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January 8, 2007 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 9 OTHER VOICES: A central-city square for Midtown?

Before the Detroit 300 cultural hubs will now be- than 100 feet to the entrances of such a park would be the social in- ronment. Conservancy broke come engaged in a more in- both the DIA and the Detroit Pub- teraction it would create. The park Imagine such a place that will ground in May 2003 on timate relationship with lic Library. As it does at Campus would act as a gathering and recre- lift spirits of a long underused cul- Campus Martius Park, the one another as the park Martius Park, the steady daytime ational haven for the nearly 14,000 tural Mecca. Imagine a place that project had many skeptics. will create a shared public traffic would naturally decelerate residents of the area commonly will soften the hard and otherwise With so many dilapidated space acting as the front from speeds of up to 50 mph down known as Midtown. unassuming concrete streetscape. structures and underused door to their renowned col- to safer speeds, giving way to a Bicyclists would slow their pace A place that will become a catalyst parks relatively close by, newfound feeling of respect for the lections. The park also will to take a quick break, mingling for further economic development. how would one more park, tie together the other sur- pedestrian — a concept otherwise with runners who’ve sat down by This place that will draw new resi- just 1.2 acres with a price rounding buildings into a foreign to the urban nature of the the fountain to cool off from the dents who’d otherwise live in tag of $20 million, be justi- formidable and now clear- Motor City. The park will encour- David Knapp hot summer temperatures. sprawling, big-box, philistine, un- fied, let alone maintained? ly defined street-wall. age retailers to open their busi- Who would use it? The park would be a pleasing fo- nesses out onto to the sidewalk, be- Tourists would consult their tour eventful and generic landscapes. Fast forward 18 months to No- cal point as roads would be split coming engaged with the guides, pull out their maps and Imagine Detroit’s latest draw: Mid- vember 2004 when the park and rerouted around the park, di- rejuvenated pedestrian activity chart their path to the next attrac- town’s own central-city square. opened, and you find a park unlike verting and slowing traffic around and inducing a more vibrant and tion, while residents grab a meal David Knapp is the associate di- any other in America: One that its perimeter. The outermost of the truly urban streetscape. to go and bring their appetites to rector of the American Institute of proved the skeptics wrong, that re- three lanes would come no closer Perhaps the greatest benefit of the park to enjoy the social envi- Architects-Detroit. defined a city and provided a glimpse of what urban parks should be and what the heart of Detroit could become. Situated at the intersection of Detroit’s main radial thorough- fares, the park is in the heart of the city. The eclectic collection of historic skyscrapers surrounding the park show a glimpse of the city’s bustling past, while the new Compuware headquarters and the recently completed One Kennedy Square office building that open their front doors onto to the park foreshadow renewed economic prosperity. The value of the park goes be- yond tangible amenities such as its year-round program including winter ice skating and the outdoor concert and movie series that take place during the summer months. Campus Martius Park regularly draws people from sprawling sub- urbs such as Shelby Township and Wixom as well as longtime residents of Detroit. People want to be there. They want to escape the stress of the office and commotion of busy daytime traffic to be whisked away by the gentle sounds percolating from the serpentine water wall and dra- matic Campus Martius Fountain. Let’s repeat that success. With the Detroit Institute of Arts nearing the close of a $140 million renovation and expansion, Wayne State University investing hundreds of millions of dollars into the neighborhood and count- less private projects, Midtown’s Cultural Center needs a park simi- lar to Campus Martius. Such a park, in the middle of Woodward Avenue, could extend from Warren Avenue north to Kir- by Street. Such a park would become a shared grand front lawn for two of the region’s great cultural attractions, the DIA and the Detroit Public Library’s Main Branch. Each icons in their own right, the

LETTERS CONTINUED ■ From Page 8 the hopes and intentions of devel- oping the property. If we add 800- 1,200 units of residential dwellings as well as retail outlets along Mar- tin Road, where is the traffic going to go if the rest of the roads are not expanded to handle the additional capacity? Dave Jackson Director Coalition on Road Enhancement-MI White Lake Township DETROIT BUSINESS MAIN 01-08-07 A 10 CDB 1/5/2007 10:06 AM Page 1

Page 10 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS January 8, 2007 New site gives Lipari Foods room to continue growth

BY BRENT SNAVELY many cases they can go around the CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS LIPARI AT A GLANCE distributors and go directly to the producers and in some cases that Warren-based Lipari Foods Inc., a Company: Lipari Foods Inc. their distributors have to get big- wholesale food distributor, has What it does: Distribute deli, ger,” Winzer said. moved about a half-mile into a bakery, spices, condiments and But Lipari said that across the new, 250,000-square-foot headquar- packaging products for grocery stores. Midwest there is a resurgence of ters that gives the company more gourmet, fresh grocery stores that Founded: Early 1950s. space to support sales growth are common in Michigan, such as throughout the Midwest. Employees: More than 425. Papa Joe’s and Westborn, creating The new distribution center has Delivery trucks: 120. a market opportunity for Lipari. twice the storage space as the previ- Fun fact: “We can get an order in Lipari also benefits because ous location and can handle sales of here 5 p.m. and be able to deliver sales of the food categories that it up to $500 million a year, President in Milwaukee by 7 a.m.,” President is strongest in — deli and bakery and CEO Thom Lipari said. and CEO Thom Lipari said. products — are growing in the U.S. Plus, the new $20 million digs, Sales snapshot: U.S. deli sales rose about $560 built by Fort Wayne, Ind.