CHARLOTTE, May 15, 2012 – Quicken Loans Mortgage Services (QLMS), a division of Quicken Loans Inc., the nation’s largest online lender, today announced plans to add more than 75 team members by the end of 2012 to support its growing business needs.   

QLMS, which provides mortgage services to community banks, credit unions and mortgage professionals across all 50 states, currently employs 150 team members and expects to expand beyond 200 by the end of the year.  

The company currently works with more than 800 partner financial institutions and will surpass 1,000 partners, and $1 billion in monthly loan volume, by the end of 2012.

To facilitate its increasing production, QLMS will relocate its office to 6135 Park South Drive in Charlotte.  The company expects to move into its new 20,000 square-foot office space, which is more than double its current location, by the end of June.

“We are growing very quickly – faster than even the most optimistic models we developed when we launched QLMS two years ago,” said Tod Highfield, Vice President of QLMS.  “Right now we are in explosive growth mode, adding both partner financial institutions and team members.  It is really a fun time to be part of this team – and we see continued opportunity ahead of us.”

While QLMS will be vacating its office at 1915 Rexford Road in Charlotte, Quicken Loans will be assuming the space.  The company plans to hire approximately 50 Charlotte-based team members to mainly support the company’s loan underwriting needs. 

“Quicken Loans is constantly on the watch for areas where we can expand and leverage great talent,” said Bill Emerson, CEO of Quicken Loans.  “We were pleasantly surprised to find an amazing pool of very qualified mortgage operations folks in the Queen City to strengthen our underwriting team.  Already familiar with Charlotte through QLMS, the decision to expand our footprint here was a no brainer.”

Quicken Loans is expected to begin hiring in Charlotte later this summer, with plans to have all 50 positions filled by the end of the year.

 To apply to any QLMS or Quicken Loans position, please visit www.quickenloanscareers.com. 

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About Quicken Loans Mortgage Services:

Quicken Loans Mortgage Services (QLMS) is a division of Quicken Loans, the nation’s largest online mortgage lender, and the fourth largest home lender in the country.  QLMS works exclusively with community banks, credit unions and select brokers to provide mortgage products without the need for the financial institutions to hire mortgage origination staff.  The bank, credit union or broker maintains its relationship with its clients, and QLMS handles all aspects of the loan process. 

About Quicken Loans Inc:
Quicken Loans Inc. is the nation’s largest online home lender and fourth largest retail lender. The company closed a record $30 billion in retail home loan volume across all 50 states in 2011. Quicken Loans generates loan production from five web centers located in Detroit, Ohio and Arizona. The company also operates a centralized loan processing facility in Detroit, as well as its San Diego-based One Reverse Mortgage unit. Quicken Loans ranked #1 in customer satisfaction among all home mortgage lenders in the United States by J.D. Power and Associates in 2010 and 2011. “QuickenLoans.com” has been named “Best of the Web” by Forbes and Money magazines. The company ranked in the Top 10 of FORTUNE magazine’s “100 Best Companies To Work For” in 2012 and has placed among the top-30 companies on FORTUNE’s list for the past nine years. It ranked in the Top-15 of Computerworld magazine’s “100 Best Places to Work In Technology” for seven years in a row, ranking #10 in 2011.

 Quicken Loans was named #1 in the Detroit Free Press’ ‘Best Places to Work in Michigan’ List in 2010 and 2011. The company moved its headquarters and 3,700 of its more than 5,000 team members to downtown Detroit. Another 1,000 team members are expected to move to downtown Detroit in mid 2012. For more information about Quicken Loans, please visit us on the web at www.quickenloans.com, on Twitter at @QLnews, and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/QuickenLoans

Nation’s largest online mortgage lender expands commitment to NASCAR community

DETROIT, May 9, 2012 – Detroit-based Quicken Loans Inc. today announced it has teamed with Michigan International Speedway (MIS) in Brooklyn, Michigan, to sponsor the Quicken Loans 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at MIS on Sunday, June 17.

