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| The creation of the new headquarters in downtown Detroit
was an investment in our employees and an investment in our community
that has already begun to generate a return. |
Denise Knobblock,
Executive Vice President for Administration
Compuware Corp. |
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| Compuware Corporation |
As a fast-growing provider of software and professional
services, Compuware sought to improve productivity, decrease administrative
expense, and create more intellectual and operational synergy for
the company. In 2000 the firm addressed these goals by aiming to consolidate
its nine separate facilities into one unlikely campus location: downtown
Detroit. , Despite the difficult environment in the technology industry,
Compuware completed the $350 million headquarters building in mid-2003
and paid for the building in cash.
Today the 1,000,000 square-foot Compuware Headquarters serves its
customers, its employees, its community, and contributes to the Detroit
skyline.
Compuware’s decision to relocate over 4,000 employees to the
new facility was an investment in both its employees and the community.
The facility features childcare for 400 children, a fitness center,
and a cafeteria. The facility is also now the anchor of one of the
area’s most important retail clusters: including a Hard Rock
Café, Borders Books and Music, Kinko’s, and several other
services not seen in downtown Detroit since the 1970s.
The location, at the corner of Woodward Avenue and Monroe Street,
was once the retail hub of Detroit. The J.L. Hudson Company, one of
the city’s premier department stores which had been located
in the area, closed in the 1980s.
"Retail, from day 1, was an important component of our strategy,"
says Denise Knobblock, Executive Vice President for Administration
at Compuware. "Hudson’s is still sorely missed in the city.
We wanted to bring back some of the things that it used to provide."
If you would like to learn more about Compuware’s decision to
locate in downtown Detroit, please contact Doug Kuiper at 313-227-2764.
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