-based 2004: $217 million. million to $15.4 billion in 2005, a 3.8 Tippmann Group, have reinvigorat- 2005: $235 million. percent increase over 2004, accord- ed the company’s more than 425 2006: $250 million. ing to trade publication Progressive employees who are excited about 2007: $275 million (projected). Grocer. This year, deli sales were even simple amenities, such as Source: Company and Crain’s research expected to increase 4.4 percent. having an elevator and windows Bakery sales increased by $230 in the administrative office. Distributing Co. Inc., a small distrib- million to 9.2 billion in 2005, a 2.5 Lipari has a large flat-screen TV utor of bakery products. percent rise, according to Progres- monitor in his office to watch ac- “That approach seems to work sive Grocer. This year sales were tivity on the warehouse floor. well for us,” Lipari said. “If we go in expected to increase 3.7 percent. “I didn’t have this in my old of- and do an acquisition, then the peo- Tom DeVries, president of De- fice, so this is kind of like a new ple there have some rapport with troit-based R. Hirt Jr. Co., a distribu- toy to me,” Lipari said last month their customers, and we can begin tor of cheese and specialty foods, after the company moved in. to sell them additional products.” said his company competes to some Lipari Foods was founded in the The U.S. wholesale food distrib- degree against Lipari, as well as a early 1950s by Thom Lipari’s fa- ution industry includes about number of other food distributors. ther, Jim Lipari, who started sell- 35,000 companies and has annual “They have a different mix than ing barbecue sauce out of a station sales over $600 billion, according us,” DeVries said. “There is no wagon. In the 1970s, the company to Raleigh, N.C.-based First Re- (wholesale) company that is exact- evolved into a distributor of deli search Inc., an industry intelli- ly the same.” R. Hirt, a family- meats, cheese and bakery products. gence and research firm. owned company since 1887, has In 2006, Lipari Foods had about Large food distributors include about 35 employees. $250 million in sales by distribut- Houston-based Sysco Corp., Edina, “We’re constantly changing prod- ing food to grocery stores in 10 Minn.-based Nash Finch Co., and ucts,” he said. “You have to keep states across the Midwest. Sales in- Minneapolis-based Supervalu Inc. your product mix up to date and creased 6.4 percent; Lipari projects Most companies in food distrib- current, and you have to be able to a 10 percent increase to $275 mil- JOHN F. MARTIN ution have annual sales under $50 price yourself competitively.” lion this year. Thom Lipari runs the company started by his father in the early 1950s. Last year, million, according to First Re- Ed Deeb, president of the Michi- Lipari Foods had about $250 million in sales of food products. “We’re having a really excep- search, and the industry is moder- gan Food and Beverage Association, tional year,” Lipari said. “But The new distribution center has three deliveries per week per store ately concentrated. The 50 largest said his association and the Detroit Michigan has been somewhat of a a seven-story shelving system and to us,” said Anusbigian, whose distributors hold about 50 percent Association of Grocery Manufacturers’ challenge.” Sales are flat in Michi- separate storage areas for frozen, company operates three stores. of the market. Representatives granted Lipari its gan, which accounts for about 45 refrigerated and nonperishable “It’s just a great hands-on supplier Ingo Winzer, executive vice pres- wholesale distributor of the year percent of company sales, he said. foods. relationship we have with them ident of First Research, said the in- award on Dec. 6. Most of Lipari’s sales growth is Most of Lipari’s customers are where they have sales reps in the dustry has been going through con- But Deeb also said Lipari will be coming from customers in other small or regional grocers such as store continuously.” solidation, and small and regional under pressure from larger nation- states and from new product lines, Westborn Inc. and Nino Salvaggio In- Anusbigian said Lipari has wholesalers are under increasing al wholesalers as they try to break such as candy and nuts. That line, ternational Marketplace. grown and adapted by adding addi- pressure as large, national grocery into Lipari’s product lines. introduced about 18 months ago, Mark Anusbigian, co-owner of tional product lines, which has store chains have begun to handle “Frankly, they needed to move now includes 400 to 500 types. Westborn, said he has watched as helped the company stay ahead of their own distribution needs. … so that they would have ade- The company had outgrown the Lipari has grown in size, quality some competitors. “The 50 largest grocery-store quate room to do the kind of job old distribution center and was us- and community involvement over Lipari also has grown through chains hold more than 70 percent they need to do,” Deeb said. ing off-site warehouse space to the past 25 years. acquisitions. In 2005, Lipari ac- of the market, and that means both Brent Snavely: (313) 446-0405, store some items. “They are making as many as quired Milwaukee-based Del Bake that they are big enough that in [email protected] 8 Detroit projects get more than $170M in tax breaks

BY ROBERT ANKENY northwest corner of Michigan Av- One Apartments L.L.C. to build a ation of three jobs and private in- iary building, to be leased to the CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS enue at Griswold. The $47.3 million, mixed-use development on the for- vestment of $40.6 million Federal Bureau of Investigation. The 13-story mixed-use project is to fea- mer Vernor’s plant site on Wood- Ⅲ A $10 million brownfield sin- project is expected to generate $100 Eight redevelopment projects in ture 80 condos built on top of a ward Avenue between Canfield and gle-business-tax credit and state million investment in the site by a Detroit have been approved to use planned 500-space parking garage. Forest avenues. The project is to in- and local tax capture of more than developer to be determined by the $12.7 million in state brownfield Ⅲ Grand Rapids-based Northeast clude a five-story building with re- $121.4 million is to be used by Pitts- U.S. General Services Administration. tax credits and $158.1 million in Commercial Services Corp. was grant- tail