Jennifer Lord and Rick Berg are two of 14 attorneys highlighted in The Litigators, a special report on recent major court action around Michigan, Page 9 JULY 25 - 31, 2016 Bene ts ordinances disturb developers Some fear proposals would take control of or delay projects By Kirk Pinho those with investments of at least [email protected] $15 million or $75 million, depend- Virtually all real estate projects of ing on the proposal — language in note in Detroit involving a public both specifi cally addresses projects contribution of land or tax incen- $3 million or more, which would tives would be affected by either of greatly expand the number of proj- the proposed community benefi ts ects affected. ordinances making waves in the de- While there are signifi cantly less velopment community in recent stringent requirements attached to weeks that appear bound for the those so-called “tier-two” projects, November ballot. defi ned as being between $3 million The proposals would require de- and $14,999,999 in one of the pro- velopers to incorporate certain so- posals and $3 million to $74,999,999 MICHIGAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP.; BLOOMBERG (RIGHT) called community benefi ts, such as million in the other, real estate ex- A conceptual rendering shows the planned American Center for jobs, local hiring and environmen- perts say the effect on efforts to de- Mobility at Willow Run, a former World War II bomber factory tal protections, in projects of a cer- velop and redevelop property in that sits mostly vacant today (inset), awaiting development. tain size if they receive public fund- Detroit would be chilling. ing or city-owned land. Some of the Mike Ferlito, project developer proposed provisions are making the for Detroit-based Ferlito Group LLC, development community leery says his planned $4.5 million proj- about things like too much control ect, The Selden, at Selden Street just of real estate projects and delays in west of Cass Avenue in Midtown, Willow Run deal near an already time-intensive business. could experience delays and unrea- While much of the discussion has sonable requirements under the Sale could close by next summer; developers seek funding for mobility test hub centered on what are formally re- proposed ordinances. ferred to as "tier-one" projects — SEE INCENTIVES, PAGE 16 By Lindsay VanHulle provals, the specifi c conditions portation, energy and commerce Crain’s Detroit Business/Bridge Magazine required for closing are unknown: departments for funding. That The sale of more than 300 acres The Michigan Economic Develop- likely could include multiple re- at a former World War II bomber ment Corp., which has an owner- quests in the form of grants or factory in Washtenaw County for ship stake in budget allocations, either from Bill would dim electricity use as a testing hub for connected the project and the executive branch or Congress, and driverless cars could close by is helping to Maddox told Crain’s at the Detroit next summer, said those involved negotiate the Regional Chamber Mackinac Policy choice in state, some say with the purchase. transaction, Conference in June. Yet even as developers of the would not re- The MEDC has committed $3 By Jay Greene planned American Center for Mobil- lease the pur- million to the Arsenal of Democ- [email protected] Facts of energy choice ity at Willow Run in Ypsilanti chase agree- racy landholding entity for the Only two of 10 active alterna-  The current electric choice law Township move ahead with buy- ment publicly property purchase and startup tive-energy suppliers in Michigan allows customers to purchase ing property, signifi cant hurdles nor share the costs. Maddox’s team is seeking could qualify to serve electricity competitively priced electricity from remain to clear — namely, fund- terms, citing an additional $17 million from the customers in the state’s 10 percent alternative energy suppliers. That

ing — before the estimated $80 John Maddox: confidentiality agency’s Michigan Strategic Fund, choice program under legislation market is capped at 10 percent of CEO says mobility million facility can open. agreements. though a spokeswoman did not sponsored by Sen. Mike Nofs, R-Bat- electric sales. News last week that the center’s center is targeting The Ameri- know when the project will come tle Creek, unless they make major  That choice market now has property acquisition entity, Willow federal funding. can Center for back before the board. investments that would likely make 6,140 customers using 1,964 Run Arsenal of Democracy Land- Mobility proj- An MEDC staff memo from the business unprofi table. megawatts of power, mostly large holdings LLP, has agreed to pay ect is pegged to need about March said developers planned to At issue are provisions in the bill businesses such as Dow Corning $1.2 million for the 311-acre Wil- $60 million from the federal gov- return with the remaining fund- that would require the suppliers to and U.S. Steel, as well as about 200 low Run site is a milestone for ernment. CEO John Maddox ing request should the property “own or have under contractual school districts. supporters of the mobility project, would not comment last week on purchase happen “as anticipat- rights” at least 90 percent of the which has an expected opening the status of fundraising, saying: ed.” That request also would re- electric capacity within Michigan to  The 10 percent cap means more date of 2018. “A lot (is) up in the air.” quire an operational budget and a meet peak demand in the competi- than 11,000 customers, mostly Beyond standard due diligence, He has said, however, that his site plan for development, the tive market by Oct. 1, 2018, and ev- businesses, are on a waiting list to including inspections and ap- team is targeting the U.S. trans- agency wrote, along with a recom- ery year after. get into the choice program. If those mended payback schedule for the The two alternative-energy sup- customers were allowed to buy power in the choice program, they © Entire contents copyright 2016 state investment. pliers that do generate enough pow- by Crain Communications Inc. All rights reserved The MEDC said then that state er in Michigan to meet the proposed would account for about 25 percent crainsdetroit.com Vol. 32 No 30 $2 a copy. $59 a year. funding would be used “as lever- requirement are Cadillac-based of electric sales in the state. age to fi nalize federal invest- Wolverine Power Marketing Coopera- ment.” tive Inc. and Jackson-based CMS ERM Nofs’ Senate Bill 437 is approved this The MEDC and Revitalizing MI, a CMS Energy Co. alternative-en- year and signed into law by Gov. Auto Communities Environmental ergy supplier affi liate. Rick Snyder. If they do, thousands of Response Trust, or RACER Trust — Spokespersons for several other energy choice customers, including the trust handling cleanup and alternative-energy suppliers say 200 school districts, could see elec- NEWSPAPER redevelopment of former General they may be forced to shut down tricity costs rise as they lose access SEE MOBILITY, PAGE 15 operations by 2018 in Michigan if SEE ENERGY, PAGE 17 2 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // JULY 25, 2016 agriculture, specialty products and and follow-up education at the Ada- MICHIGAN materials science. based company will be done by In- INSIDE terleukin Genetics Inc., a Massachu- THIS ISSUE ...... 14 setts life sciences company in which CALENDAR MICH-CELLANEOUS CLASSIFIED ADS ...... 15 n Michigan’s jobless rate dipped Amway’s parent, Alticor, has a stake. DEALS & DETAILS ...... 14 to 4.6 percent in June, a slight drop n A bidding war among six buy- KEITH CRAIN...... 6 from May but the lowest in 15 years, ers drove up the price of a foreclosed MARY KRAMER ...... 7 AP reported. The state said it was the Caledonia Township shopping cen- OPINION ...... 6 BRIEFS second consecutive monthly decline ter, and the bank collected more PEOPLE ...... 14 Enbridge reaches $176M ago, a U.S. Department of Justice offi- and the fourth this year. Michigan’s than the $2.3 million value assigned RUMBLINGS ...... 19 settlement over oil spill cial said. The settlement adds to the labor force has grown by 101,000, or to the 11-year-old Glen Valley Center, WEEK ON THE WEB ...... 19 expense of $1.2 billion that Enbridge 2.1 percent, since June 2015. according to Colliers West Michigan, Enbridge Energy Partners reached has incurred for the spill near Mar- n New York City-based invest- which represented the property own- a $176 million settlement for the shall, which oozed into Talmadge ment bank Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. er in the sale. Six offers on a property COMPANY INDEX: costliest inland oil spill in U.S. histo- Creek and then the Kalamazoo River. will pay $900,000 in fines to the state is unusual but reflects demand for SEE PAGE 17 ry — a pipeline rupture in Michigan for failing to register its investment flourishing retail developments, said that polluted a nearly 40-mile Dow, DuPont shareholders advisers working in Michigan. The a Colliers retail adviser, who declined tion of the Flint Cultural Center Corp., stretch of the Kalamazoo River, fed- Michigan Department of Licensing and to provide the owner’s name or the toward renovation and restoration eral officials said. The agreement approve companies’ merger Regulatory Aˆairs said it reached a sale price, MLive.com reported. of the city’s historic Capitol Theatre, between U.S. government agencies Shareholders of Midland-based consent agreement with Oppen- n Michael Price, founding presi- AP reported. Organizers hope to and the Canadian company con- Dow Chemical Co. and Dela- heimer requiring the bank to regis- dent of Grand Rapids-based Mer- have the theater, which opened in cluded years of negotiations follow- ware-based DuPont Co. last week ap- ter all of its Michigan investment cantile Bank Corp. and its CEO since 1928, fully restored for a planned re- ing the release of an estimated proved the companies’ historic advisers and notify in-state clients 2007, will retire next Jan. 1, the bank opening in late 2017 or early 2018. 843,000 gallons of heavy crude in merger, clearing a hurdle for the about the violations. holding company said. Price, who n Christmas every day at Bron- July 2010, AP reported. deal to close this year and for a later n Switch, the Nevada-based founded the bank in 1997, will be ner’s and chicken dinners at In addition to a $61 million penal- split into three entities, Bloomberg company that is turning the former succeeded by Robert Kaminski Jr., Zehnder’s are among the Franken- ty, the deal requires spending on reported. Steelcase Inc. pyramid in Gaines executive vice president and COO muth highlights in a new tourism measures to prevent future spills, de- Majorities of both sets of stock- Township into a regional data cen- for Mercantile, MLive.com reported. video intended to attract Canadian tect leaks and prepare for emergen- holders approved the 50-50 combi- ter, will partner with the nearby n Even before its opening, the visitors to Michigan’s “Little Bavaria,” cies across Enbridge’s Lakehead net- nation of the two largest U.S. chem- ArtPrize arts competition in Grand new Holland Energy Park is gaining MLive.com reported. A production work, a web of 14 pipelines extending ical makers, the companies said in a Rapids, MLive.com reported. Switch recognition for its sustainable de- team from Brand USA, a marketing more than 2,000 miles across seven joint statement. The $59 billion all- will host an interactive STEAM (sci- sign. Representatives of the $240 organization established to pro- states. Particular scrutiny was re- stock transaction is a record for the ence, technology, engineering, arts million power plant project, which mote the U.S. as a travel destination, quired for twin underwater pipelines industry. and mathematics) learning lab at is nearing completion, announced visited Bronner's Christmas Wonder- that cross the Straits of Mackinac, the DuPont Chairman and CEO Ed ArtPrize’s HUB headquarters during it had earned the Envision Platinum land, Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth and waterway linking Lakes Huron and Breen will become CEO of DowDu- the 19-day event this fall. award from the Washington, D.C.- other attractions this month. The Michigan in northern Michigan. Pont Inc., the name of the combined n Amway is offering its 5,000 U.S. based Institute for Sustainable Infra- video is to debut later this year at The penalty is the largest ever as- entity. His counterpart at Dow, An- employees the chance to learn if structure, MiBiz reported. visittheusa.com; Brand USA’s You- sessed for violations of the federal drew Liveris, will be chairman. they are genetically prone to chron- n The Flint-based Charles Stew- Tube channel; and the marketing Clean Water Act except those stem- DowDuPont is supposed to split ic inflammation that leads to gum art Mott Foundation has given $15 channels for Travel Michigan and the ming from the Deepwater Horizon into three by the end of 2018, creat- disease and other health conditions, million to the Flint Cultural Center Frankenmuth Chamber of Commerce spill in the Gulf of Mexico six years ing separate companies focused on MLive.com reported. The testing Foundation, a supporting organiza- and Convention & Visitors Bureau.

