a check to school but never had a job, you and the federal government sets the city of Detroit,” she said. don’t know what to wear and how those standards.” Bettie Buss, a senior research to communicate at work, how to As a city department, “We (had) will allow the nonprofit to work way Industrial Park near I-96 and analyst at the nonpartisan Citizens behave,” Moore said. “Sometimes been dealing with things that are more effectively with employers, the Southfield Freeway. Research Council of Michigan, who it doesn’t have anything to do with unacceptable,” Moore said. “No ef- such as Detroit Manufacturing Sys- Moore said the company wants has studied Detroit, said that while the level of education if the soft fective business could operate tems Ltd. LLC, a joint venture of to fill 500 assembly positions with- improvement in workforce train- skills are missing. within the kind of environment Wayne-based Rush Group Ltd. and in the next 12 months. ing is needed, the transition is in “We’ve heard from employers we’ve been trying to operate in.” French supplier Faurecia SA. The “We’re working with them some sense a missed opportunity. the problems of the past; we’re Moore said the new structure auto supplier is in Detroit’s Gate- through our one-stop operations,” “An effective retraining pro- really clear about that. … I’m hop- Moore said. “We’ve agreed to do all gram would be a critical piece in ing employers see a huge differ- of the pre-screening for DMS, find- restoring the city’s economic base, ence in the services we provide ing applicants, interviewing appli- with the emphasis on ‘effective,’ ” and quality of those services as THE MILLER LAW FIRM cants, making sure they meet the she said. well as the job seekers.” requirements. … By the time we “More Detroiters work outside The split from the city hasn’t a professional corporation forward these applicants, we know of the city than work in it. The la- been entirely smooth. they can perform the work.” bor market is a regional market, so The city is currently engaged in Pre-screening includes drug training for available jobs should arbitration with the American Fed- screening, math, reading and com- be done on a labor market basis eration of State, County and Municipal prehension evaluation, a dexterity rather than on the basis of politi- Employees, which alleges that be- test and a background check. cal boundaries. Workforce devel- cause of a collective bargaining “We are working with the city opment and job retraining efforts agreement with the city of Detroit, because that’s part of the mission of should be part of a regional initia- its employees should all receive the company,” said John Mozena, tive that addresses regional labor positions with the new nonprofit. who handles media relations for shortages and opportunities. Workforce development employ- Rush Group as a senior public rela- “To limit it to Detroit only could ees were let go when the depart- tions executive at Southfield-based have a stunting effect on Detroiters ment was disbanded and were en- Mort Crim Communications Inc. who need retraining and need em- couraged to apply for jobs with the Our firm specializes in litigation: “Detroit Manufacturing was ployment opportunities available.” nonprofit, Moore said. About 18 of founded in Detroit and is in De- Moore said she knows that a lev- 49 employees have been rehired to • Complex Commercial and Business troit on purpose, and part of our el of trust must be built between date. • Shareholder and Partnership goal as a company, in addition to the nonprofit and the business The city’s position is that the • Automotive Supplier serving our customers, is to create community. AFSCME contract expired June 30, jobs and economic opportunity in “What I want to make clear is, one day before the nonprofit took • Class Actions the city of Detroit,” he said. we are the new administrative and up the department’s duties. • Employment Mozena said Detroit Manufac- fiscal agent, and we are aware that Because the nonprofit is a new • Family Law and Probate Litigation turing has hired about 50 workers with the former administrative agency, the city says the old con- (248) 841-2200 thus far. and fiscal agent there were some tract doesn’t apply. 950 West University Drive, Suite 300 Moore said the nonprofit can tai- challenges,” she said. “That was Nancy Kaffer: (313) 446-0412, millerlawpc.com Rochester, Michigan 48307 lor programs to meet a company’s part of the decision by the mayor [email protected]. Twitter: needs. and David Baker Lewis (chairman @nancykaffer 20120813-NEWS--0025-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 8/10/2012 4:50 PM Page 1

