Chairman and founder of Rock Financial and Quicken Loans, Inc. Through his companies, he as bought and renovated several buildings in downtown Detroit. In 2009-11, he has moved many Quicken employees from local suburbs to downtown.

He also is investing close to $1B in developing downtown Cleveland, Ohio.

He uses the Comic Sans font for professional communications.

Buildings:

• Z-shaped retail and parking development

• The Kresge Building at 1201 Woodward. Built 1891. Will be renovated for retail and office/residential.

• 1217 Woodward, just north of the Kresge building. Retail and office/residential. 

• 1412 Woodward. Built 1916. Three stories. Retail on the ground, offices above. 

• The Cary Building Lofts at 1301 Broadway. Built 1906. Lofts; retail on the 1st floor.

• The Small Plates building at 1521 Broadway.  Four residential lofts above.

• One Woodward Avenue. Designed by Minoru Yamasaki. Built in 1962. 26 stories, 333,000 square feet. 60% occupied as of December 2012. 

• 1550 Woodward (paid $176,000 at auction)

• Madison Theatre Building

• Madison parking lot

• Chase Tower

• Two Detroit Center parking structure

• First National Building

• Dime Building

• Financial District Garage

• 1001 Woodward (expected January 2013)

• 1400 Woodward -- constructed 1915 as the T.B. Rayl hardware store

Sources

• Dan Gilbert's development blueprint for Cleveland looks similar to Detroit's. Free Press. 6 November 2011.
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