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©Entire contents copyright 2013 by Crain Communications Inc. All rights reserved Page 3 More moves after Vanguard sale? Tenet’s acquisition of DMC may lead to more buys BY JAY GREENE But the deal isn’t expected to al- THC), announced it would acquire CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS ter expected changes at DMC, Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanguard which could include additional (NYSE:VHS) for $1.8 billion in cash The surprise proposed acquisi- management and support-staff lay- and assumption of $2.5 billion in tion last week of Vanguard Health offs, a greater movement to ambu- Vanguard’s debt. Here’s the pitch: Soccer has Systems Inc., the for-profit owner of latory care, and the pledge not to The purchase includes the Van- Detroit Medical Center, by Tenet close any of DMC’s eight hospitals guard obligation to spend $500 mil- a foothold in Detroit Healthcare Corp., could lead to more through at least 2020, said indepen- lion on capital projects and another acquisitions in Southeast Michi- dent experts and company officials. $350 million on routine improve- Experts and company officials say gan by Tenet and an increase in Last week, the nation’s third- ments at DMC. Some $240 million Tenet Healthcare’s acquisition of Court’s same-sex rulings annual capital and routine im- largest investor-owned health sys- Vanguard Health shouldn’t alter pledges challenge biz on benefits provement spending at the DMC. tem, Dallas-based Tenet (NYSE: See Vanguard, Page 15 or plans for the Detroit Medical Center.

The Professional Group to regroup in Chrysler House Company Crain’s Lists Largest mobile app slide stalls developers, Page 12 This Just In DeMattia’s Local Army official leaving to take post at Pentagon retirement Harry Hallock, executive director of the Army Con- BY KIRK PINHO tracting Command at the U.S. CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Army Tacom Life Cycle Manage- ment Command in Warren, is Fourteen years ago, Bob DeMat- leaving to become deputy as- tia handed control of his real es- sistant sec- PHOTOS COURTESY OF JONATHAN MALHALAB tate development company to a Above: Owners Al Taubman (left) and Max Fisher celebrate the Michigan Panthers’ team of executives so he could re- retary of playoff victory in the Pontiac Silverdome in 1983. Left: The Panthers win a USFL the Army playoff over the Oakland Invaders at the Silverdome. tire and focus on his love of motor- for pro- cycles and sailing. curement. It seemed like a good idea at the Hallock, time: The commercial real estate who start- market in metro Detroit was ed as an in- healthy and the recession was years tern at the A Panthers tale away. Detroit Ar- These days, DeMattia, the 69- senal at age year-old chairman of Plymouth- Hallock 22, has held 30 years later, owner Taubman recalls based DeMattia Group, is back at the his current post for six years. helm after total revenue dropped by Hallock typically gives an about 70 percent between 1999 and annual outlook for Army Detroit’s one-shot pro football champs 2009, the last year for which figures budget and spending needs are available, as construction pro- at the National Defense Indus- BY BILL SHEA to the National Football League’s legal jects dried up and vacancy rates in trial Association Michigan CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS DISTANT REPLAY monopoly on the pro game. the western Wayne County light in- chapter’s fall business event, Thirty years ago this month, dustrial and research and develop- lfred Taubman would do it Ⅲ A look back at journey or at the national NDIA’s Ad- to USFL title, Page 18 Taubman’s Panthers became the ment markets rose. again. DeMattia’s website lists more vanced Planning Briefing for In- A Ⅲ The Panthers in USFL’s first champions after they dustry. The billionaire shopping pictures: See photo than 288,000 square feet of vacant knocked off the Philadelphia Stars 24- Most recently, he project- mall tycoon’s résumé is a colorful gallery accompanying industrial space, much of it in the 22 at Denver’s Mile High Stadium. ed that procurement spend- one, but perhaps the most peculiar online version of this story Metro West Industrial Park, Ply- ing this fiscal year through at crainsdetroit.com The victory came in front of 50,906 mouth Oaks Business Center and aspect was his majority ownership Tacom would total about $10 fans on July 17, 1983 — a week after the Spinnaker Center, all in Ply- of the game-winning, but money-losing, Michi- mouth Township. billion, the lowest amount in the Panthers drew 60,237 for a 37-21 playoff vic- about 10 years and off from a gan Panthers professional football team. The website also lists 285 acres tory over the Oakland Invaders at the Pontiac peak of about $31 billion in A curious piece of ’80s nostalgia, like Rubik’s of available land and 50,000 square Silverdome. feet of available space in Willys fiscal 2008. Cube and break dancing, the spring-season United — Chad Halcom States Football League was an audacious challenger See Panthers, Page 18 See DeMattia, Page 16

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MICHIGAN BRIEFS Local sweet cherries to arrive areadevelopment.com. TRMI is a subsidiary of Japan-based Tokai late for Traverse City festival New biz incubator offers work space in a resort place Rika Group. The National Cherry Festival Ⅲ Meet the new boss, same as opened this past Saturday in Tra- Harbor Springs, the summer playground for eager, young entrepreneurs to northern Michigan? the old boss: Gov. Rick Snyder an- verse City with Michigan sweet many of the wealthy in Southeast Michigan, has be- Only one problem: Breighner knew nothing about nounced last week that former cherries on hand, but local fruit come the unlikely home of the state’s newest incuba- how to run an incubator. Flint emergency manager Mike may be harder to find, the Tra- tor for tech and cutting-edge lifestyle startups. Cool- So he sought advice from the founders of Tech- Brown has returned to the job, reverse City Record-Eagle reported. house Labs opened for business June 17 with five Stars, a successful incubator that now has opera- placing the retiring Ed Kurtz. Growers in the Grand Haven area companies — two coming here from Chicago, one tions in Boston, Chicago, London, New York City Brown was emergency manager in 2011 but was unable to remain in southwest Michigan will start from New York, one from Philadelphia and one and Seattle. when Public Act 4 was suspended harvesting cherries this week for from Taiwan. Coolhouse’s companies get a place to work as well in August 2012. the festival, but the major harvest The idea of an incubator in Harbor Springs, a as advice every week from guest mentors who have Ⅲ Jackson-based Consumers En- around Traverse City is still 10 town of about 1,200 on Little Traverse Bay, was the agreed to come in from around the country pro bono, ergy has signed a contract with days to two weeks out. brainchild of managing director Jordan Breighner, in return for Breighner’s putting them up for a week General Electric Co. under which GE “The fact is, it is scientifically 27. Last summer, while working remotely for the in one of the prettiest areas in North America. will provide 62 wind turbine gen- impossible to schedule the festival New York City-based marketing firm SS+K from his At the end of the summer, the company founders erators for the 105-megawatt Cross so we have local cherries,” said parents’ place in Harbor Springs, Breighner decided will make pitches for more funding to angel in- Winds Energy Park in Tuscola Coun- cherry farmer Nita Send of Sut- he needed to figure out a way to make a living in vestors and venture capitalists whom Breighner ty, the utility’s second wind farm. tons Bay, who heads the festival’s northern Michigan. And what cooler way, he will bring in. Construction is expected to create cherry promotion committee. thought, than to found an accelerator to try to lure — Tom Henderson about 155 jobs and start this year. The June 29 start to this year’s festival will be one of its earliest, mixed-use project that calls for a tients with rheumatoid arthritis, Ⅲ TRMI Inc., a manufacturer of Find business news from said Executive Director Trevor mix of market-rate apartments, psoriasis, osteoporosis and MS. interior electrical automotive around the state at crainsdetroit Tkach. Traverse City officials ground-floor retail and offices in Ⅲ CrossLake Partners, a new joint switches, plans to spend $11.1 mil- .com/crainsmichiganbusiness. asked for the change to incorpo- the area just southwest of Van An- venture between the Chicago of- lion to use a new manufacturing Sign up for Crain's Michigan rate the July 4 holiday. Tkach said del Arena downtown. In total, 150 fice of Colliers International and a process at its plant in Battle Creek, Business e-newsletter at crains he thinks the festival may begin to jobs are expected to be created private family-owned real estate creating 153 jobs, according to detroit.com/emailsignup. serve some local sweet cherries by once the project is operating. firm also based in Chicago, has the middle or the end of the event. Ⅲ Texas-based Senderra Rx Spe- completed a $29.3 million deal for cialty Pharmacy plans to open a pa- seven multitenant industrial CORRECTIONS tient services center in Flint buildings from CenterPoint Proper- MICH-CELLANEOUS Township, promising 170 jobs over ties, a Chicago-based real estate de- Ⅲ A story on Page 3 of the June 24 issue about Birmingham-based Ⅲ The preponderance of subsi- the next three years, MLive.com velopment company, the Grand IncWell LP should have included Brian Polowniak, co-CEO of Farming- dized low-income residential de- reported. Senderra will receive a Rapids Business Journal reported. ton Hills-based Stage 2 Innovations LLC, as a limited partner. Manoj velopments in downtown Grand $500,000 Michigan Business Devel- Six are in West Michigan — two in Bhargava, a co-founder of Stage 2, is not a limited partner. Rapids has left many thinking the opment Program performance- Grand Rapids, three in nearby Ⅲ A Michigan Briefs item on Page 2 of the June 24 issue should have city has a shortage of available based grant from the Michigan Eco- Walker and one in Norton Shores, said Eric Gilbertson, the retiring president of Saginaw Valley State Uni- market-rate apartments. But nomic Development Corp., with near Muskegon — and the seventh versity, has the longest tenure of any president currently heading a MiBiz reports that Arena Place De- additional assistance from the is in South Bend, Ind. Total square Michigan public university. velopment LLC plans a $28 million township. Senderra serves pa- feet: more than 1.5 million.

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July 1, 2013 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 3 Same-sex rulings challenge biz Focus: App Development

Pa.-based Catholic Health East, the ering Catholic Health East employ- Firms review benefit policies issue could be particularly compli- ees includes a “plus-one benefits” cated. feature for a person who shares a The combined operation, with home with the employee but isn’t after Supreme Court decisions about $12.8 billion revenue, has covered by a standard benefit plan 87,000 employees across 82 hospi- — possibly a same-sex partner, an BY CHAD HALCOM But that doesn’t mean they have tals and 89 continuing care centers aging parent or other nontradi- CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS to offer consistent coverage com- in 21 states. It also has a self- tional family member. panywide, and some may break insured benefit plan for pre- That plan covers some employ- Michigan companies with a foot- out benefits by specific markets if merger Trinity employees that ees in New York and Maine, which print in states that recognize it saves on costs or aligns with the covered spouses as defined in the recognize same-sex marriages, and same-sex marriage may extend owners’ values. Defense of Marriage Act of 1996, the combined nonprofit also has What’s on tap at two new employee benefits there fol- At Livonia-based CHE Trinity which the high court struck down, employees in Iowa, Maryland, lowing two U.S. Supreme Court rul- Health, the nonprofit health system said Communications Director Massachusetts and other states emerging companies, Page 8 ings last week, if they didn’t offer created by the May merger of Trin- Carol Tingwall. them already. ity Health with Newtown Square, But a separate health plan cov- See Same-sex, Page 16 Company index These companies have significant mention in this week’s Crain’s Detroit Business: American Society of Employers ...... 16 Baskin Law Firm ...... 16 Kicking it up Belfor Holdings ...... 3 CBRE ...... 16 CHE Trinity Health ...... 3 DeMattia Group ...... 1 Detroit City Football Club ...... 3 a notch Detroit Medical Center ...... 1 Detroit Venture Partners ...... 8 D:hive ...... 8 Dykema Gossett ...... 16 First Step Fund ...... 9, 11 Freudenberg-NOK ...... 16 GDI Omni ...... 17 Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn ...... 16 Kenneth J. Dalto & Associates ...... 16 Larky ...... 10 McTevia & Associates ...... 16 Michigan Chamber of Commerce ...... 7 Microsoft ...... 19 Nemeth Burwell ...... 16 Newmark Grubb Knight Frank ...... 16 The Detroit City Football Club is North Coast Technology Investors ...... 11 averaging 1,200 to 1,300 fans for its Oakwood Healthcare ...... 15 games at Cass Technical High School O’Keefe ...... 16 JOHN SOBCZAK Original Equipment Suppliers Association ...... 4 Plante Moran ...... 15 BY BILL SHEA the current profit-and-loss statement, trying to The Professional Group ...... 3 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Detroit City Football Club’s win championships is healthier for the team’s bottom line in the long run. Small Business Association of Michigan ...... 7, 10 he Detroit City Football Club LLC is unde- “We want to see the team win — that’s more University of Michigan ...... 8 feated in the minor league National Pre- success scores with fans important to our longevity, to our sponsors,” UpTo ...... 8 T mier Soccer League and has locked up a said Kropp, whose day job is an IT project man- Venture Investors ...... 9 playoff berth. “At our level, there isn’t a lot of incentive, ager at Henry Ford Health Systems. That’s good and bad news for the team’s own- from an owner’s level, to keep winning,” said Now in its second season, Detroit City was 9- ers. Todd Kropp, one of Detroit City’s five co-own- 0 after a 4-0 victory over visiting FC Buffalo. Good, because fans spend money to see a ers and its director of operations. The June 23 game drew a team-record 1,895 Department index winning team. The other Detroit City team co-owners are fans. Bad, because the team has struggled to break Sean Mann, who founded the semipro Detroit In those nine games, Detroit outscored oppo- BANKRUPTCIES ...... 4 even and a playoff run means a burst of travel City Futbol League in 2010; Alex Wright; David nents 29-4. It ends the season with three road BUSINESS DIARY ...... 14 expenses, such as possibly flying on a week’s Dwaihy, and Ben Steffans. games. notice instead of the normal bus travel. CALENDAR ...... 14 Although the playoffs can play havoc with See Soccer, Page 17 CAPITOL BRIEFINGS...... 7 CLASSIFIED ADS ...... 15 KEITH CRAIN...... 6 LETTERS...... 6 Growth by association: TPG makes strategic move downtown MARY KRAMER ...... 6 OPINION ...... 6 BY SHERRI WELCH nounced plans to move from leased space The company is projecting a 12 per- PEOPLE ...... 14 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS in Southfield to take over the 15,200- cent increase in revenue this year, bring- RUMBLINGS ...... 19 square-foot 21st floor of Chrysler House, ing its revenue to a projected $65 million The Professional Group, which has seen previously known as the Dime Building. from $58 million last year, said CEO WEEK ON THE WEB ...... 19 revenue rise 38 percent over the past few TPG plans to bring 65 administrative Doug Hamburger. years, expects its move downtown to put employees from across its companies to And the downtown location is expect- it in a prime location to gain business the new headquarters in August, with ed to spur even more growth. from the increasing number of compa- the remainder of its 1,000 local janitorial, “We have a large number of contracts nies moving into Detroit. landscaping and snow removal employ- in the city, and we’re growing our busi- A subsidiary of Birmingham-based ees expected to visit the new location for ness in the city,” Hamburger said. Belfor Holdings Inc., TPG last week an- training and support. See TPG, Page 17 Hamburger

