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Quicken offered 2 Detroit sites for HQ; Developing Detroit: While Roger Penske and Dave Bing take on redevelopment, city officials court another mogul.
Crain's Detroit Business, May, 2006 by Ankeny, Robert
Byline: Robert Ankeny Quicken Loans/Rock Financial Inc. has been offered at least two downtown sites for a new headquarters office building, Detroit's development czar George Jackson said last week. One site is above the Premier Garage on the site of the former J.L. Hudson's store. The Premier is an underground parking structure with footings set for construction of a high-rise building.
The other is on Grand Circus Park, between Washington Boulevard and Bagley Street, site of the former Statler Hilton Hotel, which was razed last year. Without naming Quicken, Chris Ilitch, president of Ilitch Holdings Inc., said last week that he would make a "bold prediction'' that a corporate headquarters would rise on the Statler site. Ilitch Holdings, which owns the...
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