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“Marilyn and I have a strong understanding of where we can achieve success for our company and for our clients. We don’t go chasing things Bank of Ann Arbor buy that aren’t in our realm of success.” Peter Van Dyke may signal growth focus Bank to expand into Oakland County with Birmingham deal

By Tom Henderson The Bank of Ann Arbor was [email protected] founded in 1996 by prominent Ann The Bank of Ann Arbor has been Arbor real estate developer Bill Mar- cautious about expansion, sticking tin. (See related story, Page 18.) mostly to its Washtenaw County In 2010, the bank entered Wayne roots and sticking a toe into Wayne County when it bought the assets of County in the 20 years since its Plymouth-based New Liberty Bank founding. when the latter was shut down by Its move into Oakland County federal regulators, as one of many with the announcement last week local community banks that didn’t that it had agreed to buy the Bank of survive the recession. Birmingham and its parent company, In 2013, the Bank of Ann Arbor Birmingham Bloom­eld Bancshares expanded into Saline, rehabbing a Inc., signals a change in philosophy. branch it bought from Bank of Amer- The all-cash transaction — for ica. The same year, it bought Ervin $16.50 a share, or about $33.3 mil- Leasing, a 35-year-old Ann Arbor lion — also represents a sizable re- company that provided equipment turn for the Bank of Birmingham's financing for businesses and was re- original investors, who launched christened UniFi Equipment Finance. the bank in 2006 with an initial pub- In 2014, the bank did a $4 million lic offering of $13 million only to see renovation and 10,000-square-foot JACOB LEWKOW share prices plummet to $3 at the expansion of its downtown Ann Ar- Peter Van Dyke and Marilyn Horn formally change the name of their rm to Van Dyke Horn Public Relations today. It will still bottom of the recession. bor headquarters, adding a third operate out of its o ce in the Fisher Building. The deal is subject to regulatory floor. approval and the approval of Bir- More expansion is likely but not mingham Bloomfield shareholders, imminent, Tim Marshall, the bank’s and is expected to close before the president and CEO, told Crain's end of the year. Crain’s first reported Thursday. He said expansion could NEW OWNERS, NEW NAME the news Wednesday. SEE BANK, PAGE 18 Detroit PR agency Berg Muirhead sold to longtime employees

By Bill Shea “We love having them here and serving our cli- [email protected] ents for as long as they wish to,” Van Dyke said. The owners of one of Detroit’s prominent bou- Muirhead said it was a relief being able to plan for tique public relations firms have sold their agency to the agency’s future with two people she trusts, a pro- a pair of longtime employees who will rebrand the cess that Van Dyke said began with talks about five agency on Monday. years ago. Until retirement, Muirhead plans to con- Marilyn Horn and Peter Van Dyke in January tinue working with Berg on their client accounts. bought Detroit-based Berg Muirhead and Associates “For the next few years, we plan to be an import- from founders Bob Berg and Georgella Muirhead, ant part of the agency. We both love what we do, and who created the agency in 1998. we think we bring great value to the organization,” The purchase price wasn’t disclosed. Horn, who is said Muirhead, 66, who previously was a senior now president, has a 60 percent ownership stake community relations administrator for the cities of and Van Dyke, as CEO, has 40 percent, the latter said. Ann Arbor, East Lansing, Southfield and Detroit. On Monday, the firm will formally rename itself as Berg, 73, was a longtime journalist before moving Van Dyke Horn Public Relations. It will continue to op- into political media relations, most notably as De- erate from its office in the Fisher Building, and Van troit Mayor Coleman Young’s press secretary from Dyke said the space is undergoing renovation to up- 1983-93. date equipment and systems, and for the rebrand- The agency is on pace to do more than $1 million BANK OF ANN ARBOR ing. in revenue this year (up from $680,000 in 2015) from Bank of Ann Arbor President and CEO Tim Marshall said more expansion is not Muirhead and Berg will remain with the agency. SEE AGENCY, PAGE 18 imminent, though long term “everything is on the table for evaluation.”

MUST READS Grand slam for downtown Utica OF THE WEEK New baseball park a hit for economy, business growth

By Adrienne Roberts coming to the city five days a week. Taking root [email protected] Visitors are grabbing dinner be- The sign for Argentine tango fore games at restaurants in Utica, in Eastern Market classes and the Locker Room Saloon’s drinking a beer at local bars after- Teresa and McKenzie Norman and yellow awning are familiar sights for ward and parking on city streets — many metro Detroiters as they drive all of which have major effects on a their Twisted Roots salon were among past downtown Utica on M-59. city that didn’t previously draw large the winners of the fourth round of Some might even remember the crowds for events. Motor City Match grants given last hog slaughterhouse that once stood The ballpark, built by Andy Ap- on the outskirts of the city. pleby, owner of Rochester-based week, Page 7 Now, another landmark signifies General Sports & Entertainment, can the city — the new Jimmy John’s seat 1,900 people, with a capacity A business education Field. for 4,000, and cost him $15 million With games at the minor league to build. UM Professor David Brophy looks to take businesses to school — baseball park drawing an average of “We were looking for a great loca- ADRIENNE ROBERTS about 3,200 people, more than half tion (for a ballpark) in metro Detroit minus the tuition bill — and put them in front of Michigan and Silicon A “cool downtown vibe” brought Jimmy of the city’s population (in the 2010 for quite some time,” Appleby said. Valley venture capitalists, Page 4 John’s Field to Utica, owner Andy census, Utica had 4,757 residents) is SEE , PAGE 16 Appleby said. UTICA 4 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // JULY 25, 2016 Schooling startups UM business class aims to help 15 tech companies take o

By Tom Henderson “I don’t want something [email protected] David Brophy, a finance profes- that’s a gleam in the eye or a sor at the University of Michigan, pointy-headed professor’s wants to take 15 early-stage tech companies to school in the presti- hot idea. I’ve had enough of gious Ross School of Business, and it those.” won’t cost them a penny. Company founders will gather David Brophy, University of Michigan for three hours each Wednesday night during the fall term, which to $285,000 as more members of the ry Jobs Trust Fund has done at di- runs from Sept. 7 to Dec. 14. Each investment group wrote checks. versifying the state’s economy. One week they will meet with teams of Of the 150 startups that have par- result was an ongoing disconnect business school students, local suc- ticipated in the course’s 11-year his- between research universities and cessful entrepreneurs and venture tory, Brophy, the director of the Cen- the private sector, in a variety of capital mentors to hone their busi- ter for Venture Capital and Private metrics. ness models, plan their marketing, Equity Finance at Ross, said 30 got For 36 years, Brophy has been improve their pitches, and, in some funding as a direct result. Other trying to bridge that gap. cases, end up with new investors. companies that have gone on to be In 1980, he hosted a seminar on The course is titled Financing funded include Brighton-based the UM campus bringing emerging Technology Startups: A Venture FlexDex Inc., a maker of tools for growth companies together with Capital Practicum. minimally invasive surgery that an- would be investors. The venture capitalists are split nounced last week that it had closed “I thought we’d do it for two or among 25 who are based in Ann Ar- on a funding round of $5 million; three years, and that would be the '((35(6285&(6 bor, who attend classes in person, Genomenon Inc., a UM spinoff fo- end of it,” he said. '((35(/$7,216+,36 and 20 in Silicon Valley, who partici- cused on personalized medicine Instead, what is now called the pate by Skype or GoToMeeting. through genome interpretation Michigan Growth Capital Sympo- Developing customized investment strategies is a Ann Arbor-based Neurable Inc. is software, which raised a seed round sium has grown into one of the larg- continuum. We are honored to serve our clients. an example of how the class can pay of almost $1 million last year and est and most emulated pitch events off, literally. The company, a spinoff won $100,000 as runner-up at last in the U.S., with investors flying in Relationships. Rigor. Results.  from UM, has created a pat- November’s Accelerate Michigan from around the country each May ent-pending, noninvasive brain/ Innovation competition; and Con- to hear Midwest companies make computer interface that, thanks to tentOro LLC, an Ann Arbor company their case for investments. artificial intelligence software de- that sells content from books to At the end of the fall class, com- veloped by founder, President and websites and which raised a seed panies will have their own pitch CEO Ramses Alcaide, allows people round of $550,000 last August. event. to control objects with their brain “I want companies with proven There is another point to the activity. technologies. They have to have class, said Brophy. It introduces With a few minutes of coaching, stuff that works that is IP protect- those with growing companies to they can operate computer games, ed,” said Brophy, referring to pro- eager, smart business students they wheelchairs and, for a demonstra- tections for intellectual property might want to hire as they get fund- tion on the Discovery TV network, such as patents granted or applied ed and grow faster. even a full-sized car in real time. for. “And it’s technology that’s be- “I want to help stop the brain Member FINRA/SIPC Alcaide took the class last fall. ing utilized, whether it’s in pilots or drain, and you can’t do it by putting Among the class’ mentors was Rob- early sales. a ball and chain around an ankle,” Investment Advisors s (866) 644-2701 s www.GJSCO.com ert Winter, a Silicon Valley-based “I don’t want something that’s a said Brophy. “But you can do it by venture capitalist who is also the gleam in the eye or a pointy-headed having a company fall in love with a managing member of Hous- professor’s hot idea. I’ve had enough student. I know it’s only ones and ton-based OWL Investment Group, of those,” he said. And he said he twos, but it’s what we need to do.” which is made up of 40 angel inves- didn’t want those who think the In fact, Michael Thompson, who tors nationwide. class will be easy. “There will be a is now the head of business devel- Winter is also a judge at the Rice hell of a lot of brain and brawn to be opment at Neurable, was one of the University business plan competi- done, a lot of hard work to do to get Ross students last year helping Al- tion in Houston. In April, Neurable ready for serious investors.” caide hone his skills, and got hired finished second at the competition, Recently, the Michigan Economic as a result. winning a commitment at the time Development Corp. released a 73- Tom Henderson: (313) 446-0337 of at least $50,000, which soon grew page report on how the 21st Centu- Twitter: @tomhenderson2 Crain’s event to focus on food economy

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OPINION CBA law would stie city investment Detroit has been on a roll — 6,000 new housing units opening or un- der way and new companies forming, expanding or setting up satellite operations, mostly in downtown or Midtown. And more could be on the way. But a drive to mandate specific ways that politicians and community activists can micro-manage specific investments may bring the growth to a screeching halt. It appears that two competing proposals could be on Detroit’s ballot in November that would create what’s known as a community benefits agreement ordi- nance. The intent of putting formal CBA standards in place doesn’t sound bad on the surface: Putting down on paper the kinds of educa- tion and land use programs, local small business and other ways a de- veloper must engage the local community. These are good things. The trouble is that by requiring developers to operate via CBAs through a new standardized city law, it opens the door to project man- agement by people who may or may not have the subject matter exper- tise to give guidance and set the rules of play for developers. The city is better off negotiating through the Mayor’s office or the Detroit Economic Growth Corp. such benefits for each investment that TALK ON THE WEB seeks and obtains any tax advantages. Those negotiations could in- Re: TC-area cottage owners Reader responses to stories and blogs Re: Chase Bank to give clude hiring Detroiters, for example. say rental ban is unfair that appeared on Crain’s website. raises to low-paid workers Of the proposals on the table, the lesser evil may be Councilman Comments may be edited for length Scott Benson’s plan, with a higher investment threshold. But the com- I live in Northport, 30 miles north Have you gone into a Chase Bank and clarity. peting plans and proposals are described in Kirk Pinho’s Page 1 story. of Traverse City, near the tip of a gor- recently? Replacing tellers with an Now is not the time to put additional demands on potential inves- geous peninsula, and more and enhanced indoor ATM machine. tors; the development approval process is already time-intensive and more of our village homes are being creased property values in South- Plus, (CEO Jamie) Dimon had to do cumbersome. turned into rentals which, of course, field and adjoining areas. something to deflect the attention Many Detroit residents are understandably suspicious of business are empty nine months of the year. 269053 from his pay. My local credit union is because of the decades of disinvestment. We hope trusted leaders can Our sense of community is hurting as looking better and better. help communicate that a mandate for community benefits may more and more “strangers” flock in Re: Mexicantown to bene
t NOLALiz short-circuit the city’s progress. during the summer. Yes, I suppose from Main Street program my merchant friends benefit, but Re: Company loses appeal what happens to our community Clearly marked public parking lots to store ‘met coke’ outside Don’t forget to support the zoo when young people who’d like to should exist. Neon signs on the busi- live here long term can’t afford to nesses should be used to make the Let the company folks and attor- Who doesn’t have a voice at the ballot box? Penguins and polar bears. buy these homes, which are place look alive and exciting at night. ney put it in their backyards. The regional millage to support the Detroit Zoo is up for renewal this snapped up immediately? Justin Thompson DownriverDem year. It has been easy to overlook this local political topic because of all the Susan Ager rancor in the run-up to the presidential election and other regional topics. Re: Guest blog: Immigration Re: ‘Embracing Peace’ But let’s not forget the zoo. In 2008, voters in Wayne, Oakland and Ma- comb approved a 10-year, one-tenth mill property tax to help the zoo with Re: Judge sides with church, policies must change sculpture in Royal Oak a sustainable funding model. While the zoo raises a lot of money in many oil exploration company H1-Bs are used to displace Ameri- Ugly, cheap kitsch, Seward John- ways, about a third of its $35 million budget comes from the millage. can workers with lower-paid foreign son ... the man who makes giant With the millage scheduled to expire in 2018, the zoo is seeking a 10-year This is great news. Every barrel of guest workers. The program should sculptures for simpletons. extension on the August primary ballot. oil we drill domestically means we be ended. Why would someone Nemesis For a homeowner whose home is worth $200,000, the cost remains a don’t have to pay American dollars looking for a career choose IT when minor $10 a year. The zoo is well run, is continually adding and improving to Middle East countries. There’s greedy companies would rather hire Art is art, and not everyone ap- offerings and is one of this region’s many cultural treasures. also the added benefits of the mon- guest workers? preciates some of it. Voters should approve the millage. ey staying in-state, leading to in- NoH1-Bvisas Carl Fuglein Some industries are thriving in SE Michigan

