Professional Movers.com is opening an office in downtown Detroit's Dime building, a move that bring four new jobs to the 23-story skyscraper with the promise of more.
"We have always been pro Detroit," says Andrew Androff, co-owner & director of sales & marketing for
Professional Movers.com. "We started in Detroit in the 1970s. With everything that is going on in downtown Detroit, we decided six months ago that we want to be a part of that."
Professional Movers.com is a moving company that focuses on relocation and moving services in both the U.S. and internationally. The 33-year-old firm employs 55 people, including four people at its new downtown Detroit office. Androff expects the staff of that office to add another two or three people by the end of this year.
The Walled Lake-based company is the latest suburban tenant score by Dan Gilbert's entrepreneurial family of companies. Other
suburban companies to take up office space in Gilbert's growing portfolio of downtown office buildings include
Are You a Human (Ann Arbor),
Skidmore Studio (Royal Oak) and
Ludlow Ventures (Southfield), among others.
Professional Movers.com is also taking an interest in developing more work in the Motor City by offering discounted services to people and business looking to relocate to Detroit. More information
here.
"It really makes sense for us to be down here because that's where all the work is," Androff says. "That's where all the action is."
Source: Andrew Androff, co-owner & director of sales & marketing for Professional Movers.com
Writer: Jon Zemke
Read more about Metro Detroit's growing entrepreneurial ecosystem at SEMichiganStartup.com.
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