While Detroit, MI is somewhat of a whipping boy for national news anchors and economists, what often gets lost in the shuffle is the rebirth that the city’s downtown is in the midst of. Michigan native and Quicken Loans Chairman/Founder Dan Gilbert is regularly purchasing and restoring buildings (he currently owns/controls 30 of them or about 7.6 million square feet), new businesses are continuously moving downtown and the city recently OK’ed plans for a brand spanking new downtown NHL hockey arena and entertainment district.
Yes, the commercial real estate market is picking back up in downtown Detroit – and that’s often where you can find Gregg Laviolette (Stone Restoration Services; Troy, MI). Only he isn’t involved in real estate, but restoration. Specifically, with stone.