Gilbert Sets Sights on the Buhl Building Downtown

For those who grew up playing the board game, Monopoly, the idea was to buy up as many properties as possible. It was only a game.

On the other hand, Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert is playing this game for real.

Now, the latest: Gilbert is closing in on a deal to buy the Buhl Building and its 652-space parking deck downtown, two sources familiar with the negotiations tell Kirk Pinho  of Crain's Detroit Business.  

Some other Gilbert purchases in recent times have included Ally Detroit Center (formerly One Detroit Center), the Book Tower, the David Stott Building and the former Compuware Corp. headquarters, now known as One Campus Martius.