E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway
Post Number: 445 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.42.176.123
| Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 10:06 am: | |
Ad agencies to leave Detroit WPP will move 630 workers out http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs .dll/article?AID=/20060113/BUS INESS06/601130301/1019 |
Ilovedetroit Member Username: Ilovedetroit
Post Number: 1961 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 69.246.4.29
| Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 10:17 am: | |
I don't think there is anything we could do to keep them - too bad for them. Detroit ie better than Dearborn - I use to work there ugggh. |
Danny Member Username: Danny
Post Number: 3642 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 141.217.174.226
| Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 10:36 am: | |
Screw them! They can live in utopia for I don't care. |
Mind_field Member Username: Mind_field
Post Number: 460 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 209.240.205.61
| Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 12:12 pm: | |
It was rumored that this would happen, now it's for sure. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I guess it could be worse though, they could have gone to the OC. |
Lurker Member Username: Lurker
Post Number: 1562 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 65.196.220.198
| Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 12:17 pm: | |
So, the Comerica Building (500 Woodward) is losing JWT to the suburbs and E&Y to the new Kennedy building. That can't be good for a 14 year old building. Do they have any tenants to backfill the losses? |
Itsjeff
Member Username: Itsjeff
Post Number: 5348 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 208.27.111.125
| Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 12:22 pm: | |
I just read that Clark Hill is taking another floor there. So, you know... one down. |
Eap Member Username: Eap
Post Number: 1233 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 69.221.37.80
| Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 12:22 pm: | |
I say tear it down...... |
Eric_c Member Username: Eric_c
Post Number: 589 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.76.202.10
| Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 12:24 pm: | |
I say move it to Wixom and give it to WTVS. |
Merchantgander Member Username: Merchantgander
Post Number: 1452 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 150.198.164.127
| Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 12:25 pm: | |
This is the perfect example of why it is so important for states and communities to attract large companies HQ because their large vendors like to be close to them. So next time the state gives out so tax incentives to attract someone to the area think about the spin off jobs that might follow before you start you bitching. |
Ndavies Member Username: Ndavies
Post Number: 1550 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 70.236.175.43
| Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 12:42 pm: | |
Tear that shit down. It blocks my view of the river. You can take out the CAYMC while you're at it. Nothing good ever happens there.
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Awfavre Member Username: Awfavre
Post Number: 19 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 69.3.206.177
| Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 1:05 pm: | |
Here here, Ndavies! I can't see when the boats reach Downtown because of that damn thing. |
Hooha Member Username: Hooha
Post Number: 68 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 69.81.52.188
| Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 2:58 pm: | |
Makes sense for them. What surprises me is that agencies that do work for GM, like Campbell-Ewald, don't have any offices downtown. |
Ilovedetroit Member Username: Ilovedetroit
Post Number: 1962 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 69.246.4.29
| Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 3:07 pm: | |
Yeah Campbell Ewald is in Warren - yuck! |
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine
Post Number: 760 Registered: 05-2005 Posted From: 198.208.159.18
| Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 3:18 pm: | |
right across the street from the GM tech center... |
Sumotect Member Username: Sumotect
Post Number: 152 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 64.243.32.9
| Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 3:23 pm: | |
Big development opportunity! "The LOFTS at 500" |
Digitaldom Member Username: Digitaldom
Post Number: 420 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 67.149.110.53
| Posted on Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 1:51 am: | |
Get a grip folks.. I used to work for JWT.. They are Fords major advertising firm.. They are based in Dearborn NOT Detroit.. EDS the company I worked for located IN Detroit for the same reason.. GM headquarters is the Ren Cen.. Not seeing the issue here... That is a very good looking building compared to the other newer buildings in Downtown.. Specifically I speaking of the State and federal buildings built in the past 40 years.. They are concrete giants with no style... The Comerica building has won awards for a good reason.. It's a good looking addition to the downtown.. Screw your view to the lake front... Hey IT'S A CITY! You want a view of the river move to a property that's on the river.. Make that comment on a Chicago thread or New York and see how many laughs you get.. It's called progress in a Downtown.. |
