Quote Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner View Post
GM moved to the RenCen to centralize all of its management staff. This means folks were brought in from Lansing, Flint, and Warren where Oldsmobile, Buick, and Chevrolet still had independant operating offices. Its was more than just simply moving jobs from the Boulevard to Jefferson Ave. However, it was still a cost cutting move as once they were all together many layers of duplication could be removed. It was a net loss for the State, a net gain for Detroit. Then of course GM had a bit of trouble in 2007.......

Moving jobs from the suburbs to the city is nothing more than a game of shuffling buildings, but on a grander scale. This does not grow our City or the region, it just re-arranges the deck chairs on the titanic. What really needs to happen is for this region to embrace inovation once again. Innovation will bring jobs faster than increasing a company's bottom line by having the bean counters cut jobs to increase profits.

Gilbert is both an innovator and re-arranging the deck chairs on the titanic.
I don't agree that a job in a isolated suburban office park contributes to the local economy in the same way that one in the region's center does.