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Page 4 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS July 1, 2013 Crain’s Detroit New suppliers group head wins 6 awards seeks overseas outreach at national biz BY DAVID SEDGWICK past 30 years. CRAIN NEWS SERVICE In 1983, she joined General Mo- tors Corp. as a manufacturing en- After two decades of steady gineer, and subsequently worked pub contest growth in North America, the for Ford Motor Co. and TRW Auto- Original Equipment Suppliers Associ- motive. She spent 14 years at Vis- ation is preparing to seek over- When businesses face the organic demands Crain’s Detroit Business re- teon, where she managed a global Need growth seas alliances. of growth, purchasing goods, or even to ceived four gold and two bronze marketing group. The association’s new presi- capital? awards June 22 at the annual Fream departed Visteon in make payroll, Crestmark’s service and dent, Julie Fream, said last week summer conference for the Al- 2011. Since then, she has served innovative working capital solutions can be she plans to the answer. liance of Area Business Publica- as a trustee of Michigan Technolog- seek ties with ical University and Oakwood Health- tions, including gold for best web- Providing accounts receivable fi nancing and supplier orga- care. site. asset-based lending to small- and mid-sized nizations out- De Koker, who helped launch businesses nationwide for over 16 years. Crainsdetroit.com was cited by side of North the OESA in judges for standing “high above America. 1998, is step- the competition, offering readers “Many of Contact us today! ping down af- a reason to visit and return of- our members ter overseeing www.crestmark.com Matt Dekutoski ten. Readers are treated to a vari- already are in- steady growth. 888.999.8050 Anntreal Hemmingway-Smith ety of content that is updated ternational, The associa- and many de- with a sense of urgency, and the Fream tion has 446 content is presented in a way sire to become member com- that is not only there, but is there international,” Fream said. “So panies, up expanding our reach will help in a way people can use.” from approxi- the membership.” The other awards: mately 150 in Fream, 49, added that the asso- De Koker Reporter Tom Henderson, 1999. ciation already has reached out gold, best bylined commentary, for The association acts as an ad- to foreign organizations but that vocate for suppliers, providing a his Sept. 26 blog entry, “Tale of it was “too early to talk about mix of seminars, tutorials, Three Parks,” that contrasted Changing the odds specifics.” newsletters, surveys and re- Detroit’s Riverfront-Lakewood Last week, the association an- search. in our clients’ favor East and Angel parks with nounced Fream would succeed One of De Koker’s long-term Grosse Pointe Park’s Windmill Neil De Koker, who will retire projects involved developing a Pointe Park. Oct. 1. standard “terms and conditions” Reporter Dustin Walsh, gold, Fream, a former Visteon Corp. contract that might serve as a best local coverage of a national executive, has held a variety of template for supplier contracts business/economic story, for the automotive manufacturing, with automakers. March 12 report “Overseas over- sales and marketing jobs for the From Automotive News sold?” that described the experience of TriMas Corp. to explain how the economics are shifting toward onshoring of operations. Just three of the reasons Nancy Hanus, digital content strategy manager, Crain’s staff, to book our bus. gold, best daily email for the 8-month-old “Michigan Morn- MIKE DONNA MITCH ing,” which the judges said fol- Customer Service Securities fraud and shareholder rights Driver Mechanic lows through on its mission “to Automotive supplier disputes Shareholder and partnership disputes You’ll love this Our girl Friday (... and If it ain’t broke, he’ll make Detroit smarter using man in uniform. every other day, too!) check it anyway.y y Commercial and business lawsuits Family law and probate litigation headlines and blurbs that really do make Detroit smarter.” 248-841-2200 Senior Reporter Jay Greene, millerlawpc.com bronze, best body of work by a single reporter, for his knowledgeable health care coverage. Gary Anglebrandt, former entrepreneurship editor, Second Stage Extra, bronze, best recurring feature. The monthly Focus report covers news, information 60$//2)),&(Ř+20(2)),&( and strategy for small and grow- Outstanding Selection For Small ing businesses. Professional Ofﬁce or Home Ofﬁce The AABP is a nonprofit trade association representing 64 mag-  Free Design Assistance azine and newspaper members  Customization - Sizes & Finishes in the U.S., Canada and Aus-  Professional Installation tralia. The awards were among  Contemporary or Traditional 108 presented to newspaper and magazine business publications, from 573 entries from 44 publications.

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Page 6 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS July 1, 2013 OPINION MARY KRAMER New lighting director Duggan hopes write-ins add up What’s the magic number? Duggan ning. In 2009, fewer than 100,000 20,000? 25,000? cut a vaca- votes were cast, with a smaller People who make their living tion short number of candidates. Six percent is a welcome switch working on political campaigns — and came of 136,000 means 8,280 votes. or amateurs who are simply politi- home to In the 2005 race, challenger Fre- cal junkies — have been asking Detroit. man Hendrix, a former deputy to he Detroit Public Lighting Authority named a new execu- that question and placing their A cam- Mayor Dennis Archer, actually tive director last week and is getting ready to be about the bets on whether Mike Duggan can paign in- collected more than 60,000 votes in T task of turning the lights on. It’s none too soon. About half collect enough write-in votes on sider told the primary to incumbent Kwame of city’s 88,000 streetlights don’t work for one reason or another. Aug. 6 to earn a spot on the Novem- me he was Kilpatrick’s 45,783. Sharon The effort also represents a homecoming for Odis Jones, ber mayoral ballot. encour- McPhail collected 16,000 votes, fol- who begins his new job July 15. Jones, who grew up on De- Mike Duggan says it’s probably aged by a lowed by Hansen Clark with 12,000. Then it fell off sharply, with troit’s east side, currently is Cincinnati’s eco- about 15,000 or 20,000. poll quiet- Duggan has a chance to make ly conducted on Monday that the next best tally coming in under nomic development director. history. Maybe showed the also-rans in the race — 300 votes. In that race, there were His first task? Meeting residents to deter- even twice, if he including Fred Durhal, Krystal also 76 write-in votes. mine their priorities. The lighting authority wins the elec- Crittenton, Tom Barrow and Lisa In 2009, Dave Bing collected the is expected to have a $160 million budget after tion to be mayor Howze — had the support of only lion’s share — more than 68,000 a planned bond sale and comes armed with ex- of Detroit in No- about 6 percent of voters. Collec- votes — to Tom Barrow’s 10,302. pertise in finance, law and engineering re- vember. tively. Four other candidates shared the quired by the legislation that created it. On June 19, Wayne County Sheriff Benny rest, with tallies ranging from 873 Duggan was dis- Napoleon, who had the field all to votes to 9,322. Its five-member board is chaired by con- Jones avowing plans himself, now has a formidable So look at the field in August sultant and former state representative Mau- for a write-in write-in challenger. Now, all spec- and try to speculate: How many reen Stapleton and also includes Marvin Beatty, retired Duggan campaign. De- ulation is on the question: What’s votes does Duggan need to make it deputy fire commissioner and civic volunteer; John Davis, re- feated by a colossal mistake in fil- the magic number? on the November ballot? tired Wayne State CFO; attorney Michael Einheuser; and ing petitions two weeks earlier At his press conference Friday, Cedric Dargin, an engineer with the Michigan Department of than the new city charter allowed, Duggan said he believes he needs Mary Kramer is publisher of Transportation. he seemed resigned to moving on. 25 percent of the primary vote, Crain's Detroit Business. Catch her Then, on June 20, supporter and which he believes will translates Assuming all goes according to plan, the authority repre- take on business news at 6:10 a.m. civic leader Cindy Pasky publicly to the 15,000 to 20,000 votes. Mondays on the Paul W. Smith show sents an opportunity to improve the life of city residents out- said she was writing his name in History also may be a guide. on WJR AM 760 and in her blog at side the strictures of the emergency manager. on her primary ballot. The idea In 2005, 136,000 primary votes www.crainsdetroit.com/kramer. That may not be a big deal in the long run, but short-term, started snowballing. were cast, with 12 candidates run- E-mail her at [email protected]. many Detroiters see it as a welcome opportunity to exercise effective self-governance. New DMC owner must earn trust LETTERS Who says you lose money on health care? Not the private equity owner of the Detroit Medical Center. Just three years ago, publicly traded Vanguard Health Sys- tems bought the DMC. About 38 percent of the Vanguard stock Entrepreneur deserves salute is owned by Blackstone Group, a large leverage buyout private equity company based in New York City. Editor: ing all of their founding efforts to a Crain’s Detroit Business Last week, Tenet Healthcare Corp. of Dallas announced it Congratulations to Crain’s De- welcomes letters to the editor. new level is fascinating and will was buying Vanguard for $1.8 billion in cash — a 70 percent troit Business for recognizing the All letters will be considered for serve Michigan’s construction industry well. The fact that a node, premium over the stock price commanded before the sale was extraordinary innovations of Gui publication, provided they are Ponce de Leon (Salute to Entrepre- word or any other aspect of a con- announced. The New York Times reported that the deal dou- signed and do not defame neurs, June 17, Page 11). individuals or organizations. struction document can be bled Blackstone’s investment. Not bad. When computers first came to Letters may be edited for length “datafied” into enhanced visual- Blackston and other Vanguard shareholders — including the construction industry, many and clarity. izations or 3-D to really depict some DMC and Vanguard executives — will do well on this deal. great Michigan engineers realized Write: Editor, Crain’s Detroit what is going on in real time is tru- What is unclear is whether the community that has long invest- their potential use for the critical- Business, 1155 Gratiot Ave., ly amazing. Too bad these techniques were ed in the DMC as patients and employees will fare as well. path method — among them the Detroit, MI 48207-2997. Email: [email protected] not used in the construction of the Tenet also has private equity investors — Glenview Capital late Ralph Stephenson, who wrote the book on CPM, and the late Joe Wayne County Jail! Management. On the eve of critical components of the Affordable Inatome (Inacomp Computer Cen- Joe Neussendorfer Care Act taking hold, it’s up to Tenet to make the case for contin- tion clients. President and CEO ters), who used computer main- U.S. Construction Research ued trust by those same investors — patients and employees. frame time to service his construc- That Mr. Ponce de Leon is tak- Livonia KEITH CRAIN: Looks like a case of while Nero plays … We seem to be watching two that many of these lead- and its people and signed for various reasons: illness, office in the next election. events happening simultaneously ers are the heads of or- everything will be fine. new jobs or we just don’t know. Whether the EM can stop this, in our city. ganizations that simply They still have their And of course, Charles Pugh, the no one seems to know for sure, so We seem to be watching our don’t want to look to heads in the sand. president of the council, has disap- we’ll just have to see who’s the emergency manager grabbing hold their membership as ca- Meanwhile as all peared. After accusations of mis- next president and what he or she of the wretched financial situation pitulating to the EM. these developments conduct with minors surfaced, Mr. has in mind. on his way to what probably will For them, bankruptcy evolve every day and Pugh has gone silent. Some say out It would seem to be nothing end up with bankruptcy. probably seems like a week, the Detroit City of the country, others say just hid- more than an honorary appoint- Although bankruptcy could be far better option politi- Council seems intent on ing out, so to speak. Meanwhile, al- ment anyway since the EM is still avoided with the cooperation of a lot cally than compromise. imploding. though he can’t be removed by the firmly in place. of various leaders in our city, it There are still other Some members have EM, he has been effectively fired As someone said to me recently, would appear that not many of them folks in Detroit who be- announced they are not from his position of president. if you wanted to make this stuff up, are willing to compromise their po- lieve that someone is go- going to run again, so This is turning into the classic no one would believe you. That’s sitions for all sorts of reasons. ing to swoop down with many bil- they are double lame ducks. case of last man standing. Certain- certainly the truth. Truth is Probably the largest reason is lions of dollars and save the city Some on the council have re- ly a boon for anyone running for stranger than fiction. 20130701-NEWS--0007-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 6/28/2013 10:25 AM Page 1

July 1, 2013 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 7 Gov’s Medicaid push slows deal on road funding It was high gas prices Transportation Commit- the tax revenue produced is not doing their job. not wait much longer. that caused talks about tee was getting close to enough to keep up with the rising Complicating the vote for increasing transporta- Capitol taking a vote on the bills, cost of maintaining the roads. Schmidt is that if the Senate ends Comings and goings tion revenue to stall in Briefings gas shot up to more than “That’s all there is to it,” up not voting on Medicaid at all, the final weeks of session $4 a gallon and the com- Schmidt said. that means the House took a tough Gov. Rick Snyder has appointed before summer break. mittee chairman, Rep. Schmidt and several members of vote for nothing on a controversial Sally Talberg to serve on the And now it’s Rick Sny- Wayne Schmidt, said his committee plan to meet infor- issue, and there will be great reluc- Michigan Public Service Commis- der’s relentless push for members were getting mally over the summer and travel tance to take an even tougher vote sion. Her six-year term begins Medicaid expansion (see skittish about voting for a the state, meeting with various to raise taxes by roughly $1 billion Wednesday. She is replacing Orji- story this page) that is gas tax increase when gas groups and editorial boards, to without any assurance the Senate akor Isiogu, whose term expires slowing the process. The was already so high. make the case for raising the fund- won’t leave them hanging again. Tuesday. Talberg is a senior con- governor is on a tour Now that the price of ing to repair the state’s roads. “I think there is some hesitation sultant at Public Sector Consultants around the state, largely gas has come down in the But there is concern that Snyder’s about that,” Schmidt said. and has served as an analyst at the Chris Gautz in areas represented by weeks since then, he travels around the state to stump for He said the inaction in the Senate MPSC. Senate Republicans, urg- hopes his committee can Medicaid expansion may hamper a slows transportation talks down, Chris Gautz: (517) 403-4403, ing the public to ask their senators take a vote in September, once law- deal on transportation. but doesn’t necessarily mean it is [email protected]. Twitter: to go back to Lansing and vote for makers return. Snyder agrees it could make a less likely to happen, but he’d rather @chrisgautz Medicaid. “It makes it more palatable,” transportation deal harder, but the The hope by supporters of rais- Schmidt said. possibility of having some sena- ing transportation revenue was Snyder has called for raising tors less likely to vote for trans- that it could be approved before $1.2 billion annually in new rev- portation funding because they lawmakers left for summer break, enue for transportation that would also were pushed to vote for Medic- or possibly even be made a part of come in part from raising registra- aid isn’t going to be what scuttles a the state budget, but neither of tion fees an average of 20 percent deal on the plan. those happened. and eliminating the state’s 19- Schmidt said Snyder’s focus on So the Legislature was left to cents-per-gallon gas tax and mov- Medicaid expansion this summer handle separately Snyder’s two ing to a tax at the wholesale level. has pushed his plans back. large remaining priorities — Schmidt said taxing gas at the There had been hope last month transportation and Medicaid ex- wholesale level makes more sense when the focus shifted to getting pansion — with the thinking that than a flat 19-cents-per-gallon tax. Medicaid expansion approved be- they would be easier to handle He said in 1999, when gas was fore summer break, but instead once the budget was done. roughly $1 a gallon, 19 cents of that Senate Republicans refused to vote But that thinking didn’t pan out, was tax. Now with gas ranging be- on it. Snyder scolded Senate Re- and neither happened. tween $3.50 and $4 per gallon, peo- publicans for going on vacation In late spring, as the House ple are still paying 19 cents, and rather than staying in town and Numbers back push for Medicaid expansion