shops, 130 apartments and an burgh-based Bettis/Betters Develop- Ⅲ The city will use $2.1 million in state and local tax capture, Gov. ed a $3.5 million brownfield single- 800-space parking garage. Studio ment L.L.C. to transform the 43-acre state and local tax capture to rede- Jennifer Granholm’s office an- business-tax credit and state and lo- One is to invest $19.5 million in the former Uniroyal industrial site on velop the Foodtown Plaza site at nounced last month. cal tax capture of $4.7 million for a project, and Wayne State University East Jefferson Avenue at the foot of 7811 Gratiot Ave. into a new neigh- The redevelopments, which will $35 million redevelopment of the 13- has pledged to invest about $11 mil- the Belle Isle Bridge into a neighborhood shopping area with gro- get assistance from the Michigan story Book Building and the 36-story lion toward the parking structure. borhood of four-to-six story resi- cery store, retail space and parking. Economic Development Corp. and the Book Tower on Washington Boule- Ⅲ Far East Side Development L.L.C. dential buildings of more than 1,000 The project is expected to generate Michigan State Housing Development vard. The buildings are to be rede- will use brownfield incentives in- condos, town homes and apart- $9 million in capital investment. Authority, involve an estimated $839 veloped into 175 condos and 108,000 cluding $55 million in state and lo- ments. The project will generate ap- Ⅲ The city is to use $3.5 million in million in private investment, and square feet of commercial space, cal tax capture and a $3.7 million proximately $506 million capital in- state and local tax capture to contin- have the potential to create 1,320 with the first two floors of both single-business-tax credit toward a vestment and create 1,000 jobs. ue development of the Shops at Jef- jobs, the announcement said. buildings converted into an atrium, massive reclamation of a largely Ⅲ The city plans to use $18.9 mil- ferson Village, adding 325 residen- The projects included: fitness facility and restaurants vacant 140-acre area roughly bor- lion in state and local tax capture to tial units and infrastructure Ⅲ Detroit developers 150 Michi- Ⅲ Brownfield incentives includ- dered by Kercheval, Eastlawn, demolish the former state of Michi- improvements including a seawall gan Ave. L.L.C. and Griswold Capital ing $7.5 million in state and local East Jefferson and Alter to include gan office building at Sixth and and levee system. Private invest- Park L.L.C. will use a $3.6 million tax capture and a $1.9 million sin- a mix of 700 residential units and a Howard streets to make way for a ment is estimated at $81.2 million. state brownfield single-business-tax gle-business-tax credit will be used commercial development. The pro- new five- or six-story office build- Robert Ankeny: (313) 446-0404, credit to redevelop a site at the by Detroit-based developer Studio ject is expected to result in cre- ing, parking structure and auxil- [email protected] DETROIT BUSINESS MAIN 01-08-07 A 11 CDB 1/5/2007 11:36 AM Page 1

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REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK 2007 North American International Auto Show Brent Snavely Press days: Through Tuesday. writes about auto Industry preview: Wednesday and suppliers, steel and Thursday. restaurants and entertainment. Call Charity preview: 6-9 p.m. Friday. (313) 446-0405 Public show: 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Jan. 13-20, or write bsnavely 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Jan. 21. @crain.com For more information on the show, see Auto Show www.naias.com. Brent Snavely Fuel efficiency becomes grail Fuel efficiency, quality and safety are the top three criteria that automotive executives think are most important to consumers when they buy a new vehicle, according to a recent survey by KPMG L.L.C., and those views are affecting product development. The KPMG survey was based on interviews with 150 automotive executives (see story, Page 15). About 20 percent of the respondents were from automakers and about 80 percent from suppliers. Eighty-nine percent of the executives said fuel efficiency is extremely important or important and 88 percent said quality is extremely important or important. Safety was ranked third, with 76 percent saying it is extremely important or important. The products on display by various supplies at the North American International Auto Show, which opened to the press Sundayand will open to the public this Saturday, reflect those product priorities. Northville-based ZF Group North American Operations will showcase its second generation of six-speed automatic transmissions, along with some of its latest developments in hybrid chassis technology. The new generation of ZF six-speed automatics cuts shift times in half and improves fuel economy by 3 percent from ZF’s previous six-speed transmission, introduced in 2001. Farmington Hills-based EnTire Solutions L.L.C. — a joint venture From between Michelin and TRW Automotive — is one of 12 local companies that plans to display its products at a pavilion hosted by the Michigan Economic Development Corp. a century EnTire develops tire-pressure monitoring systems that alert drivers when tires are not properly inflated. Johnson Controls Inc. will unveil of Detroit production-ready innovations in flexible seating, advanced consoles and overhead systems, cargo storage and electronics as well as auto environmentally friendly seat foam, enhancements in headrest systems and power systems for plug-in, hybrid- electric vehicles. Daron Gifford, KPMG’s National shows Automotive Industry Leader, said that even though sales of hybrids fell during the fourth quarter, automotive executives believe that sales of hybrids will increase over the next five years. Gifford said many suppliers are shifting capital expenditures toward development of products for small, more fuel-efficient cars as well as hybrid technology. KPMG’s survey also revealed that 83 percent of industry executives think hybrids will see market-share gains over the next five years, while 64 percent predicted cars will see market-share gains. Only 3 percent of North American respondents expect SUVs to see market-share gains and only 5 percent expect pickups to see market-share gains, KPMG said. “There is a belief among executives that high fuel prices have permanently changed the mindset of consumers,” said Betsy Meter, an audit partner in KPMG’s automotive practice. DETROIT BUSINESS MAIN 01-08-07 A 12,13 CDB 1/5/2007 12:01 PM Page 1

