GM may move some staff out of Detroit

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GM may move some staff out of RenCen

Posted Monday, Oct 5, 2009, 3:39 pm in Employee News

General Motors Co. has launched a formal review of its facilities in southeast Michigan as it considers moving some operations out of the Renaissance Center in downtown Detroit and consolidating workers spread among facilities in Pontiac, Warren and Grand Blanc, The Detroit News reported.

GM emphasized in a statement that the RenCen will remain the automaker’s world headquarters, housing President and CEO Fritz Henderson, other senior executives and space for board of directors meetings, the paper said. About 5,000 GM and GMAC Financial Services employees work at the complex, down from more than 7,000 a few years ago, the News said.

Office space at the RenCen is about 67 percent occupied, while commercial areas including restaurants, the hotel and movie theater are about 90 percent full, the paper said. GM’s Technical Center in Warren houses more than 10,000 employees, but has capacity for twice as many. GM has about 800 workers in Grand Blanc and excess space, the News said.

Consolidating offices would encourage collaboration, improve efficiency, spare GM workers from shuttling among offices spread across southeastern Michigan and speed decision-making, an essential part of transforming the automaker’s culture the story said. (The Detroit News)