Mackinac Island -- News of Dan Gilbert’s hospitalization for an apparent stroke is a jarring reminder to Detroit of just how much of its well-being is invested in one man.
No other city in America is as heavily dependent on the commitment of a single individual as Detroit is on Gilbert’s.
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The head of the privately owned Quicken Loans/Bedrock/Rock Ventures empire has over the past decade invested nearly $6 billion in rebuilding the Motor City. He has rehabilitated, or is in the process of doing so, roughly 100 buildings across downtown, transforming the central city into one of the hottest development prospects in the country.