“We saw the Quicken Loans 400 as another way to further our support of NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series and to showcase our culture and focus on the client experience to the millions of NASCAR fans around the country,” said Jay Farner, President and Chief Marketing Officer for Quicken Loans. “This year marks Quicken Loans’ first season as a primary sponsor of driver Ryan Newman and Stewart-Haas Racing. This partnership with MIS will take our participation in the sport to a new level, allowing us to further connect with these amazing race fans.”

Along with its sponsorship of the Quicken Loans 400, the nation’s largest online mortgage lender is the primary sponsor of Newman’s No. 39 Chevrolet for nine Sprint Cup races, and an associate sponsor for the remainder of the season. Quicken Loans also is an associate sponsor of three-time and reigning Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart.

“Michigan International Speedway is known for the amazing fan experience and our commitment to our guests,” MIS President Roger Curtis said. “We are thrilled to partner with another awesome Michigan company to showcase all the great things this state has to offer – thrilling events and world-class companies who appreciate their customers and their employees.”

The Quicken Loans 400 will be the first race at MIS since a full repave in the fall. Based on the speeds reached by a small group of drivers during tire tests conducted by Goodyear in April, it’s expected that MIS will earn the title as the fastest track on the Sprint Cup circuit during the Quicken Loans 400.

“At Quicken Loans, we take a lot of pride in the speed at which we get our mortgage clients to the closing table. So, it seemed only fitting that we would partner with the fastest track in stock car racing,” Farner added.

Newman, who has two Sprint Cup wins and two NASCAR Nationwide Series wins at MIS and calls MIS his home track, currently holds the lap record with a top speed of 194.232 mph – a record that is sure to fall in June during the Quicken Loans 400 race weekend.

“Michigan International Speedway is one of the tracks I look forward to visiting each year, and it’s great to see Quicken Loans step up – like they have throughout Detroit – to sponsor the spring race at Michigan,” Newman said. “It’s really an honor to be partnered with a company like Quicken Loans, who in its first year in NASCAR is really forward-thinking in how they make their sponsorship work. I look forward to having a good run and getting a win in their race at their home track.”

Race fans can keep up-to-speed with all aspects of the race from Quicken Loans racing at www.quickenloansracing.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/quickenloansracing and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/quickenloans. Fans also can connect with MIS via Twitter @MISpeedway or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MISpeedway.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series tickets for the Quicken Loans 400 on June 17 are available for as low as $25. Visit MISpeedway.com or call the MIS ticket hotline at 800-354-1010 today to take advantage of great pricing for 2012 events at MIS. The ticket office is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Friday; and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

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About Quicken Loans Inc:
Quicken Loans Inc. is the nation’s largest online home lender and a top five retail lender. The company closed a record $30 billion in retail home loan volume across all 50 states in 2011. Quicken Loans generates loan production from five web centers located in Detroit, Ohio and Arizona. The company also operates a centralized loan processing facility in Detroit, as well as its San Diego-based One Reverse Mortgage unit. Quicken Loans ranked #1 in customer satisfaction among all home mortgage lenders in the United States by J.D. Power and Associates in 2010 and 2011. “QuickenLoans.com” has been named “Best of the Web” by Forbes and Money magazines. The company ranked in the Top 10 of FORTUNE magazine’s “100 Best Companies To Work For” in 2012 and has placed among the top-30 companies on FORTUNE’s list for the past nine years. It ranked in the Top-15 of Computerworld magazine’s “100 Best Places to Work In Technology” for seven years in a row. The Quicken Loans Cleveland Web Center ranked #4 on the 2011 Plain Dealer Top Workplaces List for Mid-size Companies in 2011.

Quicken Loans was named #1 in the Detroit Free Press’ ‘Best Places to Work in Michigan’ List in 2010 and 2011. The company moved its headquarters and 3,700 of its more than 5,000 team members to downtown Detroit. Another 1,000 team members are expected to move to downtown Detroit in mid-2012. For more information about Quicken Loans, please visit us on the web at www.quickenloans.com, on Twitter at @QLnews, and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/QuickenLoans.