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BY MARTI BENEDETTI Dreams on wheels ing a show the next year so it The Children’s Center, Barat Child and motive trade association, though it SPECIAL TO CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS would have more time to plan such Family Services and the Detroit Po- was joined in 2006 by the Los Ange- The industry’s first concept car a massive event. lice Athletic League. Last year’s par- les Auto Show. lot can change over 100 is considered to be the Buick Y-Job Before Cobo, dozens of city ty raised $6.8 million. years. from 1938, which made the rounds venues hosted the auto show. A In the century since the of auto shows to test audience re- Among those were the Detroit Going international first auto show put on by the De- actions to futuristic designs. Light Guard Armory, Wayne Gar- troit Automobile Dealers Association, Created by General Motors dens Pavilion on the Detroit River, Brainstorming by auto dealers the show has gone from a display Styling and Buick Engineering, it the Ford Branch building at Wood- Ken Meade, David Fischer, Bob Thi- of a few automobiles to an interna- was designed by Harley Earl, GM’s ward and Grand Boulevard, the bodeau Sr. and Gordon Stewart and tional event that lures more than first design head. Buick called it Y Arena Gardens at Woodward and former DADA Executive Direc- 6,000 members of media to Detroit because car makers typically Hendrie, the Convention Hall at tor Dan Hayes led to the The auto show’s long and color- named experimental cars X. This Woodward and Forest, the Michi- auto show becoming an in- ful history mirrors many events car’s wide horizontal grille with gan State Fair Grounds and the De- ternational and trends in thin vertical bars remains a Buick troit Artillery Armory on Eight American cul- styling feature today. Mile Road. ture. The show It is unclear whether the Y-Job has been sus- appeared at a Detroit Auto Show, Hail to the chiefs pended only a but it certainly made appearances on local streets when Earl drove it, Besides President Eisenhower few times, in- and it inspired years of “dream in 1960, the only other president to cluding from cars” that have been a highlight of visit a Detroit auto show was Pres- 1943 to 1952 be- Detroit auto shows. ident Clinton in 1999. Vice Presi- cause of World Robert Vallee Jr., CEO of dent Lyndon Johnson was sched- War II and the Auburn Hills-based George P. John- uled to speak at the Korean War. Alberts son Co., an event-marketing compa- 1962 show spon- “We’re cele- ny founded in 1914, said concept sored by the brating the anniversary like it has cars have come a long way, but AMA at Cobo been a great 100 years, and we’re their purpose is the same. “Manu- Hall but can- moving forward,” said Rod Al- facturers still put out the models to celled because berts, executive director of the test consumers’ interest,” he said. of the Cuban Troy-based DADA. missile crisis, As in the life of a centenarian, Szudarek there are milestones and unforget- Cobo’s big debuts writes. DADA table moments. Here are 10. The DADA sponsored its first did not sponsor Detroit Auto Show at what when a show that The first shows then called Cobo Hall Nov. 27-Dec. year. 5, 1965. The first Detroit Auto Show However, the first auto show to sponsored by the Detroit Automo- be held at Cobo was the 43rd Na- bile Dealers Association was Dec. tional Automobile Show Oct. 15-23, 9-14, 1907. It took place at 1960, sponsored by the Automobile Presidents Dwight Eisenhower Riverview Park in what was then Manufacturers Association. It was and Bill Clinton both attended Detroit’s Coney Island neighbor- the trade group’s first show out- auto shows in Detroit. side New York City, and it was hood. Henry Ford played the year Cobo opened. an important role in This show was signif- Nights to remember the show by lending icant for other rea- event in January 1989. The North his advertising sons: It was the first As early as 1903, the auto show American International Auto Show her- manager, E. time a U.S. presi- had an opening night called Press alded a new day for the Detroit LeRoy Pelletier, dent attended an Night followed by a Society Night. show. Cobo Center’s $220 million to become man- auto show in De- But the first official Charity Pre- expansion and renovation also was view, as it is now known, was in ager of the troit. On Oct. 17, unveiled that year, and Toyota’s 1969, according to Doug Dalgleish, Lexus brand and Nissan’s Infiniti show. Admis- Cobo Hall’s ban- co-owner of Dalgleish Cadillac, and series were introduced. sion was 50 quet hall hosted a black-tie din- Val Corradi, retired advertising For several years, foreign and cents. ner for automo- executive. Dalgleish, Corradi and domestic vehicles were separated In 1907, the tive leaders and the late Ford dealer Jerry Bielfield by halls at the show, said Ron United States their guests with formulated the idea together at a Williams, 61, a retired executive was the leading President Eisen- Detroit restaurant. vice president at George P. John- Technology takes the stage automobile pro- hower as the guest “I said we have to have a really son. “The integration of the domes- The Detroit show has used tech- ducer in the world, and speaker. The big show,” said Corradi, 80. “Let’s tic and import vehicles changed nology to enhance its exhibits for do a black-tie thing and give the and Detroit was show included 13 car the Detroit show,” he said. “It went many years. George P. Johnson’s money to charity.” from a domestic show to an indus- the largest car- William and 12 truck producers Vallee thinks of the auto shows as with 300 displays. There were The cost was $25 a couple, and trywide motor show where the going through three phases: Pre- producing city Metzger played a the event raised $25,000 for the Old major role in local no foreign cars. It drew a record of cars were the stars. It helped 1980s’ exhibits were passive. The in the country, Newsboys’ Goodfellow Fund of automobile shows more than 1.4 million visitors, evolve the show.” public stood and observed. The according to until 1933. which caused the AMA to skip hav- Detroit. This year’s Charity Pre- For many years, the NAIAS was mid-1980s to mid-1990s were the ac- The First Centu- view will cost $400 a person and