[animatedmartian]

There's some hard numbers here, too.

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article...ws-from-office

Building purchases by Dan Gilbert:
1. Madison Theatre Building: $1.4 million
2. Chase Tower: $16 million
3. Two Detroit Center parking deck: $10.5 million
4. First National Building: $8.1 million
5. Dime Building: $15 million

New developments under discussion or under construction:
6. David Whitney Building: Hotel and apartments, $3.3 million purchase price, $80 million project cost, awaiting financing
7. Broderick Tower: Apartments, $53 million, under construction
8. Somerset Collection CityLoft: 4,000 square feet of retail from Somerset Collection in Troy

Other projects include a Meijer store likely at the site of Redford High School, $25 million; a Meijer as part of the $90 million Gateway Park project; and a Whole Foods Market, price and location not disclosed.

Suburban companies opening Detroit offices:
9. Sachse Construction, Birmingham: 1,100 square feet, Guardian Building
10. Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions, Farmington Hills: 800 square feet, Penobscot Building
11. Brownrigg Cos., Auburn Hills: 1,000 square feet, 333 W. Fort St.

Suburban companies moving headquarters/substantial numbers of employees downtown:
12. Blue Cross Blue Shield (from Southfield) to Renaissance Center: Moved 300 employees, the rest of the 3,000 to move over the next year, taking 465,000 square feet
13. Quicken Loans Inc. (from Livonia): 240,000 square feet in the first wave, an additional 2,000 people; likely to take 140,000 square feet in Chase Tower
14. Skidmore Studio (from Royal Oak): 10,000 square feet in Madison Theatre Building
15. Jack Morton Worldwide (from Troy) to One Woodward Ave.: 6,000 square feet
16. Michigan Women's Foundation (from Grosse Pointe) to 333 W. Fort St.

Companies expanding in Detroit:
17. University of Phoenix: Leaving small presence in the Dime Building to take 20,000 square feet at 1001 Woodward Ave.

Additionally, Health Plan of Michigan is seeking another 25,000 square feet in the city.

Companies new to the region in Detroit:
18. Big Fuel: The New York advertising firm is opening a 7,000-square-foot office at 150 W. Jefferson Ave.