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Rock Ventures
Rock Ventures LLC is the holding company for businessman Dan Gilbert's portfolio of companies, investments, and real estate. It is based in Detroit, Michigan and engaged in community development in both Detroit and Cleveland, Ohio. Its over 110 affiliated companies included the Cleveland Cavaliers, Hollywood Casino at Greektown, and Rocket Mortgage. In 2023 Rock Ventures became ROCK, the Family Office for the Gilberts. History Rock Ventures was founded by Dan Gilbert in 1985. By 2018, Rock Ventures accounted for 17,000 jobs in the City of Detroit, making it the largest employer and taxpayer in the city. Companies Rock Ventures was the parent company of more than 110 companies. ROCK is the rebranded company that took the place of Rock Ventures. ROCK is the office that connects the Family of Companies to the For More Than Profit philosophy created by Dan Gilbert Financial services Especially under the subsidiary holding company, Rock Holdings Inc., Rock Ventures, LLC owns a ...
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Privately Owned Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose Stock, shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets. Instead, the Private equity, company's stock is offered, owned, traded or exchanged privately, also known as "over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter". Related terms are unlisted organisation, unquoted company and private equity. Private companies are often less well-known than their public company, publicly traded counterparts but still have major importance in the world's economy. For example, in 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for $1.8 trillion in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In general, all companies that are not owned by the government are classified as private enterprises. This definition encompasses both publ ...
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Protect America
Protect America was a home security company based in Austin, Texas. Company history The company was founded in 1992 by Thad Paschall in Austin, Texas—where it was headquartered. By 2001, the company had installed about 200,000 security systems. In 2010 the company was purchased by Rockbridge Growth Equity LLC from Falcon Investments under advisement from Imperial Capital. The total cost of the company was about $100 million. The company was ranked among SDM Magazine’s top 15 U.S. security system providers as of 2014. In 2012 Protect America expanded into Canada, and had about 400,000 customers. In 2013 the company had 390 employees, adding 67 jobs that year, the 13th most that year in the state of Texas according to Inc. Magazine. Protect America also provides public security system advice on US television networks. In 2020, Protect America was acquired by Brinks Home Security. Security systems In 2005, the company produced the first monitored self-installed security system ...
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Chrysler House
Chrysler House is a 23-story, skyscraper located at 719 Griswold Street in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. The building is adjacent to the Penobscot Building in the heart of the U.S. designated Detroit Financial District. It is used as an office building, with retail space on the street level. It was originally known as the Dime Building but has carried numerous names over the years. History The building was constructed between 1910 and 1912"Dime Building"
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and known for many years as the Dime Building. When completed, the tower was named the Dime Savings Bank Building for its primary tenant. It was later renamed the Commonwealth Building, briefly known as Griswold Place. It became the Dime Building again in 2002, before being renamed in 2012. The original

Book Tower
Book Tower is a , 38-story skyscraper located at 1265 Washington Boulevard in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Washington Boulevard Historic District. Construction began on the Italian Renaissance-style building in 1916, as an addition to the original Book Building, and finished a decade later, making it, at the time, the tallest building in Detroit. The building was designed by architect Louis Kamper, an American architect, active in and around Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan. It has a green copper roof, a roofing style shared by the nearby Westin Book Cadillac Hotel. Retail and art galleries once resided on the first and second levels, with businesses previously occupying the upper levels. The last tenant closed in 2009, at which time Book Tower sat vacant until it was acquired by Bedrock in 2015. Over the next seven years, a Bedrock-led extensive restoration project culminated in a fully revitalized residential, ROOST apartment/hotel, event venue and mixed-use s ...
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1001 Woodward
1001 Woodward is a 25-floor office building in Downtown Detroit, Downtown Detroit, Michigan. It replaced the Majestic Building (Detroit), Majestic Building, a 14-story high rise on the same site. The building is located just south of the neighboring David Stott Building, at the corner of M-1 (Michigan highway), Woodward Avenue and U.S. Route 12 in Michigan, Michigan Avenue overlooking Campus Martius Park. Constructed from 1963 to 1965, the building is designed in the International Style (architecture), International Style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. History The building occupies the site of the Majestic Building (Detroit, Michigan), Majestic Building, which was demolished in 1962 to make way for 1001 Woodward. It was constructed between 1963 and 1965 to house headquarters for First Federal Savings and Loan of Detroit, and was known as the First Federal Building. By January 1998, the Savings and Loan was part of Citizens Financial Group#Cha ...
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Dictionary
A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged Alphabetical order, alphabetically (or by Semitic root, consonantal root for Semitic languages or radical-and-stroke sorting, radical and stroke for Logogram, logographic languages), which may include information on definitions, usage, etymologies, pronunciations, Bilingual dictionary, translation, etc.Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition, 2002 It is a Lexicography, lexicographical reference that shows inter-relationships among the data. A broad distinction is made between general and specialized dictionaries. Specialized dictionaries include words in specialist fields, rather than a comprehensive range of words in the language. Lexical items that describe concepts in specific fields are usually called terms instead of words, although there is no consensus whether lexicology and terminology are two different fields of study. In theory, general dictionarie ...
