Ann Arbor, MI, a city that has benefitted from its proximity to Detroit.
DETROIT—Tech is having a surprising impact on many cities. The sector has even helped boost the office market in places like Detroit, once thought of as a gritty manufacturing hub. And cities adjacent to such hubs are also getting boosts.
Demand from technology tenants significantly drove up office rents in Ann Arbor, a university town about 35 miles west of Detroit, over the past two years, according to CBRE's annual Tech-30 report, which measures the tech industry's impact on office rents in the 30 leading tech markets in the US and Canada.
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Brian J. Rogal
Brian J. Rogal is a Chicago-based freelance writer with years of experience as an investigative reporter and editor, most notably at The Chicago Reporter, where he concentrated on housing issues. He also has written extensively on alternative energy and the payments card industry for national trade publications.
