Dan Gilbert, the billionaire founder of Quicken Loans, continues his funny little hobby of surveilling downtown Detroit.
As billionaire Dan Gilbert continues to amass an unparalleled collection of downtown Detroit’s buildings, parking lots and other prime properties, his Bedrock Real Estate Services is quietly ratcheting up what has become one of the most ambitious, state-of-the-art surveillance systems run and financed with private money.
Trouble is, Bedrock crews have been installing security cameras and other surveillance equipment without permission on buildings that Gilbert does not own, which Motor City Muckraker first reported in February.
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The live feeds are monitored in a secretive command center in the Chase Tower, where security guards keep an eye on the video 24/7.
Yeah, that makes me want to visit Detroit.