There are plenty of businesses But that’s not the only industry today. And no one is giving away Obviously, as our population ages, that are doing OK these days. And that seems to be doing very well services. Sure, it helps a lot that they will need even more health happily, a lot of them are based in these days. All you have to do is there are plenty of govern- care, and that certainly bodes well Southeast Michigan. drive by one of our hospitals and ment-sponsored insurance systems for the health care providers. Everybody who lives around you quickly realize the health care out there, and I am sure that they The advancement in medicine is here knows darn well that the au- industry is doing very well indeed. If are also doing quite well. Anything quite extraordinary. But as we see tomobile business is doing really ever Beaumont was going to merge and anyone connected with health more and more revolutionary cures well. GM announced quarterly with two other hospital systems in care should be doing very well with in health care, we are seeing costs profits that were double the previ- Detroit, they picked the perfect KEITH CRAIN lots of profits. Everyone seems to be skyrocket. And there is no reason to ous year’s. Suppliers are working time. When your hospitals are Editor in chief looking for employees, and mosts believe that these medical break- lots of overtime to meet the de- booming, it sure is easier to gloss hospitals have a long list of job throughs aren’t going to continue. mands of their customers. And, over some minor and major short- Southeastern Michigan at the phy- openings. There is no doubt that our na- just about every car dealer in the comings. But, overall, it was perfect sician and service provider level as If you take a look at our nation’s tion’s economy is sluggish in terms Detroit community is enjoying re- timing to create a new system from well. Just try to get an appointment demographics, you quickly realize of economic growth right now. But cord sales. If you are in the car three existing ones. with a doctor or lab and you’ll dis- that our population is aging and there are pockets of prosperity all business, things are good. Health care is doing very well in cover how big a backlog they have they are getting older rather rapidly. around. All you have to do is look. CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // JULY 25, 2016 7 Takeaway on health care issues: Beauty supply, property developer big winners in Motor City Match By Marti Benedetti ing about winning. “I worked hard Many priorities, not enough cash [email protected] on the business plan and applica- A beauty supply shop in Detroit’s tion for the grant,” she said. Four Democrats, four Republi- drug prices are the highest in the Eastern Market and property devel- She bought the 1865 gray brick cans and on most issues, perhaps 80 world.) opers in the city’s Live6 Alliance building in 2014 and has been reno- percent agreement. Sounds remark- The backdrop for all discussion: neighborhood got large pieces of vating it since. Last year, it won East- able, but the lawmakers who joined the shadow of Flint and the need to the Motor City Match grant pie last ern Market’s Murals in the Market, the Michigan Association of Health continue to invest in early child- week in the fourth round of the pro- which means her building was a Plans summer conference last week hood and nutrition to remedy dam- gram. canvas for an artist. The building at the Grand Traverse Resort were age to Flint’s children. And beyond Twisted Roots LLC, which will sell sports several large paintings, the mostly on the same page about ma- Flint: knowing that an overdue tab products for hair care, nail mainte- most notable of which is of a young jor health care issues in the state. MARY KRAMER exists for poor infrastructure invest- nance, accessories and apparel ba- girl on the side of the building that The Medicaid expansion that Publisher ment in communities all over the sics, won a $75,000 grant, which faces Gratiot Avenue. provided an additional 600,000 peo- state. Which led to Marleau’s call owner Teresa Norman said will be She plans to open her shop in late ple with health care coverage? that communities should file plans used for interior and exterior reno- fall or early spring. It will offer shop- Check. bers,” he said. “Tell the stories.” In on money set aside for infrastruc- vations, masonry repair, equipment pers many items currently not avail- But will legislators continue to recounting a Tea Party primary ture with the state treasurer’s office purchase and fixtures. able downtown. It also will host pay out bigger chunks from the challenge mounted against him last as they do for pension plans under Block Party LLC, co-owned by self-esteem workshops for the com- state’s general fund, beyond the cur- election cycle because of the Medic- accounting rules. Tadd Heidgerken, Ryan Wrocklage munity, schools and young women. rent $100 million? aid expansion, he concluded: “I do My takeaway from the discussion: and Amanda Conlen, received a The historic Alger Theater hosted Republicans state Rep. Al Pschol- not understand how you can be pro too many priorities and not enough $70,000 grant for space it is develop- the award ceremony. Eleven com- ka from Southwest Michigan and life and deny access to health care.” cash. The eight lawmakers under- ing to house multiple tenants in an panies were given parts of $500,000 state Sen. Jim Marleau from Lake The invited lawmakers were stood issues and had compelling open-concept design. Planned for to establish and expand their busi- Orion remain stalwart in their sup- chairs or vice chairs of legislative ideas to solve problems, bipartisan the property is sushi lounge Social nesses. port. “I wasn’t just ‘yes,’” Marleau committees focused on insurance ideas. It was Democratic Sen. Rebek- Sushi, and Ima, a Japanese ramen Other winners of the fourth said. “I was ‘hell, yes.’ … Where else or health policy issues. I was invited kah Warren of Ann Arbor who sound- and small-plates restaurant and bar. round of the Motor City Match were: are you going to get a 9:1 match with to help moderate the discussion, ed the note of reality by noting: “It In addition to the restaurants will n Detroit Vegan Soul ($60,000). the federal government?” from opioid abuse that Marleau took us 10 years on road funding.” be a welcome center for Live6 Alli- n Norma G’s ($60,000). Term-limited Pscholka, who said was killing 13 Michigan resi- ance, a community development n Live Cycle Delight ($50,000). chairs the House Appropriations dents a day to specialty drug costs, corporation working on revitaliza- nAmaze-Enjoyment LLC ($50,000). Mary Kramer is publisher of Crain’s Committee and sponsored the ex- now often topping $100,000 for a tion efforts in the neighborhood. n Guadalajara #2 Inc. ($50,000). Detroit Business. Catch her take on pansion legislation, exhorted the course of treatment. 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Payments will be Fla.-based Beasley Broadcast Group $100 million cash for Greater Media, form a joint business venture to con- sary use and improve patient out- shared with participating physi- Inc. will buy suburban Boston-based and pay $25 million in stock to Great- tract directly with health insurers, comes and safety. United Physicians cians and hospitals based on hitting Greater Media Inc. in a transaction er Media shareholders. It also will re- employers, small businesses and is Southeast Michigan’s second larg- those metrics. valued at $240 million. finance $80 million in Greater Media unions in an organization that would est physician organization by 2,232 “Physicians must have medical Beasley (NASDAQ: BBGI) gets 21 debt, and sell tower assets it esti- limit patients to Beaumont providers total physicians, just behind Wayne staff membership (at Beaumont Greater Media stations including mates to be worth $20 million. Great- and hospitals, Crain’s has learned. State University Physician Group with hospitals), but they also must com- Detroit rock station WRIF 101.1 FM, er Media investors will receive the Called Beaumont Care Partners, 2,255 physicians, according to mit to meeting quality metrics,” he classic rock channel WCSX 94.7 FM proceeds of the equipment sale. the clinically integrated network or- Crain’s 2015 list of largest physician said. “You have to be accountable and WMGC 105.1 FM, which earlier Beasley said it has planned to sell ganization includes eight of Beau- organizations. and (commit to) improve popula- this month flipped from sports talk stations in Charlotte, N.C., where it mont’s hospitals, outpatient centers “We all have to work together to tion health.” to classic hip-hop and R&B. competes with Greater Media, to and other post-acute care facilities maximize efficiencies. A lot of that is Williams said BCP’s predecessor The deal was announced last meet federal regulatory scrutiny of and could include up to 5,000 physi- driving incentives and rewarding organization is Beaumont United week in a statement from Beasley. the deal. It has seven stations in cians on Beaumont’s eight hospital performance,” Williams said. “The Care Partners, which was formed in In the most recent Nielsen Audio Charlotte; Greater Media has two. medical staffs, although about 2,500 costs of health care are very exces- 2012 by Beaumont Health System rankings, WRIF had the sec- Beasley had net income of $6.3 are expected to join, said Bill Isen- sive, and people are looking for and United Physicians. ond-largest listenership in metro million last year on $106 million in stein, BCP’s executive director and cost-effective solutions.” “We have talked in the past about Detroit, while WCSX was fourth. revenue, and it said it expects the executive director of Oakwood ACO. Nationally, more than 500 clini- clinical integration networks,” he WMGC ranked 23rd. Greater Media deal to add $141 mil- “This is getting us ready” to con- cally integrated networks exist, ac- said. “It is coming up because of the No changes to management, lion in revenue. It wasn’t immedi- tract with customers in a narrow cording to The Advisory Board Co. In transition to value-based health staffing or format are expected for ately clear what would become of provider network that has the ability 2014, Together Health Network was care” in which providers are paid the local stations, a Greater Media Greater Media’s 10 weekly newspa- to control costs, utilization, quality formed as a joint venture between based on quality and outcomes, not spokeswoman said via email. pers it owns in New Jersey. and patient safety and outcomes, Ascension Health Michigan and Trini- on volume of procedures. The deal is expected to close in Greater Media, founded in 1956, Isenstein said, adding: “It won’t hap- ty Health Michigan. Together Health BCP is governed by a 12-member the fourth quarter. The boards of has stations in the Boston, Char- pen overnight. The market is evolv- includes more than 25 hospitals and board of managers. Besides Tanga- both companies have approved the lotte, Detroit, New Jersey and Phila- ing. Everybody is talking about it.” 5,000 physicians across Michigan los, they are Belal Abdallah, M.D., deal, which remains subject to fed- delphia markets. Its Detroit market Under a clinical integrated net- and has a contract with Blue Care vice chairman; Eric Silberg, M.D., eral regulatory scrutiny. is run by Steve Chessare. work approach, hospitals, physi- Network. treasurer; Simon Dixon, M.D.; Peter Beasley does not have stations in Once the deal is finalized, Beasley cians and other providers work Beaumont Care Partners is a lim- Tucker, M.D., secretary; Laura the Detroit market, but it does have said, its shareholders will own 81 closely together to lower costs and ited liability company owned equal- Glenn, SVP, Beaumont Medical stations in other markets that are percent of the company stock, and improve quality, usually through a ly by Beaumont Health, Oakwood Group; David Hug, M.D.; David Wal- home to Greater Media channels. Greater Media shareholders the re- single electronic medical record ACO and United Physicians. The ters, D.O.; Michael Khoury, M.D.; Greater Media has owned WCSX mainder. In addition, Greater Media and ownership or contractual ar- organizations will continue to oper- Karen Weaver, M.D.; Sarju Shah, since 1973, and it acquired WRIF in shareholders will have the right to rangements. The network then con- ate other past independent and M.D.; and Deborah Withrow, J.D. 1994 and WMGC in 1996, according appoint one member to the Beasley tracts with payers, employers or joint projects. Beaumont Health consists of to michguide.com, a repository of board of directors, which will add a other groups to negotiate payment “As the local health care market eight hospitals with 3,337 beds, 168 statewide broadcast industry data ninth seat, Beasley said. and bonus incentive arrangements. evolves, collaboration among physi- outpatient sites, nearly 5,000 physi- cians and hospital partners is more cians and 35,000 employees. In important than ever,” Theodore Tan- 2015, Beaumont generated $4.1 bil- galos, M.D., chairman of Beaumont lion in net revenue. Care Partners and family medicine Oakwood ACO is a physi- physician, said in a statement. cian-hospital organization founded Under a management plan still in 2010 with more than 1,000 physi- under formulation, Isenstein said cians and four hospitals to contract BCP will contract with insurers, em- with Medicare under the shared JOIN US MONDAY ployers and others in a variety of savings program. AT THE INAUGURAL AUG. 22 Mitchell Plastics to build $20.5M PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: plant in Sterling Heights • Featured speaker • Entrepreneur panel By Adrienne Roberts motive interior mechanisms and Je Dunn, featuring [email protected] decorative components. According President, Rich Pirog, Tier-one automotive supplier to the MEDC, the company has Campbell Fresh Director, Mitchell Plastics said it will invest grown by 75 percent in the past five MSU Center for $20.5 million to build a manufactur- years and has 2,200 employees ing plant in Sterling Heights, a move throughout Ontario, Alabama, Indi- Regional Food Systems that will create 122 jobs, the Michi- ana, Germany and Mexico, and at a gan Economic Development Corp. an- sales and engineering office in Troy. • Breakout sessions with a focus on how the “go local” movement nounced last week. Mitchell Plastics last week won a is impacting agriculture, processing/distributing and retail/restaurants The Ontario-based company $427,000 performance-based grant plans to use the 200,000-square- from the Michigan Strategic Fund, a • Food truck rally dinner with a variety of local food trucks foot plant at the former Sunnybrook division of MEDC. Michigan was Golf & Bowling Inc. site at 17 Mile and chosen over competing sites in On- Van Dyke roads to produce auto- tario, where it already has a signifi- motive interior parts. The 144-acre cant production base, and Charles- site can accommodate build-to-suit town, Ind., where its current facility INVESTOR FORUM TITLE SPONSORS INVESTOR FORUM MAJOR SPONSOR PARTNER manufacturing buildings up to 1 has room to support the increased million square feet on 2 or more production. The MEDC said the acres. The development is expected grant was needed to help offset the to include two new hotels. costs to build the new plant. Mitchell Plastics got its start in The city of Sterling Heights has 1997 as Ultra Manufacturing Ltd. The offered Mitchell Plastics a property company designs and develops auto- tax abatement. SPECIAL REPORT: THE LITIGATORS WORDS HERE CASE STUDIES This report showcases 14 of the lead attorneys behind recent major court action. Why these men and women? The attorneys profiled are the result of litigation reporter Chad Halcom’s efforts combing through court filings, sending queries to law firms in our database, and reaching out to a range of other personalities to identify attorneys. These are the litigators driving the big verdicts, major settlements and interesting litigation around the state. The cases in this report are the result of a subjective selection, but we believe they represent a cross-section of the cases that matter in the Michigan business community today. The profiles begin on this page and continue through Page 13. Jennette Smith, editor

Rick Berg Jennifer Lord Shareholder, Butzel Long PC, Detroit Partner, Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers PC, Royal Oak