August 13, 2012 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 25 Kennedy: Numbers back up downtown revival www.crainsdetroit.com ■ EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Keith E. Crain From Page 1 PUBLISHER Mary Kramer, (313) 446-0399 or [email protected] mortgage, issued by New York- town Detroit, One Kennedy Square Because Bernard services the momentum in the city created in ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Marla Wise, (313) 446- based J.P. Morgan Chase, is non-re- was built in 2006, and it’s in a re- loans his company originates, he large part by Dan Gilbert … and 6032 or [email protected] EXECUTIVE EDITOR Cindy Goodaker, (313) 446- course — in this type of mortgage, naissance zone, which means that has a close relationship with what Quicken is doing in down- 0460 or [email protected] only the buildings are used as col- most taxes are waived for tenants. lenders, he said. town in terms of occupying a good MANAGING EDITOR Jennette Smith, (313) 446- 1622 or [email protected] lateral, and borrowers aren’t on the The 250,000-square-foot office “That allows us to get involved in part of the downtown marketplace.” MANAGER, DIGITAL CONTENT STRATEGY Nancy hook if the loan goes into default. building is close to 100 percent third-party or underwriting “Gilbert is helping a lot in De- Hanus, (313) 446-1621 or [email protected] DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR Daniel Duggan, (313) That, too, is a positive sign, leased, said Redico CEO Dale processes up front, and it allowed us troit,” Kernen said. “The lenders 446-0414 or [email protected] Bernard said. Watchowski. It houses the corpo- to work with underwriters at J.P. basically redlined Michigan SENIOR EDITOR Bob Allen, (313) 446-0344 or [email protected] “They’re relying on the value of rate headquarters of construction Morgan Chase to show them that through the downturn. To see some- WEST MICHIGAN EDITOR Matt Gryczan, (616) 916- the real estate and the sustainabili- company Walbridge Aldinger Co. and the true comparable properties one like Dan Gilbert make that big 8158 or [email protected] SENIOR EDITOR Gary Piatek, (313) 446-0357 or ty of the value of the real estate,” he the Detroit offices of accounting were not in the CBD, but were of an investment in Detroit gives [email protected] said. “We’re not aware of any non- firm Ernst & Young LLP. (Troy’s) Columbia Center, buildings them some confidence in the mar- SENIOR DESIGNER Jeff Johnston, (313) 446-1608 or [email protected] recourse financing in the city of De- The stability of the building’s in downtown Birmingham (and) in ket that things are getting better.” DATA EDITOR Brianna Reilly, (313) 446-0418, troit since 2007. … (Lenders) now tenants is a point in its favor, said downtown Chicago,” he said. Moving employees into the build- [email protected] WEB PRODUCER Norman Witte III, (313) 446- believe the value of One Kennedy Kevin Kernen, director of valua- But with this deal on the books, ings “gives the ability, with having 6059, [email protected] will sustain itself going forward. tion and financial opinions for the next refi or sale that comes up new leases signed, it gives them EDITORIAL SUPPORT Robertta Reiff, (313) 446- 0419; YahNica Crawford, (313) 446-0329 They’re not looking for borrowers Southfield-based Stout Risius Ross has one more strong local comp to price points in the markets,” Ker- NEWSROOM (313) 446-0329, FAX (313) 446- to sustain the loan.” Inc. point to, Bernard said. nen said. “Lenders on other build- 1687 TIP LINE (313) 446-6766 But it’s also a sign of a bigger up- Still, it’s a dramatic increase in It’s also noteworthy that the deal ings can judge where their leases REPORTERS ward trend in downtown Detroit, price per square foot from recent wasn’t done by a local lender, stand.” Daniel Duggan, deputy managing editor: Covers real estate. (313) 446-0414 or [email protected] largely due to significant invest- sales in Detroit’s central business Bernard said: The One Kennedy Square refi- Jay Greene, senior reporter: Covers health care, ment by Quicken Loans Inc. founder district, like the First National “New York now nancing should impact other insurance, energy utilities and the environment. (313) 446-0325 or [email protected] Dan Gilbert. Building, which Gilbert bought for thinks Detroit is deals, said A.J. Weiner, executive Chad Halcom: Covers litigation, higher education, In recent years, Gilbert has $10 a square foot. The Dime Build- worth putting vice president and national direc- non-automotive manufacturing, defense contracting and Oakland and Macomb counties. bought buildings including the ing sold for $36 a square foot. This money into.” tor of office leasing for Jones Lang (313) 446-6796 or [email protected] First National Building, the Madi- refinance outvalues even the Vis- Watchowski LaSalle. Tom Henderson: Covers banking, finance, technology and biotechnology. (313) 446-0337 or son Theatre building at 1555 Broad- teon Village deal in Van Buren acknowledged “You can’t ignore the dramatic [email protected] way Ave., the Chase Tower on Township, which sold for $91 a that the deal change in downtown Detroit,” he Nancy Kaffer: Covers commercial real estate, the city of Detroit and Wayne County government. Woodward Avenue south of Cam- square foot. would have been said. “Dan Gilbert, Blue Cross, Gen- (313) 446-0412 or [email protected] pus Martius and the Dime Building, To make the case for a $112-a- difficult in re- eral Motors committing to the Re- Bill Shea, enterprise editor: Covers media, renamed Chrysler House. He owns square-foot refi to J.P. Morgan cent years. naissance Center — it makes for a advertising and marketing, the business of sports, Watchowski