Microsoft Corp. and Bedrock LLC has just announced to the public that it will relocate and move its headquarters, the Michigan Technology Center. The tech giant says that it would transfer to downtown Detroit and vacate its current location in Southfield. This will happen in early 2018.
Microsoft Goes To Detroit
Reports suggest that Microsoft will use the 40,000 square feet in the One Campus Martius building. It is worth knowing that Dan Gilbert owns this property. With this, there will be 165 Microsoft employees that will also be working in the One Campus Martius by next year.
According to Crains Detroit, Tracy Galloway, who is a Microsoft general manager, says that the mega-company had already spent 30 years in Southfield. And here comes Rodrick Miller, CEO, and president of the Detroit Economic Growth Corp that says that $1.03 million of 10 years worth of tax abatement was singled out in the deal.
This is also one of the main reasons why Microsoft would soon relocate its head office. The Southfield office of Cushman & Wakefield was the one that served as the representative of Microsoft in the dealing of the property's lease.
Meanwhile, Neumann/Smith Architecture will be the one in charge of the design of the new office. Bedrock would then act as the construction manager on the soon-to-rise headquarters.
Microsoft Transfer Is For The Greater Good
According to Freep, this transfer will also lead to the displacement of some of the Gilbert employees into different locations. For now, Gilbert says that they are still searching for more space.
Meanwhile, Kenson Siver, the mayor of Southfield says that he feels sorry to know that Microsoft will be leaving. But on the brighter side, he also says that this would be good for both cities.
Statistics show that ever since 2012, the city's occupants and tenants have increased.