the only North American auto tive years. “We saw early technolo- ry of the Detroit raise money show sanctioned by the Organisa- gy come into play where people Auto Show by Robert Szudarek. tion Internationale des Constructeurs pressed buttons and got informa- Interestingly, the first automo- d’Automobiles, an inter- tion,” Vallee said. bile show of any kind in Detroit national au- Since the mid-1990s, interactivi- to- was in 1899 at the Detroit Light ty has been common because of the Guard Armory. It featured a mix of advancement of computers and other technology. “The next great sporting goods such as bicycles, phase (active engagement) will firearms and fishing tackle, along have manufacturers engaging and with rudimentary automobiles. entertaining consumers,” he said. William Metzger played a huge role For example, at this year’s show in this show and many to follow un- Toyota plans to use active engage- til his death in 1933. He was the first ment with its “Fifteen Seconds of “independent” automobile dealer Fame” exhibit. The public is invit- in Detroit. The 1899 show included ed to perform for 15 seconds on a exhibits to teach about what motor blue screen, and participants re- vehicles could do. The public was The industry’s first concept car, ceive an edited DVD of their per- the Buick Y-Job of 1938. Created formance. They can go online to skeptical of moving vehicles then, by General Motors Styling and get the full version of their act and although six automobile inventors Buick Engineering, it was could send it to friends or family. for char- were said to be working in Detroit, designed by Harley Earl, GM’s “It creates brand advocation, ities including Henry Ford, Szudarek design chief, who routinely drove and people love it,” Vallee said. such as it to work during World War II. says. “It’s that kind of engagement ac- PHOTO COURTESY GENERAL MOTORS CORP. DETROIT BUSINESS MAIN 01-08-07 A 12,13 CDB 1/5/2007 12:01 PM Page 2

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tivity that all manufacturers are use of a 16-foot-wide computer-con- looking for. It’s a way to start con- trolled electronic message board. versation with the consumer.” “It was a big deal for us,” said In 1981, Buick was forward Vallee. “It kicked off the current thinking with the first significant LED phase.” Mike Rosenau, president of Birmingham-based marketing and communications company Clear!Blue president, said exhibit planners used to work toward capturing the attention of the print media. “With the growth of technology, we can please more audiences quicker. The print photo op is one piece of the challenge, but we also are working to grab bloggers and electronic media’s attention in eight to 10 seconds.” Let’s build upward Ford Motor Co.’s all- brand exhibit at the 1999

show featured the first ma- PHOTO COURTESY EXHIBIT WORKS INC. jor two-story exhibit. The Ford Motor Co.’s exhibit at the 1999 show was the first major multi-level display. creation of Livonia-based Exhibit Works Inc., it had a The 10,000-square-foot second sto- deck and bridge with ry had an escalator on one end and turntables and elevators. a circular two-story theater space at the other end. General Motors unveiled its two-story exhibit the next year with a 42,000-square-foot second- floor display area fabricated by Warren-based H.B. Stubbs Cos. Many other two-story exhibits were featured at the auto show in previous years by foreign and domestic automakers, but nothing as From a extensive as these two. Events and stunts PHOTO COURTESY OF H.B. STUBBS COS. General Motors unveiled its two-story exhibit in 2000. century Attention-getting marketing stunts have been especially fre- through the front quent at the auto show in the past of Cobo Center, of Detroit 15 years as technology has ad- shattering a glass vanced. But one of the most fre- panel and landing quently cited was last year’s “un- on a raised plat- auto shows veiling” of the Jeep Wrangler. form outside. Chrysler hired Clear!Blue to or- While this feat chestrate the unveiling, in which seemed over the Chrysler Group President and CEO top last January, Tom LaSorda drove the Jeep it actually had been done before in 1993 by Chrysler. Chrysler wanted to reveal its first PHOTO COURTESY GEORGE P. JOHNSON CO. Grand Cherokee Crashing a Jeep through a pane of glass at Cobo was with a bang, so it such a hit marketing stunt, it’s been done twice had Mayor Cole- man Young and of the melodies of bands and or- Robert Lutz, Chrysler president chestras. As Szudarek’s books and COO, drive a Grand Cherokee states, “Musical programs were through a Cobo window. arranged so as to greatly enhance Clear!Blue’s Chief Production Offi- the pleasure of the visitors, and at cer Bill Abele played a lead role in the same time detract as little as both events. possible from the business at hand Another memorable event in- — that of examining and buying cluded “Artistry in Motion” at the and selling cars.” 2000 show. Lightweight, helium- But as the years went on, enter- filled balloons shaped like tainment and special guests be- Chrysler products flew through came more high-profile. Miss the air inside Cobo. “It was a show- Americas were frequent visitors stopper,” Vallee said. “Artistry in as were singers, actors and other Motion was both informative and performers. In 1967, Woody Her- artistic. It was unique.” man, Bobby Vinton, Della Reese, He said the project was con- the Detroit Wheels and others ceived, designed and produced by were featured entertainers. In George P. Johnson, and came 1972, a 640-square-foot model cir- across to the public as a “small cus, built in miniature by a former Broadway show in Cobo.” Ringling Bros. circus clown, along with 20 clowns, entertained those Stars among the cars at the show. Often Detroit televi- sion and radio personalities made PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE GEORGE P. JOHNSON CO. Entertainment has been part of guest appearances, as did chair- The auto show has evolved from passive exhibits, like the 1960-era one (above left) to more interactive, technology-driven Detroit auto shows as far back as men and presidents of Detroit’s ones like the Jeep exhibit (above). 1903. For years, it consisted mostly auto companies. DETROIT BUSINESS MAIN 01-08-07 A 14 CDB 1/5/2007 10:05 AM Page 1

