Another suburban company is relocating downtown -- and yes, Dan Gilbert gets an assist on the play.
Rossetti, an international architectural planning and design firm, moves this summer from Southfield to the former Federal Reserve Building at Fort and Shelby, built in 1927 and vacant since 2004. It announced the plan Wednesday.
Gilbert-owned Rock Ventures bought the landmark in January 2012.
Rossetti, originally based downtown when it was founded in 1969, will lease 13,000 square feet on the fourth floor. Sixty staffers begin working there in July, the firm says on its website.
“Our team is thrilled about working in downtown Detroit, given the urban nature of our designs and our business,” company president Matt Rossetti said in a news release. “The city is becoming a creative center attracting some of this country’s most innovative and inspiring artists, designers and new economy business. There is so much energy in the city that it made perfect sense to return to our roots and come back home and seize the opportunity in Detroit."
Gilbert, whose Bedrock Real Estate is the leasing agent, also is quoted in the release:
"Downtown Detroit continues its rapid ascent to greatness. If you were still skeptical, the announcement of a world-class architectural and design firm like Rossetti locating its headquarters to the urban core should remove any lingering doubts. 'Opportunity Detroit' is real and it's where the new entrepreneurial companies and creative class will be doing their thing for years to come."
Bedrock hired Rossetti to redesign the building's interior for offices and ground floor retail use, the announcement says.
-- Alan Stamm