and transportation. (313) 446-1626 or roughly 1.7 million square feet of of- Chase, Bernard said it was neces- “We were hap- much more appealing underwrit- [email protected] Nathan Skid, multimedia editor. Also covers the fice space in downtown Detroit and sary to go outside Detroit’s central py with the proceeds,” Watchowski ing. food industry and entertainment. (313) 446-1654, roughly 3,500 parking spaces, mak- business district for comparable said. “We had targeted a loan “The risk piece is much lower be- [email protected] Dustin Walsh: Covers the business of law, auto ing him the second-largest private sales. The debt on the building was amount based on our mortgage debt cause you have all these owner-oc- suppliers and steel. (313) 446-6042 or owner of office space in the city’s coming due later this year. and some mezzanine debt.” cupied facilities and a tenant base [email protected] Sherri Welch: Covers nonprofits, services, retail central business district, after Gen- “The big problem was, how do The mortgage was through a that’s growing... optimism that if I and hospitality. (313) 446-1694 or eral Motors Co. you have all these $10-, $20-, or $30- bank, but the mezzanine debt was buy this building and put money [email protected] He’s moved employees of Quick- per-square-foot sales going on in 30 from Invest Detroit and the city’s Po- into it and fill it up, there will be a ADVERTISING en or affiliated companies into percent or 60 percent occupied lice and Fire Retirement System. All debt market that’s responsive. It SALES INQUIRIES: (313) 446-6052; FAX (313) some of those buildings, raising the buildings?” he said. “Those have lenders have been repaid, he said. helps overall the cause of the re- 393-0997 value not just of Gilbert-owned real been comparable properties in the Redico decided to refinance now, birth of downtown.” SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES: Matthew J. Langan, Tamara Rokowski estate but surrounding buildings. central business district. So how do Watchowski said, because “the debt Nancy Kaffer: (313) 446-0412, ADVERTISING SALES Christine Galasso, Lori Like One Kennedy Square. you get a value of $170 a square foot was coming due, but I will also at- [email protected]. Twitter: Tournay Liggett, Dale Smolinski On Campus Martius in down- at One Kennedy Square?” tribute the timing to the positive @nancykaffer CLASSIFIED SALES (313)-446-0351 EVENTS DIRECTOR Nicole LaPointe DIRECTOR, INTEGRATED MARKETING Eric Cedo EVENTS COORDINATOR Kacey Anderson SENIOR PRODUCER FOR DIGITAL/ONLINE PRODUCTS Pierrette Dagg MARKETING ARTIST Sylvia Kolaski Intrinsic: Imaging software targets cost-cutting SALES SUPPORT Suzanne Janik, YahNica Crawford MARKETING COORDINATOR Jenny Griffith ■ From Page 3 PRODUCTION MANAGER Wendy Kobylarz PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Larry Williams “We take data in its raw form, ei- percent stenosis of the artery and gioplasty and medical treatment is that are enhancing their products. CUSTOMER SERVICE ther 2-D or in some cases 3-D, and the enhanced images show only 30 about $10,000, she said. Chernett said he believes the MAIN NUMBER: Call (877) 824-9374 or write use novel rendering techniques percent stenosis, researchers would Despite a drop in medical imag- emphasis on reducing costs under [email protected] that allow doctors to view it more look at an intravascular ultrasound ing studies the past six years from health care reform and account- SUBSCRIPTIONS $59 one year, $98 two years. Out of state, $79 one year, $138 for two years. accurately and with more rele- test, if one was taken, to confirm the a 6 percent annual rate to less than able-care organizations will help Outside U.S.A., add $48 per year to out-of-state rate for surface mail. Call (313) 446-0450 or vance than before,” Chernett said. actual amount of stenosis. 3 percent, Intrinsic is entering a expand the market. (877) 824-9374. Simon Dixon, M.D., Beaumont’s Dixon said Beaumont’s research growing market for medical imag- Besides cardiology uses, Cher- SINGLE COPIES: (877) 824-9374 chief of cardiolo- is aimed at determining whether ing enhancement software. nett said Intrinsic’s software will REPRINTS: (800) 290-5460, ext. 125; (717) 505-9701, ext. 125; or lindsay.wilson gy, said he and Intrinsic’s software helps cardiolo- Competitors to Intrinsic include allow physicians to use a standard @theygsgroup.com cardiologist A. gists more accurately read the im- at least two other stand-alone com- 2-D CT scan to analyze the condi- TO FIND A DATE A STORY WAS PUBLISHED: Neil Bilolikar, ages than the existing CT software. panies, including Minnetonka, tions of bones and other organs in (313) 446-0406 or e-mail [email protected] M.D., have been “There sometimes is calcified Minn.