February 24 – Crain’s Detroit Business
Ask anyone in business and they will tell you the same thing — our state needs workers with the skills to fill the thousands of job openings at companies of all sizes, in all industries.
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Flashpoint 2/16/20: Sandy Baruah On Rethinking the electoral college
February 16 – Flashpoint
Detroit Regional Chamber President and CEO, Sandy Baruah made an appearance on Local 4 News’s round-table discussion, Flashpoint, to help consider the need for our current electoral college and the class-action lawsuit against overtaxing in Detroit and Wayne County.
Continue ReadingMayor Duggan Hints at Another Term During Policy Conference in Detroit
January 30 – Fox 2 Detroit
Mayor Mike Duggan spoke about his political ambitions for the future at the Detroit Policy Conference during a preview of the Mackinac Policy Conference.
Continue ReadingDan Gilbert’s Still Making All The Big Decisions During Stroke Recovery
January 29 – Detroit Free Press
Detroit businessman Dan Gilbert is “getting out to the office a lot more” since his serious stroke last spring and remains involved in his companies, Matt Cullen, CEO of Gilbert’s Bedrock Detroit real estate firm, said at the Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual policy conference.
Continue ReadingHudson’s Site Skyscraper Will No Longer Be Tallest in Detroit
January 29 – Detroit Free Press
One of Dan Gilbert’s top lieutenants, Matt Cullen, CEO of Gilbert’s real estate firm Bedrock Detroit, told reporters at the Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual policy conference at MotorCity Casino Hotel. that designs for the Hudson’s site skyscraper have changed and the tower — set to be completed in 2023 — will not stretch higher than the Renaissance Center.
Continue ReadingHudson’s Site Tower Will Not Be Tallest in Michigan After All, CEO for Gilbert’s Bedrock Says
January 29 – Crain’s Detroit Business
Envisioned at one point to be up to 912 feet tall, the development on the site of the former J.L. Hudson’s department store in downtown Detroit isn’t going to top the 727-foot Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center on the Detroit riverfront, said Matt Cullen, CEO of Dan Gilbert’s Bedrock LLC real estate company, following a question-and-answer session with Sandy Baruah, president and CEO of the Detroit Regional Chamber, at the Detroit Policy Conference
Continue ReadingBedrock: Hudson’s Site Tower Won’t Be Tallest In The State
January 29 – The Detroit News
Dan Gilbert’s real estate arm, Bedrock LLC, is no longer planning on making the forthcoming Hudson’s site tower in the downtown the tallest building in the state, confirmed by Bedrock CEO Matt Cullen at the Detroit Policy Conference.
Continue ReadingMichigan Central Station in Detroit to Add Fourth Building, Mobility Test Area, and Parks
January 29 – The Detroit News
During a presentation at the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Detroit Policy Conference at the MotorCity Casino Hotel, Mary Culler, development director for Ford’s Michigan Central Station redevelopment, announced that the $744-million project will include a mobility test area behind the iconic train depot.
Continue ReadingFord Plans Mobility Testing Site Behind Michigan Central Station
January 29 – The Detroit News
Ford Motor Co. plans a vehicle testing site behind Michigan Central Station, the Corktown Detroit train depot the Dearborn-based automaker is redeveloping as part of a planned $740 million campus there, announced by Mary Culler, development director for Ford’s Michigan Central Station redevelopment, Wednesday morning at the Detroit Policy Conference at MotorCity Casino Hotel.
Continue ReadingCoulter ‘Optimistic’ a Regional Transit Solution Could Come in 2020
January 29 – The Detroit News
Oakland County Executive David Coulter on Wednesday made the case for greater regional cooperation, stressing with legislative action, a mass transit solution could be achieved this year.
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