About Michigan International Speedway:
Nestled in the lush Irish Hills of Southeastern Michigan, Michigan International Speedway is the Great Escape, a venerable NASCAR national park where fans can get away and enjoy the very best in racing and camaraderie. It’s the love of racing and the thrill of a great time for race fans and drivers alike.

New York, NY — May 9, 2012 — Roasting Plant, a New York-based company that provides a personalized experience for coffee lovers with its unique roasting technology, today announced it will expand its footprint and open its first coffee shop outside of New York City in the heart of downtown Detroit.

The company will bring its just-roasted, brewed-by-the-cup coffee to the growing number of people working in downtown Detroit’s burgeoning hub of technology and creative companies. The store will open for business this fall in the First National Building, located at 660 Woodward, and owned by Rock Ventures LLC, the umbrella entity formed to provide operational coordination, guidance, and integration of Dan Gilbert’s portfolio of companies, investments and real estate.

Roasting Plant’s first floor retail location, situated on the foot of Campus Martius Park, will feature onsite roasting and both indoor and outdoor seating.

“We are very excited to introduce the Roasting Plant experience to other parts of the country, so we jumped at the chance to open our first non-New York shop in the heart of resurging downtown Detroit,” said Elizabeth Rose of Roasting Plant, a former Detroiter who used to run the halls of the First National Building as a child.

“I would occasionally come to work with my father when he had an office in the First National, so when the opportunity to return to Detroit and be located in that building presented itself, I could not pass it up,” said Rose. “I love what is happening in Detroit — I can’t imagine not being a part of it.”

The lease deal was brokered by Bedrock Real Estate Services LLC, Rock Ventures’ full service property management firm.

“Roasting Plant’s choice to come to downtown Detroit speaks to the national reputation we’re developing as a place to see and be seen,” said Matt Cullen, President and CEO of Rock Ventures. “Detroit offers a growing critical mass of young people who are looking for more retail, dining and entertainment options, as well as a great cup of coffee. We’re excited that this unique coffee shop sees the opportunity here and is seizing it. ”

Roasting Plant’s Detroit shop will feature a warm, modern, and bright space that highlights the patented Roasting Plant Javabot™ system. At Roasting Plant, customers choose from the 11 daily choices of coffee beans, and then watch the Javabot system create their perfect drink on demand.

The Roasting Plant experience was built by founder Mike Caswell, whose love of coffee and appreciation of the coffee bar experience was developed when he worked as a part-time barista in his college days, and subsequently as the Director of Profit Improvement at Starbucks in Seattle. Roasting Plant is the culmination of his engineering, systems, and coffee industry expertise.

For more information about Roasting Plant, and its breakthrough Javabot technology, please visit its new website, featuring available coffees, processes, news, a monthly coffee subscription service, weekly blog, and much more, at www.roastingplant.com.

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About Roasting Plant
Roasting Plant sources the world’s finest beans to roast onsite in each store location providing an unparalleled level of freshness and choice in every cup. Roasting Plant provides the highest quality that, until now, could only be attained by the finest artisans through a painstaking and time consuming process. The company’s Javabot technology dynamically integrates onsite, micro-batch roasting with on-demand grinding and brewing, and re-produces artisan-roasted results. Roasting Plant delivers the freshest, smoothest coffee on the planet, right before your eyes — The Ultimate Coffee Experience.

About Rock Ventures LLC
Rock Ventures LLC is an umbrella entity formed to provide operational coordination, guidance, and integration of Dan Gilbert’s portfolio of companies, investments and real estate.

About Bedrock Real Estate Services LLC
Bedrock Real Estate Services LLC is a full service property management firm specializing in purchasing, leasing, financing, developing and managing of commercial space. The company, a partnership between Quicken Loans Founder and Chairman Dan Gilbert and veteran real estate developer Jim Ketai, is based in downtown Detroit. For more information, visit http://www.bedrockmgt.com.