BY CHRIS GAUTZ aid, and employers would not be a vote on the bill before the Senate CAPITOL CORRESPONDENT penalized. went on summer break, an- “There are hard-nosed economic nounced the formation of a work When it comes to Medicaid ex- reasons that (Medicaid) expansion group that will study the issue. pansion in Michigan, there is a is good for jobs and good for busi- “I encouraged them to work quantifiable cost to doing nothing, nesses,” Block said. quickly,” Snyder said. and that is why the business com- If Michigan doesn’t expand Med- munity has been pressing the Sen- icaid, employers would pay penal- ate, as has Gov. Rick Snyder, to ap- ties estimated between $54 million prove HB 4714 as soon as possible. and $81 million annually, accord- HB 4714 would extend Medicaid ing to a national study by Jackson coverage to some 400,000 working Hewitt Tax Service Inc., as 27,000 em- poor individuals that are between ployees in the state would fall into 2013 100 and 133 percent of the federal this category. poverty level. And that cost, combined with But so far, the business case has the increased insurance premiums not been enough to overcome the businesses pay due to uncompen- Giving Guide ideological differences some Re- sated care that hospitals pass publican senators have with ex- along, will put Michigan compa- panding federal health care reform nies at a disadvantage when com- in the state, said Wendy Block, di- peting against businesses from Put your organization in front rector of health policy and human states that have approved Medic- resources for the Lansing-based aid expansion, Block said. of Detroit’s business and Michigan Chamber of Commerce. “I think this is a major issue for While the chamber opposes the small businesses. It could make philanthropic leaders. federal Patient Protection and Af- them less competitive,” Snyder fordable Care Act as well, it views said. this expansion differently. Rob Fowler, president and CEO YEAR-LONG EXPOSURE: That is because a provision in of the Lansing-based Small Business Reach business owners, CEOs, presidents Obamacare charges some busi- Association of Michigan, agrees and nesses penalties of up to $3,000 per has been with Snyder on several of and top-level executives in print and online employee in states that do not ap- his stops around the state to urge for an entire year on crainsdetroit.com prove an expansion of Medicaid. It the Senate to vote for the expan- applies to employers with 50 or sion as contained in HB 4714. BONUS DISTRIBUTION: more employees that provide Expanding Medicaid also frees 2,500 distribution to wealth managers and health care, but the employee’s up more than $200 million in the estate/trust attorneys in Southeast Michigan share of the premium is more than state’s budget. Right now, Michi- 9.5 percent of that employee’s gan provides mental health cover- household income. 500 additional copies will be distributed age to poor individuals over and at the AFP annual Philanthropy Day Dinner Since most employers would not above what it is required to do. know an employee’s household in- With Medicaid expansion, those come, they can avoid the penalty if individuals would be placed on the premium share cost doesn’t ex- Medicaid, freeing up that money 90% ceed 9.5 percent of the wages paid for other purposes. Contact Marla Wise at of Crain’s Detroit Business that year to the employee. Snyder makes these points as he readers have donated to That employee would also have travels the state and has said he (313) 446-6032 or [email protected] to be between 100 and 133 percent will continue until the Senate pre- or volunteered for a of the federal poverty level. In pares to vote on the bill. nonproﬁ t in the past year. states that approve Medicaid ex- Last week, Senate Majority pansion, employees in that sce- Leader Randy Richardville, R- PUBLICATION DATE: Oct. 28, 2013 | PROFILE RESERVATION DEADLINE: Oct. 1 nario would be placed on Medic- Monroe, who decided not to allow 20130701-NEWS--0008-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 6/28/2013 10:47 AM Page 1

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A CONVERSATION WITH

Puneet Manchanda, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan App development

In the past year, at least four companies in metro Detroit — Ann Arbor-based Flocktag LLC, Larky Inc. and Glyph Inc. and Farmington Hills- based ReapSo LLC — have raised funds to launch in what has become a crowded smart-app space, helping What’s on tap? users manage rewards and loyalty programs. Nationally, other ISTOCK PHOTO developers have launched apps that deliver discounts to users — most notably, Chicago-based Groupon Inc. — or manage loyalty programs, like Palo Alto, Calif.-based Lemon Inc. Crain’s reporter Tom Henderson talked about the commerce of smart apps with Puneet Manchanda, chairman of the marketing department in the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. When Apple launched the iPhone on Jan. 9, 2007, no one had any idea the proliferation of companies that would ensue, with entrepreneurs building businesses to develop smart apps. It’s what I call the network effect. You have a technology platform, and one side of the platform is the hardware, which is the phone. On the other side are the applications. There was heavy growth early on, on the hardware side. Then software caught up and grew much faster because it’s so much easier. The barriers to entry are very low; you end up seeing people slicing the baloney so thin. There is a small, finite number of phone manufacturers. There are tens of millions of developers. There’s a dichotomy. You have a lot of developers who have day jobs and just want to develop a cool app that they can get their friends and family to download and if a few people find it in the apps’ stores, they get a little recurring revenue. And then you have companies raising $500,000 in seed JOHN SOBCZAK capital and then going back to the From their home in the Madison Building in Detroit, CEO Greg Schwartz (fifth from left) and the staff of UpTo Inc. keep equity markets to raise large venture their collective fingers on the pulse of an app that allows users to manage their social calendars. capital rounds. As the baloney gets sliced thinner, how do these companies thrive, or even survive? As the barrier to entry is low, the barrier to exit is low, too, for those who are just hoping their app catches UpTo checks off milestones on with family and friends. If it doesn’t, they just stop. For those who have raised money and have investors of growth for its social calendar app COURTESY OF UPTO and a real business, it’s a highly risky venture. I’d be shocked if one-tenth of 1 percent of these companies ever BY TOM HENDERSON calendar,” said Pierce, who uses UpTo per- return profits to their investors. CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS COUNTING YOUR DISCOUNTS sonally and has been using it professionally since last fall to get the word out about So only a few will make it. But it’s a pTo Inc., a mobile app developer Ann Arbor startup’s app helps users keep events in metro Detroit. track of membership discounts, Page 10 healthy process they’re going through. based in the Madison Building “Someone connected us with UpTo at the An economic engine has a few end of last summer, and it’s opened us up to a winners and many losers. But we’re in downtown Detroit, has closed Those wishing to serve as volunteers or am- U lot of new people, people who wouldn’t have still teaching a generation of on a $2 million round of venture capital bassadors for the state can find events where found us otherwise,” she said. entrepreneurs. It has a training they can help out. led by Detroit Venture Partners to ramp up UpTo’s app was launched on the iPhone in benefit. You have to take the long The state is also considering an UpTo calen- marketing and refine features of its in- March 2012 and on Android in November as view. It’s a very constructive use of dar stream for the Department of Natural Re- an interactive calendar to be shared with time. They may not be app developers teractive social calendar. sources, which could list events at state parks friends. Users choose who of their friends, in 30 years, but the lessons learned and information on hunting seasons. Last week, UpTo got a boost when Gov. family and co-workers can share their upcom- trying to be app developers will hold “From a social perspective, what’s really them in good stead. Rick Snyder’s office announced that the coming schedule, with friends and co-workers valuable about UpTo is that it puts every- pany has created a calendar stream for him, able to see the person’s plans for a Tigers thing you can do or react to in a constituent’s listing his appearances around the state. game, or a concert and perhaps make plans to If you know someone hand,” said Nicole Sunstrum, the state’s so- The state now has three streams running meet. interesting in banking, cial engagement coordinator. on the UpTo app. The first, launched last fall, Since the app first went live, it has added finance, technology “I love it,” said Jeanette Pierce. She is di- the ability for companies and organizations or biotechnology is a Pure Michigan stream that lists top rector of communications for D:hive, a Detroit- to stream calendar information to those who Tom Henderson events around the state and can let a visitor based shop for newcomers to the area to find want it. Instead of having to go to your should interview call from Indiana who’s vacationing in Ludington, out about jobs, places to live and things to do. (313) 446-0337 or daughter’s school’s website to find coming for example, find out what’s going on nearby. “I get so many invitations on Facebook write thenderson events, they could stream into the UpTo app A third, also just announced, is for the now, I never bother to look at them. With @crain.com. on your phone. Michigan Ambassadors program Snyder an- UpTo, I can select what I want to be aware of, nounced at the Mackinac Policy Conference. and I can integrate events there into my own See Next Page 20130701-NEWS--0009-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 6/28/2013 10:26 AM Page 1

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From Previous Page The company projects minimal reimagined how companies and in- Need a revenue this year but 2014 revenue dividuals can share and interact.” App downloads are free. The 1.0 of $2 million to $3 million, growing DVP invested $1.5 million in the version allows companies to to more than $75 million in 2016, round. Venture Investors LLC, a Madi- stream calendars for free. The 2.0 said UpTo CEO Greg Schwartz. son, Wis.-based VC firm with an of- version, scheduled to be available New Bank? “I’m a user. I love it,” said Adrian fice in Ann Arbor, invested in mid-July, will generate revenue Fortino, vice president of the De- $500,000. DVP and Detroit-based from organizations that want more troit-based First Step Fund, which Ludlow Ventures LLC provided a seed functionality in their streams or generally invests $50,000 in star- round of $875,000 in November 2011. from organizations, such as the tups. “It’s always on in my phone. Venture Investors has typically Cleveland Cavaliers, that want UpTo I’m always getting updates. I’m al- invested in medical devices and to manage their calendars. ways getting my friends to use it.” health care products spun off from But there’s no worry for phone Fortino had done due diligence universities but has been making an owners about getting unsolicited in- on the company and had planned effort to diversify with its current formation. They only get calendar to invest in the just concluded fund, which is at $75 million so far. information from those they choose. round, but as it grew to $2 million, Jim Adox, managing director of After the launch of the more pow- it grew larger than a round the Venture Investors’ Ann Arbor of- erful 2.0 version this month, compa- fund would typically invest in. fice, ran across UpTo last year at nies that sign on as UpTo customers “They’re doing something excit- an event billed as Demo Day that will be able to send targeted mes- ing. I’ve spent time with his team Detroit Venture Partners held in sages, including coupons or dis- and with Greg, and I think he’s one downtown Detroit, where startups count offers, to those they know will of the top entrepreneurs in the made pitches for money to in- be coming to an event near them. state,” Fortino said. vestors from around the U.S. Restaurants close to a concert “In the same way Facebook “What caught my eye about venue might offer discounted din- changed human behavior recalling UpTo were two things,” Adox said. Let ours compete for ners to concertgoers, for example. past activities, UpTo is poised to do “One, I liked how Greg Schwartz Or a restaurant in New York could the same in the future tense,” said presented himself. Two, I liked your business. offer a discount, based on UpTo’s Josh Linkner, Detroit Venture Part- that he focused on calendars in Loan amounts: $1,000,000.00 and above. knowing that you’ll be there next ners managing partner, referring to this crowded world of apps. Calen- week for a meeting. UpTo also has Facebook’s timeline feature. dars are where everyone goes four s Investment Real Estate s Accounts Receivable a contract with Ticketmaster that “There’s hardly been any inno- or five times a day. It’s a great s Owner Occupied Real Estate s Equipment pays the company a fee if tickets vation to calendars in the last 20 place for UpTo to be.” s Lines of Credit s Bank Workouts are bought through its app. years,” Linkner said. “UpTo has UpTo has had more than 200,000 downloads and with the new round of funding will add features, sim- plify the look and feel of the app and ramp up marketing. It employs nine and looks to hire a director of PARTNERSHIP AVAILABLE marketing, head of sales and at least three software developers. 800.509.3552 Schwartz was a pioneer of sorts www.eclipsecapitalgroup.com We invite you to experience the difference that in mobile app development. A com- 2207 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomﬁeld, MI 48320 private ﬂight travel can make. puter engineering major at the Uni- “Since 1997” versity of Michigan in 2003, he formed a mobile app company UÊ Ê >ÃÃiÊiÌÀÞÊiÛiÊÊ while still in school called Mobate- ÊÊÊ«>ÀÌiÀÃ «ÃÊ ch LLC and marketed a mobile UÊÜiÃÌÊ«iÀ>Ì}ÊVÃÌÃÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ checkbook app through Nextel. ÊÊÊÊÌ iÊ>ÀiÌÊ “They app was all for little flip UÊVViÃÃÊÌÊÛiÀÊx]äääÊÊ phones, which had some basic apps. ÊÊÊ1°-°Ê>À«ÀÌÃÊ They were very simplistic,” said UÊ*ÌÃÊÞÕÊÜÊ>`ÊÌÀÕÃÌÊ Schwartz, who said it eventually ap- UÊ/À>ÛiÊÊÞÕÀÊÃV i`Õi]ÊÊ peared in 70 countries and began ÊÊÊÌÊÌ iÊ>Ài½ÃÊ UÊ->viÊ>`ÊÃiVÕÀi generating monthly royalty checks the year he graduated, sometimes in the thousands of dollars. After graduating, Schwartz took a American Jet Management job in New York as a software engi- >Ê iÊ>ÌÊn£ä°ÓÎÓ°{{{ÎÊÀÊÊ>ÌÊÓ{n°nÈä°ÈÎÇn neer for Deutsche Bank, then joined the Warner Music Group as director of its digital strategy group in 2005. On the side, Schwartz continued to develop apps for flip phones, creating a cocktail guide for bar- tenders, a basic calendar he called Datepedia and an app called eNotes that allowed people to share notes. Work smarter for your business. After Apple Inc. introduced the iPhone in 2007, “Everything changed. I realized apps could be a serious business,” said Schwartz. The Michigan native has entrepreneurship in his genes — grandfa- ther Albert owned the former Al- bert’s chain of women’s clothing stores in metro Detroit, and his father, Ernest, owned the former Scott Gregory chain of women’s clothing stores before retiring five years ago. In 2008, Schwartz moved back to Michigan and soon after he and three partners built a prototype calendar app for the iPhone called Schedj — “a horrible name,” Schwartz said. Size, comfort, value and versatility that drives your potential. The three other co-founders are The 2013 Sprinter Van — exclusively at Mercedes-Benz of Novi. Visit us today to still with the company — Dave see one of the area’s largest Sprinter inventories. Webber, who is chief technology officer; Chris Kaufman, chief prod- Mercedes-Benz of Novi uct officer; and Mat Piccinato, 39500 Grand River Ave. chief of mobile. Novi, MI 48375 Tom Henderson: (313) 446-0337, 248-426-9600 (Sales & Service Available Now) [email protected]. 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BY TOM HENDERSON just need to list the organizations CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS they belong to, where they work and which credit cards they have. Larky Inc., an Ann Arbor startup Larky collects money from com- that has launched a smartphone panies and associations that sign app to manage users’ discount pro- up, charging on a sliding grams, closed in April on a fund- scale based on the num- ing round of $650,000 and plans to ber of discounts raise a second round of $3 million each offers this summer as it ramps up hiring and how basic and marketing and expands from or customized an iPhone-only platform to one they want the that supports Android, too. service to their The business plan calls for rev- members to be. enue of $2 million next year, but its Larky will charge founders, President Gregg Ham- organizations a pre- merman, 41, and Andrew Bank, 40, mium, for example, by have grander ambitions. providing analytics on “We have no doubt this can be a member use or tagging on $100 million business a few years other discount programs. down the road,” said Hammerman. Larky also will generate Larky has created a proprietary ad revenue stream based on database of organizations and com- the ability to deliver offers to panies nationwide that offer dis- narrowly defined segments. For counts to members or employees example, because one of your and developed analytics to make memberships is with a running sense of the data. club, a running store in Ann Arbor For example, if someone who has could ping you with a discount for Lar downloaded the app plans to have new shoes as you arrive in town. dinner in Ann Arbor one evening, “Marketers don’t want to spray the app will list the restaurants of- and pay,” Bank said. fering a discount. Or you’re walk- As with most apps in the explo- ing by a Rite-Aid, and you get a ping sively growing app business, Larky on your phone that tells you you’re has a variety of local and national entitled to a 20 percent discount if competitors for managing member- you come in because of one of your ship and reward programs. Some memberships. are more direct, some just tangen- Larky uses a hot technology in tial, but all are trying to carve up the world of apps called geo-fencing, pieces of the same pie. which enables businesses to recog- Bank and Hammerman say that nize customers when they are with- what helps differentiate Larky is in a predetermined radius around a its proprietary data base of nation- specific location and send them al organizations and the benefits messages or special offers. they offer members. Credit card companies, employ- In March, the Lansing-based ers and organizations such as the Small Business Association of Michi- Automobile Association of America, gan, which has 20,000 members, was AARP, university alumni associa- one of the first associations to sign tions — and even the Michigan De- on. Members were able to begin partment of Natural Resources through downloading the app in April. its license plate park passports — of- “It doesn’t help us, or our mem- fer a range of member discounts at bers, or our vendors if people don’t participating businesses. use their benefits. When people take The problem, say those offering advantage of their benefits, they’re the discounts, is they are too cum- more likely to renew their member- bersome for members to keep track ship,” said Michael Rogers, SBAM’s of and consequently are underused. vice president of communications. “The DNR passport comes with Carolyn Baltz, associate director discounts at 1,100 merchants of alumni services for the University around the state, and nobody of Arkansas, met Hammerman and knows it or takes advantage of it,” Bank last July at a national confer- Bank said. ence of university alumni associa- The app is free and easy to use. tions, where Larky had rented a Users don’t need to know or enter booth to drum up business. their membership numbers, they “I coordinate perks, and I’m con- 20130701-NEWS--0010,0011-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 6/28/2013 10:41 AM Page 2

