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The Henry Ford II World Center, also commonly known as the Ford World Headquarters and popularly known as the Glass House, [1] [2] is the administrative headquarters for Ford Motor Company, a 12-story, glass-faced office building [3] designed to accommodate a staff of approximately 3,000.
In 1999, architect William McDonough entered into an agreement with Ford Motor Company to redesign its 85-year-old, 1,212-acre (490 ha) Rouge River facility. [14] The roof of the 1.1-million-square-foot (100,000 m 2) Dearborn truck assembly plant was covered with more than 10 acres (4.0 ha) of sedum, a low-growing groundcover.
*Note: this list includes joint-ventures based in Michigan, subsidiaries of Michigan-based companies also located in Michigan, and companies based in Michigan currently owned or controlled by private equity, venture capital, or other similar entities. Below is a separate list of outside companies with a significant presence in Michigan.
It was originally used by Henry Ford as a multi-purpose facility. Its primary use was to house Ford's product development staff but was also home to a number of Ford's other projects such as the Dearborn Independent newspaper, a folk dancing studio, and accounting department. [1] FEL is located at 21500 Oakwood Blvd in Dearborn, Michigan. [2]
October 16, 1922 – Springwells Township annexes small section of Dearborn Township east of present-day Greenfield Road. December 27, 1923 – Voters approve incorporation of Springwells as a city. It officially became a city April 7, 1924. September 9, 1924 – Village of Warrendale incorporates. November 1924 – Ford Airport opens.
The Chrysler World Headquarters and Technology Center (CTC) is the headquarters and main research and development facility for the automobile manufacturer Chrysler Corporation now a subsidiary of Stellantis. The 504-acre (204 ha) complex is located next to Interstate 75 in Auburn Hills, Michigan, a northern suburb of Detroit.
Ford Engineering Employees Federal Credit Union was founded by employees of Ford Motor Company Engineering and Styling in February 1950. The Dearborn, Michigan, credit union changed its name to Ford Dearborn Federal Credit Union in 1954 and then to Dearborn Federal Credit Union in 1960. In 2003, the credit union renamed itself DFCU Financial. [4]
Dortch Enterprises (DE) is a company in the restaurant business as a Subway and Taco Bell multiunit franchise operator and formerly owned the Halo Burger chain. Dortch was only one of 38 out of the 17,000 Subway franchisees worldwide that owns 40 or more locations. [1] The company as of August 12, 2019 has 21 Subway and 24 Taco Bell locations. [5]