Page 14 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS January 8, 2007 BUSINESS DIARY CALENDAR ACQUISITIONS Hills. Carolyn Schena of Bloomfield (248) 888-7800. Web sites: www. Hills is president. Telephone: (248) atomynet.com and www.mightykey. TUESDAY Care Clinic Inc., Southfield, has pur- 997-8515. com. JAN. 9 SOWERBY TO SPEAK chased Pinnacle EasyCare L.L.C., Las Wayne State University, Detroit, has www.veronicasfashionoutlet.com, “Opportunities in 2007 for Local Vegas. Pinnacle EasyCare operates Auto Show Panel Discussion: Is Prod- and staffs Health Corner Clinics inside added seven academic programs to its Birmingham, is an online store offer- Business and The Capital offerings at University Center- ing designer clothing and accessories uct King? 6 p.m. Detroit Economic Las Vegas area Walgreens drugstores. Club Junior Executives. Panelists in- Markets” is the topic of the Jan. The clinics are staffed by nurse prati- Macomb. 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Oak Park, provides consulting ser- Americas, Ford Motor Co.; , educational leadership; education spe- Jim Taylor portfolio vices to the health care consumer and Cadillac general manager, General cialist certificate in educational lead- manager for CONTRACTS customized recommendations to se- Motors Corp.; and Charles Vogelheim, ership; master of science in nursing; Loomis, niors relative to their Part D prescrip- vice president, automotive develop- Stout Systems, Ann Arbor, has signed and master of interdisciplinary stud- Sayles & Co. tion drug plan choice. Mindy Mandel- ment, J.D. Power & Associates. Com- a contract to deliver technical staffing ies (available in fall 2007). baum is the company’s owner. Web L.P. services to Perficient Inc., an Austin, puware World Headquarters, Detroit. site: www.medicareconcierge.com. $35 members and spouses, $45 guests The Texas-based information-technology MOVES Telephone: (877) 565-1110. Downtown consulting firm. of members, $50 others. Contact: (313) Williams Acosta P.L.L.C., a Detroit law 963-8547 or www.econclub.org. Detroit A3C-Collaborative Architecture, Ann firm, to the Buhl Building, 535 Gris- OTHER Partnership Arbor, worked with the Washtenaw wold, Suite 1000, Detroit. Web site: Sowerby and Crain’s Child Advocacy Center, Ann Arbor, on Eastern Michigan University’s Appar- www.williamsacosta.com. el, Textiles, and Merchandising Pro- Detroit Business are the speaker a pro bono basis to transform a more series’ presenting sponsors. traditional office environment into a The American Liver Foundation- gram, Ypsilanti, has earned national WEDNESDAY accreditation until 2010 by the Textile Other sponsors include Checker supportive place for children and Michigan Chapter, to 21886 Institute, an international organiza- JAN. 10 Sedan, LaSalle Bank, the their families. Farmington Road, Farmington. Tele- phone: (248) 615-5768. Web site: tion based in England. The program Michigan Association of Certified A3C Collaborative Architecture, Ann Erosion of the Industrial Base: www.liverfoundation.org/michigan. prepares students for careers in mer- Lessons from the Congress. What Public Accountants and Spalding Arbor, is designing the renovation of chandising, marketing, and apparel, Manufacturers Need to Learn. 5:30-8 DeDecker Associates Inc. the Fifth Third Bank branch on North and technical training in new tech- NAME CHANGES p.m. The Strategy Forum. Sheila Ro- The 8 a.m.-9:30 a.m. meeting is Street in Brighton. Its lobby and exte- nologies for textiles used in the auto- nis, president of The University at the Detroit Athletic Club, 241 rior are to be renovated, and updates Seco-Carboloy, Warren, to Seco Tools motive and furniture industries. are to be made to improve barrier-free Inc. Group and director, MBA/MSM pro- Madison Ave., Detroit. Cost is Badge Supports L.L.C., Troy, launched access. The branch was built in 1963 The Community Foundation for South- grams, associate professor, manage- $30. www.badgesupports.com for online ment, Walsh College, Troy. Embassy and last renovated in 1984. eastern Michigan, Detroit, to The For more information, call (313) sales of its Nerd Buster Support badge Suites Hotel, Troy. $25 members, Online Technologies Corp., Ann Ar- Community Foundation for Southeast 964-8500. support for ID badges. The Nerd MBA students and groups of five or bor, has added Compendia Bio- Michigan. Telephone: (888) 933-6369. Buster comes in two different styles, more. $35 others. Contact: (248) 559- — Joanne Scharich sciences Inc., Ann Arbor, to its portfo- Web site: www.cfsem.org. both of which protect the wearer’s 1144 or [email protected]. lio of customers. Online Technologies clothing from wrinkling and tearing will provide Compendia with dedicat- NEW PRODUCTS and can be trimmed to fit most pocket tor of Motor Trend. 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Embassy Suites Hotel, South- Joint Annual Meeting of Professional advertising, public relations, market- sultant, is the owner. Web site: 5-9 pm. KidFit, a physician-supervised weight- field, $30 DMAD and Adcraft Club of Women’s Organizations. Jan. ing and online marketing services for www.yourbusinessgreetingcards.com. National Association of Women loss program for children 12 and over, Detroit members, $40 others. Contact: 18. the 54 stores in HoneyBaked’s seven- Business Owners Greater Detroit is now offered by Child Health Associ- Ideation of Ann Arbor, a syndicated (248) 478-4888 or www.dmad.org. state Michigan division. Chapter, Women in Communica- ates P.C., Farmington Hills. The catalog company serving independent Gefit Livernois Engineering L.L.C., tions of Detroit, and the Center for eight-month program includes gift retailers, has launched www. Dearborn, has formed a professional Empowerment and Economic Devel- healthy food choices, increased physi- ParadeofGifts.com, an e-commerce employer organization relationship THURSDAY opment. Keynote Speakers: Jeff cal activity, and improved body im- catalog site for its member stores with National HR Solutions L.L.C., JAN. 11 Sloan and Rich Sloan, co-founders of age. An optional maintenance pro- throughout the country, including its Ann Arbor. own three local stores: StartupNation.com. Atheneum Hotel gram is also available. It is supervised Crown House in Going Green: Detroit’s Growth En- & Conference Center, Detroit. $45. Turner Construction Co. of Michigan, by Dr. Denise Mackey and dietitians. of Gifts Traver Village Shopping Detroit, built Eastern Michigan Uni- Center, Ann Arbor, Dayspring Gifts of gine for the 21st Century. 