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stantly hearing, ‘You need more perks, you need more perks,’ ” Baltz said. The real problem, she said, was her association had too many businesses — 60 — offering Consultative Working with clients discounts to alumni for members to easily keep track of. Consequently, and their advisors for over 70 years. they didn’t use them and may not have seen enough value to continue their membership, she said. Personal life insurance consulting “This is a huge added service for our membership. We launched it at in a non-salesy environment. the beginning of May and had 240 downloads one of our first week- Reducing estate and income taxes ends, which is big,” said Baltz. Larky’s seed funding has gone toward creating the mobile app, Enhancing ﬁxed income yields developing a website and marketing to association partners and initial users, said Hammerman. Solving family and retirement issues The next round of funding will pay for the platforms needed to support the array of Android prod- Optimizing existing life insurance policies ucts and ramp up marketing and sales. The company employs five Business succession planning and is hiring people in business development and marketing and and corporate beneﬁts tech development. Hammerman and Bank have confidence they’ll be able to raise that second round, too, in part because of their previous success with a company they founded in 1997 called Techstreet. Techstreet, an online technical standards store that sold print and electronic versions of standards publications, had 2002 revenue of more than $3 million and was sold to Thomson Corp. in 2003. The price BIRMINGHAM, MI | NEW YORK, NY was not disclosed, but Hammer- man said it resulted in a 10- 248.731.9500 | WWW.SCHECHTERWEALTH.COM times return for investors. Bank stayed with Tech- street for eight years as revenue grew by more than five times. He then was a consultant before getting the startup bug in 2012. After selling Techstreet, Ham- merman got his MBA from the Financing Experience Ross School of Business at the Uni- ® versity of Michigan, then In Your Corner. Larky’s wasperk platform.director of product and business development for gloStream ■ Financing matters including asset-based Inc., a Bloomfield Hills-based provider of electronic medical and real estate loans records. There he helped raise $15 ■ Mergers and acquisitions transactions, million in venture capital. business and general corporate work “They’re strong business development executives who understand ■ In Your Corner. their market. And what they are offering is immediately understand- able by anyone who belongs to an organization, including my mother,” said Lindsay Aspegren, managing partner of Ann Arbor-based North Coast Technology Investors LP, the CELEBRATING largest investor in the first round. “To have all your perks at your 12 YEARS fingertips is a powerful tool,” said 5 Adrian Fortino, a director of the De- troit-based First Step Fund, which was the first institutional investor to commit to Larky in March 2012. “Traditionally, there’s a low usage rate for perks at associations, which is why all these associations are jumping on board.” First Step’s commitment of $50,000, plus investments from five angel investors and, more recently, North Coast, qualified Larky for $250,000 from the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund that Ann Arbor Spark ad- ministers on behalf of the Michigan Economic Development Corp. Kristen Veresh Tom Henderson: (313) 446-0337, [email protected] ■ Metro Detroit ■ Grand Rapids ■ Kalamazoo ■ Grand Haven ■ Lansing [email protected]. Twitter: @tomhenderson2 20130701-NEWS--0012-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 6/28/2013 10:33 AM Page 1

Page 12 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS July 1, 2013 CRAIN'S LIST: LARGEST MOBILE APP DEVELOPERS Ranked by total downloads as of May 2013

Number of total Company downloads of Address Top local mobile apps Phone; website executive(s) as of SUMMER 8 PACK Rank May 2013 Notable applications Compuware Corp. Robert Paul 29,088,000 Connected vehicle, smart product (M2M) 8 great games starting at just $26 per game 1. 1 Campus Martius, Detroit 48226 president and CEO apps, consumer retail apps, field mobility (313) 227-7300; www.compuware.com solutions, enterprise app stores Jacobs Media/jacAPPS Paul Jacobs 10,000,000 Food Tripping, Chicago's Best TV show, 2. 29777 Telegraph Road, No. 2650, Southfield president KIRO FM 48034 Put your package together today! (248) 353-9030; www.jacapps.com Detroit Labs Paul Glomski 8,500,000 Domino's Pizza Ordering, Chevy Volt DC, 3. 1555 Broadway St., Detroit 48226 co-founder and Cleveland Cavaliers, DTE Energy Includes: (313) 444-3063; www.detroitlabs.com CEO EyeWyre Software Studios Matthew Chartier 6,000,000 LLamasoft Supply Chain Sherpa; Saagara, · Choice of 8 games (select dates – weekend games available) 4. 65 Market St., Suite 100, Mount Clemens 48043 president and CEO, Health Through Breath: Pranayama (586) 932-1002; www.eyewyre.com director of product · A commemorative 1968 World Championship coin development · Complimentary Tiger Club/Tiger Den Lounge access pass PixoFactor LLC Chris Firestone 5,000,000 Mobile game for Ford Social/Team Detroit, 5. 24300 Southfield Road, Suite 103, Southfield president Harman Dynamic World, Cengage NCCO 48075 Explorer, Physics-based game for Blue Goji (248) 996-8298; www.pixoent.com Arbormoon Software Inc. Dave Koziol 4,750,000 AutoBike, WunderMap, FlockTag, XanEdu, 6. 212 S. Fourth Ave., Suite 2D, Ann Arbor 48104 president LectureTools (734) 996-5654; www.arbormoon.com Marvel Apps LLC Michael Antaran 3,987,500 Missile Barrage, Thresher Wing, Fantasy 7. 628 Parent, Suite 106, Royal Oak 48067 CEO Football, Tapestry Twist, Quarantine (248) 980-7858; www.marvelapps.com London, Coleman Lantern, Coleman Creepy Camp Fire Stories UnlimApps Inc. Enea Gjoka 2,600,000 WordFactory, UnlimTones, 8. 2000 Byrd St., Dearborn 48124 owner and UnlimDownloads, QuickIM, UMBus (313) 520-9727; unlimapps.com president Relium Corp. Eric Shapiro 2,500,000 Weather Underground for iPhone, 9. 3185 Appleridge Drive, Ann Arbor 48103 president BatterySense by Philips (734) 663-0706; www.relium.com Vectorform LLC Kurt Steckling 2,300,000 Toolbox for Windows 8, Volkswagen Golf 3905 Rochester Road, Royal Oak 48073 Jason Vazzano e-catalog, Volkswagen Up!, Galatic 10. (248) 777-7777; www.vectorform.com co-presidents, co- Alliance 2, Kayak CEOs and co- founders Ilium Software Inc. Ken Morse 1,000,000 eWallet, ListPro 11. 3759 Prospect, Ann Arbor 48105 CEO (734) 973-9388; www.iliumsoft.com ePrize Matt Wise 987,244 ForRent.com augmented reality, The Gap 12. One ePrize Drive, Pleasant Ridge 48069 CEO Casting Call, Michigan Lottery (248) 543-6800; www.eprize.com Breeze Design Studio Rukmal Fernando 875,000 Eagle Advancement Institute, Ink Robin, 13. 2175 Cole St., Birmingham 48009 president, founder iWannaTicket (248) 566-2464; www.breezestudio.com and and CEO www.jalappeno.com Five Lakes Studio Tod Cunningham 700,000 Euchre HD, Picross HD, Droptzee, Hashi 14. 29491 Emelbe Drive, New Hudson 48165 co-founder (313) 399-5551; www.fivelakesstudio.com RIIS LLC Godfrey Nolan 251,070 DTE Outage Center iPhone app; in 15. 1250 Stephenson Highway, Suite 200, Troy president development, MyGasBiz, real-time traffic 48083 app with FordSync API (248) 351-1200; riis.com Post-Newsweek Digital Catherine 100,000 North American International Auto Show 550 W. Lafayette Blvd., Detroit 48226 Badalamente official app, Max Tracker, Local 10 Heat (313) 222-0488 VP digital media News, Cruise the D, Plus television station 16. Jon Beard branded apps for all six Post-Newsweek director of digital television stations product development Quantum I.S. Solutions Ron Conigliaro 100,000 Business intelligence reporting, first-in first- 16. 2805 Pontiac Lake Road, Suite 2c, Waterford president out inventory management, mobile fishing Township 48328 (248) 393-3621; www.qinfosys.com MyTalk LLC Bick Pratt 50,000 MyTalkTools 18. P.O. Box 674, Rochester Hills 49675 creator and founder (800) 249-7040; www.mytalktools.com 3lb Games Robin Moulder- 47,000 Numenera character creator, Kiki, 19. 1020 Maryland St., Grosse Pointe 48230 McComb Kidwords (313) 377-0428; www.3lbgames.com CEO, producer and developer Moveable Bytes Tom Crawford 40,000 Happy Hour Deals, OnStage Now, 20. 1572 Siller Terrace, Ann Arbor 48103 owner and founder VizChef, Return2Play (734) 355-1812; www.viznetwork.com Open Systems Technologies - Ann Tad McConkey 20,000 Service Scheduling System, Global Just In account executive Time Inventory Portal, Financial mobile 21. Arbor Dan Behm site 2723 S. State St., Suite 150, Ann Arbor 48104 president and CEO (616) 574-3500; www.ostusa.com PhotoSocial LLC Jeff Bargmann 18,000 Photoful 22. 333 Packard St. No. 3, Ann Arbor 48104 founder (585) 281-4268; www.getphotoful.com Securely Mobile, a division of Sajay Rai 16,000 Password check, security awareness president and CEO training, security assessment app; Spell the 22. Securely Yours LLC Word, The States and Capital Quiz, The 131 Guilford Road, Bloomfield Hills 48304 Element Quiz, Movie Scramble (866) 531-8620; www.securelymobile.com Mercury Studio Zachary Ball 16,000 Ford Racing Catalog, Ford Sales & Delivery 24. 23650 Woodward Ave., Suite 300, Pleasant Ridge president Tools, MOBIBO 48069 (248) 414-7300; www.hgstudio.com iRule LLC Itai Ben-Gal 11,000 iRule cloud-based programmable and 25. 1 Campus Martius, Detroit 48226 president and CEO customizable universal remote control (313) 227-6136; www.iruleathome.com

This list of mobile application developers is an approximate compilation of the largest such companies in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Livingston or Washtenaw counties. It is not a complete listing but the most comprehensive available. Unless otherwise noted, information was provided by the companies. Actual download figures may vary. Companies with headquarters elsewhere are listed with the address and top executive of their main Detroit-area office. NA = not available. LIST RESEARCHED BY BRIANNA REILLY

