Dan Gilbert

Dan Gilbert's Downtown Ventures Grow To 40 Companies

MLive | Posted 05.15.2012

By Michael Wayland Thread -- whether referring to yarn, sheets, computer science or even the possible renaissance of a city -- is stronger tied tog...

New York Loves Detroit, And Detroit Loves Coffee

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 05.09.2012

While manufacturing jobs are on the rise in Detroit, a new "plant" opening this fall will be more about coffee than cars. The Roasting Plant, a cof...

Chrysler's Dime Building Move A Strong Symbol Of Detroit Commitment

David Kiley | Posted 04.30.2012

David Kiley

"Like Detroit, Chrysler knows what it is like to hear commentators pronounce our condition as beyond the point of salvation. "

Laid-off Yahoo Employees Getting Wooed By Detroit Companies

Crain's Detroit Business | Posted 04.09.2012

As 2,000 former employees of Yahoo Inc. are out looking for a job, Dan Gilbert's companies have a message for them: Come to Detroit. That pitch was...

Twitter Opens Office In Surprising City

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 04.04.2012

Social media fans get ready: Twitter is coming to Detroit. The company announced Wednesday the opening of its first Michigan office at Dan Gilbert'...

Meet Michigan's Billionaires

Posted 03.07.2012

On Forbes list of 2012's worldwide billionaires, released Wednesday, Michiganders took only 11 of the record 1,226 spots. None of the Michiganders' ne...

Cupcakes! Just Baked To Open Detroit Location

Posted 02.14.2012

With all the talk about the growing tech sector in Detroit, little attention has been paid to another rising part of the economy -- baked goods. J...

Simone Landon

Federal Reserve Building Joins Dan Gilbert's Real Estate Empire

HuffingtonPost.com | Simone Landon | Posted 01.30.2012

Dan Gilbert is adding yet another building to his downtown Detroit real estate portfolio. The Quicken Loans chairman announced Monday his umbrella com...

Brennan Williams

Omarosa Still Nursing A 'Broken Heart' From LeBron?

HuffingtonPost.com | Brennan Williams | Posted 01.29.2012

In our weekly "Love Of The Game" series, HuffPost Black Voices talks sports with a person of note. This week we caught up with television personality ...

Resolutions for Detroit in 2012

Chris Zadorozny | Posted 03.19.2012

Chris Zadorozny

It is a brand new year for Metro Detroiters, and we can now put 2011 behind us. As we head into 2012, only a couple of weeks in, we have already received both good and bad news for the city.

Gasp! Dan Gilbert Buys Something That Isn't Downtown Detroit Building

Crain's Detroit Business | Posted 01.17.2012

Detroit's Dan Gilbert, founder of Quicken Loans and owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, has reportedly finalized a deal to buy what's believed to be a n...

Simone Landon

Dan Gilbert's Detroit Real Estate Deals Mark Ambitious Development Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Simone Landon | Posted 01.06.2012

Quicken Loans founder and chairman Dan Gilbert spent 2011 buying up Detroit skyscrapers, brownstones and parking lots to add to his portfolio of downt...

Cavs Owner Sent Commissioner Scathing Email On Chris Paul Trade

Posted 12.09.2011

NBA teams in the Western Conference were understandably fearful of having to face a Lakers' backcourt featuring both Kobe Bryant and Chris Paul. How c...

Where are the NBA Superstars During the Lockout?

Thomas Alter | Posted 11.21.2011

Thomas Alter

There's a lot of blame to go around for the train wreck that is the NBA right now, but we've heard nothing but publicist jargon from all of the NBA's stars so far.

Magic Johnson Comes to Detroit as Venture Capitalist

Rabbi Jason Miller | Posted 09.20.2011

Rabbi Jason Miller

Hopefully Magic Johnson will bring his magic to Detroit -- the same magic that won championships for the Los Angeles Lakers and helped turn Harlem around.

Cavs Owner Jabs LeBron After NBA Finals Loss

Posted 08.12.2011

Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert didn't hesitate to take a shot at LeBron James after the Dallas Mavericks won their first NBA championship in fr...

Jordan Schultz

NBA Mock Draft 2011: Version 2.0

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Schultz | Posted 08.03.2011

We are now less than three weeks away from the June 23 NBA Draft and, with workouts in full effect, things are beginning to shape up. The Big 12 is...

Happiness Research Ranks Commuting Low: My Car-free Commute (VIDEO)

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 11.17.2011

Kirsten Dirksen

The rewards associated with longer commutes -- a bigger house, a higher salary or better schools -- don't fully compensate for the sacrifices we end up making by working so far from home.

Quicken Loans Turns Success into a Philosophy

Jason Schmitt | Posted 05.25.2011

Jason Schmitt

Dan Gilbert has figured a few things out for us, one being it is possible to create a workforce that is positive in this economic climate. But it is not easy.

Why LeBron James Shouldn't Tweet Theological Statements

Rabbi Jason Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Rabbi Jason Miller

That tweet couldn't possibly have been received well no matter what happened.

Detroit 2.0: Is It Enough To Get Them To Stay?

Jason Schmitt | Posted 05.25.2011

Jason Schmitt

By and large, our education system sort of sucks. We are not educating the majority of Michiganders to be able to compete in the infrastructure that our new Michigan businesses demand.

Cavs Reportedly Investigating LeBron For Tampering

AP | TOM WITHERS | Posted 05.25.2011

CLEVELAND — Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert insists he has moved on from LeBron James. But on to what? Gilbert has reportedly enlisted a law firm t...

Cavs Owner On LeBron's Departure: 'I'm Over It'

AP | TOM WITHERS | Posted 05.25.2011

CLEVELAND — Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert expects Cleveland fans to be boisterous but behave when LeBron James returns this week. Gilbert isn't a...

Did NBA Owner Call LeBron An 'A-Hole'?

Posted 05.25.2011

Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert appeared to take another shot at his former employee LeBron James last Thursday. Shortly after James said he b...

LeBron James Addresses Cavs Owner's Bitter Letter

FanHouse | Posted 05.25.2011

MIAMI -- It didn't sound like LeBron James was hurt all that much by the bitter rant directed toward him by Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert. ...