CLEVELAND, May 2, 2012 – Quicken Loans Inc., the nation’s largest online lender and top five retail lender, today announced it plans to hire 100 new team members in its downtown Cleveland Web Center.  These new team members will join the current team of more than 300 working in the M.K. Ferguson Building at 1500 W. Third Street.  The 100 Cleveland-based positions are in mortgage banking.

To accommodate its continued growth, the Cleveland Web Center unveiled its 11,000-square-foot expansion during a ribbon cutting ceremony last week.  Jeff Perry, Quicken Loans Vice President and leader of the Cleveland office, said the expansion and hiring boom will help to strengthen Cleveland’s downtown urban core.

“Quicken Loans is looking for Clevelanders with an outstanding work ethic who want to make a positive impact in the lives of our clients all over the country,” said Perry.  “Our mortgage banking force is the heartbeat of our growing organization.  It is the amazing service that they provide to each and every one of our clients that is driving Quicken Loans’ explosive growth – both in Cleveland and nationwide.”  

Specializing in government-backed Veterans Affairs (VA) loans designed to make home financing easier for active and retired military, the Cleveland Web Center increased its loan volume production by 25 percent in 2011. That increase helped Quicken Loans achieve a record $30 billion in closed home loan volume last year.

The strong mortgage origination has continued in 2012 as Quicken Loans closed a 27-year company record $4 billion in home loan volume in March.

Quicken Loans’ 300 Cleveland team members take an active role in strengthening the local community, volunteering nearly 550 hours to charitable organizations in 2011, including the Ronald McDonald House of Cleveland, Laura’s Home, and the Cleveland Food Bank.

The 100 new hires will join the more than 3,600 team members employed by Quicken Loans Founder and Chairman Dan Gilbert in downtown Cleveland.  Gilbert and his 10 Cleveland-based companies will dramatically increase their downtown presence with the opening of Horseshoe Casino Cleveland in the historic Higbee Building in May.

For more information on the available job postings for the Cleveland Web Center, or to submit your resume, please visit www.quickenloanscareers.com.

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About Quicken Loans Inc:

Quicken Loans Inc. is the nation’s largest online home lender and a top five retail lender. The company closed a record $30 billion in retail home loan volume across all 50 states in 2011. Quicken Loans generates loan production from five web centers located in Detroit, Ohio and Arizona. The company also operates a centralized loan processing facility in Detroit, as well as its San Diego-based One Reverse Mortgage unit. Quicken Loans ranked #1 in customer satisfaction among all home mortgage lenders in the United States by J.D. Power and Associates in 2010 and 2011. “QuickenLoans.com” has been named “Best of the Web” by Forbes and Money magazines. The company ranked in the Top 10 of FORTUNE magazine’s “100 Best Companies To Work For” in 2012 and has placed among the top-30 companies on FORTUNE’s list for the past nine years. It ranked in the Top-15 of Computerworld magazine’s “100 Best Places to Work In Technology” for seven years in a row. The Quicken Loans Cleveland Web Center ranked #4 on the 2011 Plain Dealer Top Workplaces List for Mid-size Companies in 2011.

Quicken Loans was named #1 in the Detroit Free Press’ ‘Best Places to Work in Michigan’ List in 2010 and 2011. The company moved its headquarters and 3,700 of its more than 5,000 team members to downtown Detroit. Another 1,000 team members are expected to move to downtown Detroit in mid-2012. For more information about Quicken Loans, please visit us on the web at www.quickenloans.com, on Twitter at @QLnews, and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/QuickenLoans.

Dan Gilbert’s Cleveland Investments:

Since his purchase of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers in 2005, Quicken Loans Founder and Chairman Dan Gilbert and his ‘Family of Companies’ operate 10 businesses in greater Cleveland that employ more than 3,600 team members. The businesses include: the Cleveland Cavaliers; Horseshoe Casino Cleveland; operation of the Quicken Loans Arena; the AHL Lake Erie Monsters; the NBA Development League Canton Charge; the AFL Cleveland Gladiators; the Cleveland Clinic Courts Player Development Center; the Quicken Loans Cleveland Web Center; Veritix, an electronic ticketing company; and Bizdom Cleveland, an entrepreneurship accelerator.  Investment in these businesses exceeds $450 million, bringing Gilbert and his partners’ total Cleveland-area investment to more than $1 billion.