-based Vital Images Inc., and the body in 3-D views. CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS IS PUBLISHED BY CRAIN COMMUNICATIONS INC. working with plaque in arteries that gives the such large medical imaging manu- The company will eventual de- CHAIRMAN Keith E. Crain Intrinsic for sev- most false positives (that leads to facturers as Siemens, General Elec- velop diagnostic and medical de- PRESIDENT Rance Crain eral years to re- overestimation in the degree of tric Healthcare and Phillips Health- vice products, Chernett said. SECRETARY Merrilee Crain TREASURER Mary Kay Crain fine the soft- stenosis),” said Bilolikar, adding care. The manufacturers also offer Next year, Intrinsic plans on Executive Vice President/Operations ware program. that if less than 17 percent stenosis imaging enhancement software adding as many as eight salespeo- William A. Morrow Group Vice President/Technology, The two plan to is found in the artery, depending with their products. ple to its 25-employee company, Manufacturing, Circulation Dixon Robert C. Adams publish a paper on the location of the plaque, cardi- Since 1995, Vital Images has Chernett said. Vice President/Production & Manufacturing in a medical journal with their ologists might opt to treat the chest been selling Vitrea, medical imag- Intrinsic, which has no revenue Dave Kamis findings. pains medically, or with drugs. ing software that is used by cardi- yet, has been internally financed, Chief Information Officer Paul Dalpiaz By the end of the year, Beau- A study this year by the Ann Ar- ologists, neurologists and oncolo- said Chernett, a co-founder. Cher- Chief Human Resources Officer mont will have reviewed 50 to 100 bor-based Center for Healthcare Re- gists, said Erkan Akyuz, the nett declined to project revenue. Margee Kaczmarek Director of Audience Development Operations standard CT imaging scans of search and Transformation suggests company’s president. The other two co-founders are Lee Michelle Roth coronary arteries taken between more discussion is needed between “The primary benefits to physi- McKenzie, chief technology offi- G.D. Crain Jr. Founder (1885-1973) 2007 to 2010 that were found to patients and cardiologists before a cians include the ability to view cer; and Mark McKenzie, principal Mrs. G.D. Crain Jr. Chairman (1911-1996) EDITORIAL & BUSINESS OFFICES: have stenosis, or narrowing of the catherization lab procedure is con- intricate details of anatomy and engineer. So far this year, Intrin- 1155 Gratiot Ave., Detroit MI 48207-2732; (313) 446-6000 arteries, Dixon said. ducted. The cath lab procedure assess for the presence or absence sic has raised about $5 million to Cable address: TWX 248-221-5122 AUTNEW DET “We will look for the degree of tells a physician how much a pa- of disease,” said Akyuz. fund the startup, according to CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS ISSN # 0882-1992 stenosis between the old (images) tient’s arteries are clogged. Akyuz said he estimates the Chernett and Securities and Ex- is published weekly, except for a special issue the third week of August, and no issue the third week and the new (images improved Treatment options for patients stand-alone advanced visualiza- change Commission filings. of December by Crain Communications Inc. at 1155 Gratiot Ave., Detroit MI 48207-2732. with the Intrinsic software) and with stable coronary artery disease tion market at $150 million to $300 Chernett also is a co-founder Periodicals postage paid at Detroit, MI and look for disagreement,” Dixon could include elective angioplasties million in annual sales. and CEO of Pointillist Capital Man- additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS, said. “If there is disagreement, we or the less expensive but often However, worldwide demand for agement LLC, a Chicago-based ven- Circulation Department, P.O. Box 07925, Detroit, will (look at data from) a more in- equally effective medical treatment 3-D medical imaging is expected to ture capital firm. He said Pointil- MI 48207-9732. GST # 136760444. Printed in U.S.A. vasive diagnostic approach as a with drugs, aspirin and lifestyle reach $5.9 billion by 2017, said San list has not funded Intrinsic. Entire contents copyright 2012 by Crain tiebreaker” to the CT scans. changes, said Marianne Udow- Jose-based Global Industry Analysts Jay Greene: (313) 446-0325, Communications Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction or use of editorial content in any For example, Bilolikar said, if Phillips, the center’s director. The Inc. That market includes medical [email protected]. Twitter: manner without permission is strictly prohibited. original imaging scans show 60 difference in costs between an an- imaging manufacturing companies @jaybgreene 20120813-NEWS--0026-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 8/10/2012 4:50 PM Page 1

