20110905-NEWS--0001-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 9/2/2011 6:15 PM Page 1 ® www.crainsdetroit.com Vol. 27, No. 37 SEPTEMBER 5 – 11, 2011 $2 a copy; $59 a year ©Entire contents copyright 2011 by Crain Communications Inc. All rights reserved Page 3 A golden 9-11 forced big opportunity for ‘sexy specs’ icon changes for biz Clarkston bank emerges Increased security often costly from federal oversight BY SHERRI WELCH CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS 10 YEARS LATER Inside When the planes hit the World See next week’s Crain’s for more Trade Center 10 years ago, the coverage about how the events of way many companies do busi- 9-11 changed business in metro What’s Detroit. ness changed in an instant. cool in After the Sept. 11, 2001, terror- ist attacks, the methods used to home,” said David Goldstein, 2011: protect people, data and infra- president of Southfield-based Hiring, structure — and the way organi- Guardian Alarm Co. zations view international secu- In fact, the whole world view helping rity threats — were irrevocably on security switched from keep- employees changed. ing people out of buildings during For security companies or off-business hours to being keen- build providers of critical business ser- ly aware of activities around the vices in metro Detroit, many clock, he said. careers, facets of day-to-day business The demise of the World Trade Page 11 changed in dramatic ways. Con- Center also was the first wide- tingency planning for disasters scale test of disaster recovery took center stage — and capital plans, said Dave Miller, chief se- Altair takes hybrid electric improvement projects had to in- curity officer of Compuware Corp.’s corporate new security require- Covisint business unit, which pro- bus to unproven grounds, ments. vides secure, Web-based ex- Page 6 “It used to be you’d come in the change of data for automotive, morning and turn off the alarm. health care and energy markets You never worried about securi- and the federal government. ty again until it was time to go This Just In See 9-11 Page 26 Beer garden planned for Detroit’s West Village Suzanne Vier, founder of Group sees stars align to redevelop Capitol Park Simply Suzanne LLC, is open- ing a new beer garden in De- troit. She and a group of volun- Development wave to start with 3 buildings teers are opening Tashmoo Biergarten, a pop-up beer gar- BY DANIEL DUGGAN of many organizations working den in Detroit’s West Village CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS on the district’s redevelopment. on Van Dyke Street between I see ... the A group of government and Agnes and Coe. Two years ago, the triangular “ economic development agencies The beer garden will serve area just west of Woodward Av- opportunity for a currently controls three of the 17 all Michigan-based brews enue near Michigan Avenue buildings bordering the park. and can seat up to 350 people. mainly comprised vacant, dilap- transformational The Detroit Economic Growth Corp. The space will have a Eu- idated buildings and a bus stop. is leading a marketing effort to ropean flair and will be open Two years from now, a group project in show the buildings to developers for five Sundays starting at of economic development offi- Detroit. who might be interested in find- the end of September and cials see the Capitol Park Dis- ” ing a new use for one or more of running through the end of trict as a walkable neighbor- the buildings. hood with new apartment David Blaskiewicz, October. Invest Detroit The idea is that those redevel- “I am so excited,” Vier buildings and retail shops. oped buildings will spur more said. “Basically, I saw an ar- Impossible? development in the other buildings in the area. ticle about biergartens in Not in David Blaskiewicz’s mind. David Di Rita, a principal with The Roxbury New York, and I literally “I see a lot of elements aligned right now, and Group, a Detroit-based development company, said, why aren’t we doing the opportunity for a transformational project has been leading tours for developers on behalf in Detroit,” said Blaskiewicz, president of Invest of the DEGC. He said there is interest. See This Just In, Page 2 Detroit and the Downtown Detroit Partnership, two “We’ve had strong interest, with developers from local firms and from all over the country taking an interest,” he said, declining to identi- fy specific companies. Proposals must be submitted to the DEGC by Oct. 14, with final selection by Dec. 15. Developers will be able to purchase the three buildings, though the price can be negotiated or forgivable loans can be used. JOHN SOBCZAK Blaskiewicz said one developer does not David Blaskiewicz, president of Invest Detroit, says NEWSPAPER incentives such as the Live Downtown program have See Capitol Park, Page 29 helped