DETROIT ? Twitter has tweeted into Detroit, opening an office at the Madison Building, one of Dan Gilbert’s Rock Ventures properties. Twitter only has a few employees in Detroit so far, but plans to hire more over time.
“Detroit’s emerging mix of automotive and digital cultures made it a natural location for Twitter’s newest office,” said Adam Bain, Twitter’s president of global revenue, in a prepared statement. “We’re excited to work face-to-face with the city’s most established brands and happy to play a role in downtown Detroit’s digital renaissance.”
By choosing to open a new office in downtown Detroit, Twitter adds to the rapidly growing tech district forming in the heart of the city along the “WEBward Avenue” corridor. The social media giant joins other expanding firms including Detroit Labs, a mobile app developer; Are You a Human, an alternative to squiggly CAPTCHA verifications; and UpTo, a next generation mobile calendar that allows users to share events with their social network.
Rock Ventures’ full service property management firm, Bedrock Real Estate Services LLC, helped recruit Twitter and brokered the company’s lease. In the last 18 months, they have helped nearly 40 new-economy companies find a home in downtown Detroit.
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