DETROIT, April 30, 2012 — Chrysler Group LLC today announced that for the first time in its history, the Company will have an office presence in downtown Detroit. Chrysler Group will rename the historic Dime Building – Chrysler House – as it plans to move its Great Lakes Business Center and several corporate functions into the top two floors of the 23-story building.

Chrysler Group will lease nearly 33,000 square feet of space in the Dime Building, owned by Rock Ventures LLC, the umbrella entity formed to provide operational coordination, guidance and integration of Detroit businessman Dan Gilbert’s portfolio of companies, investments and real estate. The space will accommodate about 70 employees who will be located in the new offices. Refurbishments to the space will commence immediately and are expected to be completed by late summer.

“The future of Chrysler Group and the City of Detroit are inextricably tied,” said Sergio Marchionne, Chairman and CEO, Chrysler Group LLC. “In order to reflect this we want to go beyond spiritual or symbolic evidence of our faith in the City’s future by establishing a physical presence people can see and be proud of.”

“It’s very exciting that a company with the legacy and brand of Chrysler is joining the many other companies opening shop in Detroit, as we together help build downtown into the energetic, job-producing, high-tech corridor it is quickly becoming,” said Gilbert, Chairman of Rock Ventures and Quicken Loans. “Chrysler has always been synonymous with Detroit, but today they can truly say they are ‘Imported from Detroit,’ as their presence makes them an important participant in the positive transformation of a great American city.”

This is the latest in a series of announcements Chrysler Group has made in recent months demonstrating the Company’s deepening commitment to the City of Detroit and Southeastern Michigan.

On January 5, the Company announced that it will be adding a third crew and 1,100 new jobs at its Jefferson North Assembly Plant (JNAP) in Detroit, expanding the Jeep Grand Cherokee lineup to include a diesel version for North America. The Company also announced its plans to reactivate its Conner Avenue Assembly Plant, also located in the Motor City, for production of the SRT Viper. The opening of the Conner Avenue plant will create 150 new jobs.

Within the City of Detroit, in addition to the JNAP and Conner Avenue plants, Chrysler Group operates the Mack Avenue Engine Complex on St. Jean Street. The Company employs nearly 4,000 people in the City of Detroit.

On January 6, Chrysler Group also announced that Marchionne will serve as Campaign Chair for the United Way for Southeastern Michigan’s (UWSEM) 2012 campaign. As Campaign Chair, Marchionne will be the face and voice of the UWSEM fundraising and education efforts and will work to promote the growth and impact of the campaign among businesses and individuals.

Located in the heart of Detroit at 719 Griswold Street, the Dime Building was built in 1912 by the Dime Savings Bank. It was designed in the Neo-classical style by Daniel Burnham, the famous Chicago-born architect whose other works are known worldwide, led by his famous Flatiron Building in New York City. The Dime building underwent extensive renovations in 2002.

The lease deal between Chrysler and Rock Ventures was brokered by Bedrock Real Estate Services LLC, Rock Ventures’ full service property management firm, specializing in purchasing, leasing, financing, developing and managing of commercial space.

About Chrysler Group LLC: Chrysler Group LLC, formed in 2009 to establish a global strategic alliance with Fiat S.p.A., produces Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram, Mopar, SRT and Fiat vehicles and products. With the resources, technology and worldwide distribution network required to compete on a global scale, the alliance builds on Chrysler Group’s culture of innovation, first established by Walter P. Chrysler in 1925, and Fiat’s complementary technology that dates back to its founding in 1899.

Headquartered in Auburn Hills, Mich., Chrysler Group’s product lineup features some of the world’s most recognizable vehicles, including the Chrysler 300 and Town & Country, Jeep Wrangler, all-new Dodge Dart, Ram 1500, Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 and Fiat 500. Fiat contributes world-class technology, platforms and powertrains for small- and medium-size cars, allowing Chrysler Group to offer an expanded product line including environmentally friendly vehicles.