Page 26 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS August 13, 2012 McLaren: Health system to appeal rejection of bed transfer ■ From Page 1 McLaren said it has filed an admin- tion and deny health systems like a hospital in the Clarkston area is confirmed they have discussed the tals within 22 minutes with an av- istrative appeal. A hearing date McLaren the ability to respond to unnecessary and would drive up possibility with several Republi- erage occupancy of 52 percent. was not scheduled as of press time. shifting populations and evolving costs for consumers and businesses. can legislators. In 2002, Henry Ford Health System “Continuing to operate under markets,” Incarnati said in the “The CON Commission has a The $308 million hospital would and St. John Providence Health Sys- the current and archaic CON laws statement. “We can simply look rigorous set of rules and guide- be on an 80-acre site that is part of tem won special state legislative means that the only new hospitals forward to more new, overbuilt lines that it reviews every three the McLaren Health Care Village of approval to transfer beds from ex- ever built in the state of Michigan towers at existing locations locat- years, and it was just last year that Clarkston. isting hospitals to new hospitals in will have to be approved by the ed away from areas with popula- the commission’s Standard Advi- McLaren officials said they have Oakland County. Legislature — as was the case with tion growth because that is the sory Committee reviewed the bed documented a need for hospital In 2008, 200-bed St. John’s Provi- both Henry Ford Health System and only permissible construction un- standard. McLaren’s request, services in northern Oakland dence Park Hospital in Novi opened, Ascension Health — or the courts der the current CON standards.” quite simply, did not meet the County, citing increasing popula- followed by 300-bed Henry Ford West and not the CON Commission,” McLaren operates 10 hospitals standard,” Jackson said. tion, need for quicker ambulance Bloomfield Hospital in 2009. St. said McLaren CEO Philip Incar- in Michigan, including two in Earlier this year, McLaren began rides in emergencies and commu- Louis-based Ascension Health is nati in a statement. Southeast Michigan. lobbying legislators to support its nity interest as reasons. the parent of St. John. “We are effectively frozen in Bret Jackson, president of the proposal to build the new hospital. But Jackson said there isn’t a Jay Greene: (313) 446-0325, time as decade-old CON laws pro- Economic Alliance of Michigan, a Novi- While no legislation has been need for another hospital because [email protected]. Twitter: hibit innovation, stifle competi- based business-labor coalition, said drafted, McLaren officials have the Clarkston area has six hospi- @jaybgreene

Pot: Legal limbo snuffs industry’s growth spurt in Michigan ■ From Page 3 The Weekly Standard, Rolling He said he hasn’t become the industry on a state Supreme with existing state medical mari- Stone — wrote about it. WHERE IT’S LEGAL wealthy from his cannabis effort. Court case — and legislation un- juana laws. Med Grow was a unique symbol “It’s a modest life. I make it der debate in the state House. The memo sparked a cannabis Michigan and 15 other states have of a rush to cash in on the new law. laws that legalize marijuana for month to month. The bills often In May, state Rep. Mike Callton, gold rush. Medical marijuana billboards, medical purposes: Alaska, Arizona, outweigh the profit,” he said, R-Nashville, introduced HB 5580, “That was the day when things newspaper advertisements and California, Colorado, Hawaii, adding that he can have up to which would permit regulated and started to move forward. For the events touting pot dispensaries, Maine, Montana, Nevada, New $30,000 in monthly bills. “It’s really licensed “provisioning centers” to next two years, the industry really clinics and paraphernalia shops be- Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, silly to try to make a million dol- dispense medical marijuana. Such began to evolve,” Komorn said. came commonplace in 2009 and 2010. Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, lars off of it, or take a million dol- centers could sell marijuana to li- A June 2011 memo from the Jus- Now, some recent court victo- Washington. lars from somebody because of it.” censed users, but it could not be tice Department warned that ries and new proposed legislation Source: Forbes The initial wave of medical mar- used on-site, and the bill mandates large-scale medical marijuana have medical marijuana activists ijuana entrepreneurs focused too safety and cleanliness rules while grow operations likely would draw hopeful that the industry could re- THE LAW much on pot culture, Scott said. giving local governments the abili- federal attention: “Within the past bound in the next couple of years. About the Michigan Medical “That’s silly, if we’re trying to ty to regulate and license such fa- 12 months, several jurisdictions Schuette’s spokeswoman said Marihuana Act (the unusual put a medical ring on the stuff. It’s cilities. have considered or enacted legisla- he’s doing the job he was elected to spelling stays consistent with that time to come into the 21st century The bill is in the House Judicia- tion to authorize multiple large- do, and is doing nothing more than of a 1978 Michigan law), approved with this stuff,” he said. “A lot of ry Committee. scale, privately operated industri- enforcing the law as it was passed. by voters in November 2008: these guys set up legal pot-selling A package of four bills narrow- al marijuana cultivation centers. “The attorney general is the Ⅲ Permits physician-approved use businesses. I hear about people ing the 2008 medical marijuana Some of these planned facilities state’s top law enforcement law, and of marijuana by registered patients getting in trouble. I just backed off law — they would restrict trans- have revenue projections of mil- it’s his job is to ensure the law is fol- with medical conditions including and stayed the hell away from the portation, require photos on reg- lions of dollars based on the lowed and public safety is protect- cancer, glaucoma, HIV, AIDS, politics.” istry cards while giving police ac- planned cultivation of tens of thou- hepatitis C, multiple sclerosis and ed,” said Joy Yearout, Schuette’s Caregiver centers such as his cess to the information, stiffen sands of cannabis plants. The (2009 other conditions as may be acting director of communications. approved by the Michigan cannot sell pot to patients. They can penalties for illegal sales and memo) was never intended to While the number of legal med- Department of Community Health. charge only for services, time and broaden medical requirements for shield such activities from federal ical marijuana users is small, Ⅲ Permits registered individuals to costs. The state law allows doctors patients — also is under debate in enforcement action and prosecu- there are big dollars attached to grow limited amounts of marijuana to prescribe pot for patients with the same committee. tion, even where those activities the drug itself — something that (up to 60 plants for the limit of five certain conditions and provides for Medical marijuana advocates purport to comply with state law.” helped fuel the entrepreneurial qualifying patients) in an enclosed, a system of state permits for grow- say the bills could be better, but “The real issue has always been rush a few years ago. locked facility. ers and medically approved users. they acknowledge that the original the federal-state issue,” Komorn The Southfield-based Michigan Ⅲ Permits registered and “We provide counseling and free law could use tweaking. said. “It’s difficult for people to ful- Medical Marijuana Association unregistered patients and primary medication,” he said, noting that “We’re trying to find a path to ly invest because of federal flip- has estimated marijuana as Michi- caregivers to assert medical payment is for “the time that it something that can regulate in a flopping. They’re shutting down reasons for using marijuana as a gan’s third-most-valuable cash takes that it takes us to see you way that makes everyone happy dispensaries in California.” defense to any prosecution crop (behind corn and soybeans) at involving marijuana. and help you with your issues.” but doesn’t harm the existing While vocal and visible, the $350 million annually. Ⅲ The state charges $100 for a His business is appointment cannabis community,” said medical cannabis market is not a medical marijuana card for qualified only, and consultations include Michael Komorn, an attorney and large one. patients age 18 and older. discussion of the marijuana, other president of the Michigan Medical The state currently has 52,406 ‘A modest life’ painkillers and their interactions Marijuana Association advocacy active registered patients who Jamie Lowell is founder of been open-minded and reason- and warnings about overdoses. and trade group. have designated a caregiver, and Third Coast Compassion Center in able,” said Lowell, who also ran Schuette and allied lawmakers The other industry hope is that 27,132 individuals registered as Ypsilanti and a leading activist for the Michigan Medical Marijuana have said they are trying to protect the state Supreme Court will favor- caregivers by a qualified patient, the state’s medical marijuana in- Chamber of Commerce. licensed users and caregivers by ably rule in the case of Mt. Pleas- said Celeste Clarkson, manager of dustry. He estimates that Michi- Third Coast, which is a meeting eliminating illegal operations and ant-based Compassionate Apothe- the Michigan Medical Marijuana gan had up to 500 medical marijua- site for medical marijuana patients sellers, and by closing loopholes in cary LLC, which was targeted by Registry Program within the na distribution businesses a and their licensed providers, has to the law. the Isabella County prosecutor last state’s Department of Licensing couple of years ago. take in between $4,000 and $5,000 a He issued a 138-page set of guide- year as a nuisance to be shut down. and Regulatory Affairs. Once law enforcement began month to meet its bills. lines, statistics and opinions about A circuit court ruled against the Add in patients who haven’t des- making arrests and shutting down “It keeps itself going. It’s certain- the law for a large local-govern- prosecutor, but the Court of Ap- ignated a caregiver, and the total clinics — and the market naturally ly not a cash cow, as people imag- ment and law enforcement semi- peals in August 2011 reversed the number of people registered by the began culling poorly run business- ine these things to be,” Lowell said. nar last year. In it, he says medical lower court decision. state is more than 160,000, she said. es — that number dipped to about “The space is set up in support for marijuana dispensaries and com- The gist of the case — according That doesn’t include withdrawn or 60 operations. patients and caregivers to exercise passion centers are not legal under to several explanations