Alexei289 Member Username: Alexei289
Post Number: 991 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.61.183.223
| Posted on Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 2:00 am: | |
God damn, why waste time, with the new Greektown casino being built that property is worth its weight in gold as a parking lot! |
Jsmyers Member Username: Jsmyers
Post Number: 1348 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 69.212.226.203
| Posted on Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 2:04 am: | |
DigitalDom, I'm sure he was being sarcastic... |
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan
Post Number: 3010 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.172.95.197
| Posted on Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 2:48 am: | |
I was glad to see them moving from the One Detroit Center (which can ALWAYS replace tenants because of it being Class A office space) instead of being the major tenant of some Class B or C space downtown. While still unfortunate, there is a bit of a silver lining. |
Itsjeff
Member Username: Itsjeff
Post Number: 5351 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.42.168.211
| Posted on Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 9:31 am: | |
DigitalDom:
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Chalu64 Member Username: Chalu64
Post Number: 34 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 68.40.108.8
| Posted on Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 10:25 pm: | |
Most of the employees are unhappy about the move to Dearborn. They'll be in the same building eventually as Y/R and Ogilvy Advertising. All WPP (holding company) entities. Just a matter of time before JWT gobbles the other two up and it becomes one, fat agency. This would, of course, mean more layoffs as the new agency trims the overlapping staff. Good news for Detroit. |
Michigansheik Member Username: Michigansheik
Post Number: 59 Registered: 09-2005 Posted From: 69.242.214.54
| Posted on Sunday, January 15, 2006 - 12:50 am: | |
A friend of mine that works there is saying that JWT leadership met with KK/the city a couple of times wanting to work on a deal for a new location and basically were snubbed. It's sad to lose talent to the burbs. He was not sure why the talks did not go well though. |
Matt_the_deuce Member Username: Matt_the_deuce
Post Number: 438 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.14.254.121
| Posted on Sunday, January 15, 2006 - 5:41 pm: | |
Sounds like them covering their ass. I would guess that Kwame and the city would have done everything in their power to keep them in the city. It was purely a business decision and an inevitable one at that, as I've been hearing this rumor for the last five years. |
Gistok Member Username: Gistok
Post Number: 1758 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 4.229.72.158
| Posted on Sunday, January 15, 2006 - 5:45 pm: | |
I don't see any silver lining in them moving to Dearborn. Chances are that the Comerica Tower get replacement tenants from other downtown buildings. That's not good. |
Detroitwonk Member Username: Detroitwonk
Post Number: 93 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 68.41.207.52
| Posted on Sunday, January 15, 2006 - 5:49 pm: | |
Merchantgander, I totally agree. It pisses me off when groups like the Mackinac Center for Public Policy bitch and moan when the MEDC and DEGC give out SBT Tax Credits and PA 141's to retain or attract businesses. I'm sorry...but we're in a war with 50 other states and Canada for locating businesses, we need every arrow possible in our quiver. When will these supposed "free-marketers" ever get the bigger picture? |
Itsjeff
Member Username: Itsjeff
Post Number: 5363 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.42.168.211
| Posted on Sunday, January 15, 2006 - 8:41 pm: | |
A friend of mine that works there is saying that JWT leadership met with KK/the city a couple of times wanting to work on a deal for a new location and basically were snubbed. What could the mayor of Detroit possibly do for JWT or any other business that leases? Rent them cheap office space in the City-County Building? |
Llyn
Member Username: Llyn
Post Number: 1365 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 68.61.197.206
| Posted on Sunday, January 15, 2006 - 9:01 pm: | |
Even at face value it's hard to believe, also. We'd be saying, what... the mayor doesn't want to retain jobs in the city? |
Michigansheik Member Username: Michigansheik
Post Number: 60 Registered: 09-2005 Posted From: 69.242.214.54
| Posted on Monday, January 16, 2006 - 1:29 am: | |
does the city have any influence on the DEGC? |
Itsjeff
Member Username: Itsjeff
Post Number: 5364 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.42.168.211
| Posted on Monday, January 16, 2006 - 10:11 am: | |
The DEGC is for builders, not renters. Their task is to assist with brownfield and other tax credits, construction loans, permits, etc. They could probably help you find space to rent, but that role would be limited, since they can't dictate the terms of a lease to private industry. |