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Bill Milliken

Bill Milliken

Commercial real estate broker and founder/president of Milliken Realty Co. in Ann Arbor, Michigan; 100th president of Michigan Realtors (2013).

Sep 6, 2026

Real Estate This Week

Real Estate This Week

Empty Office Buildings - What's Next?

Sep 6 · 26m

Stephen GasqueHOST
3:02
Now, doesn't that sort of buck the trend that office buildings are really in trouble?
Bill Milliken
Bill MillikenGUEST
3:08
It does, but city center Detroit is unique.
Bill Milliken
Bill MillikenGUEST
3:12
primarily because of the Gilbert Holdings there.
Bill Milliken
Bill MillikenGUEST
3:15
17,000 of their employees that they have moved from suburban locations around Detroit back down into the city.
Bill Milliken
Bill MillikenGUEST
3:23
They have acquired, restored, and remarketed a lot of Detroit's old historic building stock.
Bill Milliken
Bill MillikenGUEST
3:32
One of the things about Detroit being passed over during the The last decade when a lot of other cities were booming was that nobody was looking at Detroit.
Bill Milliken
Bill MillikenGUEST
3:40
So a lot of the old historic architecture that's now prized is still there.
Stephen GasqueHOST
4:44
Have offices recovered from that, or are they still empty all across America?

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