Follow Chrysler news and video on: YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/pentastarvideo Chrysler Connect blog: http://blog.chryslergroupllc.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/chrysler Streetfire : http://members.streetfire.net/profile/ChryslerVideo.htm Corporate website: http://www.chryslergroupllc.com

About Rock Ventures LLC: Rock Ventures LLC is an umbrella entity formed to provide operational coordination, guidance, and integration of Dan Gilbert’s portfolio of companies, investments and real estate.

About Bedrock Real Estate Services LLC: Bedrock Real Estate Services LLC is a full service property management firm specializing in purchasing, leasing, financing, developing and managing of commercial space. The company, a partnership between Quicken Loans Founder and Chairman Dan Gilbert and veteran real estate developer Jim Ketai, is based in downtown Detroit. For more information, visit http://www.bedrockmgt.com .

DETROIT, April 9, 2012 — A group of Detroit businesses are encouraging the more than 2,000 recently laid off Yahoo employees to consider bringing their talents to the Motor City.

Quicken Loans, Detroit Venture Partners, Rockbridge Growth Equity and Fathead.com are among the downtown Detroit-based companies interested in hiring hundreds of technology and marketing professionals formerly employed by Yahoo.

The group has created a website, www.ValleytoDetroit.com, for these technology and Internet marketing pros to upload their resumes. The companies will immediately begin interviews and have committed to fly final candidates to Detroit to introduce them to the wide-range of established and start-up companies that have sprung up in the city’s emerging technology corridor over the past two years, creating the vibrant arts and entrepreneurial renaissance in Detroit that has gained the city national acclaim.

“Detroit is quickly emerging as one of the nation’s best kept secrets when it comes to technology, Internet and mobile-related jobs,” said Josh Linkner, CEO and Managing Partner of Detroit Venture Partners, a Detroit-based high-tech venture capital fund. “We know that there is a great deal of talent inside of Yahoo – especially in marketing and web development, and we’re encouraging those who have been impacted by job cuts to consider Detroit as the next stop in their career.

“In the DVP portfolio alone we have 12 start-ups that we think would be attractive to those looking to regain the excitement of working in a creative, collaborative and entrepreneurial environment,” Linkner added.

The offer comes on the heels of last week’s announcement that Twitter will be opening a Detroit office at the historic M@dison Building in downtown Detroit, a state-of-the-art technology and business incubator that houses many of the region’s top start-up companies.

“We are creating an exciting urban core for young, energetic and creative professionals who want to affect the outcome of an entire region,” said Bill Emerson, CEO of Quicken Loans, who has consistently ranked in the top-10 of Computerworld’s ‘Best Places to Work in Technology’ over the past decade. “Not only does Detroit make for a great place to start or grow a business, but it’s also a great option for those who want to be on the ground-floor of rebuilding and reinventing a great American city.”

The businesses involved in the initiative will match candidates with hundreds of open positions and immediately begin phone interviews. Face-to-face meetings will then be scheduled in Palo Alto during a recruiting event in May, and a smaller group of candidates will be flown to Detroit for interviews and a tour of downtown businesses and start-ups who are hiring.

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About Detroit Venture Partners:
Detroit Venture Partners (www.detroitventurepartners.com) is a venture capital firm that invests in seed and early-stage technology companies with a strong emphasis on Detroit-based startups. In addition to capital, the company provides hands-on coaching, mentorship, support, and resources to help drive growth and success. The firm was founded in 2010 by Josh Linkner, Dan Gilbert and Brian Hermelin and joined in 2011 by Earvin “Magic” Johnson as its fourth partner. By backing the next generation of Detroit entrepreneurs, DVP aims to create jobs, urban density, and hope.

