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Grede Holdings Took Bankrupt Assets and Forged a 21st-Century Business Model
Grede Holdings Took Bankrupt Assets and Forged a 21st-Century Business Model 150 150 southfieldcc_3ik8d2

From the Detroit Free Press
by  Alisa Priddle

Iron cast foundries may evoke visions of Charles Dickens’ novels, but a Michigan supplier has taken bankrupt assets and forged a 21st-Century business model and strategy of aggressive growth.

The company is Grede Holdings, and it was formed in 2010 with the merged assets of three companies: Grede Foundries, Blackhawk Foundry and Citation. read more

Pepper Hamilton LLP
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Pepper Hamilton LLP is a multi-practice law firm with its Michigan presence located in the Southfield Town Center, 4000 Building, Suite 1800. The office represents clients in complex matters in a range of practice areas, including corporate and securities, environmental law, bankruptcy and reorganization, labor and employment, litigation and real estate law.  The firm employs more than 500 lawyers nationally.

 

Pepper has had a presence in Michigan since 1979.  Originally located in Detroit’s Renaissance Center, the office relocated to Southfield in 2011 in order to better serve its regional clients. The firm selected the City Center’s Town Center as its new location. “It had many of the amenities that we enjoyed for many years at the Renaissance Center – the indoor shops, hotels, restaurants and covered parking. It’s also more centrally located for our staff and attorneys,” said office administrator Larry Halicki. “We’re very happy here. It’s a great complex!”

 

Working closely with lawyers in Pepper’s other offices, the Detroit office blends Pepper’s depth of national expertise with the breadth of the Detroit office’s local experience. Pepper attorneys assist clients who have business interests in the manufacturing, auto, finance, retail, energy, food, transportation and technology industries in Michigan and throughout the country. Pepper attorneys serve as outside counsel for companies ranging from small start-ups to large multinationals in acquisitions, divestitures and all aspects of their day-to-day legal services.

 

Each Pepper office is active in its local community and serves as a base for the firm’s national and international work. The firm uses modern communications technology to link its offices and, when appropriate, staffs projects with lawyers from more than one office, enabling clients to benefit from the talents and experience of all of Pepper’s lawyers.

 

For more information about pepper Hamilton LLP’s services, call 248-359-7300.

 

Alix Partners
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Alix Partners logoAlixPartners, located at 2000 Town Center, has been in Southfield since its inception in 1981. The consulting firm specializes in four main disciplines: enterprise improvement, corporate turnaround and restructuring, financial advisement and information management.  “We consult in virtually every business venture from retail to healthcare,” Director of Communications Tim Yost.

The company began when founder Jay Alix relocated from Connecticut to Michigan, where he decided to lay the roots for his firm. In its early stages, AlixPartners built its reputation in restructuring and forensics, with clients such as Sanders and DeLorean. Over the years the firm has grown in size, expanding to thousands of offices all over the world. “AlixPartners is proud to call Southfield its home for more than three decades,” said Yost.

2012 Southfield City Centre Pedestrian Improvements
2012 Southfield City Centre Pedestrian Improvements 150 150 southfieldcc_3ik8d2

Exciting changes are underway in the Southfield City Centre, and a number of pedestrian improvements have been completed in 2012. These amenities will go a long way toward achieving the city’s vision of creating and maintaining a vibrant 24/7 pedestrian friendly mixed-use environment in the area. read more

City of Southfield recognized in U of M entrepreneurial study for fifth consecutive year
City of Southfield recognized in U of M entrepreneurial study for fifth consecutive year 150 150 southfieldcc_3ik8d2

The city of Southfield was recognized for its work to foster entrepreneurial growth and economic development for a fifth consecutive year in a study by researchers at iLabs, University of Michigan-Dearborn’s Center for Innovation Research. Southfield was honored as a “Five-Star Community” along with 26 other communities across the State. An additional 26 other communities were recognized as “Four-Star Communities.” read more

LTU Revives Basketball Tradition
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Lawrence Tech Basketball Team Photo

Lawrence Technological University is starting its men’s and women’s varsity basketball programs from scratch this year, but the coaches will also try to draw on a tradition of excellence in the sport that dates back 80 years.

Both teams play their first home game against Lourdes College on Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Don Ridler Field House, a basketball court that didn’t exist when Lawrence Tech suspended its basketball program in the 1960s. (The first away games began Oct. 31. For the latest information on LTU athletics, go to bluedevilathletics.com.) read more

Lawrence Tech Tour Shows Local Talent For Tech Transfer
Lawrence Tech Tour Shows Local Talent For Tech Transfer 150 150 southfieldcc_3ik8d2

From the Great Lakes Innovation and Technology Report
By Matt Roush

The Great Lakes Innovation and Technology Report’s Fall Tech Tour gets me the heck outta town to see the latest and greatest research at Michigan’s fabulous universities — research that has the potential to create new businesses and new jobs in Michigan.

But there are also fabulous universities right IN town with research that has the potential to create new businesses and new jobs in Michigan.

Case in point: Lawrence Technological University, which happens to be less than three miles from my office. I did a Tech Tour-style visit to Lawrence Tech Friday and came away asking that musical question: Who knew?

Who knew Lawrence Tech was working on home medical care technology? Or artificial body parts for surgeries? Or developing computer art critics? Or… well, you get the idea. read more

Faurecia Brings 80 New Jobs to Southfield City Centre
Faurecia Brings 80 New Jobs to Southfield City Centre 150 150 southfieldcc_3ik8d2

Faurecia is the world’s sixth largest automotive supplier, specializing in the design, development, production and just-in-time delivery of some of the most advanced modules in today’s vehicles.  The company, which in 2011 supplied more than half the vehicles sold in North America and posted total sales of $22.5 billion, is headquartered in Nanterre, France. It employs 84,000 people in 36 countries at 270 sites and 40 R&D centers. Faurecia recently brought 80 new jobs to its Southfield Customer Center, located on the 17th and 18th floors of Travelers Tower I. The location, dedicated to engineering, sales and program activities of interior systems for Ford Motor Company, houses over 200 Faurecia Interior Systems employees. read more

City of Southfield, LTU Honored for Innovative Planning Project
City of Southfield, LTU Honored for Innovative Planning Project 150 150 southfieldcc_3ik8d2
Federal Mogul, 26555 Northwestern Highway, Southfield, MI

Federal Mogul, 26555 Northwestern Highway, Southfield, MI

The City of Southfield Planning Department and the Master of Urban Design (m.U.D) Program at Lawrence Technological University (LTU) have won the 2012 Michigan Association of Planning Excellence Award for Outstanding Student Project. The project, Mid-Century Modern Design Guidelines, engaged graduate level interns from the m.U.D. program to inventory, preserve and enhance the City’s significant Mid-Century Modern structures – some of which are threatened by renovation and new development. The guidelines defined the style, identified significant structures, and recommended enhancements through the use of case studies.  read more

City Centre Vision Featured on City Cable 15 TV
City Centre Vision Featured on City Cable 15 TV 150 150 southfieldcc_3ik8d2

The Southfield City Centre vision and LTU Gateway Plaza project were recently featured on City Cable 15 News. Click the video to see the full report.

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