Rick Berg’s litigation team at viewing for the job, are represent- name the city as a defendant. It would seem MiDAS, the state A February audit found only Detroit-based Butzel Long PC has ing the city in all state and federal The rest — mostly by individual software platform that checks 263 out of 3,460, or 8 percent, of just won perhaps the toughest liti- lawsuits in which it is a defendant. families targeting either engineer- unemployment claims against appealed rulings from 2013 to gation assignment in town — de- Battles are already taking shape ing firms hired by the city, various other records and flags possible 2015 were actually upheld. Judge fending Flint amid hundreds of for the firm to weigh in on whether emergency managers appointed to fraud, didn’t start with such a Cynthia Stephens denied a state lawsuits that have poured in since the federal courts have jurisdiction oversee Flint, or the Michigan De- golden touch. bid to scrap the suit based on gov- last October in the city’s massive — at least two have found they do partment of Environmental Quality, Jennifer Lord said the Pitt ernmental immunity in May, and water crisis. not — and whether the 2012 state will likely still be of concern to But- McGehee firm in Royal Oak has the case is on hold while UIA con- But it’s also a task the firm hopes law that put Flint under a series of zel attorneys since they have wit- collected more than 1,000 callers tests that ruling at the Court of the city won't need. appointed emergency managers nesses and records that overlap so far who reported damages after Appeals. “We are honored to represent effectively made the city an “arm of with the Flint cases. The city may their unemployment benefits “Because it’s a governmental the city of Flint at this crucial time the state.” That could affect govern- become an interested party in were improperly flagged by the immunity issue, they don’t have but hope for a prompt and compre- mental immunity, for pursuing cas- many and make requests for the $47 million Michigan Integrated to ask permission to appeal, it’s hensive legislative solution that will es in the Michigan Court of Claims for judges in those cases. Data Automated System, which automatic,” she said. “We’re opti- make the litigation, and the need establishing liability under Public While a vast majority of the suits went online in 2012. mistically confident that the ap- for our services, unnecessary,” Berg Act 436 of 2012, the state emergen- do not specify damages, some have Lord is handling a prospective peals court will uphold Judge Ste- said. “A litigation avalanche is not cy manager law. sought refunds of water bills total- class-action lawsuit at the state phens’ decision.” the most expeditious or effective "These issues are already raised ing more than $150 million. Total Court of Claims against the Michi- The state has said automated solution to this problem.” and are being vigorously contest- lead poisoning claims could exceed gan Unemployment Insurance findings of fraud now get re- Berg and fellow Butzel share- ed," Berg said. $200 million based on the number Agency on behalf of thousands viewed, and a bill that requires holders Sheldon Klein, Susan John- About 330 lawsuits related to the of individual and class plaintiffs who lost benefits or faced wage more human oversight of MiDAS son, James Wynne, David Du- water crisis have been filed in state thus far, but it’s not yet clear how garnishment, lost tax refunds or and a certified mail notice to Mouchel and George Donnini, and federal courts since last Octo- much liability Flint would share in other judgments based on a beneficiaries is in a House after assembling a team and inter- ber, though only about 15 so far those cases. MiDAS determination. committee.

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Michael Bogren Keefe Brooks Board chairman, o
ce managing attorney Founder and managing partner Plunkett Cooney PC, Kalamazoo Brooks Wilkins Sharkey & Turco PLLC, Birmingham

More than a dozen municipali- wage ruling, from 1923) essentially An industry competitor settled $5.3 million of the $5.6 million that Gary August ties statewide can keep their local an inoperable decision,” he said. quietly with a subsidiary of De- Walbridge sought. After months of Shareholder rules on wages that companies pay “But it wouldn’t have surprised me troit-based . discussions and post-trial motions, Walbridge Aldinger Co Zausmer, August & Caldwell PC, on public projects, and more may if it had gone the other way. Getting last fall rather than appeal a $5.3 Atlas declined to take its case to the Farmington Hills follow after Michael Bogren helped a panel in the Court of Appeals to million Wayne County verdict won Michigan Court of Appeals and set- the city of Lansing defeat a lawsuit parse that out without stepping on by Keefe Brooks. tled. at the Michigan Supreme Court. the authority of another court can Walbridge Industrial Process LLC, a Brooks wouldn’t say for how Gary August practices in con- The managing attorney of Plun- be difficult.” project pre-construction, engineer- much, but a judgment last June struction law and insurance dis- kett Cooney’s Kalamazoo office and Prevailing-wage ordinances are ing and equipment installation shows that the claim against Atlas putes from an Oakland County of- formerly its governmental law prac- local government rules modeled in company serving the energy and totaled about $3.9 million, with in- fice, but it’s nearby Wayne County tice leader argued Lansing’s case at part on a 1965 state law requiring heavy process industries, had al- terest, before settlement. The settle- that’s kept him busy in municipal the Michigan Court of Appeals and the state, its school districts and leged theft of trade secrets against ment has been paid. and real estate litigation lately. also submitted briefs to the state public universities to pay the going rival Atlas Industrial Contractors Inc. of “To avoid the cost and time of August represented Wayne Coun- Supreme Court in a 2012 lawsuit by rate of wages and benefits negotiat- Columbus, Ohio, and former Wal- going through an appeal, you do ty in a lawsuit that formally settled Associated Builders and Contractors ed with contractors in the vicinity. bridge employee James Seagram. take a haircut (on the judgment), in January with AECOM Technical Ser- of Michigan. The ruling preserves Lansing’s ordi- Walbridge alleged Seagram, an but not necessarily a giant one,” vices Inc. and Ghafari Associates LLC The high court found in May that nance and others statewide, Bogren estimator, used a Gmail account to Brooks said. of Dearborn over the unfinished municipalities can pass their own said. email himself more than 300 com- Seagram filed for personal bank- county jail. ordinances governing wage rates David Otis of Plunkett Cooney’s pany documents during his last ruptcy late last year. Atlas indicated The deal in the 2013 lawsuit calls on public projects. Associated East Lansing office and the Lansing week of employment at the compa- before trial that forensic experts al- for both companies to proceed with Builders had argued that this went city attorney's office also handled ny in 2012. Some of these he went ready searched its systems and de- concept plans, preliminary inspec- against a 93-year-old legal prece- the Associated Builders case. on to email to his new company ac- leted the transferred Walbridge tions and evaluations on a scaled- dent in the state courts, as well as count after he started as an estima- files. down version of the initial project. another 2009 appellate ruling over a tor for Atlas. “In the old days, if someone tried He also is defending the Wayne security services contract with De- “It wouldn’t have An Atlas executive originally con- this when they left they might have County Airport Authority in a lawsuit troit for Cobo Center. tended the company did not have stuffed documents under their shirt over new bus service pickups which “I thought we were correct on the surprised me if any Walbridge trade secrets, and or pants, but now it’s all electronic,” began April 4. Advocates for the dis- law and that the changes in the Seagram had denied wrongdoing in Brooks said. “It’s not the first time abled claimed the new stops were 1963 constitution had made Len- it had gone the affidavits submitted in court. we’ve run into this, and we often either inaccessible or created segre- nane (the previous Supreme Court other way.” Jurors in early 2015 awarded know where to look.” gated service in violation of the fed- eral Americans with Disabilities Act, but U.S. District Judge Victoria Rob- erts declined to issue a restraining order against the airport in April. “Being able to handle the litiga- tion over handicapped issues and make that service available at the Changing the odds airport was important work for us, since the judge denied the injunc- tion that would have blocked it,” he said. in your favor. August also represents Dearborn in a prospective class-action lawsuit before Wayne County Circuit Judge Brian Sullivan over its method of z Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year calculating water usage from me- ters, and represents the Plymouth Township clerk in a lawsuit where z Over $2 billion recovered the Michigan Court of Appeals found in June that Aug. 2 primary ballots cannot include Rep. Kurt Heise or z Super Lawyers Michigan Top 10 local resident Donald Schnettler, as challengers to township supervisor lawyers for 7 consecutive years Shannon Price. August is serving as assistant at- torney general to represent the Michigan Department of Transporta- tion in any prospective litigation over the planned Gordie Howe In- ternational Bridge development, while the firm’s managing share- holder Mark Zausmer handles land acquisition matters for MDOT in Detroit’s Delray neighborhood. PARTNER SPOTLIGHT August also represented a New E. Powell Miller York real estate investment group that acquired the Riverfront Towers high-rise apartment buildings on the Detroit River for $79.5 million, in a former dispute over a debt transfer leading up to the sale, according to Wayne County Circuit Court records. That lawsuit was settled in mid- June, and New York-based Image now has a majority stake 950 West University Drive | Suite 300 | Rochester | Michigan | 48307 | (248) 841-2200 | www.millerlawpc.com Capital LLC in the apartment towers. CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // JULY 25, 2016 11 SPECIAL REPORT: THE LITIGATORS

How much do Michigan lawyers bill for their services? Here are median rates of billable hours for lawyers across the state. Blue bars represent the 25th percentile to 75th percentile range of billing rates from respondents statewide in 20 business law practices, with the median or 50th percentile number inset in white. Respondent sample sizes ranged from less than 10 to more than 360 by practice area.

$50 $100 $150 $200 $250 $300 $350 $400 $450 $500 Douglas Appellate $275 Alan Greene Partner Donnell Bankruptcy/debtor $223 Dykema Gossett PLLC, Bloomeld Hills Partner, management committee chairman Bankruptcy/creditor $295 Mika Meyers Beckett & Jones PLC, Lawyers aren’t normally seen as Grand Rapids Business planning $260 builders or makers. But hundreds of millions of dollars of local com- Civil litigation $275 mercial and residential develop- An $80 million-plus judgment ment in metro Detroit is underway against Huntington National Bank last because of litigation Alan Greene Environmental law fall for its alleged role in a West $300 handled in recent months. Michigan company’s Ponzi scheme Pulte Group Inc. subisidiary Pulte is under appeal, but still stands as Foreclosure/borrower $210 Land Co. broke ground earlier this one of the year’s largest awards in year on the 338-lot Bald Moun- any Michigan courtroom. Foreclosure/lender $215 tain neighborhood development Attorney Douglas Donnell repre- in Orion Township after Greene sented the trustee in the Chapter 7 represented the developer in a bankruptcy of Teleservices Group Health care law $298 late 2014 lawsuit against the Inc., a vendor company through township for denying a rezoning which President Barton Watson of Insurance law $195 request for the former Bald Moun- Grand Rapids-based Cyberco Hold- tain Golf Course. That case netted a ings Inc. managed a multimil- consent judgment last year in Oak- Intellectual property $333 lion-dollar Ponzi scheme targeting land County Circuit Court. equipment finance lenders. Southfield-based Redico LLC is Cyberco originally was a comput- Landlord/tenant, commercial $250 also planning a $180 million rede- er services company with legitimate velopment of the Village at Bloom- customers, but by 2004 derived “vir- Medical malpractice, plaintiƒ $400 eld, on the site of the half-finished tually all” its revenue through a Bloomeld Park in Pontiac and massive lending fraud scheme, ac- Bloomfield Township. Greene rep- Medical malpractice, defendant $175 cording to court documents. Wat- resented Wells Fargo Bank NA as a son allegedly used Teleservices, an- lender in litigation surrounding other company he controlled, as the Probate, trust administration $250 the former development and purported vendor for Cyberco to handled a deal that transferred obtain financing for equipment Probate, trust litigation $295 redemption rights to the site to purchases that never happened. Pacic Coast Capital Partners LLC “(Watson) was the mastermind. and Redico. He’d call a finance company and Product liability $300 Wells Fargo also transferred ask, ‘Can I get financing to buy com- ownership of two other former de- puters from Teleservices? It’s a Real estate $250 velopments to PCCP and to Coven- company I’ve done business with try, as well as a partnership interest before,’” Donnell said. “And Teleser- in another development in a deal Securities law $400 vices would acknowledge installing valued around $85 million total for the computers, and Cyberco would the lender. acknowledge receiving them.” Tax law $300 Also, he prevailed in February Teleservices would then forward 2015 in a lawsuit over a former lender funds to Cyberco, which Source: State Bar of Michigan 2014 Economics of Practice Law Report Farmer Jack grocery distribution had accounts at Huntington and center, when the 6th U.S. Circuit would pay off earlier lenders or pay Court of Appeals in February 2015 exorbitant salaries to Watson and upheld the state Nonrecourse others. Watson committed suicide Mortgage Loan Act of 2012 as con- shortly after federal agents raided stitutional. Cyberco and seized his assets in The Legislature and Gov. Rick late 2004. Snyder passed that act after Michi- The trustee alleged that Hunting- Kathleen Lang gan courts sided against David ton received tens of millions in de- Schostak of Livonia-based posits after its employees had suspi- Member Schostak Bros. & Co. on a different cions about Watson and Cyberco, Dickinson Wright PLLC, Detroit nonrecourse loan. and the trustee was entitled to re- “That new ruling ended all the cover “avoidable” transfers in the potential for litigation,” Greene scheme. More than a year has passed building Enbridge leased to house Lang was also lead counsel for said. Huntington has contended pre- since Enbridge Energy Partners LP cleanup and treatment of animals Alberta-based Enbridge Inc. in a “If they had ruled otherwise, viously in court that it only kept and other affiliate companies en- after the July 2010 oil spill. class-action lawsuit by owners and there would have been tons of law- about $16.9 million worth of loan tered a $75 million settlement deal Last month, the Michigan Court occupants of land along a river suits worth hundreds of millions, repayments during the Cyberco with the state for cleanup and res- of Appeals also sided with Enbridge who settled for more than $6 mil- just based on the size of the CMBS scheme, and it would be an exorbi- toration costs stemming from a in a lawsuit by a fired contractor lion in late 2014. (commercial mortgage-backed se- tant punishment to pay the sum of West Michigan oil spill, but Kath- employee that alleged interfer- In other matters, Lang has rep- curities) market in Michigan.” all deposits to Cyberco’s account, “to leen Lang has kept busy cleaning ence with a business relationship resented Lorillard Tobacco Co. in var- pay that from which it never bene- up other residual legal action for and infliction of emotional dis- ious trademark infringement liti- “That new fited, or had the legal right to benefit the company in Michigan. tress; the Michigan Supreme Court gation actions against retailers ruling from.” Lang is lead counsel in various also agreed in March to hear En- found selling counterfeit Newport U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney lawsuits involving Enbridge, which bridge's appeal in a third case in cigarettes in Michigan, New York ended all the last fall ordered Huntington to pay convinced Calhoun County Circuit which a neighboring resident al- state and elsewhere. Lorillard be- potential for $71.8 million plus interest on some Judge Sarah Lincoln last November leges that oil fume exposure came a wholly owned subsidiary of transfers received from Teleser- there was no cause for action in a caused excessive vomiting and North Carolina-based Reynolds litigation.” vices. lawsuit by the owner of a Marshall later surgery. American Inc. in June 2015. Alan Greene 12 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // JULY 25, 2016

