Quote Originally Posted by bailey View Post
I think calling this move "zero sum" is incorrect. This move is getting another couple of hundred professional workers downtown. They need to eat lunch, grab coffee, hit a happy hour after work, heaven forbid they might even get a haircut or support some retail... etc. "Zero sum" would be moving from one suburban office tower in Southfield to one in Troy.
Regionally, it's zero sum. There's no net economic difference for the region between moving from Southfield to Troy or moving from Southfield to Detroit.