Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) is moving 250 of its employees to the soon-to-be-vacated Accident Fund headquarters in Downtown Lansing.
The employees will be transferred from BCBSM’s existing location in Delta Township to Downtown Lansing in 2011. BCBSM’s move is predicated on Auto-Owners Insurance expansion, which will engulf BCBSM existing Delta Township space.
“We have a commitment as an organization that really is aligned purposefully toward urban centers as locations for our business,” says BCBSM Vice President for Corporate Communities Andy Hetzel. “We have significant locations in downtown Detroit and in downtown Grand Rapids.”
Hetzel says moving the 250 employees to Downtown Lansing continues that commitment.
“We think it enhances the employee experience to work in a thriving downtown setting,” he says. “It contributes economically to core cities and the economic viability of core cities.”
Hetzel says the building, which is located at 232 S. Capitol Ave., has enough space for BCBSM to grow. The Accident Fund will move into the former Ottawa Power Station in Downtown Lansing once renovations are complete.
Source: Andy Hetzel, BCBSM
Ivy Hughes is the managing editor of Capital Gains and can be reached here.
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