7:30-9 a.m. Registration deadline: Jan. 16. Con- Telephone: (248) 877-2149. Inforum in partnership with the Au- versity’s new Student Center. 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January 8, 2007 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 15 PEOPLE Survey: Auto BIOTECHNOLOGY LAW Borders Group Inc., Ann Arbor; and Felicia Powers to wish manager, from Robert Moellering Jr., Shields Warren- IN THE SPOTLIGHT Michael Van- manager of volunteer services. consolidation Mallinckrodt professor of medical re- Hemert to princi- search, Harvard Medical School, United Way for Southeastern pal, Miller, Can- Libby Pachota to program director Boston, to the board of directors, Michigan has hired former Brogan & field, Paddock and director of the Detroit Neighbor- NanoBio Corp., Ann Arbor. Partners Convergence Marketing and Stone plc, De- hood Program, Community Founda- executive Kelly troit, from vice tion for Southeast Michigan, Detroit, likely to CONSTRUCTION Major as vice president, deputy from fund development director, the president, general counsel, Jefferson East Business Association, Mark Reaume to project superinten- brand identity and chief gover- Detroit. Also, Anne Weekley to vice dent, health care and university and communi- nance officer, president, communications, from di- groups, DeMaria Building Co., Detroit, speed up cations. CMS Energy and rector, communications. from project superintendent, Project Major, who will Consumers Ener- BY BRENT SNAVELY Control Systems Inc., Livonia. gy. REAL ESTATE join United Way VanHemert CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Colleen Kujawa to controller, JM Ol- Maureen Rouse-Ayoub to partner, The son, St. Clair Shores, from assistant today, replaces Kristian Mons Price to director of mar- Linda Fishman Group, Bloomfield Hills, from keting, Lee & Associates, Novi, from Automotive industry execu- controller. associate. Remington, marketing manager, Grubb & Ellis tives believe that the rate of Kurt Frownfelter Co., Southfield. to executive vice Major who United consolidation in the automotive Way said left in MARKETING Phyllis Riina to senior vice president president and industry will increase over the September to take a position at Blake Lorick to senior vice president, and alliance director, Owens-Illinois area general man- next five years, according to a ager for Midwest the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer brand planner, Doner, Southfield, Inc. account, Trammell Crow Co., operations, Skan- Institute in Detroit. from senior vice president, director of Southfield and Perrysburg, Ohio, study released Thursday by ac- from group manager, North American ska USA Building Major had been convergence brand planning, Rapp Collins World- counting firm KMPG L.L.P. Inc., Southfield, wide, New York City. operations, worldwide real estate divi- “Our perspective is the in- marketing partner and marketing sion, General Motors Corp., Detroit. from vice presi- director at Brogan & Partners in Amy Benner to project director, Intel- dustry is going to go through a dent. litrends L.L.C., Clarkston, from project Birmingham since the fall of 1999. major period of restructuring. manager. RETAIL On its Web site, Brogan & Partners A lot of that is driven by the CONSULTING said Major had helped the firm Toby Barlow to executive creative di- Mark Lauten to vice president of real Frownfelter estate and franchise development, Pet economics here, so mergers and Philip Toy to man- land new business with her rector, JWT Detroit, Detroit, from exec- Supplies Plus, Farmington Hills, from acquisitions are the more tradi- aging director, AlixPartners, South- marketing, business and technical utive creative director, JWT NY, New field, from managing director, Mercer York City. national director of business develop- tional way, but our survey skills that helped the agency blend ment, Save-A-Lot, St. Louis. Management Consulting, Toronto. online and offline marketing, Darlene Freeborn to account manager, shows that many executives fa- Group 55 Marketing Inc., Detroit, Brenda Karl to senior manager, tech- strategic planning and brand SERVICES vor alliances,” said Daron Gif- nology risk-management services, management. from account supervisor, accent mar- ford, KPMG’s national automo- keting, Campbell-Ewald, Warren. Darrell New to vice president of guer- Horn Murdock Cole, Troy, from man- Before joining Brogan, Major held tive industry leader. ager. Also, Erin Erickson to senior Gary Dilts to se- rilla marketing, 1-800-DryClean, Ser- positions at Andersen Consulting manager, enterprise governance prac- nior vice presi- vice Brands International, Ann Ar- KPMG’s survey included re- tice, from manager. in Chicago, CSC Index and Kmart dent-U.S. automo- bor, from vice president of operations. sponses from 150 executives in Corp. tive, J.D. Power Daryl Peterson to metro Detroit health the automotive industry. About DISTRIBUTORS and Associates, care sales manager, The Casper Corp., 20 percent of the respondents middle-market Midwest, from senior Troy, from senior Phil Roach to senior business system vice president, middle-market bank- Farmington Hills, from hospital and were from the automakers vice president, clinic sales representative for Michi- specialist, information-technology de- ing. U.S. sales, Daim- while about 80 percent were partment, Handleman Co., Troy, from gan and Indiana, Ames Color File, Veena Joshi to lerChrysler Corp., Somerville, Mass. from suppliers. contractor on the company’s Oracle CRA/compliance Auburn Hills. Fifty-nine percent of execu- ERP project. officer, Peoples Russell Kotila to tives surveyed expect an in- State Bank, Madi- STEEL marketing man- crease in consolidations and al- FINANCE son Heights, from Dilts ager, J.S. Clark Thomas Buckalew liances among vehicle CRA/compliance Agency, Southfield, from marketing to the board of di- specialist. vice president, Co-op Services Credit rectors, Security manufacturers and tier-one Masaki Union, Livonia. Steel Processing suppliers while 61 percent an- Co., Detroit, con- Kawaguchi, ticipate an increase among tier- Robert Otten, tinuing as opera- MEDIA two and tier-three suppliers. Phillip Rossi, tions manager. Jamshid Keith Langlois to Web site editor, Executives also are expecting Joshi Sadaghiyani and www.pistons.com, Detroit Pistons and SUPPLIERS additional bankruptcy filings Palace Sports & Entertainment, Randal Turner to manager, assurance Michael Heneka to in the automotive