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PEOPLE BUSINESS DIARY ARCHITECTURE FINANCE CONTRACTS EXPANSIONS IN THE SPOTLIGHT Sandra Stacey Design LLC, Hunting- Intalytics Inc., Ann Arbor, a provider of The Grosse Ile Golf and Country Club ton Woods, and Incwell LLC, Birm- predictive analytics solutions and con- has named Patrick Damer its first ingham, won exclusive rights to sell sulting services to clients in the retail, COO. Toronto-based Tayco Panelink Ltd.’s restaurant, health care and financial Tayco Workwell furniture in Michi- services industries, expanded opera- He had been gan. Websites: www.sstaceydesign tions, opening an office in Pleasanton, general manager .com, www.theincwell.net. Calif., and expanding its office space in of The Currituck Rubicon Genomics Inc., Ann Arbor, Irving, Texas. It also has moved from Club, a partnered with Clontech Laborato- 455 E. Eisenhower Pkwy., Suite 270, to semiprivate ries Inc., Mountain View, Calif., to 5 Research Drive, Ann Arbor. Website: resort club in integrate Clontech’s SMART tech- www.intalytics.com. Corolla, N.C., nology with Rubicon’s ThruPlex Pozolo White operated by Club Simmons Edwards technology to increase the efficiency NEW PRODUCTS Corp., Dallas. Cindy Pozolo to project director, C. Russell Simmons to vice president and quality of RNA sample prepara- Livio, Ferndale, announced the Livio SmithGroup JJR, Detroit, from corpo- Damer, 43, and community development market tion for next-generation sequencing Keys and FM Traffic Button. Livio rate director, vice president and stu- Damer earned a manager for Michigan, RBS Citizens applications. The launch of the Keys is a link between vehicle manu- dio leader, Albert Kahn Associates bachelor’s Charter One Bank, Southfield, from SMARTer Universal Low input facturers and software developers and Inc., Detroit. degree in commercial recreational vice president and director, commer- RNA Library Prep Kit provides a so- works with Bluetooth audio (A2DP) Nancy White to director of marketing, management at Michigan State cial division, public funds group, lution to generate libraries for tran- and proprietary link protocols, which scriptome analysis from very low Quinn Evans Architects, Ann Arbor, University. Fifth Third Bank, Southfield. include compatibility with HTML5 from vice president, Generate bd, amounts of total RNA, including sites, mobile apps from iTunes, An- Richmond, Va. Derek Edwards to vice president, In- compromised or non-PolyA RNA droid, Windows Mobile, Blackberry ENTERTAINMENT vest Detroit, Detroit, from vice presi- samples. Websites: www.rubiconge and OEM-installed dashboard apps. COMMUNICATIONS dent, senior business banker, Hunt- nomics.com, www.clontech.com. The FM Traffic Button provides traf- ington National Bank, Troy. Marie Sienkowski Innovative Learning Group Inc., fic reports for U.S. markets updated to procurement Royal Oak, added the International continually. The system, enabled by manager, Crain MANUFACTURING Food Protection Institute, an initia- code added to an embedded app on the Communications Greg Zunich to di- tive of the Global Food Protection In- vehicle’s infotainment system, offers Inc., Detroit, from rector, global stitute, Battle Creek, to its client ros- real-time audio traffic updates. Web- commodity man- quality and Hen- ter. The institute will assist with a site: www.livioconnect.com. ager, First Solar niges Production variety of training initiatives for Inc., Perrysburg, System, Henniges food protection professionals. Web- NEW SERVICES Ohio. Automotive, Au- sites: www.innovativelg.com, Formcode LLC, Royal Oak, a creative burn Hills, from www.ifpti.org. firm, designed and launched new web- CONSTRUCTION director of pro- Imerman Cake Co. LLC, Bloomfield sites for ZeroBase Energy, Ferndale, a gram manage- Leon Bunch to ex- Goldman Kemp Township, is selling its organic manufacturer of off-grid and mobile Sienkowski ment. ecutive vice pres- products at Plum Market stores in energy systems (www.thezero ident, MCM Management Corp., Staci Goldman to director of events, Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Township, base.com); Clarus Lighting & Controls, Bloomfield Hills, from managing di- Joe Cornell Entertainment, Southfield, NONPROFITS West Bloomfield Township and Royal Oak, a representative of light- rector, Conway MacKenzie Inc., from director of events, Living Energy Zunich James Oleksinski Chicago; Holiday Market’s Royal ing and controls manufacturers Birmingham. Entertainment, Commerce Township. to assistant director of labor relations Oak location; Rochester Farmers (www.clarus-lighting.com); and Yan- Mike Smearing to technical team Also, Michael Kemp to road manager, and government affairs, Construction Market; Birmingham Farmers Mar- feng USA, Harrison Township, an au- leader, Smart Building Services LLC, from on-site support assistant direc- Association of Michigan, Bloomfield ket; and Westborn Market’s Berkley tomotive component supplier Detroit, from senior systems engineer, tor, Leave It To Lauren Party Plan- Township, from human resources di- location. Telephone: (248) 792-6767. (www.yanfengusa.com). Website: Johnson Controls Inc., Auburn Hills. ning, Commerce Township. rector, city of Madison Heights. Website: www.imermancake.com. www.formcode.com.

CALENDAR UPCOMING EVENTS Ann Arbor Spark Open Coffee. 8-9:30 a.m. July 9. Ann Arbor Spark. Net- working for entrepreneurs, investors and those who work with innovation businesses, particularly in IT, clean tech and life sciences. Spark Central, Ann Arbor. Free. Contact: Alissa Car- penter, (734) 372-4071; email: [email protected]; website: www.annarborusa.org.

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Today and Tomorrow Tour. 5:30-6:30 p.m. July 10. Engineering Society of Detroit. Learn about the mission of the ESD, the ESD Institute, and the society’s programs and services, and tour the building ESD headquarters, Southfield. Free. Contact: (248) 353- 0735, ext. 120; email: [email protected]; website: www.esd.org.

