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Warranty call center eyeing space near Campus Martius, would bring 1,000 jobs

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A call center and 1,000 jobs appear to be on their way to downtown Detroit.

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Downtown Detroit may be in line to get a big new tenant for its beleaguered office market.

General Warranty Services, a Salem, N.H., firm that sells extended car repair warranties, is close to announcing that it will open a call center in Detroit's central business district.

A person familiar with talks between the company and city and state officials said the call center could employ 1,000 workers within a year and more later. The person asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the planning.

Read the rest of the Detroit Free Press story here.