1100 New quicken jobs moving into old HQ for free press/ news

**SpartanDawg** · July-24-15, 06:28 PM

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article...oreUserAgent=1

holy moly..... 55 MILLION dollar rehab on that building and over a thousand new jobs. How has nobody started a thread on this yet?

**emu steve** · July-24-15, 06:42 PM

I was thinking of starting it [[but didn't).

I was shocked to read of the over one thousand new jobs.

Are they mostly new jobs [[e.g., Rocket Fiber) or are many existing Quicken Loan jobs [[and where would they be coming from?).

**SpartanDawg** · July-24-15, 06:53 PM

The article says 1100 NEW quicken jobs

if that's really the case that's absolutely incredible. Downtown is blowing up.

**emu steve** · July-24-15, 07:21 PM

I remember the 'Rocket Fiber' thread, but how many employees now? Where are they now?

How many of the 1,000+ will be Rocket Fiber employees?

**hybridy** · July-24-15, 07:22 PM

"expected to become home to up to 1,100 new Quicken Loans Inc. employees" ....aka being design to accommodate 1100 people. hope they're not all smokers

**Hypestyles** · July-24-15, 07:36 PM

I guess you can apply for jobs @ the Quicken website. hmm.

**Mind field** · July-24-15, 07:45 PM

I think the article is misleading, i'm willing to bet these "new" jobs are just existing jobs moving from other downtown properties. The workers will be "new" to the building. But i'd LOVE to be proven wrong. Otherwise, wouldn't the article state where these new employees would be coming from?

**hybridy** · July-24-15, 07:58 PM

Originally Posted by Mind field

I think the article is misleading, i'm willing to bet these "new" jobs are just existing jobs moving from other downtown properties. The workers will be "new" to the building. But i'd LOVE to be proven wrong. Otherwise, wouldn't the article state where these new employees would be coming from?

i agree...so who backfills the cheese grater and compuware?

**Dbest** · July-25-15, 07:44 AM

Originally Posted by hybridy

i agree...so who backfills the cheese grater and compuware?

A few unoccupied offices in those buildings will be far less noticeable than the currently empty Freep Building. The People Mover ride will look a bit different with this building back online. Such awesome news man!

**emu steve** · July-25-15, 08:45 AM

Originally Posted by Dbest

A few unoccupied offices in those buildings will be far less noticeable than the currently empty Freep Building. The People Mover ride will look a bit different with this building back online. Such awesome news man!

I agree completely with you.

Far better to have, for example, 10 buildings 80% full, then eight 95% and two sitting empty.

Empty buildings are the scourge of a city like Detroit.

**emu steve** · July-24-15, 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by Mind field

I think the article is misleading, i'm willing to bet these "new" jobs are just existing jobs moving from other downtown properties. The workers will be "new" to the building. But i'd LOVE to be proven wrong. Otherwise, wouldn't the article state where these new employees would be coming from?

I had been really wondering the same too. I think the article is as clear as mud.

I don't know if "Rocket Fiber" is 50, 100, 250, 500, etc. employees... today? a year from today?

**401don** · July-24-15, 09:16 PM

No way they're new employees. The refinancing business has slowed considerably lately. I'm guessing Meridien wants more space in the Compuware Building.

**mwilbert** · July-25-15, 09:15 AM

Parsing out the exact meaning of news stories is often unrewarding because they aren't written or checked that well these days, but in the cited article, there is this statement:

The memo says that the rehabilitation and 1,225 new jobs are expected to create $919,000 in income tax revenue for the city in the first year, $10.2 million over 10 years and $38.8 million over 30 years.

Moving 1000 jobs from one part of downtown to another would not "create" any income tax revenue for the city. So unless this part is wrong, which is of course entirely possible, these would have to be jobs that were not in Detroit before.

**Jason** · July-25-15, 10:40 AM

That's great, I was worried that the building would sit empty.

**emu steve** · July-25-15, 01:08 PM

Getting back to Rocket Fiber:

Does anyone know what the status of this is? How many jobs? How many in a headquarters building? Timelines?

Is this company going to employ mostly technical and customer service personnel located in some out-of-the-way, [[maybe) window-less building, say in Corktown???