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Vanguard: Are more moves coming? MARKET PLACE ■ From Page 1 has been spent since Vanguard took FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT over DMC in January 2011, leaving VANGUARD, TENET AT A GLANCE Tenet with about $610 million in re- LIBERTY DAIRY quired capital spending by 2017. Vanguard Health System Tenet Healthcare Corp. The $21-per-share price — a pre- AUCTION! mium amount of 70 percent above Headquarters: Nashville, Tenn. Headquarters: Dallas Vanguard’s June 24 stock price — Founded: 1997 Founded: 1967 530 North River St., Evart, MI 49631 is viewed by analysts as the top Annual revenue: $5.9 billion Annual revenue: $9.1 billion THURS. JULY11@10:30 a.m. end of typical purchase offers, or Net income: $57.3 million Net income: $141 million Vilter Ammonia Compressors, about 8.2 times EBIDTA, compared EBITDA: 9.9 percent EBITDA: 13.2 percent Evaporator/Blowers,Trash with recent for-profit acquisitions LEGAL SERVICES Compactor, Forklifts, Pallet Hospitals: 28 Hospitals: 49 Jacks, Electrical, Maintenance of seven times EBIDTA. Employees: 36,800 Employees: 57,707 Shop, General Plant, Spare Parts, EBITDA, a financial indicator Immigration Law Firm, AV-rated Source: Company 10-K reports, Vanguard (FY 2012 ended June 30), Tenet (FY 2012 ended Dec. 31) S/S Pumps, Air Valve Clusters, used to measure efficiency and Piping, Fittings, & More!! Note: EBITDA is earnings before deducting interest, tax, depreciation and amortization. Antone, Casagrande & Adwers, P.C., profitability, is earnings before de- Seven-Attorney Firm ducting interest, tax, depreciation Dedicated to Business, Employment www.mdavisgrp.com and amortization. that also could include additional quality and reducing costs add val- and Family Immigration Matters “The market is thrilled by it, but suburban hospitals, said Tony Co- ue to employers and patients. Farmington Hills, MI 48334 I see two weak players with below- larossi, partner for health care con- “Bigger is bigger, not necessari- (248) 406-4100 www.antone.com REAL average financial performances sulting at Southfield-based account- ly better,” he said. “Size is only coming together and wonder how ing and business advisory firm valuable where you can leverage BUSINESSES FOR SALE they are going to turn this around,” Plante Moran PLLC. value from it. Bigger is only good if Profitable Small Business for Sale ESTATE said Vicki Bryan, a senior high- In a statement last week, Tenet you can bring more value.” Serious inquiry only. yield analyst with New York City- CEO Trevor Fetter said Tenet is When the deal closes as expect- Please call (941)729-1652 INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY based Gimme Credit LLC. looking to further grow by acquired, Tenet will get Vanguard’s 28 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES “Vanguard has been on a shop- ing or affiliating with nonprofit hospitals in Detroit, Chicago, AVAILABLE NOW ping spree the past few years with hospitals. Boston, Phoenix and San Antonio, ENTREPRENEUR LOOKING TO BUY Taylor/Romulus Area Near Detroit Metro Airport debt that never gets paid down and “Vanguard has built a tremen- increasing the number of hospitals ATTENTION MARKETING 4,000 to 80,000 sq. ft. dous reputation for being a cre- it will own to 77 with 157 outpa- COMPANY OWNERS! Ideal for logistics, mfg., service co., distribution, never gets the margins up to par. Are you trying to figure out your exit Now it looks like Tenet is doing ative strategic partner. We look tient centers in 14 states. The com- strategy? What will become of your office warehouse etc. Call for Availability Yvon Rea 734-946-8730 the same thing with this acquisi- forward to building on that im- bined company will generate more company, your staff, and your customers? or A privately held, international marketing visit our website www.reaconstruction.net tion,” Bryan said. pressive track record,” Fetter said. than $15 billion in annual revenue. company is looking to expand through But Bryan said DMC faces strong Nemzoff said the deal makes acquisition. If you are looking to sell your In merger discussions the past marketing firm, let’s talk and find out if OFFICE SPACE several months, Keith Pitts, Van- competitors in Southeast Michigan sense because top executives at there are any synergies. Contact the owner guard’s vice chairman, said Tenet that include Henry Ford Health Sys- Vanguard and Tenet have known directly, 100% confidential and private, PRIME OFFICE SPACE NOW tem, St. John Providence Health Sys- each other for years and share email:[email protected] or AVAILABLE! and Vanguard officials agreed to (248)891-2020 tem and Beaumont Health System. similar strategies of owning urban Newly renovated first-class merge because their companies fit professional office space w/reception “The success of Community Health hospitals, and that each company well together. He said growing larg- INVENTORS NEEDED support for those seeking maximum er and becoming more efficient is Systems Inc., one of the for-profit brings different and complimenta- flexibility in an elegant setting with hospital leaders, is because they ry strengths to the new company. We are an ISO Certified medical device exceptional skyline and city views. critical under health care reform. contract manufacturer seeking inventors are No. 1 or No. 2 in their mar- “Tenet is a very good operator. Easy I-75 access w/prestigious Big As insurance coverage expands with medical products or device ideas Beaver address in Troy, MI. 136- that need our services. Our company in January and as new public and kets,” Bryan said. “They sell assets They see economies of scale at the 7,000 SF immediately available can help you bring your device to if they aren’t. DMC isn’t even a corporate office and in informa- including window offices, private payment models reward production and ultimately to the market! workstations, and common areas. higher quality and care coordina- close third in Detroit.” tion technology systems,” said Please respond to Call 888-844-2772 for additional tion, competition for patients and Colarossi said it is likely for-prof- Nemzoff, who specializes in hospi- [email protected] Reference Box #10059 in the subject line information or to schedule a tour. employer groups will become it hospital chains like Tenet will en- tal mergers and acquisitions. cssc.com/lease.pdf fierce, Pitts said. ter the insurance market and look Fetter said in a statement the “This (consolidation) is where more like Kaiser Permanente from a deal could save the two companies the industry is going. We both health care delivery standpoint. $100 million to $200 million annu- need resources to sustain our Kaiser is a successful integrated ally through synergies of compli- nonprofit health system based in mentary services and reduced op- JOB FRONT growth,” said Pitts, who will re- tain his title at Tenet. California that owns hospitals and erating expenses. Once the sale is completed later an HMO and employs physicians in Pitts said Tenet brings special ex- LEGAL REAL ESTATE this year, “we will be a Fortune 200 more than 10 markets. pertise in managing ambulatory Last fall, Vanguard purchased care, information technology and General Counsel - Part Time Real Estate General Cousel company with good size and market Grand Sakwa Management LLC, a Farmington equity cap,” Pitts said. “Our ProCare Health Plan Inc., a Detroit- revenue cycle management. Van- Privately held company located in Oakland Hills based real estate development and based Medicaid HMO, for $6 mil- guard’s strengths are in population County would welcome a qualified generalist commercial management company seeks an (merged) portfolio is great, and we attorney for a part-time in-house general experienced General Counsel who will be can make strategic investments in lion. Sources told Crain’s they ex- management, care coordination, counsel position. Position offers a flexible work responsible for supporting senior management the company. For places like De- pected Vanguard to expand into accountable-care organization de- schedule of 16 - 20 hours per week for the right with legal advice. Candidate will oversee and candidate. In addition to excellent draft multiple transactions for all uses of real troit, this puts them in a great spot.” commercial insurance products. velopment and operating Medicaid communication skills, desired professional estate, legal risk and mitigation. Additionally Joe Mullany, DMC’s CEO, also Brian Connolly, CEO of Dear- health plans, he said. capabilities include general litigation, maintain all corporate legal documentation. born-based Oakwood Healthcare, Colarossi said Vanguard and employment law, customer claims, and real Must be a member of the Michigan Bar. Direct will remain with Tenet after the estate. Additional experience in tax matters resumes to [email protected] merger, Pitts said. Charlie Martin said the proposed sale is further ev- Tenet executives also know each and estate planning would be a plus. This is idence of how other well. For example, in 1996, an excellent opportunity with a well respected Jr., Vanguard’s chairman and organization. If this fits with your professional SALES CEO, will join the Tenet board. health care re- Pitts and Martin sold Ornda Health- aspirations and lifestyle please forward your resume and compensation expectations to: Joshua Nemzoff, a health care form is driving corp, a for-profit system they hospital consoli- founded, to Tenet for $1.8 billion. Respond to [email protected] consultant based in New Hope, Pa., Reference box # 10060 dation. At the time, Ornda was the na- said Tenet has greater access to “Organiza- tion’s third-largest investor-owned capital than Vanguard, which is tions are com- company with 50 hospitals. POSITIONS AVAILABLE highly leveraged with debt and has ing together to Nemzoff said the pending sale of struggled for years to maintain leverage their Vanguard to Tenet shows that SENIOR ENGINEER cash flow and profitability compa- balance sheets, Vanguard paid too much for DMC. rable to industry averages. improve cost “Vanguard had to sell. Their debt Senior Engineer - Maintenance for ITC “If you start with the premise Connolly Holdings Corp., in Novi, MI. Duties: structure and is just too high,” he said. Develop & monitor equipment that hospitals are sold because expand their market presence,” But Pitts said the pending sale of maintenance plans for large-scale, high they are in trouble, Tenet is a com- Connolly said. “Make no mistake Vanguard has nothing to do with voltage & extra high voltage energy pany that can do much better (than transmission systems & associated about it. These are strategic and how much the company paid for assets; manage Work Management Vanguard) in managing an urban economic tactics in an era of rapid DMC. System Application for all energy hospital like DMC that is in a very transmission system maintenance. 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Page 16 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS July 1, 2013 Same-sex: Biz reviews benefits after court ruling Crain’s announces ■ From Page 3 promotions, new hire with same-sex marriage, as well as Michi- Peter Kellett. Matthew Disbrow, partner in the labor gan and many other states without it. Most of those benefits have been available and employment department at Detroit- Crain’s Detroit Business has promoted Tingwall said the company is reviewing since the 1990s, though the firm more recent- based Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, two people and hired a third to support its benefit plans in light of last week’s rul- ly negotiated with its insurer to extend said it was possible that some companies its events and digital projects. ings to determine an appropriate course of COBRA benefits to ex-employees’ partners. with employees in both Michigan and Cali- Ⅲ Elizabeth Buscher action, a process that could take some time. But the firm’s clients and other large com- fornia may begin offering state-specific ben- has joined Crain’s as Also looking at domestic partner benefits panies may have to sort out some questions efits packages, for cost or other reasons. But general manager of in light of the rulings is Freudenberg-NOK in offering domestic-partner coverage in all he suspects many employers probably business development Sealing Technologies, the automotive and markets, said Amy Christen, partner in would opt for a more-inclusive policy. and events, leading ef- aerospace supplier that houses its U.S. head- Dykema’s employee benefits law practice. Private employers are allowed, but not re- forts to cultivate rela- quarters in Plymouth but has several other Some states and employers may have of- quired, to offer benefits to same-sex partners tionships and part- offices in New Hampshire and California. fered same-sex partners benefits on the ba- in Michigan. The state in 2011 barred most ners to support events The company does not offer domestic part- sis that they could not marry and spouses, public employers from providing such bene- and projects. ner benefits but may consider doing so de- and may now revisit that. fits to domestic partners, but on Friday U.S. Buscher, 49, was most recently manager pending on an internal review, said Lisa “From a practical standpoint, at this time District Judge David Lawson in Detroit is- Buscher Bastian, vice president of human resources. it’s a difficult basis to make some of those de- sued a preliminary injunction against that of marketing and busi- “We are looking into how the Supreme cisions — so the clients we have that already law, citing one of the high court’s rulings. ness strategy for Chep Automotive in Troy Court ruling will impact our organization offer those benefits we recommend continu- Henry Baskin, president of Baskin Law and also worked for Comerica Wealth Man- and policies,” Bastian said in a statement. ing them along with recognizing same-sex Firm PC, Birmingham, said he interprets the agement and the Inforum Center for Leader- “We value and believe in an inclusive, spouses, going forward, until we see more ruling to mean same-sex couples here with a ship. She is a Michigan State University grad- nondiscriminatory work environment that consistency across the states,” she said. marriage recognized in another state can be- uate. is founded on our guiding principles and Michael Burns, executive vice president gin joint federal income tax returns, since Ⅲ Daniel Duggan, 39, mandated by our corporate policies. So this of the American Society of Employers in South- the marriage deduction is a federal benefit. has been named man- issue and decision are at the forefront of our field, said the rulings could allow employers But Michigan still doesn’t recognize their aging editor of custom consideration right now.” to break out benefits by state, but that could marriages, so they may have to declare and special projects. The high court found in a 5-4 ruling last create complications under a provision of themselves “single” on their state tax re- Duggan will take an ex- week that a section of DOMA defining mar- the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, turns and create possible discrepancies in panded role in building riage was unconstitutional, and “impose(s) if they are administering different sets of the exemptions and taxable income they content for Crain’s restrictions and disabilities” against a class benefits using the same federal employer ID claim in each set of documents. events and special sup- of people that several states, including New number in each state. Michigan could join the ranks of states plements. He had been York, have sought to protect. A separate rul- The organization is waiting to hear fur- with same-sex marriage if U.S. District deputy managing edi- ing turned away an appeal over California’s ther guidance on that aspect of the health Judge Bernard Friedman strikes down a tor. Duggan joined Duggan Proposition 8 of 2008, saying the appellants care law, from various federal agencies. 2004 constitutional amendment defining Crain’s in 2007 and has lacked standing, and allowed a lower court Terry Bonnette, a partner at Detroit-based marriage as between a man and woman. won a number of local and national report- ruling against a gay marriage ban to stand. labor and employment law firm Nemeth Bur- Friedman is considering whether Nicole ing awards, particularly for his coverage Taken together, the rulings are being well PC, said the rulings appear to immedi- DeBoer and Jayne Rowse of Hazel Park can of the commercial real widely interpreted by attorneys to mean in- ately require employers in same-sex mar- share parental rights to their adopted three estate industry. He is dividual states can define marriage for riage states to begin offering benefits under children. an MSU graduate. themselves, and the federal government will the Family Medical Leave Act. The state law allows married couples and Ⅲ Kacey Anderson, not intervene or restrict benefits. The 1993 act requires employers to pro- single people to adopt (Rowse has adopted 28, has been promoted At Detroit-based Dykema Gossett PLLC, a vide up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected two of the children and DeBoer the third) to events manager law firm with more than 300 attorneys, in- leave a year to care for an immediate family but not unmarried couples. Attorneys are from events coordina- cluding nearly 50 in Los Angeles and Wash- member, such as a spouse. asking Friedman to find that the state adop- tor. Anderson joined ington, D.C., the transition should be a The act previously allowed states to define tion rule, or the marriage amendment, or Crain’s in 2010. She smoother one since the firm already offers spouse for benefits purposes, but DOMA both, violates the U.S. Constitution. has a degree from medical, dental and retirement plan benefits trumped that provision until the high court Chad Halcom: (313) 446-6796, Western Michigan Uni- to same-sex partners of employees, said CEO struck it down last week. [email protected]. Twitter: @chadhalcom versity. Anderson DeMattia: Retirement over as owner retakes helm of his firm ■ From Page 1 Overland Lofts in Detroit. Street Journal,” said Jim McTevia, to $31.3 million in 2009, the last DeMattia Group “put Plymouth Industrial vacancy rates have Now DeMattia — with a contract president of Bingham Farms-based year the company provided infor- Township on the map” with its fallen from 11.5 percent in the first with Bingham Farms-based turn- turnaround consulting firm McTe- mation to Crain’s. Levin declined light industrial and research and quarter of 2011 to 9.9 percent in the around consulting firm Kenneth J. via & Associates. to comment. development parks throughout the first quarter this year, and from 12.1 Dalto & Associates — is looking to “People underesti- The number of em- M-14/I-275 corridor in western percent to 11.2 percent in the R&D chart a new course for his company mate the value of It’s safe to ployees dropped from Wayne County, Emmons said. market in that same time frame, ac- with fewer employees and by exit- founding ownership,” “ 80 in 2001, the highest But Peter Rogers, vice president cording to Newmark Grubb. ing the construction contracting said Patrick O’Keefe, say I’d do number since DeMat- of industrial properties for the business. CEO of Bloomfield tia’s retirement, to 33 Southfield office of CBRE Inc., said Hills-based turn- things in 2010, the last year business casualties in the pharma- A new focus around consulting for which Crain’s has ceutical and automotive industry As part of DeMattia Group’s re- ‘We are right-sized now’ firm O’Keefe LLC. differently. figures. from 2002-2010 caused a decline in structuring efforts, the company DeMattia’s company was pros- “They had visions, a ” A source with close those markets. will not pursue construction con- perous at the time he retired, he niche, and they ex- Bob DeMattia, DeMattia knowledge of the “(Pharmaceutical companies) tracts because there are too many said. He could afford to take time to ploited an opportuni- Group company said the took a beating and the automotive firms to compete with and few, if enjoy his passions — and take a ty.” company currently industry was in the trenches,” he any, projects to build, DeMattia hands-off approach to DeMattia O’Keefe, who said about half of has 25-30 employees. said. “You have all the tier-one said. Group, so hands off that he did not his company’s work is with real es- “The number of employees is suppliers, engineering centers, “We want to take our firm and receive reports on the company’s fi- tate firms, added that anyone try- what it is,” DeMattia said. “That’s R&D centers, everything tied into right-size it to the market we have nances. ing to replicate DeMattia’s suc- closely held information. We are big pharma” in western Wayne. now — no different than GM, Ford He now regrets that decision, cesses “would be like replacing right-sized now, and we are able to Between 2002 and 2010, vacancy and Chrysler has — a market that saying that the management he Bobby Knight at Indiana or John do the work we have to do.” rates there doubled from 8 percent has dropped way down in the left in place did not react quickly Wooden at UCLA.” to more than 16 percent, Tony available construction projects, enough to changing conditions to DeMattia’s successor, Richard Avendt, senior managing partner development projects, and build- reduce staff and initiate other cost- Levin, was named president in DeMattia’s portfolio in the Southfield office of New- to-suit projects,” DeMattia said. cutting efforts. June 1999 and had hopes of raising DeMattia was a pioneer in the mark Grubb, wrote in an email. Instead, it will focus on architec- “It’s safe to say I’d do things dif- DeMattia Group’s revenue from M-14/I-275 corridor, developing his “As property owners competed ture, property and construction ferently,” he said. the $92 million it posted that year industrial parks with build-to-suit for the limited supply of tenants management and development. Turnaround experts say absentee to $150 million to $200 million by and owned projects. The company and buyers, rental rates fell, leas- DeMattia hopes he can return to ownership rarely results in contin- 2004, he told Crain’s in a 1999 inter- website lists more than 3 million ing incentives rose and the under- retirement in about two years. ued company success. In DeMat- view. square feet of building space. lying value of properties fell, in “After five decades in the busi- tia’s case, it may have contributed Those figures were never “They were the most transforma- some instances dramatically,” ness, I would say all we can do is to the firm’s difficult ride through achieved. Revenue declined to $84 tional company in that Plymouth Avendt wrote. sing ‘The Sun Will Come Out To- the economic downturn. million in 2000, and hovered be- market,” said Larry Emmons, se- But Rogers and Avendt paint morrow,’ ” he said. “He may not have gotten any fi- tween $66 million and $72 million nior managing director in the brighter pictures of the future for Kirk Pinho: (313) 446-0412, nancial information, but he sure as for most of the next several years Southfield office of Newmark Grubb the western Wayne County R&D [email protected]. 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July 1, 2013 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 17 TPG: Firm joins move downtown to gain business www.crainsdetroit.com EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Keith E. Crain ■ From Page 3 GROUP PUBLISHER Mary Kramer, (313) 446-0399 or [email protected] By being downtown, “we get to and sold it to Belfor 10 years later, But TPG’s customer base ex- facility services including janitori- ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Marla Wise, (313) 446- support the great momentum that’s staying on as president and CEO. tends across 26 states, up from 12 al services, hospitality and facility 6032 or [email protected] EXECUTIVE EDITOR Cindy Goodaker, (313) 446- happening, and we’ll get in on the The company has seen consistent in 2009. It employs another 500 peo- support and disaster recovery ser- 0460 or [email protected] ground floor of those opportuni- revenue growth, albeit slower than ple outside of Michigan, said Ham- vices, has operations in 38 states MANAGING EDITOR Jennette Smith, (313) 446- 1622 or [email protected] ties,” he said. projected around 2010, as it began to burger, who was a member of and throughout Canada. MANAGER, DIGITAL CONTENT STRATEGY Nancy Located on Griswold Street, see clients vacating office space. Crain’s 2002 class of 40 under 40. Recently, GDI Omni has seen an Hanus, (313) 446-1621 or [email protected] MANAGING EDITOR/CUSTOM AND SPECIAL Chrysler House is owned by Dan But the company was able to cap- “In five to seven years, we ought increase in the occupancy of the PROJECTS Daniel Duggan, (313) 446-0414 or Gilbert, founder of Quicken Loans ture market share through the 2011 to be doing business in a great ma- commercial multitenant buildings [email protected] SENIOR EDITOR/DESIGN Bob Allen, (313) 446- Inc., Bedrock Real Estate Services LLC, acquisition of local competitor Ster- jority of the states,” he said. it serves in the region, Boomrod 0344 or [email protected] Rock Ventures LLC and other affiliate ling Building Services Inc., which Being a part of Belfor has been a said. SENIOR EDITOR Gary Piatek, (313) 446-0357 or companies and a client of TPG’s, brought it about $7 million in annu- positive, given that it is a global That has resulted in increased [email protected] WEB EDITOR Kristin Bull, (313) 446-1608 or Hamburger said. al revenue, aggressive marketing firm with a wonderful reputation, revenue for GDI, but “competition [email protected] The two did talk about TPG’s and word-of-mouth advertisement Hamburger said. for this work is strong and contin- WEST MICHIGAN EDITOR Matt Gryczan, (616) 916- 8158 or [email protected] move to the city before the decision of its work, Hamburger said. “Combined with our people, ues to increase and put downward DATA EDITOR Brianna Reilly, (313) 446-0418, was made, Hamburger said. “But The company has 2,020 customer their skill sets and our culture, we pressure on margins,” he said. [email protected] WEB PRODUCER Norman Witte III, (313) 446- when I sat back and thought about accounts, nearly double the number are getting more than our fair “It’s no secret that our industry 6059, [email protected] it, it made perfect sense for us.” it had in 2009. Local customers in- share of business as a result of all is relationship-driven,” Boomrod EDITORIAL SUPPORT (313) 446-0419; YahNica Crawford, (313) 446-0329 Both he and Belfor CEO Sheldon clude its very first account, the of those things,” he said. said. “GDI Omni would welcome a NEWSROOM (313) 446-0329, FAX (313) 446- Yellen “have a deep love for the city First National Building; and Com- Like TPG, Southfield-based GDI similar opportunity to pick up a 1687 TIP LINE (313) 446-6766 and are grateful for all the things puware Corp.; DTE Energy Co.; Cole- Omni launched with a Detroit ac- large section of work in the city by REPORTERS Dan is trying to do down there. ... man A. Young Municipal Center; count, although it was in 1910, said making a similar move.” Jay Greene, senior reporter: Covers health care, insurance, energy utilities and the environment. We just feel like we want to be a Southfield Town Center; Columbia President and CEO Ahmed Boom- Sherri Welch: (313) 446-1694, (313) 446-0325 or [email protected] part of it and support it,” he said. Center in Troy; and the Somerset rod in an email. [email protected]. Twitter: Amy Haimerl, entrepreneurship editor: Covers entrepreneurship, second-stage companies and Hamburger launched TPG in 1999 Collection. The company, which provides @sherriwelch small business. (313) 446-0416 or [email protected] Chad Halcom: Covers litigation, higher education, non-automotive manufacturing, defense contracting and Oakland and Macomb counties. (313) 446-6796 or [email protected] Tom Henderson: Covers banking, finance, Soccer: technology and biotechnology. (313) 446-0337 or Detroit City Football club scores with fans [email protected] Kirk Pinho: Covers real estate and the city of ■ From Page 3 Detroit. (313) 446-0412 or [email protected] Bill Shea, enterprise editor: Covers media, advertising and marketing, the business of sports, Detroit will then host the NPSL day revenue. says Detroit and Le Rouge,” Kropp and transportation. (313) 446-1626 or Midwest Great Lakes conference Revenue options being discussed said. [email protected] Nathan Skid, multimedia editor: Also covers the playoff tournament beginning with include holding for-pay soccer “There’s a lot of the creative food industry and entertainment. (313) 446-1654, a semifinal at 5 p.m. July 13 at Cass camps and introducing additional class who are already downtown, [email protected] Technical High School in Detroit. It’s Dustin Walsh: Covers the business of law, auto team branded merchandise, such and our design sits in line with suppliers and steel. (313) 446-6042 or the team’s first playoff appearance. as beer glasses and coffee mugs. that crew,” he said. [email protected] The team is averaging 1,200 to Currently, replica Detroit jer- In addition to the tradition of Sherri Welch: Covers nonprofits, services, retail and hospitality. (313) 446-1694 or 1,300 fans per game at Cass Tech seys sell online for $75. Other mer- smoke bombs in the stands, De- [email protected] and had more than 1,800 at the chandise includes T-shirts, stick- troit City games feature a portable LANSING BUREAU Chris Gautz: Covers business issues at the Capitol home opener. Last year, the team ers, hats, flags, hoodies, jackets air cannon — they normally fire T- and utilities. (517) 403-4403 or [email protected] JOHN SOBCZAK averaged 1,000 per game. and scarves. shirts at sporting events — that in- ADVERTISING “We’ve seen some pretty good Fans of the Detroit City Football Club Expenses are kept relatively low stead launches denim jean shorts form a parade as they march over to a SALES INQUIRIES (313) 446-6052; FAX (313) growth this year, which is promis- game at Cass Tech from a gathering because there are no player con- (“jorts”) into the crowd. 393-0997 ing,” Kropp said. at a local watering hole. tracts. Detroit City was noticed last SALES MANAGER Tammy Rokowski Chattanooga FC has led the league Rosters are of unpaid players, month by the official website of Ma- SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE: Matthew J. sponsor this year is Chicago-based Langan in average attendance in recent mainly high school, collegiate and jor League Soccer, which featured ADVERTISING SALES Christine Galasso, Jeff years at more than 4,000 per game. Fair Oaks Farms Brands LLC’s pro- former professional athletes. Be- the team among its top 15 soccer sto- Lasser, Dale Smolinski, Sarah Stachowicz NPSL teams average between 150 to tein drink Core Power, but he did cause they’re considered ama- ries from around the world. CLASSIFIED SALES Angela Schutte, manager, not disclose financial details. (313)-446-0351 700 per game, according to prospec- teurs, they maintain their college That is a result, in part, of GENERAL MANAGER/BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT tus documents posted online by the Others spending on Detroit City eligibility while playing in the de- MLSsoccer.com editor-in-chief and AND EVENTS Elizabeth Buscher league’s Zanesville, Ohio, team. include restaurant Green Dot Sta- velopmental league. Birmingham native Greg Lalas be- DIRECTOR, INTEGRATED MARKETING Eric Cedo Despite the ticket-buying enthu- bles, bicycle maker Detroit Bikes, Some players make it to the top: ing a fan. SALES PROMOTION MANAGER Karin Pitrone bike shop Wheel House Detroit and EVENTS MANAGER Kacey Anderson siasm, Detroit City is not yet a lu- In February, the LA Galaxy of Major Lalas, a former MLS player and SENIOR PRODUCER FOR DIGITAL/ONLINE crative enterprise. El Guapo Grill food truck. League Soccer used their second- brother of soccer hall-of-famer PRODUCTS Pierrette Dagg “We claimed a loss tax-wise the Another sponsor, MillKing It Pro- round draft pick on 22-year-old de- Alexi Lalas, lives in Brooklyn, MARKETING ARTIST Sylvia Kolaski SALES SUPPORT Suzanne Janik, YahNica Crawford first year. This year, we’re looking ductions brewery in Royal Oak, did fender Kofi Opare, who played at N.Y., and runs the official MLS CUSTOMER SERVICE to break even,” Kropp said. a small-batch India pale ale called the University of Michigan and for De- website from there, but he had De- Detroit City’s annual operating “City” in honor of the team. troit City. troit City season tickets. PRODUCTION MANAGER Wendy Kobylarz Core Power and MillKing It are PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Larry Williams budget is between $100,000 and The team, nicknamed “Le “I’ve actually never been to a MAIN NUMBER: Call (877) 824-9374 or write $200,000, he said. the team’s jersey sponsors. Rouge,” plays in the NPSL’s Mid- game. I root from afar. And I have [email protected] Kropp declined to say what the SUBSCRIPTIONS $59 one year, $98 two years. Kropp said the five owners split west Division. The NPSL is a no problem putting my money Out of state, $79 one year, $138 for two years. the $8,000 league membership fee team pays to rent Cass Tech. He did fourth-tier amateur league within where my mouth is by buying a sea- Outside U.S.A., add $48 per year to out-of-state rate for surface mail. Call (313) 446-0450 or going into the team’s 2012 inaugur- say the rental fee includes use of the the Chicago-based United States Soc- son ticket. Or, as I like to think of it, (877) 824-9374. al season. The team also pays an- venue, event staffing and Detroit cer Federation’s organizational pyra- my membership card,” he said. SINGLE COPIES: (877) 824-9374 Public Schools police at the stadium REPRINTS: (800) 290-5460, ext. 125; nual league dues that can range mid, which is topped by Major Lalas said he’s rediscovered his (717) 505-9701, ext. 125; or lindsay.wilson from $3,000 to $5,000, he said. during games and in the parking League Soccer and its 19 profession- Detroit pride in the past couple of @theygsgroup.com The league now is charging a lot. al teams. years, and Detroit City has been TO FIND A DATE A STORY WAS PUBLISHED: The team also pays to rent the Uni- (313) 446-0406 or e-mail [email protected] $10,000 membership fee and a mini- The federation is the U.S. soccer part of that. CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS IS PUBLISHED BY mum of $3,500 in annual dues, NPSL versity of Detroit Mercy’s field for system’s governing body, for both Detroit City’s idea to enmesh it- CRAIN COMMUNICATIONS INC. practice and has paid about $20,000 CHAIRMAN Keith E. Crain Commissioner Michael Hitchcock amateur and pro soccer. self among the local soccer com- PRESIDENT Rance Crain said via email. for improvements at Cass Tech’s Unlike European soccer, U.S. munity rather than employing a TREASURER Mary Kay Crain Ticket sales account for about 40 field, including adding 120 tons of teams do not jump up or down lev- traditional marketing scheme also Executive Vice President/Operations William A. Morrow percent of the team’s yearly bud- sand, mowing, aeration and re-seed- els based on winning. impressed Lalas. Vice President/Production & Manufacturing get, Kropp said, while corporate ing. The NPSL has 57 teams spread “(The team) hired community Dave Kamis Vice President/Chief Information Officer sponsorship makes up 15 percent Other expenses include team across 10 divisions. managers to go out and preach the Paul Dalpiaz to 20 percent, and merchandise travel via Detroit-based Blue Lakes Detroit’s divisional opponents DCFC gospel to the people in the Vice President/Chief Human Resources Officer Charters Inc. buses, salaries for two Margee Kaczmarek sales are the remainder. include Cleveland; Erie, Pa.; Buffa- soccer community. That’s what G.D. Crain Jr. Founder (1885-1973) Unlike some sports leagues, the coaches and costs for additional lo; and Zanesville, Ohio. A local di- got me. Because it showed they Mrs. G.D. Crain Jr. Chairman (1911-1996) home team doesn’t have to split a game day security. vision rival is FC Sparta Michigan, weren’t trying to build a sports EDITORIAL & BUSINESS OFFICES: 1155 Gratiot Ave., Detroit MI 48207-2732; portion of ticket sales with the vis- The team used vans last year but which was based in Windsor last franchise, but a true soccer club,” (313) 446-6000 iting team. switched to bus travel this season. year but now plays at Hurley Field he said. Cable address: TWX 248-221-5122 AUTNEW DET CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS ISSN # 0882-1992 is Detroit City charged $35 for an “We wanted to feel more like a in Berkley. “Sure, it’s also a business — published weekly, except for a special issue the third professional team. It feels like a week of August, and no issue the third week of eight-game season ticket package The owners are keenly aware what isn’t? — but I think it’s the December by Crain Communications Inc. at 1155 (up $5 from 2012), and had a $50 step up,” Kropp said. their stands are home to a contin- club aspect that has really cap- Gratiot Ave., Detroit MI 48207-2732. Periodicals postage paid at Detroit, MI and additional mailing deal that also included a team Home teams pay the officiating gent of hipsters. tured the supporters’ hearts. We offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to scarf and hat. crew $275 per game. “Part of it is just our decisions aren’t just fans or customers; we CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS, Circulation Department, P.O. Box 07925, Detroit, MI 48207- Individual game tickets are $5. Kropp said eight home games is around design. If you look at a lot are like extended team members.” 9732. GST # 136760444. Printed in U.S.A. The first major investor in the about what fans and staff can han- of our materials, we don’t say soc- Bill Shea: (313) 446-1626, Entire contents copyright 2013 by Crain Communications Inc. All rights reserved. team was Detroit’s Slows To Go. dle before fatigue sets in, so it’s cer in a lot of our promotions. It [email protected]. Twitter: Reproduction or use of editorial content in any Kropp said a major new corporate difficult to raise additional game doesn’t put soccer in your face. It @bill_shea19 manner without permission is strictly prohibited. 20130701-NEWS--0018-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 6/28/2013 3:23 PM Page 1

