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Detroit — Microsoft Corp. will open a downtown Detroit office in the One Campus Martius building, according to sources familiar with the deal.
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and Quicken Loans Inc. founder Dan Gilbert will make the announcement Friday morning at a press conference to be held on the 10th floor of One Campus Martius, formerly known as the Compuware Building.
In September, Bedrock, Gilbert’s real estate company, obtained a construction permit for a $72,000 renovation to that floor, according to city records.
Bedrock on Thursday teased a “historic announcement affecting the future of downtown Detroit” would be held Friday morning on the 10th floor of the building. Gilbert and Detroit-based Meridian Health bought the former Compuware Building for $142 million in 2014.
Earlier this month, The Detroit News reported that Microsoft was considering relocating some employees from its Southfield offices to a Gilbert building downtown after the real estate mogul hinted that a major office tenant would temporarily displace some of his own employees in order to make room.
The Redmond, Washington-based technology firm currently occupies 52,000 square feet at the Southfield Town Center, one the largest multi-tenant office complexes in Michigan. At the time, a source said Microsoft was considering leasing around 50,000 square feet in downtown Detroit.
Gilbert controls more than 90 properties in downtown Detroit. He’s invested over $2 billion in the city, and he and his real estate company, Bedrock, are major forces downtown.
The businessman moved the headquarters of Quicken Loans from Livonia to downtown Detroit in 2010. At the time, the city's central business district was struggling with blight. Since the move, over 30 of those buildings have been renovated and become occupied, are being fixed up, or have plans to be brought back to life.
Sources: Microsoft to open office at One Campus Martius
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and Quicken Loans Inc. founder Dan Gilbert will make the announcement Friday morning at a press conference to be held on the 10th floor of One Campus Martius, formerly known as the Compuware Building.
In September, Bedrock, Gilbert’s real estate company, obtained a construction permit for a $72,000 renovation to that floor, according to city records.
Bedrock on Thursday teased a “historic announcement affecting the future of downtown Detroit” would be held Friday morning on the 10th floor of the building. Gilbert and Detroit-based Meridian Health bought the former Compuware Building for $142 million in 2014.
Earlier this month, The Detroit News reported that Microsoft was considering relocating some employees from its Southfield offices to a Gilbert building downtown after the real estate mogul hinted that a major office tenant would temporarily displace some of his own employees in order to make room.
The Redmond, Washington-based technology firm currently occupies 52,000 square feet at the Southfield Town Center, one the largest multi-tenant office complexes in Michigan. At the time, a source said Microsoft was considering leasing around 50,000 square feet in downtown Detroit.
Gilbert controls more than 90 properties in downtown Detroit. He’s invested over $2 billion in the city, and he and his real estate company, Bedrock, are major forces downtown.
The businessman moved the headquarters of Quicken Loans from Livonia to downtown Detroit in 2010. At the time, the city's central business district was struggling with blight. Since the move, over 30 of those buildings have been renovated and become occupied, are being fixed up, or have plans to be brought back to life.
Sources: Microsoft to open office at One Campus Martius
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