Dan Calabrese
The Ideal Way
IDEAL GROUP
PROFILE: Automotive, construction, and materials
management family of companies
FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN: Frank Venegas Jr.
HEADQUARTERS: Detroit
FOUNDED: 1979
REVENUE: $650M
EMPLOYEES: 750
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Over the course of a long career with DTE Energy in Detroit, in which he rose to the position of vice chairman, Dave Meador...
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April Diez
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The Diez Group, Dearborn
Employees: 475
Revenue: $1.1B
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Suzy Siegle
President
Walsh College, Troy
Employees: 164
Total Student Enrollment: 900
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EXECUTIVE OFFICER
BLUEWATER TECHNOLOGIES, WIXOM
EMPLOYEES: 165
REVENUE: NA
COLLEGE: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
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DIRECTOR OF DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT
123.NET, SOUTHFIELD
EMPLOYEES: 300
REVENUE: NA
COLLEGE: ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
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PRESIDENT AND CEOPRINCE CONCEPTS, DETROIT
EMPLOYEES: 6REVENUE: NACOLLEGE: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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DBusiness Commercial Real Estate Awards 2025: Best Land Deal
FinalistsVTECH, REDICOSoccer Stadium, Detroit City FCLittle Caesars Arena Hotel, Olympia Development
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Finalists600 Renaissance Center, Friedman Real EstateStellantis in Center Line, Ashley CapitalBueche Portfolio, SPERRY — Property Investment Counselors
One of metro Detroit’s most venerable industrial complexes,...
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FinalistsFairway Packing, FraserDykema, DetroitGensler, Detroit
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