industry. In services group, PricewaterhouseCoop- Auburn Hills, from lead sports colum- nist, The Oakland Press, Pontiac. vice president, fact, 87 percent of those sur- ers L.L.P., Detroit, from senior associ- North American ate, assurance group. Caryn Manning to vice president/ad- Buckalew veyed are expecting the number division of the in- of bankruptcies to increase or Crawford Kosonog Teri Moutgalias to vertising, Detroit Newspaper Partner- terior systems product group, Faurecia Midwest regional ship, Detroit, from vice president/ad- North America, Auburn Hills, continu- remain the same over the next vertising, The Herald, Bradenton, Fla. training manager, ing as president and CEO, Faurecia In- five years. Also, Henry Ford to vice president/ retail branch terior Systems Inc. North America. KPMG also found that 57 per- business development from vice presi- staff, Chase, dent/market development. Martin Welch, executive vice presi- cent of those executives expect Belleville, from dent and CFO, United Rentals Inc., alliances with partners to be Great Lakes re- Greenwich, Conn., to the board of di- more important than mergers NONPROFITS rectors, Delphi Corp., Troy. gional training and acquisition in the automo- manager, 7- Tracy Smith Hall to director of exter- Eleven, Livonia. nal affairs, Focus: HOPE, Detroit, from TELECOMMUNICATIONS tive industry in the next five manager of government affairs. Also, years. Dave Buhl to senior vice president for Nancy Rampson One example of an alliance is Moutgalias INFO/TECHNOLOGY to director of de- the Michigan region, Comcast Corp., Ringle Southfield, from Midwest division the agreement recently an- Newman Chris Mical to director of professional velopment from Kathleen Crawford, Michael Kosonog vice president of customer operations. services, Intelligent Connections, Roy- development offi- nounced by Southfield-based and Eric Ringle to partners, assurance al Oak, from director of technology, cer. Lear Corp. and New York fi- and enterprise risk services, Deloitte TRANSPORTATION nancier Wilbur Ross. Betsy Me- & Touche L.L.P., Detroit, from senior Internet Operations Center, South- Timothy Cromer to Donna Darden-McClung to executive managers. Also, Deann Newman to field. Also, Patricia Carcone to senior deputy director- ter, an audit partner in KPMG’s vice president, JGI, and president, Re- partner, regional leader, tax cosourc- account manager, from inside sales chief administra- automotive practice, said the naissance Global Logistics, Detroit, ing services, Deloitte Tax L.L.P., De- coordinator; and Peter England to in- tive officer and from international export manager, deal can be considered an al- troit, from senior manager; Mark side sales manager, from sales associ- technology offi- Ford Motor Co., Dearborn. liance because Lear will receive Barott to principal, strategic relation- ate. cer, Detroit Public Library, Detroit, a 25 percent ownership in a new ship management, Deloitte Services Scott Jackson to vice president of op- Rampson from director of company called International Au- L.P., Detroit, from senior manager; erations, First Tech Direct, Royal Oak, PEOPLE GUIDELINES and Ellen Clark to principal, corporate information systems. Also, A.J. tomotive Components Group North from senior account executive. Funchess to director-marketing, from finance, Deloitte Financial Advisory Announcements are limited to America L.L.C. Philip Pascarelli to president, Xenysys president, Oil Media L.L.C., Detroit. Services L.L.P., Detroit, from manag- management positions. Nonprofit The survey also found that ing director. Inc., Auburn Hills, from president and Mary Ann Short to and industry group board automotive executives believe Thomas Nestor to CEO, Breece Hill L.L.C., Louisville, vice president of appointments can be found at senior vice presi- Colo. institutional rela- www.crainsdetroit.com. Send that fuel efficiency has become dent, regional Mitchell Goldstein to director of busi- tions, Karmanos submissions for People to Joanne consumers’ most important de- manger, LaSalle ness development, Motor City Interac- Cancer Institute, cision-making factor when pur- Detroit, from Scharich, Crain’s Detroit Business, Bank, Troy, from tive, Brighton, from key account man- marketing direc- 1155 Gratiot Ave., Detroit, MI chasing a car, trumping quali- first vice presi- ager, American Systems Technology tor, Crain’s De- 48207-2997, or send e-mail to ty, safety, affordability and dent, personal fi- Inc., Troy. [email protected]. Releases nancial services, troit Business, De- vehicle design. Comerica Bank, Lisa Schlaf to director of process man- troit. must contain the person’s name, Gifford said automotive exec- Livonia. agement and director of outreach pro- Stephanie Goetz new title, company, city in which utives believe that the high gas grams, Econ Global Services, Troy, the person will work, former title, Timothy Ashley to to development prices of the past year or two from associate, information systems Short former company (if not promoted executive vice team leader, will have an influence on con- Nestor and services team, General Motors Make-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan, from within) and former city in president, middle- sumer behavior for the next market Midwest, Comerica Bank, De- Corp., Warren. Also, Abe Valdez to di- Ann Arbor, from special events man- which the person worked. Photos troit, from senior vice president, mid- rector, information and communica- ager. Also, Meg Lelli to special events are welcome, but we cannot five years. dle-market banking. 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These functions include, but are not limited Project Superintendents ning, and interior design firm with offices na- care and/or business administration. Must have to, employment, compensation, performance management, labor rela- Project Engineers tionwide. We are seeking an Architect special- three years experience in role related to provider izing in historic preservation to join our estab- relations interacting with executive level leader- tions, HRIS, leadership development, benefits administration, executive Please visit www.mccarthy.com/careers lished historic preservation studio in our down- to submit your resume. town Detroit office. ship and at least two years of advanced project retirement and executive services. No third parties or phone calls please. 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