Mort Crim Communications, Inc., a marketing firm that has long called Southfield home, is the latest company to move its headquarters to downtown Detroit.
The company, which is also known as MCCI, announced that it has moved to the historic Murphy-Telegraph Building at 155 W. Congress, the former home to Western Union about a century ago. The London Chop House is in the building. There will be 25-full time employees working downtown.
The company, which was founded by former WDIV newscaster Mort Crim in 1993, and later sold to its president Terry Oprea in 2008, will maintain a satellite office in Southfield, according to company spokesman Jeff Adkins.
"We made the decision to move to Detroit not only because of our need for more creative and digital technology space, but also because we were looking to be in a historic building in a walking community," MCCI President and CEO Oprea said in a statement. . "The Detroit Economic Growth Corporation educated us about the downtown possibilities – and the Gatzaros family, owners of 400 Monroe Associates who own the building, truly wanted our particular creative services firm to be their partner. They did a terrific job constructing our office." -- Allan Lengel