SPECIAL REPORT: THE LITIGATORS

Len Nieho E. Powell Miller Of counsel, appellate advocacy practice leader President Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, Ann Arbor The Miller Law Firm PC, Rochester

It’s not often that one attorney is the state typically allowed only for E. Powell Miller makes a fairly pe- his stock options after Karmanos able to argue for millions in addi- energy plants. rennial appearance in tallies of top made public statements criticizing tional property use tax exemptions “It’s very clear how the process verdicts and court settlements in the management’s handling of a for DTE Energy Co., and to keep fire- works for most normal manufactur- the region, but recently his firm has takeover bid at the time by Elliott arms away from University of Michi- ing — you have a plant where mate- gained visibility representing for- Management Corp. of New York. gan students, in the same year. rials go in and a finished good mer Compuware Corp. Chairman Miller’s firm is also handling Kar- Len Niehoff, appellate advocacy comes out the other end. There’s an and CEO Peter Karmanos Jr. in vari- manos’ separate 2015 lawsuit against practice group leader at Honigman exemption if the property manufac- ous matters. Compuware and Thoma Bravo LLC, Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP and tures a good. But electricity works Miller represented Karmanos in alleging fraud in the Chicago private Georey Fieger professor from practice at the UM differently,” Niehoff said. arbitration with Compuware, in equity firm’s $2.4 billion acquisition, Law School, awaits an oral argu- “Treasury’s position was once it which arbitrator Gene Esshaki ruled as well as defending Karmanos in a and ment date before the Michigan Court leaves the plant it’s a finished good. in early 2015 that the Detroit compa- May lawsuit by his three sons, alleg- of Appeals after convincing Court of But DTE’s position is that there’s ny Karmanos co-founded in 1973 ing he’s in default and owes more Ven Johnson Claims Judge Cynthia Stephens last much more to it.” owed him $16.5 million for his claim than $105.6 million on a 2013 loan Fieger, Fieger, Kenney & Harrington PC, November that UM was exempt The Supreme Court sided 4-3 the company terminated him with- through a stock partnership. Southeld from state laws that ban local gov- with DTE in the $13 million dispute out cause and canceled his stock op- The defense is seeking to dismiss ernments from making weapon re- and found other parts of its grid are tions. Compuware has taken that that case, which awaits an Aug. 24 Johnson Law PLC, Detroit strictions. involved in the larger industrial pro- case to the Michigan Court of Appeals. conference before Oakland County Ann Arbor resident Joshua Wade cess of making electricity suitable “While you take some pride in Circuit Judge Wendy Potts. High-profile plaintiff attorneys filed a lawsuit last year against the for consumer use. The case then re- reaching a good settlement, it often Miller was also co-counsel for a Geoffrey Fieger and Ven Johnson university over a 2001 policy that turned to a lower court for clarifica- takes something more to deliver the class of more than 20,000 registered haven’t shared a law firm letterhead generally bars anyone but law en- tion on how much use was exempt goods in a trial setting, and to con- nurses who provided direct patient for five years. But together, they still forcement or military personnel or non-exempt. vince the fact finder of your case,” care in acute-care hospitals from led the field with two of Michigan’s from possessing a firearm on UM Miller said. “Which was good to do, late 2002 to late 2006. The nurse largest jury verdicts of 2015, both in property. because I think the world of Pete class settled with Detroit Medical Wayne County. The Michigan Supreme Court also “DTE’s position Karmanos, and every penny that he Center in September for $42 million, Johnson, of Johnson Law PLC, last found last July that Detroit-based is that there’s got he deserved.” weeks before beginning a trial on al- June obtained the highest personal DTE could claim a property use tax Karmanos alleged Compuware legations the hospitals had con- injury verdict in Wayne County for exemption on various transformer much more to it.” terminated his consultant contract spired to keep wages in the region about $22.6 million, of which $15.6 and substation sites in its grid that without cause in 2013 and canceled artificially low. million was entered as a judgment against Reliable Transportation Spe- cialists Inc., one of Reliable's drivers and Container Port Group Inc. Driver Burt Holt was inspecting his trailer at Container Port in De- troit when another driver working for Reliable Transportation struck him in 2011, allegedly causing ankle and leg injuries that permanently disabled Holt and cost him his trucking business. Johnson also concluded a term as president of the Michigan Associa- tion for Justice last year and be- comes chairman of the State Bar of Michigan negligence committee, which handles legislative and legal issues, starting Aug. 1. Fieger, of Southfield-based Fieger, Fieger, Kenney & Harrington PC, won an award last May for about $21 mil- lion against Oakwood Healthcare Inc. for performing the wrong surgery on a patient. Bimla Nayyar, 81, of Belleville died about two months after doc- tors at Oakwood (now Beaumont Hospital — Dearborn), performed a brain surgery in 2012 when she was seeking treatment for a joint dys- function in her jaw. Hospital staff had placed Nayyar’s name on an- other patient’s medical scan re- cords. The family won $300,000 in dam- ages for expenses, $13 million for pain and suffering, $4.5 million for the family’s past loss, and $2.2 mil- lion for future losses, plus interest and legal fees. The hospital has appealed and obtained a judgment scrapping the verdict just last week, and Fieger could not be reached on whether he’ll challenge that decision in court. CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // JULY 25, 2016 13

