20130114-NEWS--0001-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 1/11/2013 5:49 PM Page 1 ® www.crainsdetroit.com Vol. 29, No. 2 JANUARY 14 – 20, 2013 $2 a copy; $59 a year ©Entire contents copyright 2013 by Crain Communications Inc. All rights reserved Page 3 Huron Capital’s largest fund Suppliers closes $100M above goal CEO works Can you make the call? Stadiums bolster wireless look to for quality, CRAIN’S MICHIGAN BUSINESS fuel future community GR west side developers Schlichting’s drive brings health pursue Gateway to progress, Mileage-boosting tech system award, merger plans Page 10 on display at NAIAS BY JAY GREENE Health Care CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS BY DUSTIN WALSH You could say Nancy Schlichting’s journey CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS the past nine years as CEO of Henry Ford Health System — and selection as Crain’s 2012 Cars will do what cars do at the Newsmaker of the Year — were all about her North American International Auto ability to inspire and drive quality and per- Show — draw crowds and cameras. formance improvement. But at several exhibits, rapid That culminated last year with the an- advancements in new fuel-saving nouncement that the products will have supplier execu- system had won the Mal- tives and politicians using the De- NEWSMAKER Pro and CON: Michigan’s colm Baldrige National troit event as a showcase for new This permanently Quality Award and that it technology and a platform to talk LUNCHEON hurdles for hospitals: Page 14 engaged starter was proceeding toward a about the future. Ⅲ When: 11:30 is part of the fuel- merger with Beaumont saving start-stop While automotive infotainment a.m. Feb. 21 Health System. And those This Just In system on a Ford was the focus at last week’s Con- Ⅲ Where: Ford are two big reasons that Escape displayed sumer Electronics Show in Las Ve- Field, Detroit she is Crain’s 2013 News- by Schaeffler gas, fuel economy technology will Ⅲ Tickets, Economists predict jobs up, maker of the Year. Group USA Inc. shine at this week’s NAIAS media details: Schlichting knew in state revenue down overall at Cobo Center. and industry days at Cobo Center. Crainsdetroit.com 2003, when she became Suppliers such as Southfield- /events. Prices Michigan continues its eco- CEO of the now $4.2 bil- based Denso International America $60-$99 nomic rebound, driven by CRAIN’S lion Detroit-based Inc., Plymouth-based ZF North higher vehicle sales and a health system, that en- America Inc., Milwaukee-based lower unemployment rate COVERAGE suring a successful future for Henry Ford Johnson Controls Inc. and Fort Mill, that’s forecast to go lower — which celebrates its 100th anniversary Articles, blogs, S.C.-based Schaeffler Group USA Inc. still, economists told lawmak- photos and in April — required the seven-hospital will display emerging fuel-saving ers at a revenue-estimating video from the system to grow larger and more prof- technology at this year’s show. conference Friday. auto show, itable. Jeff Hemphill, chief technology State Budget Director John crainsdetroit She also knew that growth meant en- .com/autoshow officer for Schaeffler, the U.S. sub- Nixon and the directors of the couraging executives, physicians and em- Senate and House fiscal agen- See Auto show, Page 22 cies pegged general fund rev- See Newsmaker, Page 21 enue at $8.79 billion for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1 — a 5.1 percent reduction from Might there the previous year. They ex- come a day pect a 2.3 percent increase in Belle Isle: Motown’s Monaco when the School Aid Fund revenue but MacArthur a 1.1 percent reduction in the Bridge to two funds combined, ending Developer envisions independent commonwealth Belle Isle with a total $19.92 billion. will connect to an Rep. Joe Haveman, R-Hol- BY TOM HENDERSON lion in construction projects off the island independent land, chairman of the House CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS and tens of thousands of temporary con- U.S. territory Appropriations Committee, struction jobs and tens of thousands of per- of high-rises Real estate developer Rodney Lockwood said the forecast shows the manent jobs. and low need for continued fiscal re- Jr. agrees with Detroit politicians that Belle Lockwood’s idea calls for a residential taxes? sponsibility in budget negoti- Isle is a jewel. A tarnished jewel he likes so and entertainment community on a grand ations commencing soon. much that he wants to put together an in- scale. But it calls for far more than just up- The biggest risk is one the vestor group to buy it for $1 billion, which is scale homes and condos in a pretty island state can’t control: fighting in more than $1 million an acre for the 982-acre setting. It also calls for the federal govern- Congress over the debt ceil- park in the middle of the Detroit River. ment to