Team-up for a transformation

Henry Ford Health, Tom Gores, MSU partner on $2.5B in projects

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BY DUSTIN WALSH AND KIRK PINHO

Henry Ford Health plans to build a new $1.8 billion hospital in Detroit that will anchor a broad $2.5 billion development it is teaming up on with Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores and Michigan State University that includes new residential, commercial and possible hotel space.

e projects mark a major move by Henry Ford to transform itself into a destination for health care and a major expansion of private equity billionaire and Flint native Gores’ investment in Detroit.

See HENRY FORD on Page 16

SIGHTS SET Henry Ford Health’s plan for becoming a destination hospital

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Tom Gores leverages Pistons to pitch a di erent kind of community development

BY KIRK PINHO

When Tom Gores bought the Detroit Pistons in 2011, few in metro Detroit knew his name.

In the dozen years since, the billionaire owner who says he views the team as a “community asset” has been involved in north of $500 million invested in and around Detroit, ranging from refurbishing dozens of basketball courts to renovating a community center on the city’s west side.

See GORES on Page 18