[DetroitSky]

Warner Norcross + Judd is opening office next to Little Caesars Arena

Warner Norcross + Judd LLP is opening a large office next to Little Caesars Arena and relocating its Southfield office to Detroit.

The Grand Rapids-based law firm is leasing almost 30,000 square feet — the entire third floor — of a to-be-built building sandwiched between the arena and the Wayne State University Mike Ilitch School of Business on Woodward Avenue. The Detroit office is expected to open in September 2020 with about 60 employees, said Linda Paullin-Hebden, executive partner of the firm's Southfield office.

She declined to say how much the firm is spending on the relocation, but did say that it will cost more to be in the new five-story building, which will also have the Detroit Medical Center as a tenant.

I believe the DMC is using two floors in the new Sports Medicine Institute building, meaning 3 of its 5 floors are leased.