approve establishing Belle Isle as ing and spending cuts. And then he wants to polish it up with an independent commonwealth that would $20 billion in construction projects on the — Chris Gautz PHOTO ILLUSTRATION/JEFF JOHNSTON, CDB island, which would lead to another $20 bil- See Belle Isle, Page 20 STATEWIDE Nominate Michigan’s best in-house attorneys and general counsels NOMINATIONS ACCEPTED Deadline: January 25 www.crainsdetroit.com/nominate NEWSPAPER 20130114-NEWS--0001-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 1/11/2013 6:06 PM Page 1 ® Cwww.crainsdetroit.comRAIN Vol. 29, No. 2 ’SDETROITJANUARY 2013 BUSINESS$2 a copy; $59 a year ©Entire contents copyright 2013 by Crain Communications Inc. All rights reserved Inside Michigan Suppliers look to CEO works GR west side developers for quality, pursue Gateway to progress, Page 10 fuel future community World Watch: Schlichting’s drive brings health Spotlight on Mileage-boosting tech system award, merger plans Michigan biz on display at NAIAS BY JAY GREENE in Israel, Page 13 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS BY DUSTIN WALSH You could say Nancy Schlichting’s journey CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS the past nine years as CEO of Henry Ford Health System — and selection as Crain’s 2012 Health Care Cars will do what cars do at the Newsmaker of the Year — were all about her North American International Auto ability to inspire and drive quality and per- Show — draw crowds and cameras. Pro and CON: formance improvement. But at several exhibits, rapid That culminated last year with the an- Michigan’s advancements in new fuel-saving nouncement that the products will have supplier execu- hurdles for system had won the Mal- tives and politicians using the De- NEWSMAKER colm Baldrige National hospitals: Page 14 troit event as a showcase for new This permanently Quality Award and that it technology and a platform to talk LUNCHEON engaged starter was proceeding toward a about the future. Ⅲ When: 11:30 is part of the fuel- merger with Beaumont saving start-stop While automotive infotainment a.m. Feb. 21 Health System. And those This Just In system on a Ford was the focus at last week’s Con- Ⅲ Where: Ford are two big reasons that Escape displayed sumer Electronics Show in Las Ve- Field, Detroit she is Crain’s 2013 News- by Schaeffler gas, fuel economy technology will Ⅲ Tickets, Economists predict jobs up, maker of the Year. Group USA Inc. shine at this week’s NAIAS media details: Schlichting knew in state revenue down overall at Cobo Center. and industry days at Cobo Center. Crainsdetroit.com 2003, when she became Suppliers such as Southfield- /events. Prices Michigan continues its eco- CEO of the now $4.2 bil- based Denso International America $60-$99 nomic rebound, driven by CRAIN’S lion Detroit-based Inc., Plymouth-based ZF North higher vehicle sales and a health system, that en- America Inc., Milwaukee-based lower unemployment rate COVERAGE suring a successful future for Henry Ford Johnson Controls Inc. and Fort Mill, that’s forecast to go lower — which celebrates its 100th anniversary Articles, blogs, S.C.-based Schaeffler Group USA Inc. still, economists told lawmak- photos and in April — required the seven-hospital will display emerging fuel-saving ers at a revenue-estimating video from the system to grow larger and more prof- technology at this year’s show. conference Friday. auto show, itable. Jeff Hemphill, chief technology State Budget Director John crainsdetroit She also knew that growth meant en- .com/autoshow officer for Schaeffler, the U.S. sub- Nixon and the directors of the couraging executives, physicians and em- Senate and House fiscal agen- See Auto show, Page 22 cies pegged general fund rev- See Newsmaker, Page 21 enue at $8.79 billion for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1 — a 5.1 percent reduction from Might there the previous year. They ex- come a day pect a 2.3 percent increase in Belle Isle: Motown’s Monaco when the School Aid Fund revenue but MacArthur a 1.1 percent reduction in the Bridge to two funds combined, ending Developer envisions independent commonwealth Belle Isle with a total $19.92 billion. will connect to an Rep. Joe Haveman, R-Hol- BY TOM HENDERSON lion in construction projects off the island independent land, chairman of the House CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS and tens of thousands of temporary con- U.S. territory Appropriations Committee, struction jobs and tens of thousands of per- of high-rises Real estate developer Rodney Lockwood said the forecast shows the manent jobs. and low need for continued fiscal re- Jr. agrees with Detroit politicians that Belle Lockwood’s idea calls for a residential taxes? sponsibility in budget negoti- Isle is a jewel. A tarnished jewel he likes so and entertainment community on a grand ations commencing soon.