SPECIAL REPORT: THE LITIGATORS Perrin The state is seeking a dismissal, and owner Ascension Health before Rynders but Shea is asking Judge John Cor- Oakland County Circuit Judge Wen- bett O’Meara to consolidate several dy Potts, alleging loss of severance David Shea pending suits into one proceeding. pay and other benefits in a move to Founding and managing partner Like other local litigators, Shea outsource those specialists. Partner said his practice has recovered sig- About 66 employees lost their Shea Aiello PC, Southeld Varnum LLP, nificantly from the Great Recession. jobs Dec. 31 at St. John Providence Hos- Grand Rapids Shea prevailed in 2015 when the pital and Medical Center in Southfield Michigan Supreme Court let a lower or St. John Providence Park Hospital in The eclectic law practice of David Southfield-based Hantz Group, court ruling stand in favor of Hantz Novi, but a handful returned late in Shea and his Southfield firm drew where he has served on its board of Financial Services, refusing a poten- January and about two dozen re- Some of what Perrin Rynders the spotlight several times in recent directors since 2006. He is also lead tial $20 million class-action claim on turned on a contingent basis with an has done lately might seem to fall months — from successful defense counsel for some Flint residents and behalf of investors who purchased option to sign on full time later. But near the margins of “litigation.” work for Hantz Financial Services Inc. businesses suing the city’s engineer- promissory notes through Hantz more than two dozen did not return, But it’s proven to be worth tens of to representing Flint residents in ing firms, several past emergency from Medical Capital Holdings Inc. and most found jobs elsewhere. millions in potential impact on that city’s ongoing water crisis. managers and the Michigan Depart- He also represents more than 40 Shea declined to estimate dam- health care providers and self-in- Shea is founding partner of Shea ment of Environmental Quality, nurse anesthetists in an April law- ages in the lawsuit, but CRNAs aver- sured businesses in Michigan. Aiello PC and general counsel at among others at U.S. District Court. suit against St. John Providence Inc. age $170,000 per year in salaries. For one thing, Rynders doesn’t technically represent any litigants in Shane Group Inc. et al v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. But he and co-counsel Bryan Wal- ters at Varnum helped convince the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in MARGINS BEING SQUEEZED BY DECREASING REVENUES AND INCREASING COSTS? June to scrap a $30 million class-action settlement deal Blue Cross reached in 2014 with various businesses over its charging agree- ments with hospitals. Some 26 self-insured business- es dubbed the “Varnum Group” in court documents joined a group of objectors who thought the class settlement too small, too secretive and too burdensome. The Status Quo Will No Longer Work “We were allowed to see hardly any records, or data, so we couldn’t really evaluate the settlement on Learn How to Build a Plan B whether it’s fair,” Rynders said. “But our analysis just from infor- mation that’s available to the pub- lic was the settlement is woefully inadequate.” Blue Cross is reviewing the deci- sion and hopes to “bring this mat- ter to resolution once again,” said corporate affairs director Helen Stojic. 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The project likely will be built in Motors Corp. plants in Michigan after phases, with the highway loop sec- the automaker’s 2009 bankruptcy — tion coming fi rst, he added. said the deal could close in the third Project design is scheduled to last quarter of 2017, though it could be at least through the end of the year. sooner depending on how quickly “Certainly, we would want to developers can lock up necessary break ground on our facility con- approvals and fi nancing. RACER struction as soon as possible after Trust has owned the Willow Run the fi nal sale date,” Maddox said. property since 2011. RACER Trust will continue ongo- Assuming that happens as ing environmental cleanup to pre- planned, developers could be ready pare the site for development. RAC- to request construction bids as soon A conceptual rendering of ER received close to $500 million as the deed is in hand, Maddox said. the planned American Center when it was created in federal bank- “RACER is confi dent that the un- for Mobility at Willow Run. ruptcy court for its work on old GM derlying use for the property has a MICHIGAN ECONOMIC plants across the country; its budget very compelling business case, and DEVELOPMENT CORP. for Willow Run is $35.8 million, of we are confi dent that the buyer and which $5 million has been spent, developer team ... are absolutely the according to trust offi cials. The trust right team to get it done,” said Bruce cutting edge in this new technolo- connected and autonomous vehi- and daylight conditions. also worked to identify the location Rasher, RACER’s redevelopment gy,” Rasher said. “It’s important not cles to test their cars at freeway Mannik & Smith landed a con- of utilities, some of which date back manager. just for the township of Ypsilanti speeds; a grid simulating urban tract worth up to $150,000 to work decades and had not been properly Willow Run Arsenal of Democracy and Wayne and Washtenaw coun- streets, with intersections, buildings on the project, company executives documented, Rasher said. Landholdings is a limited partner- ties, but all of Southeastern Michi- and pedestrian crossings; and said. Maddox said his team is in Investment banking fi rm Stout ship created in March to handle the gan, because the world’s largest buildings where the site’s operations talks with two other fi rms that spe- Risius Ross Inc., which has a South- property acquisition. Its owners in- concentration of automotive R&D will be based, Maddox said. cialize in intelligent transportation fi eld offi ce, was hired to appraise clude Willow Run Land Management and engineering resides here.” Ideally, he added, the center also system design and project manage- the property and determined the Services, a nonprofi t corporation reg- In the meantime, developers say could provide a place for automo- ment, though he declined to name $1.2 million fi gure that became the istered with the state, and the Michi- they can move forward with design- tive experts to focus on drafting vol- them because they are not yet un- purchase price, Rasher said. gan Strategic Fund, which bought an ing the site now that they have a for- untary standards for the industry — der contract. The ultimate scale of the project equity stake as part of its $3 million mal purchase agreement with the separate from the rules expected to Mannik & Smith is working with is unclear. The American Center for funding award in the spring. state and RACER Trust. They have come from federal regulators — and the American Center for Mobility Mobility has been described as a Once it owns the property, the hired a Detroit-based civil engineer- test their ideas on-site. and the Michigan Department of 335-acre site, yet the RACER Trust landholding entity will lease the site ing consulting fi rm with mobility Maddox said the purchase agree- Transportation on both site design property to be sold is 311 acres. to the American Center for Mobility, chops: The Mannik & Smith Group Inc. ment will allow his team more direct and to address right-of-way issues RACER administrators and Maddox which is a separate nonprofi t corpo- also helped design the 32-acre Mcity and frequent access to the site to near the intersection of U.S. 12 and couldn’t explain the discrepancy. ration. test bed at the University of Michigan. speed up land surveys, which will be Wiard Road in order to build the Maddox said developers “fully in- “We are ecstatic about this devel- The American Center for Mobili- used for site design and to create highway loop portion of the project, tend” a 335-acre footprint. opment because the American Cen- ty as proposed will include a 2.5- 3-D computer models that will sim- said Sean Kelley, a senior vice presi- Lindsay VanHulle: (517) 657-2204 ter for Mobility will give Michigan a mile highway loop for developers of ulate the facility in different weather dent and principal with the fi rm. 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November ballot. ing projects along I-75 south of Mack mer Michigan State Fairgrounds site, It would require that tier-one Avenue. It would also include a pair adjacent to the Gateway Marketplace dozen condominiums and small of- A hybrid plan fice and restaurant space. “When projects of $15 million or more that of properties in Eastern Market. site, as well as a large-scale multifam- you have a community involvement receive $300,000 or more in things Councilmember Scott Benson, “The city, for a long time, but ily mixed-used development in that can direct the size, the uses and like tax abatements or incentives who introduced what he called a hy- even more specifically recently, has Brush Park on 8.4 acres of land with the shape — one, you create even enter into a legally binding com- brid CBA ordinance, said he is con- been very effective in negotiating more than 300 apartment units. more red tape and delays. Timing is munity benefits agreement with a cerned about the effect of a compar- community benefits agreements on “It does nothing for the future everything on these projects.” group of “representative residents, atively small threshhold for most, if not all, of the projects that growth and development of the city, “Two, you always build for value. businesses and nonprofit organi- requiring CBAs. involve city resources,” said Eric and it takes the responsibility of When you have people that don't zations” within the “host commu- His proposal, which the council Larson, CEO of the Downtown De- governance away from the elected really know what they are talking nity.” Those agreements would Friday morning voted to send to the troit Partnership and Bloomfield officials and moves it to a group of about or how real estate works, they spell out what specifically the de- election commission to place on the Hills-based Larson Realty Group, community people who are more can curtail the whole project. I think veloper would provide to the com- November ballot, would require which is part of the planned rede- than likely well-intended but, in my what will happen is you will start munity in community benefits agreements for velopment on the site of the former estimation, unable to separate their seeing developers not pulling out of which the de- developments $75 million or more Tigers Stadium. personal feelings or their lack of the city, but slowing down.” velopment is and receiving $1 million or more in “The idea that we need an ordi- knowledge about a particular devel- Rashida Tlaib, a former state law- located. public incentives or on property nance to accomplish this objective is opment to make the right kinds of maker who is advocating for a com- Those could with a cumulative market value of a bit misguided only because we re- decisions,” he said. munity benefits ordinance with ti- be things like $1 million or more that was sold or ally have been as a community very “Don’t tie a rope around the neck er-one projects starting at education and transfered to a developer. effective at getting these community of developers and funders and $15 million, says there needs to be land use pro- “I'm an urban planner by trade,” benefits agreements negotiated.” banks so they are unable to make grams, local he said. “I've done commercial and the kinds of improvements the city rules ensuring that regular, every- Most votes wins day Detroiters see the benefits of small business residential development for 16 years. is so desperately in need of,” he said. what has been an increased level of Rashida Tlaib: and resident in- I've got a great concern about the Marvin Beatty, who was one of Brad Williams, vice president of economic investment in the city. Wants rules to clusion and par- chilling effect that the Sugar Law ver- the investors in the $72 million Gate- government relations for the Detroit The Detroit City Council has flexi- level playing eld ticipation in the sion would have on future deals, and way Marketplace project at Eight Regional Chamber, wrote in a letter to bility to exempt projects from com- for CBAs. project. Envi- trying to attract businesses to Detroit. Mile Road and Woodward Avenue Jones last week that the chamber fa- munity benefits agreement require- ronmental pro- We need to come up with something that brought Detroit its first Meijer vors Benson's proposal because it ments, Tlaib said. tections and others are also consid- that everyone can get around.” Inc. store, said the Rise Detroit To- "creates greater certainty and ac- Specific projects around the ered community benefits. His proposal had exempted proj- gether proposal took decision mak- countability mechanisms, allows country — such as the Staples Cen- Tlaib, who is now community ects costing $75 million or more in ing and authority out of the hands of the participation of city government ter in Los Angeles, the Pittsburgh partnerships and development di- downtown from a community bene- elected officials and placed it in and protects small investors most Penguins' Consol Energy Center and rector for the Detroit-based Sugar fits agreement requirement. That those of residents who were unac- sensitive to barriers." the Ballpark Village project in San Di- Law Center, said Rise Together De- provision has been stripped from the countable to the public. If both proposals end up on the ego — have incorporated CBAs. troit came to its $15 million figure by proposed ordinance. Tlaib said the City Council must November ballot, the one that gets But if one of the proposed ordi- averaging costs of Detroit Economic Amin Irving, president and CEO approve a community benefits the most votes wins, Benson said. nances is enacted, Detroit would be Growth Corp. projects over the past of Ginosko Development Co., said he agreement before it goes into effect. If neither proposal gets at least 50 the first in the country to have one. two decades. favors the Benson proposal because “The city signs the CBA, too,” she percent of the vote, both fail, said “The $15 million didn't fall from it “gives the local community resi- said. “The accusations are mislead- Mark Brewer, a former Michigan Two proposals the sky,” she said. “It came from an dents a powerful voice in the devel- ing and intentionally paint the CBA Democratic Party chairman who is There are two proposals at play. average ... they are not trying to opment process of their communi- process (as laid out in the Rise To- an attorney with Southfield-based The first one, slated to be put on force anybody to do something un- ty” and “ensures the overall strategic gether Detroit version) as circum- Goodman Acker PC advising Rise To- the Nov. 8 general election ballot by reasonable.” objectives of the city, owners, resi- venting the process, when it’s the gether Detroit on the ballot proposal. the Detroit Election Commission, was Tlaib also said the City Council can dents and capital investment.” opposite.” When 60 percent of De- Kirk Pinho: (313) 446-0412 organized by Rise Together Detroit, a waive CBA requirements. 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Downtown Utica, which runs its burgers, beer and outdoor patio. “I think (on) Friday and Saturday effect the stadium could have on UTICA about a quarter mile along Auburn “Being a family-oriented restau- nights, my regulars might be a little drawing new businesses into the FROM PAGE 3 Road, is comprised of six bars and rant and bar, the ballpark was per- afraid to come down here because community. restaurants, barbershops, a wom- fect for us,” Mayernik said. “Many they heard of (the parking issues),” “The ripple from the stadium is “Four years ago (when we visited an’s hair salon, resale shops, a tattoo families go (to the baseball games), Sattmann said. “I still want my regu- not going to be an overnight sensa- the site in Utica, we saw that it) was parlor, an Argentine tango dance and our crowd is the same.” lars too, because when the ballpark tion,” Sowerby said. “It’s developing right on the river, right on M-59 and studio and various offices, among He said that since the stadium closes for the summer, I need my as we speak.” it had this cool downtown vibe to it other businesses. The city’s down- opened he’s hired three employees, regulars to come back and join me He said Utica is a “tight, solid as well.” town is flanked by USA Tire, which doubled his business on Sundays on the weekends. But I think it’s community” with a mix of older re- Appleby spent two years building sells new and used tires but looks and has seen a 10 percent increase growing pains like anything else.” tail developments with a bump in the stadium, and since it opened in almost like an antique shop or mu- in gross revenue. The DDA and Appleby together newer retail developments. The sta- May to house his new United Shore seum, and Hogs Hollow Smokehouse, Mayernik, who’s also chairman of built a 850-car parking lot adjacent dium buzz is new, but he said Ma- Professional Baseball League, down- a barbecue restaurant named after Utica’s downtown development au- to the stadium, but with games comb County as a whole has town Utica now has a spotlight on it, the city (Utica was once called Hogs thority, said he’s heard and experi- bringing in up to 4,000 people at “rounded the corner real es- with people driving from all over the Hollow because of its slaughter- enced nothing but positive things times, there are not enough spots tate-wise.” region to spend an evening at the house), with very few vacancies in with the new stadium. for everyone. Appleby is working to Despite some uncertainty sur- ballpark. But the question remains: between. John Sattmann, owner of Hogs correct this problem by having his rounding parking, Appleby has How will Utica handle more traffic Within the past six months, about Hollow Smokehouse and vice chair- employees park outside the city and plans to add teams to his three- downtown? five business have either opened or man of the city’s DDA, agrees. shuttling them in for games to free team developmental league at the Utica is a mere 2-square-mile expanded in Utica, and the Clinton Sattmann has been trying for the up parking spaces. stadium and complete a second bedroom community between Ster- River Hike and Bike trail was com- past six years he’s been on the DDA Sattmann said that as the city and phase to the project, a retail and ling Heights and Shelby Township in pleted in that time as well, Noonan to organize large events, such as the Appleby work to solve the parking condo development across the Macomb County. “It’s a very small said. Zombie Fest and Oktoberfest, to issue, he hopes new visitors to the Clinton River on 1.4 acres. Appleby town tucked in among giant sub- She said businesses have come bring people to downtown Utica city and regulars will both come to said that phase could begin within urbs,” said Utica Mayor Jacqueline and gone in her time as mayor for and get them walking through the town on weekend nights. the next six months. Noonan. nearly 30 years, but the occupancy city. So when Appleby and the city Ultimately, though, he believes Noonan also expects Utica’s mo- The city will celebrate its 200th rate has remained high. began talks on the stadium, Satt- the stadium will attract businesses mentum to continue, as the city’s anniversary of white settlement One of those longtime businesses mann pushed for the ballpark, and and people to the city. bars and restaurants have always next year. In 1904 and 1905, fires de- is the Shamrock Irish Pub, which the DDA leased the 15.7-acre proj- “With the new ballpark, hopeful- been popular, and the completed stroyed many of the buildings opened in 1935. Joe Mayernik, the ect site to Appleby for $1 a year for ly new businesses are going to come riverfront will now draw in more downtown, but the brick buildings owner of the restaurant for 35 years, 30 years with two 10-year options. and stay because the economy is bikers and runners. survived and are still standing. Most said he’s seen “mammoth changes” He’s seen increased revenue at flourishing,” Sattmann said. “We want to continue to be a vi- of the buildings that comprise in Utica since he came to the city in Hogs Hollow Smokehouse on the Joe Sowerby, a partner at the Mt. brant and exciting place to be,” she downtown were built after the fires, the early 1980s. weekdays, although his Friday and Clemens-based real estate firm An- said. and the city maintains that historic, He said the arrival of the ballpark Saturday nights have remained ton, Sowerby & Associates, said it’s Adrienne Roberts: (313) 446-1612 small-town feel. has helped his restaurant, known for about the same. hard to predict at this point what Twitter: @AdrRoberts CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // JULY 25, 2016 17 turn email requests and phone calls approval by the MPSC. Michigan if MISO