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BY BILL SHEA It worked. Michigan won 11 of its next 13 was winning,” Hebert said. lege, so he opted for the USFL. CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS regular-season games. Hebert , a Louisiana native with a heavy He went on to play 11 seasons in the NFL In the championship game, the Philadelphia Cajun accent that sometimes perplexed for his home-state New Orleans Saints and the Al Taubman’s United States Football Stars staged a furious 19-point rally in the teammates, would go on to set the USFL’s ca- Atlanta Falcons. League trophy didn’t come without some fourth quarter, but it was two star rookies reer passing record with more than 10,000 Carter, the recipient of many of Hebert’s white-knuckle thrills. who preserved the victory for the Panthers. yards over three seasons. passes, signed a four-year, $2.1 million con- At the start of its inaugural 1983 season, it With 3:01 left in the game, Hebert threw a “It was a great opportunity for me to get ex- tract with the Panthers in 1983 after they looked doubtful the Michigan Panthers would 13-yard pass on second down to Carter, who perience, to play right away. (1983) was a sto- took him in the USFL’s territorial draft, even be competitive. raced 35 yards untouched to the end zone for rybook kind of season. That was pretty neat,” which allowed teams exclusive rights to Despite having a good defense and an of- what proved to be the winning touchdown said Hebert, who today co-hosts a weekday ra- players from colleges in their market. fense built around “Cajun Cannon” quarter- in a 24-22 victory. dio sports talk show in New Orleans. back Bobby Hebert slinging touchdown “I was very elated,” Taubman said. “We The Panthers took him in the third round Carter also had been drafted by the Miami passes to former University of Michigan star had done the right things along the way. We (34th overall pick) out of Northwestern State Dolphins that year in the 12th round, but he, wide receiver Anthony Carter, the Panthers had the right people. Anthony Carter had University of Louisiana in the USFL’s college too, opted for better money. began the season 1-4. the best pair of hands in America.” draft on Jan. 4, 1983. In 1983, he caught 60 passes for 1,181 yards Taubman ordered his lieutenants to figure When the Panthers flew back to Michigan Hebert signed a contract that with incen- and nine touchdowns. Carter later went on out how to reverse the losing. The problem two days later, an estimated 5,000 fans greet- tives paid him $209,000 his first year, he to star for the Minnesota Vikings and spent was identified as a poor offensive line, so sev- ed them at the Oakland airport. said. Executives from the National Football two seasons with the Detroit Lions. eral former Pittsburgh Steelers were brought in “We seemed to be more popular than the League couldn’t guarantee him that much Bill Shea: (313) 446-1626, [email protected]. to shore things up. Lions. People wanted to back a team that because he was coming out of a small col- Twitter: @bill_shea19 Panthers: Let us paws to recall Detroit’s pro football champs ■ From Page 1 The Panthers claimed metro De- him the league’s business plan. TV and via an antitrust lawsuit troit’s first pro sports championship PANTHERS PROGRAM The idea of controlling costs with a that sought $1.7 billion but eventu- since the Detroit Tigers won the salary cap appealed to him. ally won trebled damages of just $3 Ⅲ The team’s official colors were royal plum, World Series in 1968, and the city’s Champagne silver, light blue and white. “The numbers looked real. I — was too much for Taubman. first football title since the Detroit Li- loved the idea,” Taubman said. “I “I threw up my hands. I knew Ⅲ The USFL signed national broadcast rights deals ons were NFL champions in 1957. with ABC and ESPN in 1982, giving it immediate thought it was very smart. I thought there was no way we could win No official commemoration is legitimacy. ABC agreed to pay $18 million for the right if these guys would stay with it, it that argument,” he said. “Of planned. The players have long to broadcast games in 1983 and ’84, and fledgling would be a big success. I thought it course I didn’t want to complete scattered, and more than a few of ESPN inked a two-season deal for $11 million. “ESPN was an interesting business deal.” against the Lions (in the fall).” the team’s key personnel have died. was about ready to fold. We made them. We gave Based on a per-team salary cap Most of the other owners also The Panthers merged with the them a reason for being in business,” Panthers owner Al Taubman said. structure that called for $1.8 mil- threw up their hands — and threw Oakland team in California for the Ⅲ The Panthers were the first pro football game ever aired live on ESPN lion to be divided among 40 play- in the towel. The 1985 season was 1985 season, a product of the USFL’s when they opened the season with a 9-7 victory over the Birmingham ers, the average USFL salary was the USFL’s last. fatal decision to buck worsening Stallions in Alabama on March 7, 1983. $45,000 in 1983. spring TV ratings with a planned Ⅲ The Panthers’ playoff victory at the Pontiac Silverdome on July 10, 1983, NFL players that year averaged schedule move to the fall to chal- was the first postseason pro football game at the stadium. It also was one $130,000. After the first year of com- A good league spoiled of just two home-team postseason victories there: The Lions beat the lenge the NFL in 1986 — a switch peting with the USFL for talent — While the season switch was fa- Dallas Cowboys 38-6 in front of 79,835 on Jan. 5, 1992, for their lone championed by Donald Trump, own- Silverdome playoff win. They played there from 1975 to 2001. the upstart league was signing ma- tal, the USFL was widely credited er of the USFL’s New Jersey Generals. jor college stars and NFL veterans as a legitimate alternative to the Ⅲ The USFL’s legacy has lived on in the form of not only warm nostalgia by The USFL was defunct by 1986. those who had been involved, but it drove up NFL salaries and provided the — salary competition drove the old- NFL. It fielded competitive teams Taubman, founder of Bloomfield blueprints for innovations the NFL later adopted, such as a salary cap, the er league’s average salary to stocked with rosters of future Pro Hills-based Taubman Centers Inc., is two-point conversion, use of college-style clock stoppage and the option for $162,000 in 1984 and $217,000 in 1985, Football Hall of Fame and NFL- now 89. He spoke with Crain’s about coaches to challenge officials’ on-field rulings and penalties. according to reports from the Asso- quality players. his ownership of the Panthers. Ⅲ Jim Bailey, a longtime front-office executive with the Cleveland Browns and ciated Press and USA Today. “It was a fledgling league that He said he lost money on his Baltimore Ravens, is CEO of a reborn USFL that plans to launch as a spring However, many USFL owners needed to prove itself, and in the three-year USFL odyssey, but de- developmental minor league in 2014. Eight teams would play a 14-game began to spend beyond the cap, end did a pretty good job of prov- clined to disclose how much. Taub- schedule in non-NFL cities, and players would be paid up to $2,500 per game, and beyond their means, prompt- ing itself. It really was exciting,” man said reports that he lost $6 mil- according to media reports. The league owns the rights to the USFL name. The ing teams to be sold and moved, fu- said Ken Hoffman, who was the lion on the team during the 1983 new USFL’s founder, Jaime Cuadra, resigned from his league duties in eling uncertainty and fan skepti- Panthers’ director of public rela- February and on June 24 pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $1 million season were wrong, but the Pan- cism that began to show in TV from two San Diego companies and using the money to fund the league. tions and today is chairman and thers were definitely in the red. ratings and attendance. executive director of the Little Cae- Sources: Crain’s research; USFL v. NFL: The Challenge Beyond the Courtroom by Boris USFL owners reportedly lost a Kogan, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law sars Pizza Bowl. combined $40 million in 1983, That view is echoed by national which averages out to $3.3 million has praise for Taubman and mi- chuckling. Autumn attempt sports journalists who covered the per team. nority team owner Max Fisher The other minority owner was Further dooming the USFL was league three decades ago. Still, Taubman looks back fond- three decades later, and said he en- Peter Spivak, a Wayne County cir- the decision to challenge the NFL John Clayton, ESPN.com senior ly on the Panthers. joyed his Michigan experience. cuit judge who served for a time as head to head. NFL writer, said the USFL was as “It was a lot of fun. I don’t regret “They were great people to work the USFL’s commissioner and as The push for a fall schedule was well constructed as a rival league it. It was personal money. I could for. I’m not just blowing smoke. Panthers president. He died at age made by Chicago Blitz owner Eddie could be, thanks to hiring veteran lose it if I wanted to. If I had anoth- (Taubman would) let you do your 71 in December 2003. Fisher died at Einhorn and Trump, in the belief coaches and executives, aggres- er chance to do it, I’d probably do it job, stay out of your way. He was age 96 in March 2005. that successful competition would sively pursuing players and get- again. This is what we live for, there if you needed him,” he said. drive up value of the franchises. ting TV deals. good experience and fun,” he said. “Detroit was a fun town at the time. The league’s owners voted on “The whole business model was We had pretty good support. It was Cost controls Oct. 18, 1984, to make the move to solid because they tried to keep a good experience all around.” The USFL was the brainchild of the fall in the 1986 season. everything within reason, before Spending patterns Taubman’s longtime friend, De- Louisiana businessman and an- After the 1984 season, an in- the egos got involved in it,” said Taubman’s willingness to spend troit oil and real estate businessman tiques dealer David Dixon, who was creasingly frustrated Taubman Clayton, who wrote about the his personal fortune on fun began Max Fisher, had gone to Ohio State instrumental in the birth of the had turned over oversight of the USFL while a reporter with the to wither in 1984. University on a football scholarship, NFL’s New Orleans Saints and con- Panthers to his son Robert, who to- Pittsburgh Press in the early 1980s. Vince Lombardi Jr., son of the and he and Taubman attended OSU- struction of the Superdome. day is chairman, president and “They were willing to pay the iconic Green Bay Packers coach and University of Michigan games together Dixon reportedly developed the CEO of Taubman Centers. price to get good players. It was a former NFL league and team ex- for 30 years, but Fisher was skepti- idea of the USFL in the mid-1960s The father and son discussed the about as competitive as you could ecutive, was hired by Taubman in cal about investing in the USFL. as a spring league, based on wit- league’s thinking on switching ever find. It did have a brand. They 1984 as the Panthers’ president and “Max didn’t want it originally,” nessing huge crowds for college seasons prior to the vote. made the right decisions on cities, general manager — partially to en- Taubman said. practices early in the year. “We didn’t want to take on the too.” sure costs remained under control. Fisher changed his mind, how- He recruited the league’s first 12 NFL. It was silly, it was stupid,” said Trying to challenge the NFL was “He was free-spending the first ever. Taubman said he was going owners, including Taubman, but the elder Taubman, who added that fatal, Clayton said. year,” Lombardi said. “He didn’t to give Fisher half the team, but after the USFL began play and he’s friends with Trump and “It got out of control in the end choose to be quite as free-spending Taubman’s lawyer said that was- teams began to overspend and fal- chalked up the situation to the real and basically pulled the league the next year. I think Al Taubman n’t possible for tax reasons, so it ter financially, Dixon opted to sell estate and entertainment mogul’s apart,” he said. pretty quickly realized that the ended up being only 20 percent. his rights and got out of the league. youth at the time. Bill Shea: (313) 446-1626, USFL was shaky, at best.” “Of course, he saved several mil- Taubman said Dixon called him But the decision to directly chal- [email protected]. Twitter: Now 71 and retired, Lombardi lion dollars,” Taubman said, about being a team owner and sent lenge the NFL — on the field, on @bill_shea19 20130701-NEWS--0019-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 6/28/2013 4:47 PM Page 1

