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[Mind field]

What are the chances that Google would move from Ann Arbor to downtown Detroit?

http://www.wxyz.com/news/region/wash...pace-for-lease

[animatedmartian]

What are the chances that Google would move from Ann Arbor to downtown Detroit?

http://www.wxyz.com/news/region/wash...pace-for-lease

Ann Arbor is considered a separate metro so it wouldn't make sense for Google to make that move. The offices they would likely move if the were to relocate downtown would be the offices in Birmingham. But it seems pretty unlikely for that to happen, even as Detroit continues to improve given how well Birmingham is doing.

[rb336]

Ann Arbor is considered a separate metro so it wouldn't make sense for Google to make that move.

That is becoming less and less true. With MiTrain, it will be a moot point.

[drjeff]

Ann Arbor is considered a separate metro so it wouldn't make sense for Google to make that move. The offices they would likely move if the were to relocate downtown would be the offices in Birmingham. But it seems pretty unlikely for that to happen, even as Detroit continues to improve given how well Birmingham is doing.

Google is only in Ann Arbor in the first place because one of Google's founders is a UM alumnus.

[Mind field]

Ann Arbor is considered a separate metro so it wouldn't make sense for Google to make that move. The offices they would likely move if the were to relocate downtown would be the offices in Birmingham. But it seems pretty unlikely for that to happen, even as Detroit continues to improve given how well Birmingham is doing.

Mobius Microsystems left Ann Arbor for downtown Detroit back in the mid 2000s. While Mobius was a much smaller company, and Google likely doesn't need any help with recruitment or name recognition. The reasoning for Mobius' move was for a more central location and potential better recruitment of talent. They discovered that most all of their employees were commuting downtown from Ann Arbor so they actually moved back to Ann Arbor before moving back to Silicon Valley.

Unfortunately i don't think Google would move to Detroit just because Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County are probably where a vast majority of Google employees already live. Also, Ann Arbor is Michigan's premier tech hub and i think downtown Detroit, even with it's revitalization, would be a hard sell for Google. But it's nice to dream of Google being the main tenant of a building on either the Hudson or Monroe block.

Maybe they could move the Birmingham office downtown tho? That would be great.

[animatedmartian]

Mobius Microsystems left Ann Arbor for downtown Detroit back in the mid 2000s. While Mobius was a much smaller company, and Google likely doesn't need any help with recruitment or name recognition. The reasoning for Mobius' move was for a more central location and potential better recruitment of talent. They discovered that most all of their employees were commuting downtown from Ann Arbor so they actually moved back to Ann Arbor before moving back to Silicon Valley.

Unfortunately i don't think Google would move to Detroit just because Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County are probably where a vast majority of Google employees already live. Also, Ann Arbor is Michigan's premier tech hub and i think downtown Detroit, even with it's revitalization, would be a hard sell for Google. But it's nice to dream of Google being the main tenant of a building on either the Hudson or Monroe block.

Maybe they could move the Birmingham office downtown tho? That would be great.

I honestly think if Google wanted to be in Detroit, they'd open a new office entirely.