We hear people say Dan Gilbert virtually owns downtown Detroit. Here's another reason it can seem so.
Now Gilbert's people have installed security cameras outside a couple buildings in downtown Detroit without the ownmers' permission, Steve Neavling of Motor City Muckraker reports:
Chris Jaszczak heard the high-pitched sound of a drill grinding into the brick wall of his coffee shop and black box theater in downtown Detroit.
After peeking into the alley behind his building at 1515 Broadway, Jaszczak was shocked when he saw someone installing a surveillance camera on his brick wall.
Another camera was installed without permission at Detroit Beer Company.
Turns out, employees for Dan Gilbert’s Bedrock Real Estate Services were ordered to place surveillance cameras on the rear of 1515 Broadway and the Detroit Beer Company without gaining permission from the owners, who are angry about the discovery.
Bedrock has had hundreds of cameras installed downtown in the past few years, Neavling writes. They send live feeds to a security center in Chase Tower.