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The bronze, which for a filed motions to withdraw by the Washington, D.C.- time had a loincloth welded Duggan re-enters appeals in a case seeking to based Independent Communi- to it before the late Detroit divide the foundation’s $1 ty Bankers of America as the Microsoft Mayor Coleman A. Young billion-plus in assets. top community bank in the called for its return to its mayoral race as Ⅲ Seven new shops U.S. for its size in 2012. original au naturel state, opened at Detroit Metropoli- Ⅲ The Detroit Institute of would be moved outside to a write-in option tan Airport’s McNamara Ter- Arts’ newly renovated Kres- event: VIPs spot near Cobo’s new atri- minal, and 29 more are ex- ge Court opened to the pub- um entrance on the river- ike Duggan will re- pected to open by spring. lic. front. enter the Detroit The retailers are expected M mayoral race as a to generate $7.7 million in OTHER NEWS L.A. Magazine says: Award write-in candidate, he an- first-year operating rev- on the prowl nounced Friday. The for- enue for the Wayne County Ⅲ Detroit Emergency X Games to Detroit mer Detroit Medical Center Airport Authority. Manager Kevyn Orr stripped ho was the bigger profits Oakland Family Ser- Ⅲ Tower International Inc. A prominent media outlet CEO dropped out of the the pay and authority from attraction? Mi- vices, Boys & Girls Club of race after a Michigan Court sold its 250,000-square-foot Detroit City Council President W crosoft CEO Steve Southeastern Michigan and in the longtime home of the defense and aerospace Summer X Games is endors- of Appeals decision declared Charles Pugh, effective July Ballmer? Singer Kelly Clark- the Education Achievement him ineligible to appear on plant in Detroit to a group 7. Pugh, a no-show at recent son? Or the spiffy Surface Authority of Michigan. ing Detroit to host them in of auction houses: Maynards the future. the Aug. 6 primary ballot. council meetings, also be- tablets and other high-tech At issue was Duggan’s fil- Industries Inc. of Southfield, came the subject of a com- toys at the new Microsoft “The choice is a simple Hamilton, Ohio-based My- Cobo’s Joe Louis, Spirit one, though perhaps not im- ing of nominating petitions plaint received by the Detroit store in two weeks before he’d been ron Bowling Auctioneers Inc. Public Schools from the par- Troy’s Som- statues may be relocated mediately obvious: We and Studio City, Calif.- should be rooting for De- a registered Detroit voter ent of a recent graduate in- erset Collec- for a year, as required by based BidItUp Auctions. volving Pugh and a mentor- tion? The Detroit Regional Au- troit,” wrote L.A. Magazine Ⅲ Two McDonald’s restau- thority wants to move out- last week at lamag.com. the city charter. ing program. In a separate Microsoft rants in Dearborn — the move, Orr’s office said it no- doors the bronze Joe Louis “It’s because Los Angeles only two outlets in the held a VIP tified the American Federation and Spirit of Transportation and Detroit are, in so many chain that served food pre- open house ON THE MOVE of State, County & Municipal statues currently in Cobo ways, kindred spirits. The pared according to Islamic Thursday Employees Council 25 and the Center’s main concourse. tenor of the cities is nearly Ⅲ General Motors Co. law — stopped doing so. night, in ad- Detroit Police Lieutenants & vance of The artworks would identical, moreso than L.A. named U.S. sales chief Alan McDonald’s and a Michi- Ballmer Sergeants Association that Friday’s move as part of Cobo’s on- and any of the other locales Batey its first senior vice gan franchise owner agreed Chevrolet their contracts with the city grand opening and Clark- going $299 million renova- that are up for the honor.” president of world- to a $700,000 legal settle- wide, Automotive News re- will end when they expire in son’s concert the same tion and expansion, and the ESPN, which launched the ment in April after a cus- ported. Batey, 50, will keep the coming weeks. A night on the Somerset relocation is part of a bid extreme-sports games in tomer sued. Neither the his role as Detroit-based spokesman said the notifica- grounds. package for the project. 1995, will announce the win- statement nor a spokesman GM’s vice president of U.S. tions don’t mean immediate The new outlet is the No decision on moving ning city in coming days. said whether the decision sales, service and market- changes for employees. company’s 42nd full-line the statues would be made The network said it was un- was related to the lawsuit. ing, excluding Cadillac. Ⅲ Wayne State University store and its first in Michi- until the bids are reviewed able to reach a deal to bring Ⅲ Residential Capital LLC, Ⅲ Portia Roberson, a for- approved an 8.9 percent tu- gan. later this year. the games back to L.A., the bankrupt mortgage commer U.S. Justice Department ition increase that would The store is on the second Sculptor Ed Hamilton’s which has hosted them pany that dropped all claims official, was named De- result in a $534,700 loss in level of Somerset Collection statue of boxer Joe Louis, since 2003. against Detroit-based parent troit’s corporation counsel. state funding for the next North, above the Capital located inside the front door Detroit has been short- Ally Financial Inc. for $2.1 bil- She replaces Krystal Critten- school year, but which uni- Grille entrance, up one floor in the center’s main con- listed as one of four finalist lion, probably would have don, who was removed in versity leaders said would and across the concourse course, has been a fixture at cities to host the 2014-16 won more than $3 billion by January after challenging a generate about $14 million from a rival Apple store. Cobo since 1987, while the Summer X Games, ESPN suing, a bankruptcy exam- consent agreement between more in revenue. Mean- Judging from the shop- lesser-known Spirit of said in April. Other finalist iner found. Transportation sculpture of cities are Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Dave Bing’s office Ⅲ Standard & Poor’s while, outgoing President ping bags clutched by VIPs and Gov. Rick Snyder re- Allan Gilmour announced a exiting the party, the an American Indian hold- Chicago and Austin, Texas. raised its debt ratings for ing a canoe across his The LA Magazine piece garding city finances. Bloomfield Hills-based gift of $1 million to WSU. biggest attraction may have Ⅲ Detroit City Council Ⅲ shoulders was installed at also quotes storied skate- home builder PulteGroup Wayne County Circuit been the gift cards and dis- President Judge Wade McCree lied the event center in 1960. boarder Tony Hawk as un- Inc., saying it expects the counts offered to guests, Pro Tem about his handling of a The Joe Louis statue equivocally endorsing De- company’s revenue to grow who ranged from CEOs of Gary Brown child support case, said a would be moved to the cen- troit as X Games host. over the next 12 months as auto suppliers to state law- plans to re- report submitted to the ter of a yet-to-be-construct- “Skating has strong roots home sales and prices pick makers to technology com- sign effec- Michigan Judicial Tenure Com- ed circular turnaround in in the area, and X Games up, AP reported. pany partners. tive today mission, which will use the front of Cobo, along Wash- would be an ideal venue to Ⅲ MyFab5 LLC, an Ann Ballmer, who graduated to become report to recommend to the ington Boulevard. show how innovative and Arbor-based startup, won from Detroit Country Day and Detroit’s state Supreme Court possi- whose father worked for The Spirit of Transporta- sport-centric Detroit is,” he the first Detroit Technology chief com- Exchange showcase, and ble sanctions for the judge. Ford Motor Co., was beaming tion statue, created by said. pliance offi- Ⅲ Officials with Detroit Brown $15,000 worth of profession- at the VIP party, where he sculptor Carl Milles, is in the The four-day event in- cer. Bulk Storage agreed to trim announced that the compa- far northwest corner of the volves freestyle motocross, al branding and marketing Ⅲ The Detroit Public Light- services. Ann Arbor’s by half the controversial 40- ny would give more than $1 main concourse where Con- skateboarding, BMX racing, ing Authority named Odis AdAdapted was runner-up; foot pile of petroleum coke million in technology and gress Street and Washing- rally cars and possibly wa- Jones as executive director, Detroit-based Logiksync along the banks of the De- software grants to area non- ton intersect. ter events. effective July 15. The De- won third place. troit River, at the request of troit native, 41, is a former Ⅲ The Farmington Hills- the Michigan Department of administrator in Cincin- based Ramco-Gershenson Environmental Quality. nati and New Jersey. Properties Trust bought the Ⅲ A federal judge Ⅲ Cathy Square, a former Mount Prospect Plaza shop- blocked Michigan’s ban on Detroit Public Works official ping center in Illinois for domestic partner benefits and city administrator for $36.1 million from a venture for employees who work in Pontiac, was named Ham- affiliated with the Boston- school districts and local BEST FROM THE BLOGS tramck’s emergency man- based Pension Reserves In- governments, AP reported. READ THESE POSTS AND MORE AT WWW.CRAINSDETROIT.COM/BLOGS ager, AP reported. vestment Trust, Crain’s Chica- Ⅲ The statewide unem- Ⅲ Former Arizona con- go Business reported. ployment rate was 8.4 per- Next: Same-sex adoption ruling? Summer in Cadillac Square gressman Ben Quayle joined Ⅲ Troy-based Talmer cent in May, up from 8.2 in the Phoenix and Washing- Bank & Trust opened its first April but down from 8.9 per- Once the initial mix From the daily ton, D.C., offices of Detroit- full-service branch in cent in May 2012, according of“ huzzahs and hand- concerts“ to the newly based law firm Clark Hill PLC Chicago, Crain’s Chicago to the Michigan Department of wringing dies down over opened Beach Bar and as a senior director in the Business reported. Technology, Management & the U.S. Supreme Grille, it seems government and public af- Ⅲ Farmington Hills-based Budget, AP reported. The Court’s same-sex Campus Martius is fairs group. Quayle, 36, is Agree Realty Corp. purchased Detroit-area rate was 9 per- marriage rulings, finally realizing its the son of former Vice Pres- a Sam’s Club in Brooklyn, cent in May, compared to Michigan and many of potential as Detroit’s ident Dan Quayle. its larger employers will hangout space. And it’s Ohio, for $21 million from April’s 8.9 percent. have to sort through only the beginning. Betco Properties LLC, an affili- Ⅲ Sixty-four percent of complex questions. COMPANY NEWS ate of Cleveland-based Stark state retailers said they ex- ” Enterprises, Crain’s Cleve- pect sales between June and Reporter Chad Halcom’s blog on the legal business” Reporter Nathan Skid’s Detroit-area restaurant blog Ⅲ Attorneys for Jonathan land Business reported. August to be higher than can be found at www.crainsdetroit.com/halcom can be found at www.crainsdetroit.com/skid Aaron, president of the Ⅲ Main Street Bank of summer 2012, the Michigan William Davidson Foundation, Bingham Farms was named Retail Index indicated. DBpageAD_DBpageAD.qxd 6/11/2013 3:17 PM Page 1

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