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ChoreMonster
ChoreMonster was a suite of web and mobile applications. Its premise was to make chores fun for kids and parents. As of 2018, ChoreMonster is defunct. Features ChoreMonster utilized two different apps, one for children and one for parents. The adult version allowed parents to set up task lists, deadlines, rewards, and points for completing jobs. In the children's version, kids could view what tasks they have been assigned and what rewards and points are awarded for getting those items done. Parents must approve their child's completion of a chore before the points can be redeemed. In addition to winning rewards from their parents, children could collect animated monsters through reaching various milestones. The app's reward system was based on the idea of positive reinforcement, encouraging kids to complete responsibilities that they are not normally inclined to do. The Monster Carnival provided children the possibility of earning additional interactive monsters as well as co ...
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Rocket Arena
Rocket Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The building is the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League (AHL). It also serves as a secondary arena for Cleveland State Vikings men's and women's basketball. Rocket Arena opened in October 1994 as part of the Gateway Sports and Entertainment Complex with adjacent Progressive Field, which opened in April of that year. The facility replaced Coliseum at Richfield, Richfield Coliseum as the primary entertainment facility for the region and the home of the Cavaliers, and supplanted the Wolstein Center at Cleveland State University, which opened in 1991, as the primary concert and athletic venue in downtown Cleveland. From its opening in October 1994 until August 2005, it was known as Gund Arena, named for former Cavaliers owner Gordon Gund, after he paid for the naming rights. After purchasing a majority of the Cavaliers in March ...
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Fathead (brand)
Fathead is a brand name of life-sized, precision-cut vinyl wall graphics manufactured by Fathead LLC. Fathead LLC is a privately held company based in Los Angeles. The ownership group is led by Chris Hetherington. History In 2023, Fathead was acquired by a group of former athletes, led by Chris Hetherington. In 2006, a group of investors headed by Dan Gilbert, founder of Quicken Loans, purchased Fathead, Inc. Fathead was brought to Gilbert's attention by the company's president Todd Lunsford, then Quicken Loans’ Chief Marketing Officer, after Lunsford's son saw a commercial and wanted to order a Tom Brady Fathead. Fathead, LLC is a major company in a large family of properties in the sports and entertainment market including the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers, the American Hockey League's Cleveland Monsters, Quicken Loans Arena Rocket Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The building is the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Associa ...
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Cleveland Monsters
The Cleveland Monsters are a professional ice hockey team based in Cleveland. They are the American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Monsters play home games at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Rocket Arena in downtown Cleveland and have one Calder Cup championship, after winning their first title in 2016 Calder Cup playoffs, 2016. Franchise history Early years The Monsters began in 2006 when the dormant Utah Grizzlies (1995–2005), Utah Grizzlies AHL franchise was purchased on May 16, 2006, by a Cleveland ownership group led by Dan Gilbert (businessman), Dan Gilbert, owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Quicken Loans. A new AHL team was awarded to Cleveland following the departure of the Cleveland Barons (2001–06), Cleveland Barons to Worcester, Massachusetts, after the 2005–06 AHL season, 2005–06 season. With Quicken Loans Arena established as the team's home venue, the Colorado Avalanche was announced on Dec ...
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Cleveland Charge
The Cleveland Charge are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Cleveland, and are affiliated with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Since 2024, the team plays its home games at Public Auditorium in downtown Cleveland, though to begin the 2024–25 season, home games were played at Rocket Arena (home of the Cavaliers) due to renovations at Public Auditorium. The franchise was founded in 2001 as the Huntsville Flight, based in Huntsville, Alabama, before moving to Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 2005, where they were known as the Albuquerque Thunderbirds until 2010. After playing the 2010–11 season in suburban Rio Rancho as the New Mexico Thunderbirds, the franchise was purchased by the Cavaliers and relocated to Canton, Ohio, where they played as the Canton Charge through the 2020–21 season. The team has made the championship finals twice, once when playing in Huntsville and the other time when playing in Albuquerque; the team lost in 2004 and won the title ...
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Bedrock Detroit
In geology, bedrock is solid rock that lies under loose material (regolith) within the crust of Earth or another terrestrial planet. Definition Bedrock is the solid rock that underlies looser surface material. An exposed portion of bedrock is often called an outcrop. The various kinds of broken and weathered rock material, such as soil and subsoil, that may overlie the bedrock are known as regolith. Engineering geology The surface of the bedrock beneath the soil cover (regolith) is also known as ''rockhead'' in engineering geology, and its identification by digging, drilling or geophysical methods is an important task in most civil engineering projects. Superficial deposits can be very thick, such that the bedrock lies hundreds of meters below the surface. Weathering of bedrock Exposed bedrock experiences weathering, which may be physical or chemical, and which alters the structure of the rock to leave it susceptible to erosion. Bedrock may also experience subsurface ...
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