from Com- lapsed or cards, or permits that Today, it’s about 100 businesses their rights under the act.” the state law, and that nonquali- passionate Apothecary’s lawyers, have been voided. statewide, Lowell said. Others cannabis professionals fied persons and “unscrupulous” the Lansing-based law firms of The office has 25 staffers. “Many of them barely hang on. wish to remain out of the spotlight. doctors were abusing the system. Newburg Law PLLC and Alane & Applications for medical mari- They’re not money makers,” he Scott, who declined to give his His office rejects the accusation Chartier PLC — is whether person- juana cards peaked at more than said, noting that the industry last name for fear of being targeted of heavy-handed crackdowns. to-person sale of medical marijua- 16,000 in March 2011, Clarkson keeps no official statistics. by law enforcement, is the owner “The voters didn’t open the na is permissible under state laws. said. It was unclear why they Third Coast opened Jan. 1, 2010, of Compassion and Awareness floodgates for massive legalization A ruling is expected in the spring. spiked then. The average is 8,000 to as one of the state’s first medical Center of Warren. in Michigan,” Yearout said. Marijuana remains illegal un- 10,000 per month, which is both marijuana dispensaries. It is li- “These law enforcement agen- der federal law. However, the Oba- new and renewal applications, she censed by the city, which charges cies think I’m a criminal and want ma administration’s Department said. $1,500 for a dispensary license and to put us in jail,” he said. “But it A new leaf of Justice in October 2009 ordered Bill Shea: (313) 446-1626, inspections. looks like they’re backing off us. It Medical marijuana advocates U.S. attorneys not to target people [email protected]. Twitter: “I think the city of Ypsilanti has goes through waves.” are resting their hopes to revive who are clearly in compliance @bill_shea19 20120813-NEWS--0027-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 8/10/2012 5:03 PM Page 1

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Angler of the Year titles and the definition of a first- digs, possibly in downtown That deal fell apart. in 2002 won the inaugural class school district as de- Detroit. Outdoorsman of the Year ESPY fined by en- The latest rumor has the Award. rollment agency going to the com- Domino’s delivers new logo He’s a Kalamazoo native numbers, mercial office rental space Ann Arbor-based Domi- and his $5.6 million in pro- Detroit attached to Ford Field. Space no’s Pizza Inc. unveiled a fessional fishing tourna- does not get leases for $21 to $23 per new logo last week — on its ment earnings are the most to have sev- square foot, according to New Zealand Facebook page. ever for a smallmouth bass en board the stadium’s website. The pizza delivery giant angler. members A move could posted elected by happen sooner the new BITS & PIECES Schuette districts, rather than lat- logo the state er, insiders have along with Tim Walker, director of says. The other four board told Crain’s. But this cryptic message: “We conferences and events at members are at-large selec- ANDREW TEMPLETON A crowd gathers to listen to a flash mob perform Beethoven’s the Southfield-based Engi- tions. the agency’s CEO will say are excited to share our ‘Ode to Joy’ in the Compuware Building on Friday. only so much. NEW logo with you! What do neering Society of Detroit, re- Authority over district “Campbell-Ewald has you think? It’s going to be in- cently received the Best affairs was returned to the period, St. Joseph Mercy been exploring alternative tegrated across all our pro- Meeting Professional school board earlier after OTHER NEWS Oakland decreased ambu- properties — including motions and stores in com- Award from Michigan Meet- the suspension of Public Detroit nonprofit lance diversion hours from staying in Warren. We’ve ing months, but we wanted ings and Events magazine. Act 4, the state’s emergency Sphinx, the Knight Founda- 41 to zero over four months, had architects look at sever- you to see it first!” He also was inducted into manager law. The panel tion and Compuware teamed and McLaren Macomb real properties,” Bill Ludwig Spokesman Tim McIntyre their professional hall of named an interim superin- up Friday to bring a flash duced the average time be- said last week. He declined said the new logo is a long- fame. tendent, former schools ad- mob performing tween patients’ arrival in to say any more. distance test to see how it Five people will be ministrator John Telford. Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” its ER to admission by 19 Other rumored downtown goes over with consumers honored Aug. 24 at the first The state Board of Can- in the lobby of the Com- minutes. vassers voted to place the landing spots for Campbell- in a less populated market. Real McCoy awards of the puware Building for an The Detroit Regional EM referendum on the No- Ewald include One Detroit “We are not announcing Detroit Area Pre-College Engi- eight-minute concert. Chamber and the Michigan Center and a building at 600 anything regarding the vember ballot. neering Program: LaVetta Ap- More than 130 perform- Economic Development Corp. Randolph St. used by Wayne U.S., but we are constantly ers, including singers, mu- pleby, senior chemistry lec- announced a memorandum County’s executive offices looking at various logo sicians and children from turer, Lawrence of understanding to work before a move to the Guardian ideas and store design con- ON THE MOVE the Detroit Children’s Technological University; together on the chamber’s Building. cepts,” he said. WXYZ-Channel 7 re- Choir, took part in the Christine Rice, president, Vi- MichAuto economic devel- “The primary motivator Could the logo be used porter Mary Conway is leav- 1,000th performance in the sionIT; Levi Thompson, profes- opment organization, (in looking at a new office) here? ing the station after 29 Random Acts of Culture sor of chemical engineering formed to boost the state’s is to enhance our workplace “Anything is possible, years of covering the auto- funded by the nonprofit automotive sector. and mechanical engineer- environment, to upgrade which is why we test things,” motive industry and other Knight Foundation. The Chelsea-Area Well- ing, University of Michigan; the space so creativity can McIntyre said. “We test com- topics to move to Colorado. Leaders of the Detroit ness Foundation will open a Ron Wood, vice president of flourish,” Ludwig said. He mercials and products. Charlie DeVries, senior Water and Sewerage Depart- 48,000-square-foot commu- underwriting, Blue Cross has 750 staffers. Sometimes they don’t make director of government af- ment proposed a broad re- nity center in Dexter next Blue Shield of Michigan; and What also could interest it out of the lab. Sometimes fairs at structuring of the depart- year that will include a Barbara Saul, senior staff Campbell-Ewald in the sta- they make it to market.” Automa- ment, including the pool, saunas and other physician, Henry Ford Health dium building is a 14,000- tion Alley, elimination of 1,600 jobs amenities. Dexter-based square-foot sound stage on System Troy Family Medical is leav- over five years. The move construction firm A.R. the site. The presence of the Local lake ‘best for bass’ Center. Tickets are $150. For ing to would leave the depart- Brouwer Co. will break stage two years ago attract- Noted professional fisher- ment with 374 employees, details, visit dapcep.org or take over ground later this month. ed a proposed venture man Kevin VanDam pro- saving an estimated $138 call (313) 831-3050. as area Oakland University will million a year. manager raise tuition 2.96 percent For the third month in of gov- for the 2012-13 school year, ernment a row, the number of new an increase of $307 for a relations single-family home permits DeVries full-time, in-state under- for ITC issued in metro Detroit graduate. Tuition and fees Holdings Corp. topped 300, the first time will total $10,706 for the av- John Dunn, COO of permits have numbered erage OU student, com- Auburn Hills-based Brose above 300 for three consec- BEST FROM THE BLOGS pared with $10,399 the pre- North America Inc., has been utive months since Septem- READ THESE POSTS AND MORE AT WWW.CRAINSDETROIT.COM/BLOGS vious year. Tuition will named president of the ber-November 2006. June’s company. Dunn, who was figures were 308, according increase 2.94 percent for What if state loses EM law? Amid Europe’s turmoil responsible for regional to a report by the Building graduate students. production, takes over from Industry Association of South- White Lake Marketplace It seems that (Gov. No supplier, Jan Kowal, who will become eastern Michigan. is adding a Bed Bath & Be- Rick)“ Snyder and (state automaker“ or industry chairman of Brose North DMC Sinai-Grace Hospi- yond and a Jo-Ann Fabrics and Treasurer Andy) Dillon wonk can avoid America. tal, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Craft to fill the void left have a piece of back- lamenting about Erica Battle, controller and McLaren Macomb im- three years ago by Farmer pocket legislation that the Europe’s economic strife Jack. Legislature could and what it’s doing to the for Detroit Chamber Winds & proved care in their emer- A Pontiac film studio consider as soon as Aug. global industry. Cooper- Strings, will become execu- gency departments through 15. What will it Standard’s Lyle Otremba tive director of the Detroit a national program made is again known as Michigan entail? didn’t wait long. Children’s Choir, succeeding possible by the Greater De- Motion Picture Studios after Carol Schoch. Schoch is join- troit Area Health Council. ending a management and ” ” ing her husband on assign- DMC Sinai-Grace de- marketing agreement with Reporter Nancy Kaffer’s blog on the city of Detroit Reporter Dustin Walsh’s blog on auto suppliers, steel, ment for Ford Motor Co. in creased average length of Raleigh Studios, the name and small business can be found higher ed and Livingston and Washtenaw counties can emergency stay by nearly under which the facility at www.crainsdetroit.com/kaffer be found at www.crainsdetroit.com/walsh China, but will remain on the choir’s board. one hour over a six-month has been operating. DBpageAD.qxp 8/6/2012 6:52 PM Page 1

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