About Quicken Loans Inc:
Quicken Loans Inc. is the nation’s largest online home lender and a top five retail lender. The company closed a record $30 billion in retail home loan volume across all 50 states in 2011. Quicken Loans generates loan production from five web centers located in Detroit, Ohio and Arizona. The company also operates a centralized loan processing facility in Detroit, as well as its San Diego-based One Reverse Mortgage unit. Quicken Loans ranked #1 in customer satisfaction among all home mortgage lenders in the United States by J.D. Power and Associates in 2010 and 2011. “QuickenLoans.com” has been named “Best of the Web” by Forbes and Money magazines. The company ranked in the Top 10 of FORTUNE magazine’s “100 Best Companies To Work For” in 2012 and has placed among the top-30 companies on FORTUNE’s list for the past nine years. It ranked in the Top-15 of Computerworld magazine’s “100 Best Places to Work In Technology” for seven years in a row.

Quicken Loans was named #1 in the Detroit Free Press’ ‘Best Places to Work in Michigan’ List in 2010 and 2011. The company moved its headquarters and 3,700 of its more than 5,000 team members to downtown Detroit. Another 1,000 team members are expected to move to downtown Detroit in mid 2012. For more information about Quicken Loans, please visit us on the web at www.quickenloans.com, on Twitter at @QLnews, and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/QuickenLoans.

About Rockbridge Growth Equity, LLC:
Rockbridge Growth Equity, LLC is a private equity firm that invests in financial and business services, consumer-direct marketing, and sports, media & entertainment industries. Based in Detroit, Michigan, Rockbridge owns equity stakes in Ready Financial Group, Protect America, Northcentral University and One Reverse Mortgage, and is affiliated with other leading businesses in its target sectors including Quicken Loans, the Cleveland Cavaliers, Title Source, Fathead, Xenith and ePrize. For more information on Rockbridge Growth Equity, visit www.rbequity.com.

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Based in San Francisco, Twitter is a real-time information network that connects people to the latest stories, ideas, opinions and news.  The company’s Detroit office will house a team of employees whose primary focus will be helping marketers and advertising agencies in Detroit leverage Twitter’s Promoted Products suite of advertising products. Twitter expects to hire more employees over time as it grows its Detroit presence.

“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. “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. Rock Ventures and Bedrock are seeking businesses looking to be part of an innovative, tech-focused urban core where people want to live, work and play.  In the last 18 months, they have helped nearly 40 new-economy companies find a home in downtown Detroit.

“Twitter coming downtown is exactly the kind of innovative company Detroit needs to advance our vision of becoming one of the most exciting high-tech and web-centered corridors of growth and activity found anywhere,” said Gilbert, Chairman of Rock Ventures and Quicken Loans, and Majority Owner of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers.

“Twitter chose Detroit because of the city’s growing, young and energetic environment.  This is further proof that the country is starting to wake up and take notice – if you want to create a thriving, growing tech business, downtown Detroit is one of the best places to be,” Gilbert added.

** Note to Editors:  Below is a listing of the companies who have moved to Detroit, and into Rock Ventures owned and leased buildings, since August 2010, which can also be found on the Quicken Loans press room HERE.

About M@dison
M@dison is an entrepreneurial tech hub located at 1555 Broadway Street in downtown Detroit. Originally designed by architect C. Howard Crane and constructed in 1917 as part of the Madison Theater complex, the historical Madison Theatre Building is now a creative center designed to encourage partnership among local entrepreneurs and their budding projects and companies. The building was purchased in January 2011 and has since been renovated and transformed into an open, colorful and collaborative space. The building is 100 percent occupied by companies such as Detroit Venture Partners, Skidmore Studio, Detroit Labs and Doodle Home, which are committed to making Woodward Avenue a technology and web centered corridor of growth and activity known as “WEBward” Avenue.

About Rock Ventures LLC
Rock Ventures LLC is an umbrella entity formed to provide operational coordination, guidance, and integration of Dan Gilbert’s portfolio of companies, investments and real estate.

About Bedrock Real Estate Services LLC
Bedrock Real Estate Services LLC is a full service property management firm specializing in purchasing, leasing, financing, developing and managing of commercial space. The company, a partnership between Quicken Loans Founder and Chairman Dan Gilbert and veteran real estate developer Jim Ketai, is based in downtown Detroit. For more information, visit http://www.bedrockmgt.com

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