build momentum for redeveloping Capitol Park. 20110905-NEWS--0002-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 9/2/2011 6:16 PM Page 1 Page 2 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS September 5, 2011 MOCAD said Croquer is leaving Landfill fee increase on the way Michigan’s two largest utilities Participants sought THIS JUST IN to focus on his curatorial career. has a new job — leading a group Croquer joined MOCAD with a A bill that would raise the championing that cause. to create area’s ‘best ■ From Page 1 three-year contract in December state landfill disposal fee appears Former state Sen. Wayne 2008. on its way to finality. Kuipers, R-Holland, has become this here?” Museum Deputy Director Re- Senate Bill 449, part of the bud- executive director of Energy in class’ health get for the fiscal year beginning Vier is working with her becca Mazzei and a committee of Choice Now, a group that includes Oct. 1, cleared the House Aug. 24 boyfriend and the former presi- the museum’s board, including businesses and alternate suppli- after passing the Senate in June. sciences inventory dent of the West Village associa- founding director and board ers and wants lawmakers to raise tion, Aaron Wagner, to plan the Under the bill, the so-called tip- or eliminate a state limit on cus- President Marsha Miro and board Crain’s Detroit Business and event. ping fee paid by waste disposal tomers’ ability to choose alter- member Julia Reyes Taubman, will Medical Main Street, Southeast Proceeds will be reinvested customers would increase to help nate suppliers. serve as the museum’s manage- Michigan’s alliance of hospitals, into next year’s beer garden. fund landfill regulation and over- — Amy Lane ment team while a search is con- universities, life science and The beer garden is named for sight. ducted for a replacement. medical device companies, are one of the first tenants of a near- The fee would rise from 7 cents — Nancy Kaffer working jointly to create a “best by house who was the engineer per cubic yard of waste to 12 Tata takes new space in class” health sciences invento- on a steamship called the Tash- cents, producing about $1.8 mil- Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. ry for Southeast Michigan. moo that would transport people lion for a Michigan Department of has taken close to 20,000 square LARA takes on health exchange The inventory will be a concise from Detroit to Port Huron. Environmental Quality solid-waste feet in the PNC Building in Troy. Development of a statewide list of the region’s top-rated and — Nathan Skid program that’s run dry of other The deal was a consolidation of health insurance exchange is most important health science as- state support. The new fee level several Troy offices and an ex- shifting from the Michigan Depart- sets: best clinical care, research would last through Sept. 30, 2013. pansion of Tata’s local presence. ment of Community Health to an- projects, product/medical device COO leaves United Physicians The Senate is expected to give The 534,000-square-foot PNC other department. innovations and related assets. Frank DeLaura has resigned as final concurrence to the bill and Tower is now at 85 percent occu- The Michigan Department of Li- A survey has been distributed COO at United Physicians, a 1,600- send it to the governor. pancy, said Tony Antone, first to major health care and life sci- member physician organization censing and Regulatory Affairs is — Amy Lane vice president of development for ence organizations and is also based in Bingham Farms, for taking over management of cre- Kojaian Management Co. available for individual compa- undisclosed reasons. He was un- ating the exchange, which will Randall Book of Colliers Interna- Ex-senator has new job nies and organizations to access available for comment. serve individuals and small busi- tional in Southfield represented online. Deborah Withrow, senior vice nesses and is mandated by na- A legislative advocate of allow- Tata Consultancy, along with To be included in the invento- president and general counsel, tional health care reform. ing more electricity customers to Sucsy, Fischer & Co. , Chicago. ry, participants must have a has been named interim COO. LARA’s role will include ad- choose suppliers other than — Daniel Duggan physical presence in Oakland, — Jay Greene dressing technology issues relat- ed to the exchange and serving as Macomb, Wayne, Washtenaw, the agency shepherding legisla- CORRECTIONS Livingston or Genesee counties. MOCAD seeks new director tion needed to set it up. Ⅲ In the Aug. 29 story on Riverview-based Ash Stevens’ expansion Participants do not have to be part of the Medical Main Street Luis Croquer is stepping down Legislation needs to pass by plans, Crain’s reported that Detroit-based Walbridge Aldinger Co.