determines there is the past three weeks seeking com- But Mengebier also denied Con- a shortfall in capacity,” he said. “Wol- FROMENERGY PAGE 1 ment. sumers has a “plan to open (CMS verine is different from the others be- The Wolverine AES, an affiliate of ERM MI) to retail customers” like the cause they are investing and building www.crainsdetroit.com to lower-cost, competitively priced the parent Wolverine Power Coopera- other alternative-energy companies. in the state. The other AES purchase Editor-in-Chief Keith E. Crain electricity. tive, has 29 choice customers and Bob Strong, general counsel with excess capacity” through MISO. Group Publisher Mary Kramer, (313) 446-0399 An earlier version of the bill was ap- generates more than 159 megawatts the Association of Businesses Advo- Mengebier acknowledged that or [email protected] proved 6-1 by the Senate energy and in Michigan. Wolverine is owned by cating Tari‘ Equity, which represents some AES parent companies like Editor Jennette Smith, (313) 446-1622 or [email protected] technology committee, with Sen. five distribution cooperatives and major employers in Michigan, said Constellation and FirstEnergy pro- Director, Digital Strategy, Audience Development Mike Shirkey, R-Jackson, being the two alternative-energy companies, Wolverine and CMS ERM could qual- duce electricity. “The difference is Nancy Hanus, (313) 446-1621 or [email protected] lone vote against. including Spartan Renewable Energy. ify under current business practices where they are located. Do these al- Managing Editor Michael Lee, (313) 446-1630 or [email protected] Since that approval May 31, Nofs The other alternative-energy to be the only surviving AES compa- ternative suppliers have assets in Managing Editor/Custom and Special Projects Daniel has altered the bill twice to gain sup- companies, including Constellation nies in Michigan. Michigan just like many other energy Duggan, (313) 446-0414 or [email protected] port. Sources told Crain’s the latest AES and First Energy Solutions, pur- Strong said Wolverine and CMS providers?,” he said. Assistant Managing Editor Kristin Bull, (313) 446-1608 or [email protected] version is undergoing another revi- chase most of their electricity for ERM would qualify because they are Teresa Ringenbach, Direct Energy News Editor Beth Reeber Valone, (313) 446-5875 sion. The Legislature is on recess until their choice through the regional based in Michigan and produce elec- Business LLC’s senior manager of or [email protected] September aside from one day sched- wholesale energy market that in- tricity here. Midwest government and regulatory Senior Editor Gary Piatek, (313) 446-0357 or [email protected] uled for August. cludes Michigan — the Midconti- “The issue is that for the last 18 affairs based in Columbus, Ohio, said Research and Data Editor Sonya Hill, (313) 446-0402 or While Nofs declined an interview nent Independent System Operator months there have been proposals Nofs’ bill changes the level playing [email protected] request, spokesman Greg Moore re- — although their parent companies floated in the House and Senate that field alternative-energy companies Newsroom (313) 446-0329, FAX (313) 446-1687, leased the following statement: “We produce electricity in Michigan and would dramatically change the land- have today with the utilities. TIP LINE (313) 446-6766 REPORTERS are in the process of re-working sever- other states for other customers. scape for AES in Michigan,” Strong “We buy reserve margin in the Marti Benedetti General assignment. (313) 446-0416 or al items (including the electricity For example, Constellation has said. “At this point no one knows how market,” Ringenbach said. “We buy [email protected] choice section) and therefore don’t 2,900 choice customers in Michigan those issues will be resolved.” what our customers need plus an ex- Jay Greene, senior reporter Covers health care, insurance, energy, utilities and the environment. want dated information being put out who receive 872 megawatts of elec- Strong said SB 437’s new rules tra amount for a 10-year peak as de- (313) 446-0325 or [email protected] for discussion. It would also be pre- tricity, the MPSC said in a 2015 report. would “be so stringent that over the termined by (the MISO wholesale Chad Halcom Covers litigation, the defense industry, mature to get into specifics before Constellation is owned by Exelon next couple years it will drive almost market). The utilities do it too.” education, Macomb and Oakland counties. (313) 446-6796 or [email protected] we’ve had a chance to fully brief Corp., one of the nation’s largest utili- everybody out of business that wants Direct Energy, a Lansing-based Tom Henderson Covers banking, šnance, technology and members and stakeholders.” ties with 23 nuclear plants and the to be an AES.” AES, has 1,552 customers and pro- biotechnology. (313) 446-0337 or In previous interviews, Nofs has ar- 12th-largest wind producer. Exelon Several AES executives said that to vides 280 megawatts of power to [email protected] Kirk Pinho Covers real estate, city of Detroit. (313) gued that SB 437 does not kill the cus- also produces 400 megawatts of wind continue serving customers in the choice customers in Michigan. Direct 446-0412 or [email protected] tomer choice program, which was power in Michigan and is adding an- choice market, Nofs’ bill would re- Energy is a subsidiary of Windsor, Adrienne Roberts General assignment. (313) 446-1612 approved as part of a comprehensive other 150 MW in Sanilac County this quire alternative-energy companies U.K.-based Centrica PLC, which pro- Bill Shea, enterprise editor Covers media, advertising and marketing, the business of sports, and transportation. 2008 energy package. year under power purchase agree- or their parent companies to build duces power in the UK but only pur- (313) 446-1626 or [email protected] “Nofs is correct that his bill doesn’t ments with businesses. Like several more power plants in Michigan for chases wholesale electricity in the Lindsay VanHulle, Lansing reporter. (517) 657-2204 kill choice. Wink wink. He is right. It other power suppliers, Exelon also their choice customers or contract U.S. with 5 million customers. or [email protected] Dustin Walsh, senior reporter Covers the business of law, doesn’t kill the 10 percent, it only kills produces power for its AES affiliates. with DTE Energy Co. or Consumers Ringenbach told Nofs in a recent auto suppliers, manufacturing and steel. the 10 percent for non-Michigan utili- FirstEnergy Solutions has 310 cus- Energy, which have excess capacity. hearing that one of the chief prob- (313) 446-6042 or [email protected] ty AES (alternative-energy suppliers),” tomers and contracts for 248 mega- However, building new generation lems with the bill is that it would re- Sherri Welch, senior reporter Covers nonprošts, services, food, retail and hospitality. (313) 446-1694 or swelch@ said an energy expert with ties to al- watts of power. FirstEnergy is an affili- to comply with the proposed law for quire alternative-energy companies crain.com ternative-energy suppliers who spoke ate of Akron, Ohio-based FirstEnergy relatively small numbers of custom- to produce or purchase electricity ADVERTISING to Crain's on condition of anonymity. Corp., an investor-owned utility. ers would increase capital costs and only with Michigan-based power Sales Inquiries (313) 446-6032; FAX (313) 393-0997 “Wolverine and CMS do fine. They Dave Mengebier, Consumers’ se- boost prices beyond what they are generators. Advertising Director Matthew Langan Senior Account Manager Katie Sullivan want to be able to grow the choice nior vice president of governmental currently charging choice customers “It doesn’t force DTE or Consumers Advertising Sales Christine Galasso, Gerry Golinske, Diane load. They don’t care if Constellation and public affairs, confirmed that and most likely higher than what the to sell. If they don’t sell (to alterna- Owen, Sarah Stachowicz (or other alternative-energy compa- CMS ERM MI is a subsidiary of CMS DTE and Consumers currently charge tive-energy companies), they could ClassiŠed Sales Manager Angela Schutte, (313) 446-6051 nies) goes out of business” in Michi- Energy and is a licensed alterna- retail customers, AES executives said. collapse the market,” Ringenbach ClassiŠed Sales Lynn Calcaterra, (313) 446-6086 gan. tive-energy company. However, he Said the energy expert: “If Constel- said. “The solution is to go to the Marketing and Event Director Kim Winkler While Consumers’ AES serves only said CMS ERM does not have any lation or AEP wants to compete in MPSC and be forced to go through a Events Manager Kacey Anderson two companies with 35 megawatts of current retail choice customers. Michigan, they would have to con- long case. ... (Our) customers would Senior Art Director Sylvia Kolaski Marketing Manager Marilyn Banes power, the energy expert told Crain’s “At one time CMS ERM had retail tract with DTE or Consumers. Utilities lose their spot in line and be forced to Special Projects Coordinator Keenan Covington that Consumers and Wolverine could customers, but we got out of that could then increase rates to AES, and the end of the line (11,000 customers Sales Support Suzanne Janik add choice customers that would be business in the 1990s,” said Menge- suddenly prices charged to choice waiting to enter the choice program).” Production Manager Wendy Kobylarz Production Supervisor Andrew Spanos left stranded if the other companies bier, adding that the lone customer, customers are not competitive.” Steven Transeth, president of CUSTOMER SERVICE close in Michigan in 2018 because of Double Eagle Steel Coating Co. in Mengebier disagreed. He said Nofs’ Transeth & Associates PLLC, a Lan- Main Number: Call (877) 824-9374 the proposed rules. Dearborn, was on a long-term con- legislation simply would place more sing-based energy consulting firm, or [email protected] Subscriptions $59 one year, $98 two years. Out of state, Several energy experts told Crain’s tract from the 1990s that ended last generation responsibility on alterna- said Nofs’ bill simply requires utilities, $79 one year, $138 for two years. Outside U.S.A., add $48 that Wolverine and CMS ERM MI al- year when the plant closed. tive-energy companies doing busi- cooperatives and alternative-energy per year to out-of-state rate for surface mail. Call (313) ready meet Nofs’ proposed 90 percent Mengebier confirmed that CMS ness in Michigan to ensure sufficient companies to demonstrate they have 446-0450 or (877) 824-9374. Single Copies (877) 824-9374 demand guideline because they or ERM has two remaining customers, electric capacity and reliability for ev- enough capacity to serve their cus- Reprints (212) 210-0750; or Krista Bora at their parent companies produce elec- Dearborn Industrial Generation and eryone in the state. tomers. [email protected] tricity in Michigan and have sufficient AK Steel with 35 megawatts, but those But the energy expert told Crain’s “The bill impacts (alternative-en- To Šnd a date a story was published (313) 446-0406 or e-mail [email protected] capacity to meet daily peak demand customers do not participate in the that Nofs’ bill is plainly designed to kill ergy companies),” said Transeth, a Crain’s Detroit Business is published by for their customers. choice market. DIG and AK Steel are choice for the vast majority of alterna- former MPSC commissioner who tes- Crain Communications Inc. Wolverine Power marketing coop- wholesale customers serviced tive-energy companies and leave the tified recently on Nofs’ bill. “If you Chairman Keith E. Crain erative CEO Kim Molitor did not re- through CMS ERM through special 10 percent choice customers with provide electricity in this state, you President Rance Crain Treasurer Mary Kay Crain only two currently licensed alterna- must demonstrate you have suffi- Executive Vice President/Operations tive-energy companies to choose cient capacity to service your custom- William A. Morrow from, one being a major utility. ers in Michigan. 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[email protected] co-founder of the Borders bookstores; and Cynthia land County is a great place to do He also said expansion into down- It was the mid-1990s and Bill Martin, the promi- Wilbanks, now vice president for government rela- business,” he said. “This signals town Detroit might also make sense, nent Ann Arbor real estate developer and founder of tions at the University of Michigan.The bank, which their growth intentions.” given the fast-growing tech commu- First Martin Corp., was fed up at seeing local commu- was capitalized with $6 million, opened its head- Level One launched in October nity there and the Bank of Ann Arbor’s nity banks getting bought by national and large re- quarters on Jan. 16, 1996, at 125 S. Fifth Ave. in a 2007. Fehring said Marshall was a technology industry group, which fi- gional banks. former Comerica Bank branch. It had 15 mentor of his as he prepared to nances tech and venture capital com- “I got so frustrated as they got gobbled up employees. open his own community bank. panies. that I decided, ‘This community is big Today, it has about 185 employees, seven “I wanted to network with him,” “Longer term, everything is on the enough and smart enough and wealthy branches and about $1.2 billion in assets. Fehring said. “The Bank of Ann Ar- table for evaluation;’ but for now, the enough to start a community bank.’ So I “I had no idea how successful we’d be. A lot bor had been very successful, and I focus will be on this transaction and started one,” Martin told Crain’s after it was of credit goes to Tim Marshall and the team wanted advice. He was very free minimizing the impact on any exist- announced last week that the bank he start- he has put together,” said Martin, referring to with his time and sharing the se- ing customers of the Bank of Birming- ed, the Bank of Ann Arbor, had agreed to buy the bank’s president and CEO. crets of his success.” ham,” Marshall said. the Bank of Birmingham. Martin has been chairman of the bank’s Over the years, the two banks Marshall said the impact on Bank “My wife (Sally) did the business plan, board since its founding. “The end game was have shared participation in larger of Birmingham customers and em- and I got the forms we needed in Lansing. I Bill Martin: Bank never to grow the business and get acquired,” commercial loans. ployees will be minimized to a great told her, every place you see a dollar sign, founder says he he said. “It was to have a bank that served the Level One is familiar with growth degree because both banks and their leave it blank. We’ll fill it in later. The people “had no idea how community.” through acquiring community online and mobile platforms are pow- in Lansing looked down their nose at me: successful we’d As for the Bank of Birmingham acquisi- banks in Oakland County. During ered by the same technology back- ‘What does this guy know about banking?’ be.” tion, Martin said: “It’s a natural fit. We look at the recession, it bought the assets of bone, provided by Brookfield, Wis.- “I picked up the phone and called my Birmingham as the other end of the dumb- Farmington Hills-based Paramount based Fiserv Inc. buddies and asked them to throw some money in the bell that will be our service area.” Bank and Farmington Hills-based “Downtown Detroit is certainly on pot, and they did,” he said. Having grown, is the Bank of Ann Arbor considering Michigan Heritage Bank when they the table and open for future discus- Those friends who invested included Robert a possible IPO to cash out its investors? were shut by regulators, then later sions and evaluation,” he said. “We Teeter, for many years the leading pollster for the “I don’t think so. We’ve never talked about it,” said bought Novi-based Lotus Bank and have clearly understood the dynam- Republican Party and its national candidates Martin. “If we ever need to raise money for some rea- Farmington Hills-based Bank of ics of downtown Detroit, especially as through his company, Market Opinion Research; Peter son, we wouldn’t need to do a public offering, we’d just Michigan. Level One now has almost it relates to technology, life sciences Fletcher, an Ypsilanti businessman and activist in raise it from our current shareholders.” $1.1 billion in assets. and startups. We see what’s going on, More than a year ago, Level One but at this point, we haven’t made any became a competitor in Ann Arbor decisions for what makes sense for and 401(k) services, makes bridge cial loans and $800 million in total partner with more service offerings, when it opened a loan office on the technology industry group.” loans to companies getting other fi- loans. Assets hit $1.2 billion and were while at the same time returning State Street downtown. Rob Farr, president of the Bank of nancing and provides lines of credit to up $452 million, or 58 percent, in four capital and profits to investors. Will Level One be doing further Birmingham, will remain president of venture capital firms. years. “The Bank of Ann Arbor was the expansion in Ann Arbor with full- Oakland County operations after the From the start, the group looked The Bank of Ann Arbor was ad- best choice,” said Christians. “It’s at scale branches? “We have no plans deal closes. He said the acquisition beyond Ann Arbor, and Josh Linkner vised on the Birmingham deal by the leading edge in technology, beyond what we already have,” Feh- would provide his customers a wider was one of its first customers when he New York investment banking firm which makes sense given its base in ring said. range of lending and wealth-manage- was with ePrize. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. and law Ann Arbor, with its venture capital Jack Shubitowski, president and ment services and the county’s grow- The group has also provided ac- firm Varnum LLP. Birmingham and entrepreneurship. And that will CEO of Milford-based Huron Valley ing tech community access to the cess to capital to several tech com- Bloomfield was advised by Grosse filter down to Birmingham now.” State Bank, which was launched in Bank of Ann Arbor’s tech group. panies being incubated at Detroit's Pointe investment banking firm of 2005, saw the deal as a good-news, Praise from competitors The Bank of Ann Arbor for 14 years TechTown. Donnelly Penman & Partners and law bad-news situation. has had a tech group, headed by Mi- The acquisition will give the Bank firm Warner Norcross & Judd LLP. Marshall’s newest competitors — As a community banker in a state chael Cole, who had been head of the of Ann Arbor about $2.5 billion in as- Andrew Christians, a managing Oakland County bankers — praised that has seen the loss of dozens of technology group in Los Angeles for sets and assets under management, director at Donnelly Penman, said him and his bank after the news community banks in the last de- the Royal Bank of Canada. about 225 employees and eight the deal represented a substantial broke Wednesday. cade, he was saddened to hear that Two of the bank’s 12 directors have branches. return for Birmingham Bloomfield “It’s a great transaction, to be there will be one fewer community a strong technology background — The Bank of Birmingham, founded investors. honest with you,” said Grant Smith, bank in Oakland County. Jan Garfinkle, founder and managing as part of a local boom in community “Unfortunately for the bank, it president and CEO of Clarkston But the good news, he said, was director of Arboretum Ventures, banking just before the recession hit, was started in 2006, which means State Bank. “Tim Marshall is a first- that it was bought by a community which has had several successful ex- has about 40 employees, a single they got thrown into the depths of class guy and a good friend. The bank and not a national or large re- its from tech startups it helped branch on Woodward Avenue, about the recession pretty quickly. It took Bank of Ann Arbor has been a great gional bank scooping up deposits. launch, and Jeffrey Williams, the $274 million in assets and $250 mil- them a lot longer to get going than success, just a really well-run bank, “The Bank of Ann Arbor has al- CEO of two of Garfinkle’s compa- lion in deposits. they’d planned. The stock price was and it makes sense for them to come ways been a strong performer and nies, HandyLab Inc. and Accuri Cy- Last year, the Bank of Ann Arbor at $3 at the bottom of the crisis and into Oakland County.” has a record of supporting its com- tometers Inc., when they were sold. had record net income of $14.2 mil- was at $9 in the last year,” he said. Patrick Fehring, president and munity, but we’ve still lost another Cole’s group does debt financing lion, up from $11.6 million. He said the bank either needed CEO of Farmington Hills-based Lev- community bank.” for companies backed by venture It hit such milestones as $1 billion either to raise more equity capital to el One Bank, said the news came as a Tom Henderson: (313) 446-0337 capital, provides cash management in deposits, $600 million in commer- fund growth or look for a bigger surprise because the Bank of Ann Twitter: @tomhenderson2

