DTE Moving to 44th Street

[GRDadof3]

There is an article in the GR Press about DTE moving 180 employees out of Bridgewater Place out to 44th Street for cheaper digs and front door parking. I maybe can see cheaper digs, but front door parking? What could be better than covered parking at Bridgewater, especially in the Winter?

[snoogit]

There is an article in the GR Press about DTE moving 180 employees out of Bridgewater Place out to 44th Street for cheaper digs and front door parking.  I maybe can see cheaper digs, but front door parking?  What could be better than covered parking at Bridgewater, especially in the Winter?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

is there another natural gas provider in the area?

[MJLO]

while the covered parking in bridgewater is nice, It can be quite a chore for the people in the DTE offices there to make that trek. It's like an eight step process, finding a spot getting to the parking elevators, going to the second floor of bridgewater, going to the bridgewater elevators, so on so on. I did it about three times a week for five years, my girlfriend was an analyst there back in the day when it was still just Michcon.

[torgo]

while the covered parking in bridgewater is nice, It can be quite a chore for the people in the DTE offices there to make that trek.  It's like an eight step process, finding a spot getting to the parking elevators, going to the second floor of bridgewater, going to the bridgewater elevators, so on so on.  I did it about three times a week for five years, my girlfriend was an analyst there back in the day when it was still just Michcon.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I would think (and hope) that the move was more about cheaper rent and less about parking. It bothers me when businesses make such a big deal about parking.

[Prankster]

My wife works for DTE, so I can tell you that the decision was just as much about parking as it was cost cutting with lower rent. This decision has been in the works for a couple of years now, and isn't a knee jerk reaction to some minor inconveniences.