AGENCY achieved within six months of taking ent-handler with Horn, 59, in charge dent in 2011 and partner in 2013. He tions students at Wayne State. FROM PAGE 3 over the company. of the administrative and business was named a 2010 Crain’s 20 in their “For a lot of the work that we do, The agency, which focuses on mid- aspects of the agency, such as budget- 20s honoree for his work in bringing it’s important to reflect the diversity a portfolio of about 30 clients, Van sized clients, has added automotive, ing and human resources. She was new clients worth $100,000 in reve- of the community we serve,” Van Dyke said. Among them are the retail and real estate clients in recent promoted in 2013 to vice president of nue, and for launching and manag- Dyke said. Somerset Collection mall, Livo- years. finance and administration. ing the firm’s internship program. Terrence Oprea, president and nia-based Deshler Group, Detroit Fu- “We’re really building up the strong Horn is an Oakland Community A Wayne State PR grad, he has CEO of Detroit-based PR firm MCCI, ture City, the New Detroit coalition, foundation of the previous owners,” College and Wayne County Communi- been involved as an organizer with is a longtime friend and competitor Detroit’s Public Lighting Authority, Van Dyke said. “There’s very little ty College District graduate and had the Marche du Nain Rouge festival of Berg’s. He had praise for the firm and the firm’s original first two cli- change for clients other than the 30 years of finance experience and Detroit Artists Market, Detroit and its original owners. ents, Detroit-based Strategic StaŒ- name. Marilyn and I have a strong un- working for Henderson Financial and Historical Museum, and worked in “Especially when it comes to politi- ing Solutions and the Grand Hotel on derstanding of where we can achieve National City Bank. She also had her communications at the Detroit Insti- cal and urban affairs, they’ve been one Mackinac Island. Van Dyke’s older success for our company and for our own private financial practice for 18 tute of Arts prior to Berg Muirhead. of the handful of go-to agencies,” brother James Van Dyke is a partner clients. We don’t go chasing things years. Van Dyke said the Berg Muirhead Oprea said. “They’ve left quite a mark.” at another client, Detroit-based real that aren’t in our realm of success.” Outside of the agency, which she commitment to the community Oprea also said he’s impressed with estate development and consulting Van Dyke Horn Public Relations joined in 2009, she’s involved with and diversity will continue under Van Dyke as a PR leader. firm The Roxbury Group. has nine employees. the Wayne State University Project the new agency name, and noted “I think he has a reputation as a “When we took over ownership, I The new ownership structure re- One Module, Second Ebenezer Church that Horn is involved with the Michi- very thoughtful, hard-work ethic, wanted to be a million-dollar compa- flects a change in the fact that Berg and The Notary Society. gan Minority Supplier Development next-generation leader,” he said. ny and grow from there,” Peter Van and Muirhead both handled clients, Van Dyke joined Berg Muirhead Council, and the agency sponsors a Bill Shea: (313) 446-1626 Dyke said, noting that the goal was but now Van Dyke, 35, is the chief cli- in 2006, and became a vice presi- minority scholarship for public rela- Twitter: @Bill_Shea19 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // JULY 25, 2016 19 ON THE WEB RUMBLINGS WEEK JULY 16-22 Squabble puts RTA in time Detroit Digits plans to add more than 500 Report: Verizon employees over the next five years. A numbers-focused look at last n Southfield-based powertrain crunch to get tax on Nov. ballot near deal to week’s headlines: components supplier Metaldyne n the face of significant R-Stevensville, Performance Group Inc. will objections from Oakland and received buy Yahoo consolidate its eight brands under Macomb counties, time is MAHP’s $6.6 million the MPG moniker. Idwindling for the Regional Transit legislator of the erizon Communications Inc. The seed funding to be provided Authority of Southeast Michigan to year awards. was nearing a deal to buy among
ve investors, among them OTHER NEWS get a transit tax on the Nov. 8 ballot. Crain’s , beating rival n ,a The RTA’s 10-member board must Detroit Business Yahoo Inc. Dearborn-based Ford Motor Co., for Mark Bernstein University of Vbidders that included Detroit’s Dan Michigan regent and president of approve its regional master plan, also received Civil Maps, a California startup that Gilbert, according to people familiar creates 3-D maps for autonomous The Sam Bernstein Law Firm PLLC in ballot language of the plan’s tax, and MAHP’s with the matter, Bloomberg cars, Bloomberg reported. Farmington Hills, and his wife said the campaign for a “yes” vote — Rick Murdock: To President’s reported Friday. New York City- they are withdrawing a $3 million something that was delayed a week retire as MAHP Recognition based Verizon was discussing a gift to relocate and rename the on Thursday when it became director. Award for its price close to $5 billion for Califor- William Monroe Trotter Multicultural apparent Oakland and Macomb coverage and nia-based Yahoo’s core internet $8 million Center on campus, citing feedback would cast “no” votes. For an issue to for facilitating policy discussion in The amount to be divided in a business, a source said. from the campus community get RTA approval, its board’s rules health care. settlement from three hospitals and about preserving its current name. require a super-majority and at least an oncology clinic for 43 patients- n Officials involved in the one “yes” vote from each county. COMPANY NEWS turned-victims suing former Oakland Belle Michigan Fund reports n Philadelphia-based Axalta Automotive Hall of Fame said they Ballot language must be County oncologist Farid Fata, in ROI with company sale Coating Systems acquired would like the facility to move to submitted to the state by Aug. 16. prison for fraud and money Southfield-based United Paint and Detroit from Dearborn to better Oakland and Macomb have The Grosse Pointe-based Belle laundering. Chemical Corp.’s automotive interior reflect the city’s automotive history raised concerns about how the RTA Michigan Fund LP, an early-stage rigid thermoplastics coatings and participate in Detroit’s revival. will meet its legal requirement that investment fund made up of women business, with production n Amid ongoing controversy 85 percent of the tax raised in each who invest in woman-led eventually to be phased over to $255 million over an anti-Black Lives Matter county is spent within that county. companies, has had its first Axalta’s facilities. The amount auto supplier Denso campaign tweet sent from the The proposed tax is a 1.2-mill issue successful exit since forming in 2012. n Dallas-based Comerica Inc. told Corp., whose North American base is Populux club Twitter account, the that the RTA estimates would According to general partner analysts that it will cut 9 percent of in South
eld, agreed to pay in Majestic Theatre Center and Complex generate $2.1 billion over 20 years Carolyn Cassin, the fund made back its workforce as part of a $230 settlements between two class will close the club and reopen it as (and $4.6 billion in total once state almost twice the amount it invested million cost-cutting effort. As of actions over price-
xing allegations. the Magic Stick in September in the and federal funding is added in). 16 months ago in Magaw Medical LLC, Dec. 31, more than 5,200 of the Magic Stick’s former location on the “Over the short time we have a Fort Worth, Texas, company bank’s 9,000-plus employees and hiring for its new 23,000-square- second floor of the Majestic at 4140 ahead, the RTA will work tirelessly founded by two nurse anesthetists to 213 of its 480 branches were in foot store at Troy Commons. The Woodward Ave. to provide all reasonable additional develop a cost-effective laryngoscope Michigan. chain’s first Michigan location n The state Local Emergency details, processes or assurances system for examining the throat and n Shareholders of Midland- opened in Novi in June. Financial Assistance Loan Board that can be worked out,” RTA board vocal cords. based Chemical Financial Corp. n Florida-based discount formally approved a $150 million Chairman Paul Hillegonds said in a The sale price was not disclosed. overwhelmingly approved its clothing and housewares chain emergency loan as part of statement Friday. Cassin said the Farmington Hills proposed $1.4 billion acquisition of Stein Mart will expand its metro Michigan’s bailout of the debt- Oakland County has said it first acquirer asked not to be named. Troy-based Talmer Bancorp Inc. Detroit presence by opening a ridden Detroit school district. raised its concerns about the RTA “This is a good news story for Talmer shareholders approved the 29,000-square-foot store in the n Although many tenants have plan in November, and little has everyone involved,” she said. “Belle deal last week. Gateway Shopping Center in West moved out, original plans to been done to address them in partners made a sizable return on n Detroit-based Huron Capital Bloomfield Township in October. demolish Northwood Shopping subsequent meetings. The plan was their investment while retaining a Partners LLC said its portfolio Stein Mart opened a store in Center in Royal Oak were delayed rolled out to the public on May 31. finanical interest in any future sale of company, Edison, N.J.-based Rochester Hills last year and will by Beaumont Health because no “If there’s a time crunch on the the company within six years.” Albireo Energy LLC, has bought two open one in Ann Arbor in October. clear plan has emerged for the use plan, the people asking for $4.6 Delaware building automation n Single-game preseason and of the 14-acre property. billion over 20 years created it,” Preview party created systems companies, Advanced regular-season Detroit Lions tickets n The Canadian official in Gerald Poisson, Oakland County’s for Detroit HydroFest Power Control Inc. and Energy will go on sale beginning at 10 a.m. charge of the $2.1 billion Gordie chief deputy county executive, said Systems Technologies Inc. July 27, the team announced. Howe International Bridge project on Friday. A strolling dinner event has n Japanese automaker Toyota Tickets will be issued exclusively via strongly hinted that the span been created for this year’s has donated nearly $1.5 million to Flash Seats, the team’s digital entry between Detroit and Windsor may Rick Murdock to retire as UAW-GM Spirit of Detroit HydroFest, the Michigan Science Center in ticketing system. fail to open by its original 2020 which is celebrating its 100th Detroit to help upgrade its theater n Auburn Hills-based Henniges estimate because 30 properties in chief of health plans group anniversary. and boost educational offerings. Automotive Holdings Inc. set plans to the U.S. haven’t yet been acquired. The “Classic Shore Dinner” race n The Container Store’s second open its first manufacturing plant n The Detroit Pistons unveiled a Rick Murdock, longtime director preview party is scheduled for Michigan store is set to open in Troy in Poland, Rubber & Plastics News new outdoor basketball court for of the Michigan Association of Health 5:30-9:30 p.m. Aug. 25 at The Sept. 17. The Texas-based retailer is reported. The company added it Pontiac-based shelter Haven. Plans, has announced his Roostertail restaurant. The 2016 retirement. Last week at its annual APBA Gold Cup hydroplane boat race meeting in Traverse City, the MAHP itself is scheduled for Aug. 26-28. board approved Dominick Pallone, Tickets for the preview party are current deputy director, to succeed $75. Included in the price are a Murdock on Jan. 1. strolling supper catered by the Murdock has been with MAHP London Chop House, Huron Room, since 2002, first as deputy director. Andiamo, Fishbone’s, Bayview Yacht In 2004 he was elevated to Club and Wolfgang Puck Pizzeria & executive director. He served as Cucina; a free drink and a cash bar; director of the health plan division greetings by Gold Cup race owners at the Michigan Department of and drivers; two Roostertail Community Health from 1997 to pavilion Gold Cup tickets for Aug. 2002 and worked in state 28; a raffle ticket, benefiting the government for 25 years. March of Dimes, for a chance to win Pallone has been with MAHP a 2016 General Motors Co. vehicle; a since 2014, after spending seven private tour of the Gold Cup boat years with Midwest Strategy Group. pit area; and live entertainment. He served four years as an aide in For tickets for the party or the the state Legislature for Sen. Shirley races, or sponsorship information, Johnson and Rep. Marty Knollenberg. call race organizer Detroit Riverfront AARON ECKELS In other action, state Sen. Curtis Events Inc. at (313) 329-8047. The 2016 class of Crain’s 20 in Their 20s gathered Wednesday at the Detroit Yacht Club to celebrate the honor. Read about the Hertel Jr., D-Meridian Township, Event and race details are at winners at crainsdetroit.com/20s. and state Rep. Al Pscholka, detroitboatraces.com. DBpageAD_DBpageAD.qxd 7/18/2016 11:58 AM Page 1

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